Saudi Arabia’s Sadara Chemical Company has awarded UK-based Roxtec a contract to supply blast proof cables and pipe seals for its upcoming petrochemical plant on the east coast of the Kingdom
Petrochemicals
GPCA expects GCC fertiliser production capacity to rise by 47 per cent
The Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA) has estimated that the GCC fertiliser industry’s production capacity will increase by 47 per cent from 2012 levels to 46.6mn tonnes by 2018
ENOC and Tristar Transport sign agreement for petrochemical logistics services in Saudi Arabia
Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) and Tristar Transport, a multi-modal liquid logistics service provider, have signed a new joint venture (JV) focused on specialised logistics services for the petroleum and chemicals sectors in Saudi Arabia
Qatar’s petrochemical industry ‘likely to be affected by ethane prices’
The Qatari petrochemicals industry’s capacity will continue to rise, but high ethane prices and a lack of downstream diversification could upset chances to compete in the global market in the long term, according to a new report
Total plans chemical oil recovery pilot project in Abu Dhabi
Total ABK, Total’s wholly-owned affiliate operating the Abu Al Bukhoosh field offshore Abu Dhabi, has plans to implement a chemical enhanced oil recovery (EOR) pilot project on one of the field’s reservoirs