Qatar Petroleum (QP) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with two Japanese companies for the development of an integrated butadiene extraction and elastomer complex in Ras Laffan
The total revenue earned by the GCC petrochemical industry in 2012 amounted to US$97.3bn, according to a Gulf Petrochemicals & Chemicals Association (GPCA) report
GE and Carbon Holdings have signed a US$500mn technical support agreement for Tahrir Petrochemicals’ greenfield naphtha cracker and olefins complex project in Ain Sokhna, Egypt
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
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
