European and Korean companies have bid for a project to double the capacity of an oil lubricants refinery in Yanbu controlled by Saudi Aramco
Petrochemicals
British and US firms awarded contracts for Kuwait’s new fuel projects
British engineering company Amec and US-based Foster Wheeler have been awarded consultancy contracts by Kuwait for its new refinery and clean fuel projects
Equate's Ethylene Glycol unit to resume operations in November
Kuwait-based Equate Petrochemical Company (Equate) has issued a new estimate for when its Ethylene Glycol (EG) unit will come back online after the unit caught fire last month
JGC wins Rabigh II complex contract
Japans JGC Corporation has signed a deal to expand an ethane cracker for the Rabigh II petrochemicals complex owned by Saudi Aramco and Sumitomo Chemical
South Korea to restart Iranian crude imports from September
South Korean oil refiners plan to restart imports of Iranian oil after Tehran offered to deliver crude on its own tankers