Jacobs Engineering Group was awarded a contract from Saudi Aramco Lubricating Oil Refining Co. (Luberef) to provide front-end engineering design (FEED) services to support an expansion project at its lube oil refinery in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia.
Technology
Shoaibi Group to provide integrated performance drilling services
Strata Energy Services Inc has signed a joint venture agreement with the Shoaibi Group to provide integrated performance drilling services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), and its territorial waters.
SABIC announces Q1 2011 preliminary results
Saudi Basic Industries Corporations (SABIC) Q1 2011 net income came in at US$2bn, higher than its estimate of US$1.5bn.
Sahara Petrochemicals announces Q1 2011 preliminary results
Sahara Petrochemicals net income came in at US$26.6mn above its estimate of US$14.6mn.
Middle East countries see opportunity amid unrest
Recent uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa provide an opportunity for the region to lay the foundation for a socially inclusive growth agenda.