Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) has announced that it expects kingdom’s first planned oil-to-chemicals plant at Yanbu to start operations by the end of 2020
Petrochemicals
DSI signs EPCC contract for petrochemical project in Egypt
Drake & Scull International (DSI) has signed an engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) agreement with Carbon Holdings for Egypt’s Tahrir Petrochemical Corporation (TPC) project
Qatar’s Laffan Refinery set to become world’s largest condensate facility
Qatargas has announced that the combined refining capacity of Ras Laffan Refinery 1 (LR1) and Ras Laffan Refinery 2 (LR2) will make Laffan Refinery the largest condensate facility in the world
Maire Tecnimont gets service contract for Egyptian petrochemical complex
Italy’s Maire Tecnimont has won a deal worth US$1bn to develop facilities for a petrochemical complex located at the Suez Canal in Egypt
GPCA chairman calls for innovation within GCC petrochemicals industry
Mohammed Al Mady, chairman of the Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA) and vice president and CEO of SABIC has highlighted the importance of innovation for the GCC’s petrochemicals and chemicals industry