Saudi Aramco’s new refinery deal to buy a 10% stake in private Chinese chemical group Rongsheng Petrochemical includes agreements on crude oil storage in eastern China and the supply of plastics and petrochemicals to the Middle East energy giant. Saudi Aramco said on Monday it would buy the stake in …
Read More »Aramco, Linde to Build Demo Petchem Plant in Germany
Aramco, one of the world’s leading integrated energy and chemicals companies, has joined forces with Linde Engineering, a global leader in the production and processing of gases, to develop a new ammonia cracking technology. The collaboration between the two companies will see Linde Engineering and Aramco’s experience and capabilities being …
Read More »SOCAR Increases Investment in Turkish Petkim Petrochemical Complex Fourfold in 2022 to $215 mln
Investments in the development of the Turkish petrochemical complex Petkim Petrokimya Holding in 2022 reached 4.108 billion Turkish lira, or $214.6 million, the holding said. SOCAR Turkey Enerji, the Turkish subsidiary of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan, SOCAR, is the owner of a 51% controlling stake in the Petkim …
Read More »China’s Petrochemical Industry Sees Increased Revenue in 2022
China’s petrochemical industry saw an increase in revenues and a decline in profits in 2022, according to the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation (CPCIF). The country’s petrochemical industry registered a total revenue of 16.56 trillion yuan (about 2.41 trillion U.S. dollars) in 2022, climbing 14.4 percent year on year, …
Read More »India will Contribute 10& of Incremental Global Petchem Demand Growth
India, whose per capita consumption is significantly lower than that of developed economies, will contribute 10 per cent of the incremental growth of global petrochemical demand, Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has said. Petrochemicals, which turn oil and gas into all sorts of daily products — such as plastics, fertilisers, …
Read More »SABIC Signs MoU with Aramco, Sinopec to Develop Petchem Complex in Yanbu
Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Saudi Aramco) and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) to assess the economic and technical feasibility of developing an integrated petrochemical complex with a local refinery in Yanbu Industrial City. The MoU is valid …
Read More »Sabic to Study Oil-to-Chemicals Project in Ras Al-Khair
Sabic, a global leader in diversified chemicals, has announced its intention to study the establishment of a complex to convert oil and liquids into petrochemicals in Ras Al-Khair in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The complex is expected to convert 400,000 barrels per day of oil into chemicals. This project, …
Read More »NOC Petrochemicals Producer, Biggest in North Africa to Restart Operations
The National Oil Corporation (NOC) has given the green light to restart the ethylene plant, the largest station for producing petrochemicals in North Africa, after a hiatus of more than eight years. “The NOC Chairman and board members praise the efforts of the company’s management and employees to restart this …
Read More »Aramco’s S-OIL to Build SAR 26 bln Petrochemical Cracker in South Korea
Saudi Aramco announced its biggest ever investment in South Korea to develop one of the world’s largest refinery-integrated petrochemical steam crackers through its S-OIL affiliate. In a statement received by Argaam Aramco said, the SAR 26 billion ($7 billion) Shaheen project aims to convert crude oil into petrochemical feedstock. This …
Read More »Ras Laffan Petrochemical Plant to be Region’s Largest in 2025
The petrochemical facility in Ras Laffan, a collaboration between QatarEnergy and Chevron will comprise an ethane cracker that will produce 1.9m tonne of ethylene per year, an 82 percent output increase making it the biggest of its kind in the region and one of the largest in the world when …
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