Middle East

Ottco and Royal Vopak sign strategic agreement to establish a JV in the special economic zone at Duqm

Sanctions-hit Nayara scrambles to sustain operations, with New Delhi's help

Shut out of many international markets because of crippling sanctions imposed by the European Union on July 18, the Russian-owned refinery has had to divert more fuel to the domestic market and find new export customers, among numerous workarounds, big and small, forced by the bloc's penalty.

Latest U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil deal blow to China's Sinopec

The latest U.S. sanctions on Iranian petroleum exports deal a blow to Chinese refining giant Sinopec by targeting a terminal through which the state major handles one-fifth of its crude oil imports.

ACWA Power appoints Kent as owner’s engineer on Yanbu Green Hydrogen Hub in Saudi Arabia

Kent has been appointed by ACWA Power as Owner’s Engineer for the Yanbu Green Hydrogen Hub, a major green hydrogen and ammonia export facility being developed in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

thyssenkrupp Uhde successfully completes hydrogen recovery unit for Fertiglobe UAE plant

Hungary's MOL to restart crude exports from Iraq's Kurdistan

MOL expects the crude oil pipeline connecting the region to Turkey's port of Ceyhan to reopen in the coming days.

Veolia to supply technologies for the largest complex industrial water project in the Middle East for SATORP

BAPCO expects to commission 400,000-bpd Sitra refinery in Q4

Bahrain's state oil firm Bapco Energies expects to commission its Sitra refinery expansion in the fourth quarter of this year, and will be looking to buy heavier crudes than it now runs and more LNG

Saudi Aramco, Iraq's SOMO halt crude sales to Indian refiner Nayara

The halting of supply from the two Gulf exporters means Nayara, majority-owned by Russian entities including oil major Rosneft, relied entirely on Russia for its crude oil imports in August.

Khwarizmi reforming catalysts in both mega modules of Kharrazi unit, Mobarakeh Steel Co.

This operation was carried out under unique conditions, as the Kharrazi A Mega Module was the first unit in the country to be designed and executed with a change in reformer tube size from 10 in. to 11 in.