Keyword: Downstream

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Chinese Invest in Oman Methanol Project

02.05.2017 - Chinese petrochemical producer Mingyuan Holdings has announced plans to build a $2.3 billion methanol-to-olefins (MTO) plant alongside a giant greenfield methanol complex at the...

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Aramco Focused on Up- and Downstream

25.04.2017 - Consistent with the Kingdom’s Saudi Vision 2030 strategy, Saudi Aramco President and CEO Amin Nasser, speaking at a recent global energy summit in New York, said the group will...

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Saudi Aramco/SABIC Sign MoUs with Chinese Firms

28.03.2017 - Saudi Aramco and SABIC have signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) to develop refining and chemical plants in China. The deals were done during a visit by Saudi Arabia’s King...

Markets & Companies

A Visible Turning Point for Oxea

07.02.2017 - Ten years ago, in March 2007, oxo chemicals producer Oxea was established as a buyout led by private-equity firm Advent International of oxo derivatives and oxo intermediates...

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SABIC to Buy Shell Stake in SADAF

23.01.2017 - Saudi petrochemicals giant SABIC and oil-chemicals major Shell have has signed an agreement calling for SABIC to acquire Shell’s 50% share in the joint venture in Shell Arabia...

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Saudi Firms Ink Supply Deal for Petchem Complex

16.12.2016 - Sadara Chemical and Rufayah Chemicals Company (RCC) have signed a long-term supply agreement under which Sadara will supply RCC with pygas and pyoil for a new complex planned for...

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SABIC, Aramco Mull Refinery JV in Yanbu

13.04.2016 - Saudi Arabian oil and petchems majors Aramco and SABIC are studying the feasibility of joint refinery and integrated downstream petrochemicals production, the news agency Bloomberg...

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Dow Tarragona Cracker Trips

12.10.2015 - The cracker at Dow Iberica’s production complex in Tarragona, Spain, is down after an incident on Oct. 8, Spanish press reports suggest. Dow reported that propylene gas escaping...