Petrochemicals
Middle East petrochemicals news and analysis, tenders, contracts awarded, commentary and economic data.
Petrochemicals - Latest 20 news stories
- Regional petrochemicals shares drop 50 per cent in 2009
- Dow Chemical plans to sign Saudi research deal
- Sipchem sells 11 per cent stake in subsidiaries
- Japanese win Petro Rabigh expansion study
- Iran signs methanol technology deals
- Banks respond to International Petroleum Investment loan
- Ipic receives regulatory approval to buy Nova Chemicals
- Petro-Rabigh to award expansion deal
- Borouge holds talks over design of third Ruwais facility
- Firms line up for Taweelah cracker deal
- Arzew cracker stalls on gas price dispute
- Mott MacDonald wins UAE chemicals storage work
- Bechtel wins Abu Dhabi petrochemicals expansion consultancy
- Ras Tanura investment faces 12-month delay over design
- Linde seeks to win Gulf work without bids
- LyondellBasell to retain its interests in Saudi Arabia
- Tasnee to open chemical plants in 2009
- Qapco awards Mesaieed contract to Uhde
- Chemaweyaat to generate $6bn a year
- Qapco seeks to reduce cost of building Mesaieed plant
Fertilisers
- Chemaweyaat to generate $6bn a year
- Qapco seeks to reduce cost of building Mesaieed plant
- Regional fertilisers firms' profits rise 98 per cent
- Fertil urea expansion bids due in June
- Kuwait to stop production at Shuaiba fertiliser plants
- Saipem wins $268m Arzew export terminal contract
- Gas shortage forces Kuwait to shut Shuaiba plants
- Sohar urea plant starts trial production
- Sohar urea plant to start production
- Cairo reviews free zone tax
Plastics
- Gulftainer wins Borouge logistics work
- Dow Chemical plans to sign Saudi research deal
- Sipchem sells 11 per cent stake in subsidiaries
- Japanese win Petro Rabigh expansion study
- Iran signs methanol technology deals
- Petro-Rabigh to award expansion deal
- Borouge holds talks over design of third Ruwais facility
- Firms line up for Taweelah cracker deal
- Arzew cracker stalls on gas price dispute
- Tasnee to open chemical plants in 2009
Special Report: Petrochemicals - Firms seek new feedstocks
Nothing is more indicative of the region's struggle to source ethane than the decision of a country with the world's fifth-largest natural gas reserves to turn to oil-derived feedstock.
Special report: Sector outlook 2008
The urgent need to install the infrastructure required to support the region's economic development means government-backed power, water, transport and energy projects will become the principal drivers of the region's project sector in 2008.
Special Report: Petrochemicals - Moving downstream
Producers in the region are seeking to expand petrochemicals production downstream into more complex, higher-value plastics.Commentary
- Tehran gas sector will need Western help
- Firms could buy ailing partners
- Gulf petrochemicals industry has to make most of slump
- Long-term regional petrochemicals plans will pay off
- Aramco and Sabic must work together
- Saudi's plastics industry needs a boost
- Private firms need strategic petrochemicals alliances
- Petrochemicals: Downstream drive is way forward
- Volatility offers lesson for Sabic
- Co-operation is the way forward
