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Petrofac has started up CDU 111 at the Mina Abdullah refinery in Kuwait, the country's largest processing unit.

Petrofac starts up largest CDU in Kuwait

08/12/2020

Kuwait’s Clean Fuels Project has started up the country's largest crude distillation unit (CDU) 111, at the Mina Abdullah refinery.

Adnoc Global Trading (AGT) has launched, marking the entry of Adnoc into product trading in a joint venture with Eni and OMV.

Refining

Adnoc launches product trader

08/12/2020

by Ed Reed

Adnoc has launched its second trading arm, focusing on refined products.

Saudi Arabia has acknowledged a missile attack on a storage tank outside Jeddah, as a result of a missile fired by Yemeni rebels.

Refining

Saudi acknowledges Jeddah missile attack

24/11/2020

by Ed Reed

Saudi Arabia has confirmed a missile attack on a fuel tank in the city of Jeddah, claimed by Houthi rebels in Yemen.

The SPC has congratulated Adnoc on discovering 22 billion barrels of unconventional oil, while approving capex plans of $24.4bn per year.

Unconventionals

Adnoc makes 22bn barrel unconventional find

22/11/2020

by Ed Reed

Adnoc has made an unconventional discovery of 22 billion stock tank barrels onshore, Abu Dhabi’s Supreme Petroleum Council (SPC) has said.

Events

Prevention of corrosion, scaling and fouling

13/11/2020

by ProSep

Novel injection, dispersion & mixing technology combats refinery corrosion

An employee uses binoculars to look out towards the Arabian Sea in the Port Control Center at Saudi Aramco's Ras Tanura oil refinery and terminal in Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia, on Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. Photographer: Bloomberg/Bloomberg

Refining

Aramco, Sabic to reassess $20bn crude-to-chemicals project

19/10/2020

by Bloomberg

Saudi Aramco and Saudi Basic Industries Corp. will re-evaluate the scope of a planned crude-to-chemicals project in the kingdom as they seek to reduce spending amid a slump in prices for their products.