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Archives :: World News and Views :: Mideast/Africa
Displaying 1 - 20 of 1392 stories.
June 18, 2013
Applied Minerals (New York), a producer of halloysite clay, has entered into an agreement for Mitsui & Co. to market Applied Minerals' dragonite halloysite clay and iron...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/middle_east/Mitsui-and-Co-to-distribute-Applied-Minerals-halloysite-clay_52887.html June 18, 2013
Petrochemicals capacity in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, which includes Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, increased by 5.5% in...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/middle_east/Petchems-capacity-in-GCC-region-set-to-rise-by-7-percentyear_52890.html June 17, 2013
Sadara Chemical, a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Dow Chemical; Saudi Kayan, an affiliate of Sabic; and Saudi Acrylic Acid Co. (SAAC), equal owners in Saudi Butanol Co., a...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/middle_east/Saudi-firms-agree-butanol-tolling-and-processing-Sadara-raises-loan_52858.html June 14, 2013
Qatar Petroleum (QP; Doha) has invited companies to carry out feasibility studies for propylene- and benzene-derivative complexes to be built at Ras Laffan, Qatar, near existing...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/middle_east/Qatar-plans-propylene-and-benzene-derivatives-projects-as-part-of-major-petchems-push_52834.html June 13, 2013
KBR announced today that it has been awarded a contract by Sasol for engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) management services for a gaseous oxygen compressor at the...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/africa/south_africa/KBR-awarded-construction-contract-by-Sasol-for-oxygen-compressor-at-Secunda_52826.html June 12, 2013
Qatar Petroleum (QP; Doha) and Qatar Petrochemical Co. (Qapco), joint venture partners in a major petrochemical project planned at Ras Laffan, Qatar, have selected technologies for the...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/middle_east/Qatar-selects-Univation-and-Dow-technologies-for-Al-Sejeel-project_52775.html June 11, 2013
The key theme for Borealis, Borouge, and Nova Chemicals at the K 2013 plastics and rubber trade fair at Düsseldorf later this year will be Open your mind, Borealis said at a...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/middle_east/Borealis-Borouge-and-Nova-outline-plans-at-pre-K-event_52712.html June 11, 2013
Saudi International Petrochemical Co.’s (Sipchem; Al Khubar) affiliate International Polymers Co. (IPC) has signed a financing agreement for 704 million Saudi riyals ($188...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/middle_east/Sipchem-signs-loan-agreement-for-EVA-LDPE-project_52750.html June 10, 2013
Qatar Petrochemical Co. (Qapco; Doha) has secured a 1.1-billion Qatari riyal ($302.1 million) loan from Barwa Bank (Doha)—among the fastest-growing banks in Qatar—at very...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/middle_east/Qapco-secures-loan-for-expansion-projects_52722.html June 10, 2013
Sasol (Johannesburg) in its trading update on Friday said that it had signed a memorandum of understanding with an undisclosed party to sell its share in Arya Sasol Polymer Co. (ASPC)...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/middle_east/Sasol-signs-MOU-to-sell-Iranian-asset-outlines-configuration-of-US-petchem-complex_52717.html June 4, 2013
Bechtel Overseas has been appointed as project management consultant (PMC) on Qatar’s megapetrochemical complex planned at Ras Laffan. The previously announced project is being...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/middle_east/Bechtel-appointed-PMC-on-Qatar-petrochemical-project_52516.html June 4, 2013
Sahara Petrochemicals Co. (Riyadh) and Saudi International Petrochemical Co. (Sipchem; Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia), two major petrochemical companies listed on the Saudi Stock Exchange...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/middle_east/Sahara-Petrochemical-and-Sipchem-plan-merger_52556.html June 3, 2013
Iran’s deputy oil minister and managing director of the National Petrochemical Co. (Tehran), Abdolhossein Bayat, has hit back at US government sanctions against the petrochemical...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/middle_east/Iran-hits-back-at-petchems-sanctions-saying-they-have-not-worked_52495.html June 1, 2013
The US government on Friday imposed sanctions for the first time on Iran’s petrochemical industry as part of its ongoing efforts to intensify pressure on the Iranian economy. The...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/middle_east/US-government-imposes-sanctions-on-Irans-petrochemical-sector_52493.html May 31, 2013
Brenntag says it will establish a legal entity including warehouse facilities at Accra, Ghana. The office will be the centre for Brenntag in West Africa and will strengthen...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/africa/Brenntag-opens-office-in-Ghana_52454.html May 29, 2013
Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Co. (Orpic; Muscat), plans to invest $3.6 billion to develop a petrochemicals complex near the Ṣuḥār, Oman, refinery, which will provide raw...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/middle_east/Oman-details-$3-6-billion-investment-in-petchems-at-ur_52355.html May 28, 2013
Sonatrach (Algiers) and OCI (Cairo), joint owners of Sorfert Algérie, a major fertilizer complex recently completed at Arzew, Algeria, say they have reached an agreement on the...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/africa/algeria/Sonatrach-and-OCI-reach-commercial-agreement-on-Sorfert-Algerie_52321.html May 28, 2013
Technip says it has been awarded a contract comprising technology, engineering services, and the supply of core equipment for the Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Co.’s (Takreer) new coke...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/middle_east/uae/Technip-awarded-contract-for-calcination-unit-for-coker-project-in-Abu-Dhabi_52312.html May 28, 2013
Asaad Al Saad new managing director of PIC. Kuwaiti oil minister Hani Hussein resigned on Sunday over the $2.2 billion penalty payment to Dow Chemical earlier this month. He stepped...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/middle_east/Kuwaiti-oil-minister-resigns-following-K-Dow-payment-Maha-Mulla-Hussain-replaced-at-PIC_52310.html May 25, 2013
Striking workers at a chrome ore mine in Rustenburg, South Africa, owned by Lanxess, have agreed to end a strike and to return to work on Monday, following a deal with the...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/africa/south_africa/Workers-end-strike-at-Lanxesss-chrome-mine-in-South-Africa_52302.html |
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