Middle East
St Nikolas oil tanker operator says it lost contact off Oman
The operator of the oil tanker St Nikolas, Greece-based Empire Navigation, said it had lost contact with the vessel off Oman near the city of Sohar.
Borouge signs $44-MM supply agreement with NAFFCO
Borouge Plc announced the signing of a $44-MM agreement with NAFFCO to supply NAFFCO’s local and regional infrastructure projects with Borouge’s innovative and sustainable polyethylene materials.
Rockets crash into Iran’s Chabahar petrochemical complex during military exercise
Iranian Revolutionary Guards launched rockets that malfunctioned and crashed into a petrochemical plant in Chabahar, southeast Iran during the Great Prophet 18 war games.
thyssenkrupp Uhde signs Master Agreement with Ma’aden and Metso on phosphogypsum recycling and CO2 capture project
thyssenkrupp Uhde has signed a master agreement with Ma’aden for the development, engineering and licensing of a calcination plant for phosphogypsum processing.
Oil tankers continue Red Sea movements despite Houthi attacks
Oil and fuel tanker traffic in the Red Sea was stable in December, even though many container ships have rerouted due to attacks by Iran-aligned Houthi militants.
ADNOC makes strategic investment in Storegga, broadening its carbon management portfolio
ADNOC announced it has taken a 10.1% equity stake in Storegga to become a lead investor in the UK-based company that focuses on the development of global carbon capture and storage projects.
Iran's oil trade with China stalls as Tehran demands higher prices
China's oil trade with Iran has stalled as Tehran withholds shipments and demands higher prices from its top client, tightening cheap supply for the world's biggest crude importer.
OPEC December oil output rises by 70,000 bpd
OPEC and allies, known as OPEC+, agreed to cut their output target by 2 million barrels per day from November 2022 through 2023. As part of this, the 10 OPEC members bound by the deal had a target to produce 25.416 million bpd.
China's Rongsheng, Saudi Aramco in talks to buy stake in each other's units
Chinese privately-controlled refiner Rongsheng Petrochemical and Saudi Aramco are in talks for the Chinese company to buy a 50% stake in the Saudi company's refining unit SASREF.
Oil climbs as supply concerns deepen with Libyan oilfield disruption
Oil benchmark Brent rose by around a $1 a barrel, after reports of a disruption to Libya's top oilfield added to supply concerns emanating from tensions in the Red Sea.
- Chiyoda, AVEVA forge strategic partnership to power plantOS with AVEVA CONNECT 6/27
- SABIC announces closure of Olefins 6 facility in Teesside, UK 6/27
- LyondellBasell's polyolefin technologies selected by SHCCIG Yulin for petrochemicals complex in China 6/27
- Damaged unit of Iran's South Pars refinery back operating 6/27
- hte conducts research for JGC to advance decarbonization by identifying suitable catalysts for ammonia cracking 6/26
- TES and CPC Finland to develop 500-MW e-NG project in Finland 6/26
