Japan-Taiwan venture wins Qatar dealQatar has awarded a contract to build the $1.5 billion Laffan 2 refinery to a joint venture of Japan's Chiyoda Corporation and Taiwan's CTCI Corporation, state-run Qatargas said on Tuesday More… |
RRC ensures safety at Orpic plant revampBahrain-based RRC Middle East, a provider of specialist safety training and consultancy, recently helped manage health and safety during the turnaround of a major oil refinery in Oman. RRCME was called in last month by Oman Oil Re More… |
Cleaner Saudi Yanbu refinery back onlineSaudi Aramco's 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) Yanbu refinery has come back online after nearly two-month long maintenance, trading sources said on Friday. Saudi Aramco Mobil Refinery Company (Samref), an equal joint venture bet More… |
Oman Oil plans $5bn loan for new refineryState-run Oman Oil Company is talking to bankers about raising a $4 billion loan to build an oil refinery in the southern coastal town of Duqm, a major part of the government's effort to build the country's industrial base. More… |
Total-led group wins Qatar refinery dealQatar Petroleum (QP) has signed an agreement with a consortium led by France's Total to build the $1.5 billion Laffan 2 refinery project, a statement from the Qatari firm said. QP will own 8 More… |
Aramco shuts Jubail refinery due to glitchSaudi Aramco has shut a desulphurisation unit at its 305,000 barrels-per-day joint venture refinery with Royal Dutch Shell in Jubail due to a glitch, three trading sources said on Tuesday. The unit at The Saudi Aramco Shell Refine More… |
Orpic in talks to raise $2.5bn for refineryState-owned Oman Oil Refineries and Petrochemical Companies (Orpic) is in talks with two local banks to raise $2.5 billion to expand its Sohar refinery and refinance a previous loan, a government official said on Monday. "We More… |
Aramco 'committed to China refinery project'Saudi Aramco, the world's biggest oil producer, remains "committed" to plans to build a 200,000 barrels-per-day (bpd) refinery in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan, the company's chief executive Khal More… |
Kaloti plans bullion ingots productionDubai-based Kaloti Jewellery Group, a leading gold and precious metals refiners and trading house, said it has started wholesale production and trading of commercial gold bullion and investment bars with an eye on the end customers. More… |
Dubai’s Kaloti to set up gold refinery in SurinamDubai-based Kaloti Group, one of the world’s largest gold and precious metals refiners and trading houses, said construction has begun on Suriname’s first gold and precious metals refinery and bullion manufacturing plant in a project More… |








