Entries from Asian Chemical Connections tagged with 'Saudi Aramco'
The Saudi Feedstock Debate Intensifies
By John Richardson THE debate about the future competitiveness of Saudi petrochemicals versus the US is heating up. In January, we reported that Jamal Malaikah (see picture), the president of Saudi polypropylene (PP) producer National Petrochemical Industrial Co (NATPET), had...
US Oil: Nothing Is Uncertain As Certainty
By John Richardson ALL of yesterday's excitement about the US overtaking Saudi Arabia and Russia by 2017 to become the world's biggest oil producer - and exceeding Russia to become the world's biggest gas producer by 2015 - needs to...
Saudi Aramco, Dow, Shell, IEA To Speak At Berlin Conference
Next month's World Aromatics conference is a must-attend event for anyone involved with the industry. It features an impressive line-up of major players, including Saudi Aramco, the world's largest oil company, as well as Dow, Shell and the International...
Saudi Arabia's New Export Challenge
Source of picture: Indiaagrifarms By John Richardson Saudi Arabia continues to pursue its vision of adding social value to its hydrocarbon reserves by creating jobs. This involves going further downstream from basic petrochemicals. "The Ministry of Petroleum has...
Middle East looks overseas for growth
By Malini Hariharan The US shale gas buzz is now drawing Middle East companies with Sabic's CEO revealing yesterday that the company is considering investing in a US cracker. Sabic would pursue the US cracker on its own or with...
Middle East builds downstream
By Malini Hariharan After years of making money in basic petrochemicals the Middle East focus has firmly shifted to downstream chemicals, a topic that is being discussed in great detail at this year's GPCA forum being held in Dubai on...
Dow-Aramco Set To Start Al Jubail JV
By Malini Hariharan Dow Chemical appears to be ready to take a final decision on its huge cracker and derivatives joint venture with Saudi Aramco in Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia. Media reports in the last two days indicate that the...
Does the industry need more PTA?
By Malini Hariharan The impending oversupply in purified terephthalic acid (PTA) and likely problems in securing feedstock paraxylene (PX) does not seem to have dampened enthusiasm for new investments, Around 10m tonnes of PTA capacity is expected to come on...
Saudi Arabia's energy challenge
By Malini Hariharan Saudi Arabia's growing oil demand is rapidly becoming a matter of concern for the country's planners. A new report forecasts that the Kingdom could fail to meet domestic demand in 2030 if current consumption trends are maintained....
Petro Rabigh phase 2 and Aramco's ambition
By Malini Hariharan Petro Rabigh, the Saudi Aramco and Sumitomo Chemical joint venture, has moved to the next round of its ambitious phase 2 expansion which includes a new aromatics facility and a number of value-added derivatives. Construction tenders for...
Saudi Ethane Prices Set To Rise To $2/mBTU
Source of picture: robertsamsterdam By John Richardson IT will only be a question of making a large rather than a huge amount of money if you only take into account the relatively minor increases being forecast for Saudi...
December Polyolefin Price-Rise Bid Will Fail
By John Richardson and Malini Hariharan in Shanghai A TWO-TIER China polyolefin market had developed in China over the last couple of years - but the $64,000 question right now is: At which of these two levels will most business...
Saudi Arabia: The Implications Of Going Downstream
An example of how Lexan solar control IR sheets (made by SABIC Innovative Plastics) can be put to use Source of picture: SABIC By John Richardson SAUDI ARABIA is busy reshaping its petrochemical industry to reflect a drastic...
Saudi Private Petchem Cos To Consolidate
A-Jubail in Saudi Arabia Source of picture: www.chemicals-technology.com By John Richardson SOME of the privately-owned Saudi Arabian petrochemical producers could well be forced to consolidate as a result of lack of feedstock for expansions, an industry source told the...
ChemaWEyaat shifting to a new site?
By Malini Hariharan One more Middle East project appears to be on the move. Abu Dhabi's ChemaWEyaat is reportedly shifting its 1.5m tonnes/year cracker and derivatives project from the Khalifa Port and Industrial Zone in Taweelah, to Ruwais in the...
Plans for one more cracker at Jubail
By Malini Hariharan A few weeks back the blog had reported that Total was interested in producing more petrochemicals downstream of its refinery joint venture with Saudi Aramco at Al Jubail in Saudi Arabia. And yesterday, Michel Govaerts, general manager...
What's the Future of Ras Tanura?
By John Richardson One wonders what might be the future of the Saudi Aramco and Dow Chemical project in Saudi now that it has been officially confirmed that it might be relocated from Ras Tanura to Al-Jubail because of escalating...
Aramco-Dow project to be scaled down?
By Malini Hariharan If you are moving a project to a new location then why not take some time to re-examine its configuration? That appears to be the thinking at Saudi Aramco and Dow Chemical for their proposed cracker and...
Aramco Confirms Ras Tanura Location Review
Here's a post from a guest blogger, my good colleague Prema Viswanathan - Deputy Managing Editor of ICIS pricing in Asia. Ras Tanura and Al-Jubail Source of picture: www.absoluteastastronomy.com By Prema Viswanathan A Saudi Aramco official has confirmed a...
Bright Future Predicted for Saudi Private Cos
Riyadh Source of picture: help.berberber.com By John Richardson PRIVATE Saudi Arabian petrochemical companies need not fret about the ethane-gas shortage that two sources had last week told us would hold up their development, according a third industry source we...
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