Middle East downstream news

WorleyParsons has been awarded a Design and Supervision Consultancy contract by QTerminals in Qatar.

Petrofac has won contracts to provide oil and gas training solutions in Oman, the UAE and Iraq, worth over US$30 million.

ADNOC will expand its access to India by supplying its Group III base oil, ADbase, to IndianOil.

A major milestone for ADNOC, the first-ever UAE-produced calcined coke shipment has set sail for China.

McDermott will supply the basic engineering, technology licence, and catalyst for an integrated petrochemicals unit in Kuwait.

GlobalData has reported that Asia and North America will lead global polyethylene capacity additions by 2023.

The Xiamen Sinolook Oil Co. Ltd will import ADNOC’s base oil, Adbase into China.

Based in OPITO’s Dubai office, Richard Roberts will work alongside the region’s national and international oil companies.

A new report from ICIS suggests that ‘big oil’ in the Middle East will boost the global petrochemicals footprint.

Another development in ADNOC’s strategy of expanding its petrochemical business, OMV plan further collaboration with the UAE company.