Middle East downstream news

Duqm Refinery has announced that its project is running ahead of schedule, with 19.5% completion at the end of April.

McDermott to provide FEED services for ADNOC’s refinery project at the Ruwais Refinery in Abu Dhabi

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.