Middle East downstream news

Yokogawa Electric Korea has announced it has won an analyser package order for a petrochemical complex in Oman.

Bee'ah and Masdar have announced their joint venture to develop the first waste-to-energy plant in the Middle East region.

Saudi Aramco has signed a number of agreements with US companies to promote bilateral trade.

ADNOC has signed an exclusive agreement with Penthol for Group III base oil sales into the USA through the Vertex-Penthol Partnership.

ExxonMobil and SABIC have announced the signing of an agreement for the next phase of their proposed US petrochemical project.

The price of crude has increased this morning as Saudi Arabia and Russia have spoken out in support of extending the supply cuts agreement until March 2018.

Qatargas has announced it has successfully delivered its commissioning cargo to a new Chinese LNG terminal.

Honeywell UOP has announced it has signed an agreement to provide technology and equipment for the expansion of a Jordanian refinery for Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company.

TechnipFMC has announced it has been awarded an EPC contract for a sulfate reduction plant in Abu Dhabi.

Bechtel has announced it has been selected to deliver a major petrochemicals project in Egypt.