Middle East downstream news

Borouge PLC and Borealis have announced the launch of two new sustainable polymer products for the automotive industry, made from up to 70% recycled materials.

Increased LNG export capacity and natural gas production through a major expansion in the North Field, Qatar, is expected to be completed by 2028. Expanded North Field natural gas production is expected to offset declines from mature fields and will increase overall natural gas output in Qatar.

Masdar, Mitsubishi Chemical Group and INPEX are collaborating to explore setting up the world’s first commercial-scale e-polypropylene production in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

For the first time in the MENA region, TotalEnergies, Aramco and SABIC have converted oil derived from plastic waste into circular polymers.

McDermott has been awarded a contract by ADNOC to provide FEED services for the new Fujairah LNG facility in the UAE.

ADNOC and Mubadala have announced a strategic transaction with Borealis, whereby ADNOC will acquire a 25% shareholding in Borealis from Mubadala.

Amarinth has delivered bespoke and compact API 610 vertical in-line pumps to be used at SABIC's petrochemical refinery in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia.

Ibn Sina, a JV between SABIC, Celanese and Duke Energy, is now certified for circular methanol production under the ISCC – a globally leading certification body.

Wood has been awarded a suite of contracts and strategic framework renewals to optimise energy production, reduce carbon impact and accelerate the energy transition in the Middle East.

Lanaz will use Honeywell UOP modular naphtha hydrotreating and fixed-bed platforming process units to produce cleaner-burning fuels at its refinery in Iraq.