Petro Rabigh commissions expanded ethylene unit

Rabigh Refining & Petrochemical Co. (Petro Rabigh), a joint venture of Saudi Aramco and Sumitomo Chemical Co., has completed mechanical works for a project designed to increase ethylene capacity at Petro Rabigh’s refinery and chemicals complex in the port city of Rabigh on the Red Sea. Source: News


EIA: LNG exports to be the driver of Canadian gas production growth

The US Energy Information Administration reported that Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB), in a recent publication projects that both Canada’s natural gas production and consumption will increase through the next decade. Source: News


BP posts $583-million first-quarter loss

BP PLC reported a loss of $583 million for this year’s first quarter compared with a $2.6-billion profit in the same quarter in 2015. The company reported an underlying replacement cost profit of $532 million for this year’s first quarter compared with a profit of $196 million for the previous quarter and a profit of […]


SOCAR lets contract for Baku refinery modernization program

State Oil Co. of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) has let a contract to Amec Foster Wheeler (AFW) for work related to the ongoing modernization and expansion of the Heydar Aliyev refinery at Baku in Azerbaijan. Source: News