Saudi Review

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Meeting demands

Saudi Arabia is surging ahead with mega projects in both the upstream and downstream sector to boost its position as a top player in the global oil and gas arena...

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Major Saudi push

Saudi Arabia is pressing ahead with its ambitious oil expansion scheme and stepping up exploration to meet future demand, the head of state Saudi Aramco said...

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Big boost for refining

The year 2005 was another big year for Saudi Aramco's Refining division, as projects and initiatives stimulated its ability to provide the Kingdom with refined products...

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Turkey sales boost

Saudi Basic Indus-tries Corporation (Sabic) plans to treble its sales in five years to Turkey, where the petrochemical giant has just opened an office, the company said...

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Centre wins top honours

The SAP Knowledge Center has been recognised by the Help Desk Institute (HDI) for achieving world class standards in serving Saudi Aramco's SAP customers...

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Safety is key for Aramco

As a major player in the oil industry, Saudi Aramco needs to take every safety precaution to protect its main commodity, oil, the facilities that produce it and the...

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Refinery in major revamp

Riyadh Refinery is using a combination of new technologies, smart thinking and cohesive teamwork to achieve both environmental and economic gains through a series of...

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Shaw in accord

Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (Sabic) has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with US Shaw Stone & Webster for the engineering, procurement and construction of a...

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Great opportunity

The Middle East has a great opportunity for economic growth through increasing its downstream activities in both petroleum refining and petrochemicals, a Saudi Aramco...

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Refinery planned

Saudi Aramco plans to build a refinery in northeast China's Qingdao with Sinopec, a senior Saudi Aramco official said...

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Talks set to start

Saudi Basic Industries Corp (Sabic) will resume negotiations with Sinopec Corp to build a major ethylene complex in China, a potential partnership helped by Saudi King...

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Secretariat in key role

Global co-operation between oil producers and consumers received a major boost in November last year with the launch of the International Energy Forum (IEF) Secretariat...

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Profit joy for Sabic

Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (Sabic) reported a record 2005 net profit of SR19.2 billion ($5.11 billion) compared to SR14.2 billion in 2004, an increase of 35 per...

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Plant set in Korea

Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest oil exporter, may invest up to $3.5 billion to build a plant in South Korea to process more profitable clean fuels, Seoul's energy...

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Units offer efficiency

PSI Energy is a division of PSI Middle East LLC which specialises in sales, rental and servicing of high pressure, and ultra high-pressure water jetting equipment and...

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Setting standards

SIGMA COATINGS Middle East is part of the SigmaKalon Group, a worldwide player in Decorative, Marine, Protective and Industrial coatings...

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Strategic alliance

As massive investment is due to take place in the Gulf, particularly in Saudi Arabia, House of Energy & Industrial Technologies Co Ltd (HOEIT) has strategically...

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Aramco stays at the top

For the 17th year in a row, Saudi Aramco was last year named the No 1 oil company in the world by the energy trade journal Petroleum Intelligence Weekly (PIW...

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Yanbu project set

Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu chairman Prince Saud ibn Abdullah ibn Thunayyan signed a contract for the construction of high-voltage electricity transmission...

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Statoil talks held

Representatives from Saudi Aramco and Statoil of Norway met in Dhahran recently for the second Statoil/Saudi Aramco Technology Collaboration Steering Committee meeting...

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Safco in record profits

Saudi Arabian Fertiliser Company (Safco) posted record net profits of SR1.1 billion ($293 million) in 2005, up 67 per cent from the previous year, the company said...

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Project work starts

Saudi Arabia has started construction of its Hawiyah Natural Gas Liquids project which will boost production of ethane and NGLs, Saudi Aramco said...

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Kingdom eyes China investment

Saudi Arabia would like to invest in crude storage tanks on the southern Chinese island of Hainan, a local newspaper reported as the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques...

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Motor Oil move

Aramco Overseas Co (AOC) said that it has sold its remaining interest in Greece's Motor Oil (Hellas) Corinth Refineries SA...

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Taxing problems

Despite record refining margins and extraordinary profits in recent years, Motiva Enterprises LLC is pressing local officials in two states for tax incentives to increase...

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One step ahead

Water, in fact, is the origin of life, and it is the most important factor in all countries, human life, and economics...