Journals By Industry - Petroleum & Coal Products Manufacturing

ORPC has two refineries - one in the port of Mina al-Fahal with a capacity of 106,000 b/d, and the other in Sohar, 116,400 b/d. The Mina al-Fahal plant meets the bulk of...

The opening of a downstream plastics manufacturing plant in the Salalah free zone in December 2006 marked the beginning of a new phase in the region's petrochemical industry. It caught many by surprise...

Petroleum Development Oman: PDO is owned 60% by the Omani government, 34% by Shell which is the technical manager, 4% by Total and 2% by Partex. The Shell-led foreign partners in PDO in...

The use of rare earth minerals may become a logistical bottleneck plaguing the deployment of wind turbines, photovoltaic cells, and electric vehicles, according to a report recently updated by the U.S. Department of...

The power and water desalination complexes in Oman are the biggest users of energy, mainly natural gas. Consumption by the expanding utilities sector is to rise rapidly, estimated at the rate of 9%...

The search for oil in Oman began in 1925, soon after D'Arcy Exploration Co. won a two-year licence. Then the country was a British protectorate. The firm made geological surveys but failed to...

Saudi Petroleum & Mineral Resources Minister Ali al-Na'imi has repeatedly stated in recent days that the kingdom will be able to almost instantly raise its crude oil production from 10m to 11.8m b/d...

Fitch affirms Lukoil 'BBB-' rating with 'stable' outlook International rating agency Fitch Ratings affirmed on January 27 its long-term foreign and local currency issuer default rating (IDR) for oil major OJSC Lukoil of...

Discovered coal reserves at Amaamskoye deposit could increase significantly by 2014 CJSC North Pacific Coal Company Ltd, a partner with Tigers Realm Coal Ltd. of Australia, intends to increase its discovered reserves at...

Site construction has begun for the Diamond Green Diesel Plant, which is being built adjacent to the Valero oil refinery in St. Charles Parish. The project is expected to be complete by the...

Imports from Iran at 238,860 bpd in 2011, up 20 pct yr/yr; Total crude imports up 6.2 pct y/y in 2011- KNOC; Middle East supplies 87 pct of S.Korea's 2011 crude...

The SCAF on Dec. 6 warned that Egypt's foreign-currency reserves were falling sharply and that it might have enough only to cover imports until the end of February. In view of this, the...

The decision makers in Egypt's petroleum sector are professionals with long experience in this business. Most of them are pragmatic, led by Abdullah Ghorab who is the minister of petroleum. There has been...

The Petroleum Minister since March 2011, Eng. Ghorab took up this post from Mahmoud Latif Amer and was retained in Ghanzoury's government. Latif had become petroleum minister on Feb. 23 to replace long-serving...

There are fuel shortages in the country caused partly by financial difficulties being faced by the interim government since the fall of President Mubarak and partly in view of rising domestic prices. Long...

There are about 75,000 people working in the state's hydrocarbon sector, including EGPC, Ganope, Egas and Echem, under the control of the Petroleum Ministry. EGPC is one of the biggest NOCs in the...

DUBLIN -- Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/59529e/oil_gas_refinin) has announced the addition of the "Oil & Gas: Refining, Independent and Major Integrated Report" report to their offering. The Wall Street Transcript has just published its Oil...

DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/323332/azerbaijan_oil_and) has announced the addition of the "Azerbaijan Oil and Gas Report Q1 2012" report to their offering. Project slippage remains the key threat to an Azeri energy...

WALTHAM, Mass. -- Global Partners LP (NYSE: GLP), a leader in the storage, distribution and marketing of gasoline, distillates and residual oil to wholesalers, retailers and commercial customers throughout the Northeast, announced today...