Middle East -Africa
Electrical and Instrumentation experts to meet in Abu Dhabi on November 12th &13th 2012 PCIC stands for the Petroleum and Chemical Industry Committee. PCIC Middle East is the regional representation of PCIC Europe to organize the premier Conference for the exchange of experience in electricity and instrumentation in the oil and gas, chemical and pharmaceutical industries, covering all the aspects of the upstream and downstream activities. The PCIC Middle […]
Sitra Refinery expansion preliminary studies completed After multiple scenarios for revamping and expansion, the Minister of Energy in Bahrain, Dr. Abdul Hussain bin Ali Mirza, has announced the completion of the preliminary studies to modernize the Sitra refinery. The plan of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco) aims to increase energy efficiency and increase production of high value […]
$350 million to acquire Dubai’s NPS Energy 21 May 2012 – Aker Solutions has agreed to acquire NPS Energy, which is part of oil field services company National Petroleum Services. NPS Energy has a strong presence in the Middle East and North Africa, which combined hold approximately 60 per cent of the world’s proven oil […]
KNPC to pre-qualify EPCs for CFP and NRP projects Expected on June 13th, the state-owned oil refiner Kuwait National Petroleum Co (KNPC) has decided to postpone to July 4th the dead line for the engineering companies to submit their expression of interest (EOI) for the calls for tenders to be issued for the multiple engineering, procurement and construction […]
Qurain Petrochemical Industries Company (QPIC) was established by the Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC) to implement the Kuwait Petroleum Company’s (KPC) strategy to encourage more the private sector in major petrochemical projects in Kuwait. and in the region. QPIC is focusing on chemical and petrochemical products and related by-products. In Saudi Arabia, QPIC would lead the development of the integrated polyethylene […]
When the Saudi Authorities allocated to the Saudi Binladin Group (SBG) and Malaysia’s MMC Corporation the mission to design and develop the $27 billion Jizan Economic City (JEC), Saudi Arabia This refinery was supposed to be the first building block to create wealth and employment in the South region of the Kingdom. In addition the Saudi Authorities expectation […]
IECEx addresses safety issues in the Ex field. The IECEx, the IEC System for Certification for Standards relating to Equipment for Use in Explosive Atmospheres, and ESMA (Emirates Standardization and Metrology Authority), in conjunction with UNECE (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe), have organized the 2012 IECEx International Conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on last 20-21 March 2012. The conference […]
The European Petroleum & Chemical Industry Committee (PCIC Europe) has finalized the agenda of the next Conference in Prague on June 19th – 21st. PCIC Europe is the premier European forum for the exchange of experience in the practical application of electricity and instrumentation in the petroleum, chemical and pharmaceutical industries, including all upstream and […]
