Petrochemicals

Algeria tenders urea-formaldehyde project

Technical bids are due to be submitted in early April
25 February 2026
Egyptian firm to build $200m sodium cyanide plant

In its first phase, the proposed plant in Alexandria will produce and export 50,000 tonnes a year of sodium cyanide, a substance primarily used in the extraction of gold and silver
20 February 2026
KBR wins 10-year maintenance contract from Petro Rabigh

The US firm will provide operations and maintenance services covering polymer plants at the Petro Rabigh integrated refining and petrochemicals complex in Rabigh, on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast
17 February 2026

Sabic pruning its overseas business is prudent and pragmatic

13 February 2026

Bidders get more time for QatarEnergy urea facility expansion project

09 February 2026

Duqm petrochemicals revival provides fillip to Gulf projects market

06 February 2026

OQ and KPI sign Duqm petrochemicals project agreement

05 February 2026

Oman secures $652m in chemical project investments

05 February 2026

Adnoc signs 27-year utilities purchase agreement with Taqa

30 January 2026

Dubai chemicals distributor opens $82m terminal

16 January 2026

Sabic divests chemical businesses in Europe and Americas for $950m

14 January 2026

Covestro names new chair after takeover by Abu Dhabi’s XRG

05 January 2026

Becht seeks to expand LNG business in the Middle East

09 December 2025

Adnoc board approves $150bn capex budget for 2026-30

28 November 2025

Omani firm commissions caustic soda plant in Sur

27 November 2025

Larsen & Toubro climbs EPC contractor ranking

24 November 2025

QatarEnergy cancels tendering for salt production project

18 November 2025

Indian firm wins Oman chemicals project EPC contract

17 November 2025

Qapco puts brakes on petrochemicals project tendering

14 November 2025

China to lead global polypropylene capacity additions through 2030

13 November 2025

Taziz awards $1.99bn contract for chemical plants complex

05 November 2025

Sabic reports lower revenue and profit in third quarter

04 November 2025

Anchorage Investments signs $2bn chemicals deal in Egypt

27 October 2025

Investment shapes UAE growth story

23 October 2025

Taziz and Adnoc L&S sign chemicals port agreement

15 October 2025

Aramco acquires majority stake in PetroRabigh

09 October 2025

Kuwait approves major petchems project

03 October 2025

Fertiglobe completes acquisition of Australian fertiliser unit

02 October 2025

Aramco signs deal to develop liquids-to-chemicals technology

02 October 2025

Frontrunner emerges for Project Salt in Abu Dhabi

29 September 2025

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