Category: Middle East

Kuwaiti state oil company KOC has issued a public tender for a new sour gas pipeline. The 24” (61 cm) spur gas export line will be constructed from Station 171-BS through TP-1 to the Intermediate Gas Separator.

Global engineering company KBR has secured a contract to provide the upgrade of facilities at Saudi Aramco’s Marjan offshore oil and gas field in the Arabian Gulf.

Official ceremonies by Algeria’s hydrocarbons minister Mohamed Arkab have kicked-started the construction of a very large capacity phosphate project.

SABIC Agri-Nutrients Company (SABIC AN), Saudi Arabian fertilizer producer, has taken final investment decision on its SAN-7 project in Al Jubail. The development will add 1.2 million t/a of ammonia capacity and 2.6 million t/a of urea capacity. The EPC contract has been awarded to Samsung E&A Co., Ltd. for approximately $3.5 billion, with construction expected to start in Q4 2026.

Ambitious expansion plans face exposure to trade route disruption.

We preview the Arab Fertilizer Association (AFA) 38th International Technical Conference & Exhibition, 3-5 November, Amman, Jordan.

CRU’s Ashmita Sen and Humphrey Knight assess the largest capacity expansion by the Arab Potash Company (APC) in 20 years.

ICL delivered its best quarterly operating income performance in three years in the Q2 2026 and used the results to unveil a broader corporate reshape.

Three of the world's major phosphate producers used their second-quarter 2026 results to lay out how far a global sulphur squeeze is now cutting into their phosphate businesses.

TotalEnergies says that, along with partners ADNOC, CNPC and Eni, it has reached a final investment decision (FID) for the $6.2 billion Umm Shaif Gas Cap development in the Umm Shaif and Nasr offshore concession. ADNOC Offshore is the field operator.