Category: Middle East

Shell plc SHEL has temporarily halted production at its Pearl gas-to-liquids (GTL) facility in Qatar following a major attack on Ras Laffan Industrial City. The Pearl GTL facility, one of the largest of its kind globally, was forced to shut down after sustaining damage during aerial attacks leading to a fire on one of its processing trains. While the fire was quickly contained and no injuries were reported, production was suspended to assess the extent of the damage. The site has the capacity to process up to 1.6 bcf/d of gas into 140,000 bbl/d of liquid fuels.

ADNOC Gas has outlined a staged recovery plan for its Habshan complex after April attacks and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, while reporting sharply stronger sulphur earnings on the back of firm prices and resilient output elsewhere in its network.

CF Industries and PepsiCo have launched a commercial partnership to cut greenhouse‑gas emissions in potato production by offering certified low‑carbon urea ammonium nitrate solution (UAN) to growers supplying PepsiCo’s Frito‑Lay snack brands.

Copper smelters are under fresh pressure as treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) fall amid tighter concentrate supply and rising smelter capacity, while record sulphuric acid values reshape smelter revenues.

CRU’s "Energy Shock: Impact on commodity value chains" briefing in London on 14 May is essential for fertiliser, sulphur, nitrogen and syngas professionals seeking practical tools to manage rising cost and supply risk.

A review of papers presented at this year’s Sulphur World Symposium, held by The Sulphur Institute (TSI) in Vancouver, Canada this year from April 28 to 30.

Shell's Pearl GTL plant in Qatar is partially offline for up to a year after a March attack on Ras Laffan, as US-Israeli strikes also hit Iran's Kaveh Petrochemical methanol facility, leaving production there unaffected.

We speak with Ilya Motorygin, Managing Partner and Co-founder of GG Trading DMCC.

CRU's fertilizer and raw materials experts examine mounting market pressures in a newly available on-demand webinar, Straight Talk: Fertilizer Constraints Compound as Conflict Lingers.

After a first day focused on the exhibition and technical showcases, the main conference programme at the CRU Phosphates+Potash Expoconference ...