Middle East

NewCO2Fuels (NCF) is developing an innovative, cost competitive, self-sufficient system to produce fuel from CO2 and renewable energy.

An additional 11.7 million barrels per day (mmbd) of Crude Distillation Capacity (CDU) will come online globally between 2014 and 2020, with an annual average of 1.6 mmbd, says a new report from GlobalData.

Air Products has signed a distributor agreement with Kuwaiti company TechnoGas, providing the company with both an important distributor network and the opportunity to expand its specialty gas and equipment activities in the State.

The dynamics in the global LNG market are set to shift over the next decade, with demand set to double in this timeframe and a tight market to remain until 2020.

Weldship Corporation has announced the appointment of Dr. Gamal Elsaeed as Sales Manager for the Middle East, continuing to grow its global presence.

Air Liquide has signed a scientific cooperation agreement with King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, and joins its Industry Collaboration Program (KICP).

Foster Wheeler announced today that it has been awarded the design contract by Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) for a new onshore LNG import and regasification terminal to be built in Kuwait.

Ma’aden and Alcoa team up in a joint venture (JV) and have selected Spectrex SharpEye 40/40I Optical Flame Detectors.

UOP, a Honeywell company, announced today the award of its 1,000th system for purifying hydrogen, which is being installed at Ruwais Refinery, United Arab Emirates, and operated by the Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company (TAKREER).

Worthington Industries has announced that its Pressure Cylinders segment has signed an agreement to acquire a 75% stake in ARITAS, one of Europe’s leading LNG and cryogenic technology companies.