Saudi Arabia plans to increase the capacity of the East-West Pipeline by 40% within two years in order to reduce oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz, Reuters reported. The move comes in response to a number of in...
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) has warned of an unspecified incident that reportedly took place in the Gulf of Oman, urging extreme caution, Gulf News reports. Meanwhile, Bloomberg has reported t...
State oil giant Saudi Aramco and petrochemicals company Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) will build a new integrated industrial petrochemicals complex in the port city of Yanbu on the Red Sea coast, Reuters reporte...
An upgrade to Saudi Aramco’s Yanbu South Terminal (YST) has added 3 million barrels per day (b/d) to the export capacity of the Red Sea facility, the company announced in a press release. The YST facility contains a t...
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) is constructing a crude oil storage facility under the Fujairah mountains in the UAE, sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The underground facility, named Mandous, ...
Iran is planning to move its primary export terminal from the Arabian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman to avoid using the strategic Strait of Hormuz, President Hassan Rouhani stated in a televised speech on September 4, AFP r...
Royal Dutch Shell and Vitol, a global energy trading house, are stepping up their operations in the port of Fujairah to store Iraqi crude as production from the OPEC member rises, reported Reuters. In an attempt to av...