Assuit Oil Refining Company’s (ASORC) Octane complex aims to produce 800,000 tons annually of all octane types in addition to increasing butane production to meet Upper Egypt’s governorates.  This came during Tarek El Molla's, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, visit to ASORC’s Octane complex

The Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Tarek El Molla, and the Italy’s Ambassador in Cairo, Giampaolo Cantini, witnessed the signing of Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract for establishing Mazut Hydrocracking Complex in upper Egypt with a cost of $2.5 billion.

Engineering for the Petroleum & Process Industries (Enppi) has signed an agreement with Technip and Assiut National Oil Processing Company (ANOPC) to begin preparations for the construction of the mazut hydrogen cracking complex.

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) awarded two Front End Engineering Design (FEED) contracts for its offshore mega natural gas planned project, located in the Hail, Ghasha, and Dalma fields in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

The Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Tarek El Molla, held a series of meetings with CEOs of international oil companies (IOCs) on the sidelines of the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC).

Production from the hydraulic-cracking project at the Asyut refinery and the expansion project at the Middle East Oil Refinery will begin on schedule.

The Egyptian Petrochemicals Holding Company (ECHEM) is studying the execution of four projects worth $5b.

Sonatrach awarded the China Petroleum Engineering and Construction Corporation (CPECC) a $410m contract to renovate and upgrade an oil refinery near the capital, Algiers.

French company Technip inked a deal worth $500m with a consortium that includes Libya's National Oil Company (NOC) and Italy's oil and gas major ENI to refurbish the offshore oil platform for the Bahr Essalam oil field about 100 kilometres off Tripoli.

Technip has won a lump sum contract by Deep Gulf Energy II to develop the Odd Job field in the ultra deepwater field in the Gulf of Mexico.