Kuwait replaces top oil sector officialsState-run Kuwait Petroleum Company (KPC) appointed a new chief executive and suspended other top officials after the country paid $2.2 billion in damages to Dow Chemical Co over a scrapped plastic More… |
Sadara awards packaging contract to MDRSadara Chemical, a joint venture of Saudi Aramco and The Dow Chemical Company, has outsourced its packaging center activity for solids and liquids handling to Almajdouie De Rijke Company (MDR) Logistics. MDR is a joint venture bet More… |
Aramco, Dow venture launches sukukSadara Chemical Company, a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Dow Chemical, said it launched a local currency Islamic bond to help fund the construction of a $20 billion petrochemical complex in the east of the kingdom. More… |
Dow rises for 10th day, S&P eyes recordWall Street opened higher on Thursday and the Dow extended its recent winning streak to 10 days in early trading after data showed the labor market recovery was gaining traction. The broader S&a More… |
Dow names president for newly formed MENATDow Chemical has consolidated its Mena and Turkey (MENAT) markets, and named Markus Wildi as the region’s president. The new role of Wildi, whose previous title was president of Dow Middle East, will include North Africa and More… |
Foster Wheeler units win Sadara projectSubsidiaries of Foster Wheeler's Global Engineering and Construction Group have been awarded an engineering and procurement contract by Sadara Chemical Company for a packaging centre at Jubail Industrial City. More… |
Dow to market Sadara products worldwideDow Chemical today announced that it will market and sell the majority of products produced by Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara), Dow’s joint venture with Saudi Aramco. Dow will leverage it More… |
Dow, Saudi water firm tie-up for desal researchThe Dow Chemical Company and Saudi Arabia-based Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) have signed a commercial agreement for research collaboration in desalination technologies. Dow and SWCC’s first action after this agreemen More… |
Gulf petchem production capacity up 13.5pcThe petrochemical production capacity in the Gulf region soared to nearly 116 million tonnes in 2011, up 13.5 per cent compared to 102 million tonnes the previous year, according to a report. Saudi alone accounted for over half o More… |
Kuwait row leaves economic plans on iceA Kuwaiti walks into a lost and found bureau and says he is searching for the country's vaunted 30 billion dinar ($107 billion) economic development plan. The cartoon captures people's frustration at a long-running political row,  More… |








