Mohamed Al-Mady, vice chairman and chief executive officer, Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), and chairman of the Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association reveals his hopes and predictions for the year ahead.
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Gulf cooperation
December saw the largest ever meeting of the GPCA, proving over 900 heads are better than one.
Asset management
2008 has proven to be a suprisingly turbulent year across all international markets. Omar al Quqa, executive vice president of Kuwait’s Global Investment House, gives his views on the outlook for prices and production in the regional petrochemicals sector
Predicting problems
Yokogawa’s Raju Seshadri reveals the latest trends in predictive maintenance solutions.
Testing the industry
A petrochemical surge calls for an increasing amount of laboratory testing – third-party providers are filling the void.
Regional power problems
Seasonal electricity fears exacerbated by reports of industrial shortfalls throughout the GCC.
Switched on
Switchgears fulfil a vital safety role in power networks and as such merit care and attention.
Creating chemistry
Abdullah Bin Zaid Al Hagbani, secretary general of the Gulf Petrochemicals & Chemicals Association, talks about the body’s role as a catalyst in developing the regional petrochemical industry into a global force.
Purchasing power
Free from the constraints of the credit crunch, Middle East oil firms and wealth funds are in a great position to swoop on assets outside the region.
Pure purchasing power
Overall merger and acquistion levels in the oil and gas industry held up throughout 2007, despite the impact of the credit crunch.