Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Companies (ORPIC) has shortlisted nine firms for the engineering, procurement and construction contract

KazMunayGas has signed a $297.5 million ECA-backed seven year loan to fund the purchase of a fluid catalytic cracker and plant equipment from Marubeni as part of the third phase of the upgrade of the Atyrau refinery in Kazakhstan.

Gazprom Neft has signed a Eu258 million ($317 million) 10-year ECA-backed unsecured loan on behalf of its Serbian subsidiary Naftna Industrija Srbije