Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 17

25-Apr-2011

MEES Agenda

Gulf Producers Tackling ‘Difficult Gas’ Challenges

Gulf producers are increasingly turning to challenging gas field developments – Oman is looking for BP to start up 500mn cfd of tight gas capacity in 2016, for example, while Kuwait is pushing ahead with its “most difficult” Jurassic gas project. Yet despite the costs and technical challenges, the Gulf’s difficult gas projects will...