1. Iraq Books Record Exports In 2019, Plans To Advance Jordan Pipeline In 2020

    ...s taken center stage, with widespread accusations of corruption against key ministries including the oil ministry. In any case bureaucratic inefficiencies (among other things) have limited government spending particularly on much-needed infrastructure, enabling Baghdad to run budget surpluses in 2017...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 01
    Published at Fri, 03 Jan 2020
  2. Israel’s Leviathan: Deliveries Start, Controversy Remains

    ...viathan in 2010 but struggled for years to get the sales deals in place to support even Phase-1 development under which output is slated to hit 1.2bn cfd later this year. It finally took FID in 2017. Noble has 39.67%, partnered by Israeli firms Delek (45.33%) and Ratio Oil (15%)....

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 01
    Published at Fri, 03 Jan 2020
  3. Ground-Breaking Mena Power Plants Due Online In 2020

    ...id as well as to power the mining and processing operations. Estonia’s Eesti Energia is lead developer, but sold part of its stake to China’s coal power plant operator Yudean to secure Chinese financial backing (MEES, 28 April 2017). Much of Kuwait’s recent power capacity expansion has been ad...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 01
    Published at Fri, 03 Jan 2020
  4. Oman: Petrofac Bags PDO Awards

    ...tegrated oil and sour gas project. At the Mabrouk NE project – one of Oman’s more exciting new developments – Petrofac signed a 10-year framework agreement in 2017 and was awarded a pipeline construction deal there in June (MEES, 14 June 2019). The newest EPC contract covers a 34-month development of 16...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 01
    Published at Fri, 03 Jan 2020
  5. Egypt Nuclear Award

    ...th Rosatom in late 2017 to go ahead with the project. The first reactor is scheduled for start-up in 2026 and all four are expected to be fully operational in 2029. Construction of the first reactor is expected to begin in 2020. Dabaa will mainly be funded by a $25bn loan from Moscow covering 85% of th...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 01
    Published at Fri, 03 Jan 2020
  6. Algeria To Italy Gas: 2019 Slump, December Leap

    ...LUMES WERE STILL LITTLE MORE THAN HALF 2016 & 2017 LEVELS (BCM) SOURCE: SNAM RETE GAS, MEES.      ...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 01
    Published at Fri, 03 Jan 2020