1. Qatar Takes Stake In Egypt’s Musturud Refinery Project

    ...10, but the deal saw delays in reaching financial close amid late changes in the equity ownership. Then, like other projects in the country, it was held up by the revolution which toppled the Husni Mubarak regime (MEES, 7 February 2011). Investment by deep-pocketed Qatar is a “game changer” and pr...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 06
    Published at Mon, 06 Feb 2012
  2. Total Eyes Misan Gas Opportunity

    ...st year (MEES, 4 July 2011) to over 20,000 b/d and is eyeing eventual production of 100,000 b/d, in addition to 60,000 b/d at the Amara field, MEES understands “We don’t need to reinvent the wheel,” argues Gulfsands CEO Mahdi Sajjad. “This is essentially our previous project. We have already done mo...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 06
    Published at Mon, 06 Feb 2012
  3. Iran Gives Confusing And Contradictory Response To Sanctions

    ...E on 7-9 February. The tour, according to the president’s website, is to help “secure a stable supply of energy resources.” Turkey, however – which got 180,000 b/d, almost one-third of its oil needs, from Iran in 2011 – is publicly supporting Iran over energy issues. Minister of Energy Taner Yi...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 06
    Published at Mon, 06 Feb 2012
  4. Oman Prepares To End Gas Subsidies For Future Projects

    ...ys. Pre-front end engineering design (FEED) work for the full field developmentis due to finish in the third quarter of 2011, then a 12-month FEED project starts, allowing the FID to be taken before the end of 2012. By then BP will know the amount of water and NGLs that need handling. Capital ex...

    Volume: 54
    Issue: 06
    Published at Mon, 07 Feb 2011
  5. Iraq’s KRG Regional Producers Start Oil Test Flows For Export

    ...gotiators to the limit. Yet a deal will have to be made. The Taq Taq field development, led by Sinopec and Turkey’s Genel Enerji, and the DNO-led Tawke field, will be providing the vast majority of 2011 exports. Both projects can produce around 50,000 b/d; indeed Taq Taq has gone as high as 67...

    Volume: 54
    Issue: 06
    Published at Mon, 07 Feb 2011
  6. OPEC Shrugs Off Threat To Supply From Potential Egypt Disruption

    ...praised as to exactly how much new Iraqi supply is expected on the market this year. But at present he does not expect a significant impact. “I am sure for 2011 Iraq will not disturb our production,” he said. But, MEES calculates, rising Basra province output has already boosted Iraq’s capacity by ov...

    Volume: 54
    Issue: 06
    Published at Mon, 07 Feb 2011
  7. Libya’s Exploration Drive Falters 

    ...ogram to Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) in November, which if approved, could bring some of these discoveries on-stream by 2011 at an initial rate of 50,000 b/d of oil and 50mn cfd of gas (MEES, 15 December 2008). But the block, which Verenex acquired in the first EPSA-4 bid round, is in the Gh...

    Volume: 52
    Issue: 06
    Published at Mon, 09 Feb 2009