1. QP Considers Next Step For North Field

    ...e Iranian side of the field – productivity of recently opened phases has fallen, while another drilled a dry hole, and salt water is increasingly entering some South Pars wells (MEES, 12 December 2011). Furthermore, Iran gives unreliable reports about how much gas it intends to extract and the ti...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 06
    Published at Fri, 08 Feb 2013
  2. Iraqi Production Rise Hits Hiccup

    ...IRAQ   Iraqi Production Rise Hits Hiccup   By Rafiq Latta   Iraqi production surged last year by some 300,000 b/d compared to 2011, and 2012 levels stand some 700,000 b/d higher than 2008, despite well-publicized delays on projects and a cut-off in Kurdistan Re...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 06
    Published at Fri, 08 Feb 2013
  3. In Amenas Fallout Continues As BP And Statoil Weigh The Options

    ...around 3.5bcm/y – a message repeated by Mr Yousfi on 5 February. Evaluation of damage to the plant continues, Mr Yousfi added.   Lost Production In Amenas output averaged 7.8bcm for both 2011 and 2012 – 10% of Algeria’s total commercial gas production – significantly below the plant’s 9b...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 06
    Published at Fri, 08 Feb 2013
  4. Production Rise Fails To Dent Prices

    ...rch 2011-March 2012 Iranian year, and a 12-well drilling drive on the offshore Kish gas field. But it is clear Tehran is worried. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speaking on 7 February during the first visit of an Iranian President to Egypt since the 1979 Islamic revolution, responded positively to a US...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 06
    Published at Fri, 08 Feb 2013
  5. Benchmark Crudes, Official Iraqi Oil & Gas Data and Iraqi Gas Output & Flaring

    ...12 2012 2011 WTI 95.83 97.44 95.83 94.88 88.26 88.25 92.21 94...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 06
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  6. Egypt: Eni Digs Deep

    ...om “at least two” planned 2013 development wells – slated to produce 2,000 b/d each – targeting the Upper and Lower Safa. Production will be delivered to the existing Melehia facilities. 2011 production, all from shallower reservoirs, was 19,000 b/d.   Output has since risen sharply, with pr...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 06
    Published at Fri, 08 Feb 2013
  7. Oman Energy Sector Changes Could Impact DME Benchmark

    ...ading volume on the DME climbed 25.7% to 103,904 contracts from 82,671 in December 2011. Oman crude futures is the DME’s only contract and acts as the benchmark for Oman and Dubai official selling prices (OSPs).   The Oman and Dubai governments launched the DME in 2007 to create transparent pr...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 06
    Published at Fri, 08 Feb 2013
  8. SEC Revises IPP Program To Add Second Dhuba Plant, Adjust Timings

    ...52gw Jiddah South-2 plant, intended for start-up in 2020.   Dr Alawaji estimated that Saudi Arabia had a total available power capacity of 53gw and a peak load of 47.3gw to date. He expected electricity demand to grow by 7.6% a year in 2011-15 and 4.7% a year during 2016-20, and predicted that de...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 06
    Published at Fri, 08 Feb 2013
  9. Schlumberger Sees Middle East As 2013 Driver Of Growth

    ...e company expects to achieve the highest growth in Sub-Saharan Africa – where it currently holds a strong position – and Russia, where it joined forces with Integra, a local oil services group;  and Geothech Holding, a Russian seismic company,  to form IG Seismic Services in December 2011.   Th...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 06
    Published at Fri, 08 Feb 2013
  10. SABIC ‘Barely Impacted’ By Strike At Dutch Subsidiary

    ...lyethylene and 620,000 t/y of polypropylene.   SABIC’s total polymers output was 11.33mn tons in 2011. The company recently reported a net income of SR24.72bn ($6.59bn) for 2012, compared with SR29.24bn ($7.80bn) for 2011. The 15.5% decline was attributed to the “higher cost of sales and lower sales pr...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 06
    Published at Fri, 08 Feb 2013
  11. Egypt’s Budget Deficit Rises 24%

    ...its Financial Monthly for January 2013. Total revenue in July-December 2012 rose 31.1% to E£152.9bn ($22.8bn) from the corresponding period of 2011, mainly as a result of the 38.1% increase in tax revenue. Income tax revenue in July-December 2012 rose by 53.1% over the same period in 2011. Non-oil ta...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 06
    Published at Fri, 08 Feb 2013
  12. Revolutions Spiral Out Of Control

    ...prived southern town of Tataouine are debated (MEES, 30 November 2012).  Not only has the fall in oil production of recent years continued, the decline accelerated for 2011 whilst the sharp climb in gas output over the years to 2010 has gone into reverse (see graph).   Of the almost 10...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 06
    Published at Fri, 08 Feb 2013
  13. Examining The CBI-Iraq Government Conflict – A Focus On Forex

    ...ccess to secure loans from the CBI to finance a possible deficit in the budget. (Article 26 of the CBI Law prohibits lending to the government.) Since then, efforts to limit the bank’s independence resulted in a decision by the High Federal Court in January 2011 to subordinate the CBI and other in...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 06
    Published at Fri, 08 Feb 2013