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Iraq Mulls Power Sell-Offs Amid Cash Crunch, Pre-Election Rivalry
...rliamentary elections planned in October. Kar’s most prominent role is as operator of the 160,000 b/d Khurmala Dome of the Kirkuk field in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region. It also contentiously operated Kirkuk’s Avana Dome and the nearby Bai Hassan field between 2014 and 2017 until federal forces re...
Volume: 64Issue: 06Published at Fri, 12 Feb 2021 -
Saudi Power Sector Needs $130bn Over 10 Years, Efficiency Targeted
...vel. Mr Husain told a conference in Riyadh this week that Saudi electricity demand reached a new high of 62.26GW in summer 2015, which was 10% up on 56.55GW recorded in 2014. While a 45% demand hike over eight years is high in global terms, it is still modest compared with a 64% increase over 2008-15 (se...
Volume: 59Issue: 06Published at Fri, 12 Feb 2016 -
UAE Targets Improved Efficiency ‘Throughout Electricity Value Chain’
...r capita energy consumption among the highest in the world, the emirates’ Ministry of Energy has set a target of improving energy efficiency by 30% by 2030 (MEES, 26 September 2014). Abu Dhabi-based Masdar Institute of Science and Technology and US electrical engineering giant GE have produced a wh...
Volume: 58Issue: 06Published at Fri, 06 Feb 2015 -
Iran Starts Work On Qeshm Power/Desal Plant
...01-04, before the onset of sanctions over Tehran’s nuclear program. Mapna recently started work on a 1GW gas-fired plant at Zanjan (MEES, 17 October 2014). Iran’s power generation capacity reached 70.03GW at the end of 2014, of which 70% is gas-fired. This requires an estimated 10.5bn cfd of gas fu...
Volume: 58Issue: 06Published at Fri, 06 Feb 2015 -
Oman Shake-Up Eyes Spot Generator Market By 2017
...nsultants in early 2014 to develop the spot market rules and related arrangements: “A consultation phase, involving all interested stakeholders, is envisaged later in 2014.” Transition OPWP aims to conduct its first tender for power plants to be operated under the new terms in 2016-17. The next te...
Volume: 57Issue: 06Published at Fri, 07 Feb 2014 -
SEC Revises IPP Program To Add Second Dhuba Plant, Adjust Timings
...eration stages 2013 Qurayyah IPP 3,927 Eastern Province Under construction 2014 Rabigh IPP2 1,800 140km north of...
Volume: 56Issue: 06Published at Fri, 08 Feb 2013 -
TAQA Secures Financing For Morocco Coal Plant Expansion
...th a combined capacity of 1.356gw. Two new units with a combined capacity of 700mw will be added, taking the plant’s total capacity to 2.056gw. The first of the new units is scheduled to be commissioned in December 2013 and the second in April 2014. TAQA said on 28 January that the expansion is now 80% co...
Volume: 56Issue: 06Published at Fri, 08 Feb 2013