1. Shell & Petronas At Odds Over Egypt Expansion

    ...indled from 1.2bn cfd in 2012 to around 500mn cfd now. The WDDM slump is the result of a combination of high underlying decline rates, underperforming wells and slashed investment amid soaring receivables in the years following Egypt’s 2011 revolution (MEES, 7 February, 2014). Shell in early 2018 dr...

    Volume: 64
    Issue: 07
    Published at Fri, 19 Feb 2021
  2. Iraq Struggles To Find Developers For Mansuriya Gas Field

    ...nistry of oil, it really shouldn’t have. The field was originally to be developed under a 2011 contract by a consortium of Turkey’s TPAO (22.5%op), Korea’s Kogas (15%), and the Kuwait Energy subsidiary of Hong Kong based United Energy Group (UEG 22.5%) alongside state-owned Oil Exploration Company (OEC 25...

    Volume: 64
    Issue: 07
    Published at Fri, 19 Feb 2021
  3. Saudi Arabia’s Oil Sector In 2020: Assessing A Tumultuous Year

    ...mand of 455,000 b/d was the lowest since 2011 and down 17% year-on-year. Demand bottomed out at 231,000 b/d in April amid tight Covid-19 mobility restrictions and while it rebounded to 530,000 b/d in October, it exited the year at 488,000 b/d. The impact on diesel demand was more muted due to the fu...

    Volume: 64
    Issue: 07
    Published at Fri, 19 Feb 2021
  4. Spain 2020 Crude Imports: Record Low Mena Share Amid Libya Collapse

    ...lumes of 181,000 b/d were the lowest on record, whilst the North Africa total of 63,100 b/d was the second lowest after Libya’s revolutionary year of 2011.   *Spain’s top two suppliers, Nigeria with 220,000 b/d, and Mexico on 160,000 b/d, were the same as 2019, whilst Libya’s collapse saw Saudi cl...

    Volume: 64
    Issue: 07
    Published at Fri, 19 Feb 2021