1. Wintershall Dea and Sonatrach Eye Low Carbon Opportunities

    ...ggane Nord project which started up in 2017. Algeria is hoping to convert several MoUs signed with IOCs to concrete investment deals under its recently activated 2019 oil law. Eni is so far the only confirmed company to have been awarded a concession under the law’s improved terms (MEES, 17 December 20...

    Volume: 65
    Issue: 08
    Published at Fri, 25 Feb 2022
  2. Lamprell: First Saudi LTA Award

    ...o offshore production deck modules and associated pipeline and subsea cables. The UAE firm’s primary facilities are in Hamriyah, Sharjah, but in 2017 it signed a joint venture agreement with Saudi Aramco, national shipping carrier Bahri and Hyundai Heavy Industries to establish and operate a ma...

    Volume: 64
    Issue: 08
    Published at Fri, 26 Feb 2021
  3. Aramco Trading Signs Kuwait Crude Deal

    ...Saudi Aramco’s trading arm, Aramco Trading (ATC) is rapidly stepping up its activities. Overall liquids traded in 2017 totaled just 1.40mn b/d, jumped to 2.17mn b/d in 2018 and 4.5mn b/d in 1Q 2019. The firm aims to reach 6mn b/d by the end of this year (MEES, 19 July 2019). It appears to ha...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 08
    Published at Fri, 21 Feb 2020
  4. Egyptian Firms Win Nuclear Work

    ...ich Egypt will begin repaying the loan (MEES, 15 December 2017).  ...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 08
    Published at Fri, 21 Feb 2020
  5. Algeria’s 3.5BCM/Y Ain Tsila ‘Ahead Of Schedule’

    ...in line with the September 2022 timeframe outlined when Petrofac was last March awarded the key $1bn EPC contract (MEES, 15 March 2019); given Algeria’s record of chronic delays sticking to this latest target no doubt feels like a victory. The project had originally been slated for 2017 start-up (ME...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 08
    Published at Fri, 21 Feb 2020
  6. Iraq-Saudi Border Crossing Progresses

    ...ghdad – partly in a belated recognition that rebuffing the Iraqi government might help counter Iran’s stronghold there (MEES, 27 October 2017). The Saudis agreed to reopen the crossing in August 2017 (MEES, 1 September 2017), and the move is expected to facilitate trade and more movement between the two co...

    Volume: 62
    Issue: 08
    Published at Fri, 22 Feb 2019
  7. Adnoc Starts Pre-FEED For New Refinery

    ...noc Refining earlier this month restarted the residue fluid catalytic cracker (RFCC) at its 417,000 b/d Ruwais West refinery. The key unit was out for two years after being damaged in an early 2017 fire. The RFCC shutdown forced Adnoc to export fuel oil normally processed there while importing re...

    Volume: 62
    Issue: 08
    Published at Fri, 22 Feb 2019