1. Kuwait’s Jurassic Gas Project Hits More Problems

    ...ird said the 530,000 b/d plan can be expanded to 615,000 b/d if Kuwait’s heavy oil projects are successful. Mr Rashdi hopes to commission the 615,000 b/d version in 2017. However, the project – first planned in the early 1990s – was blocked by parliament’s objection in 2009. Its contract award was su...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 10
    Published at Mon, 05 Mar 2012
  2. Edison And DEPA Persist With ITGI, Pursue Other Supply Options

    ...seidon partners, Italy’s Edison and Greek state utility DEPA, could take their final investment decision by mid-2013, whereas the preferred TAP project aims to become operational in 2017. “If Shah Deniz expects to ship gas to the European Union by 2018 then a final investment decision (FID) will have to be...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 10
    Published at Mon, 05 Mar 2012
  3. Baghdad Eyes $500Bn Energy Spend To 2030

    ...enarios – with the figures referring to nominal 2017 production targets.   The study is being coordinated by the office of Thamir Ghadhban, head of the Iraqi Prime Minister’s Advisory Commission. Originally it was to have been completed by the end of the first quarter, but the intrinsic complexity of...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 10
    Published at Mon, 05 Mar 2012
  4. TAQA Taps Malaysia Investors Via $215Mn Ringgit Issue

    ...nditions, said the spokesperson. In December TAQA issued Regulation S/144a bonds, which allow them to be sold into Europe and the US respectively. The issue includes $750mn of bonds due in March 2017 at 4.125% and $750mn due in December 2021 at 5.875%....

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 10
    Published at Mon, 05 Mar 2012