1. Eni Swoops For Abu Dhabi Offshore, Sells Mubadala 10% Of Egypt’s Zohr

    ...abi state investment firm Mubadala for $934mn. At current production rates, Eni ought to secure around 49,000 b/d net annual production from the two concessions (37,000 b/d for 2017 given its entry from March), rising to 69,000 b/d once the assets reach Adnoc’s planned production targets. Eni pa...

    Volume: 61
    Issue: 11
    Published at Fri, 16 Mar 2018
  2. Iran Makes Russian Breakthrough But Faces Increasingly Heavy Problem

    ...gning up Total and CNPC to South Pars Phase 11 in June 2017. Russian state firm Zarubezhneft signed a contract to develop two oil fields – 30,000 b/d West Paydar and 6,000 b/d Aban – and will be partnered by domestic firm Dana Energy (an 80:20 split). The Iran oil ministry’s Shana news agency re...

    Volume: 61
    Issue: 11
    Published at Fri, 16 Mar 2018
  3. DNO Quits Oman After Drilling Flop

    ...DNO is pulling out from its final Omani assets, located in the offshore Block 8 (DNO 50%, South Korea’s LG 50%), as it prepares to exit the Sultanate. The Norwegian firm confirmed in its 2017 Annual Report released 15 March that it has written down its Block 8 reserves to zero and “plans to re...

    Volume: 61
    Issue: 11
    Published at Fri, 16 Mar 2018
  4. Opec Struggling To Keep Up With Rival Producers

    ...A SUPPLY & DEMAND FORECASTS, MARCH 2018 (MN B/D)   2016 2017 vs 16 2018 vs 17...

    Volume: 61
    Issue: 11
    Published at Fri, 16 Mar 2018
  5. Sudan’s Upstream Oil & Energy Sector: Investors Sought But IOCs Remain Cautious

    ...ump lifted key sanctions in October (MEES, 13 October 2017). Speaking at Abu Dhabi’s Adipec conference in November, he said the ministry is keen to collaborate with international firms to develop the country’s energy resources. “Sudan has energy requirements,” said Mr Osman. “We are looking at able pa...

    Volume: 61
    Issue: 11
    Published at Fri, 16 Mar 2018
  6. Saudi Firms Advance Direct Oil-To-Chemicals Technology

    ...reement. But the IEA reckons that Saudi maintains over 2mn b/d of spare capacity: it estimates 2017 capacity at 12.16mn b/d, rising to 12.30mn b/d by 2023. In theory this would enable the kingdom to easily cover the feedstock requirements for the two new plants without denting crude exports. Crude oil is al...

    Volume: 61
    Issue: 11
    Published at Fri, 16 Mar 2018
  7. Iraq’s Power Generators Gorge On Rising Gas, Cutting Crude Burn

    ...ocessing volumes of 900mn cfd by the end of December 2017. The company recovered a record 676mn cfd for 2017 as a whole and plans to reach 1bn cfd by end-2018. December’s commissioning of a gas processing plant at the Gazprom Neft-operated 85,000 b/d Badra field later this month will add 155mn cfd to Ir...

    Volume: 61
    Issue: 11
    Published at Fri, 16 Mar 2018
  8. Lebanon Looks To Put Fiscal House In Order

    ...pan can boast higher). Before passing the 2017 budget last year (MEES, 4 August 2017), parliament hadn’t passed a budget since 2005. Despite this the country posted annual GDP growth averaging 7.7% from 2006 to 2010. Lebanon’s political class used the absence of a budget to rack up massive deficits wh...

    Volume: 61
    Issue: 11
    Published at Fri, 16 Mar 2018
  9. Iraq Budget Under Threat

    ...maining $3.23bn yet to be disbursed (MEES, 4 August 2017). The IMF funds themselves are important but not necessarily crucial for the Iraqi economy given that MEES estimates Iraq’s oil exports are on track to rise $10bn in value this year (MEES, 9 March). But the IMF’s seal of approval on Iraq’s halting ec...

    Volume: 61
    Issue: 11
    Published at Fri, 16 Mar 2018
  10. European Union 2017 Crude Imports ('000 B/D): Kuwait, Iraq Supply Record Volumes; Iran, Libya At Multi-Year High

    ...*EXCLUDES IMPORTS FROM OTHER EU COUNTRIES. **ACCORDING TO THE EU DATA ITALY TOOK A 764,000-BARREL CARGO OF SYRIAN LIGHT IN MARCH 2017 AND A 298,000-BARREL CARGO IN JULY. THIS APPEARS IMPLAUSIBLE. ^CHANGE EXPRESSED IN PERCENTAGE POINT TERMS. SOURCE: EUROPEAN COMMISION, MEES CALCULATIONS....

    Volume: 61
    Issue: 11
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  11. Crude Official Selling Prices ($/B)

    ...*VS ICE BRENT FROM JULY 2017 PREVIOUSLY VS BWAVE....

    Volume: 61
    Issue: 11
    Published at Fri, 16 Mar 2018