1. Baghdad Refocuses Oil Industry Priorities

    ...schedule is ambitious. “We reckoned on Q3 2018 optimistically. And Q3 2019 realistically,” notes one executive. “2017 is doable. That I don’t deny. The difference between our projection and CH2M Hill’s is down to the time taken to approve contracts. If the Iraqis don’t change, then I can’t see how 2017...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 13
    Published at Fri, 29 Mar 2013
  2. MENA Refiners Mull New Projects Amid Major Expansion Program

    ...e at various stages of development in Saudi Arabia, while expansions are under way in the UAE and Oman. Algeria has joined the capacity rush, starting work on the first of four 100,000 b/d refineries due on stream in 2017.  Saudi Aramco is nearing completion of the Satorp refinery in Jubail an...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 13
    Published at Fri, 29 Mar 2013
  3. UAE Makes Progress On Nuclear Plant, Iran’s Bushehr Off-Line

    ...e being manufactured off-site. The floor and first two levels of the liner have been installed and welded together on site over the past two months. The remaining liner sections will be fabricated and installed over the next 10 months. ENEC said Kepco is on track to start up the Barakah-1 plant in 2017...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 13
    Published at Fri, 29 Mar 2013
  4. Assessing The Impact Of US LNG Exports

    ...mand through 2016 is already under construction: thus current FID decisions apply to 2017 and beyond. Meanwhile, the surge which Qatar put on the market in 2008-10, when coupled with the recession and the collapse of the US LNG market created a large surplus with severe price competition. One effect of th...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 13
    Published at Fri, 29 Mar 2013