1. Saudi Oil Exports Hit New Peak But Crude Burn Rises

    ...-year but were the highest since 2014 (see chart 3). However, February’s fall in fuel oil consumption meant that total oil burn that month remained down year-on-year. Sizeable cuts in oil-fired power generation are unlikely until 2019 when the 2.5bn cfd Fadhili plant is due to come online (ME...

    Volume: 61
    Issue: 16
    Published at Fri, 20 Apr 2018
  2. OMV Restarts Yemen Output

    ...curity situation forced delays, production hit a record 14,500 b/d in 2014. OMV in early 2015 forecast the completion of the phase-2 wells and the central processing facility by the end of the year with plateau output of 23,000 b/d hit in 2016. But the firm halted its Yemen operations from April 20...

    Volume: 61
    Issue: 16
    Published at Fri, 20 Apr 2018
  3. Iraq Fires Up 1GW Gas-Fired Capacity But Is There Enough Gas?

    ...ad of 13.4GW in 2015, up from 12.3GW in 2014. One thing is clear: the inefficient burning of liquid fuel still dominates the power generation sector, despite a gradual rise in the gas share from 28% in 2013 to 36% last year (see table). The increased supply of gas to power plants comes both th...

    Volume: 60
    Issue: 16
    Published at Fri, 21 Apr 2017
  4. Irena Sees Renewables Growth In MENA, But Less Than Elsewhere

    ....34GW last year. But this represents just 1.3% of global 1.99TW end-2015 renewables capacity, up 8.3% on 2014, according to freshly-released statistics from the Abu Dhabi-based International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena). MENA regional renewables capacity has increased by almost 28% since the end of 20...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 16
    Published at Fri, 22 Apr 2016
  5. Oman’s Forecasts 85% Power Demand Rise To 2021; Gas Shortage A Worry

    ...ectricity sharing agreement with state oil firm PDO (for 60MW) and has installed a 400MW link to the GCC supply grid (MEES, 28 November 2014). The GCC link is part of OPWP’s plans for “creation of a spot market for electricity trade in 2018,” which will initially increase competitiveness among suppliers in...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 16
    Published at Fri, 17 Apr 2015
  6. Turkish Parliament Okays Second Nuclear Project

    ...pacity comprises more than 40% of Turkey’s long-term power plan (MEES, 5 December 2014)....

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 16
    Published at Fri, 17 Apr 2015
  7. Oman Hikes Desalination Plan In Line With Population Stats

    ...es peak water demand in the northern region – the Interconnected Zone (IZ: Muscat, al-Batinah, Buraymi, al-Dakhiliyah and al-Dhahirah governorates and Sohar industrial port) and Sur – increasing by 6%/year during 2014-20 to 1.177mn cmd (see table). This compares with earlier forecasts of 3-5%. Total an...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 16
    Published at Fri, 18 Apr 2014
  8. Iran Power Supply Up 4.6%, Capacity Hits 70GW

    ...IRAN   Iran Power Supply Up 4.6%, Capacity Hits 70GW   Iran generated 265.96TWh of electricity in the Iranian year ending 20 March 2014, up 4.6% on 254.27TWh the previous year, according to Deputy Energy Minister Houshang Falahatian. Implied average daily consumption of 30...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 16
    Published at Fri, 18 Apr 2014