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IOCs Face Mixed Picture In The Mena Upstream
...reseeable future. On the gas side of the equation, Total’s regional bets have not fared so well. Output edged up in 2018 to 810mn cfd thanks to the start-up of Algeria’s Timimoun project (see chart 2), but is well down on 2011’s peak of 1.46mn b/d. Wars in Syria and Yemen took their toll on Total’s po...
Volume: 62Issue: 19Published at Fri, 10 May 2019 -
Total’s Libya Expansion: The Plot Thickens
...the Libyan Revolution in early 2011 three projects were under appraisal which would double capacity to 600,000 b/d: development of the North Gialo field and the NC-98 concession would add 120,000 b/d and 80,000 b/d in crude output respectively. A Conoco 2010 analysts’ presentation, meanwhile, says th...
Volume: 61Issue: 19Published at Fri, 11 May 2018 -
QPI Makes Second Canada Move With UK’s Centrica
...int oil and gas projects in Canada in 2011. After the latest deal, QPI and Centrica’s interests in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin are fully aligned. In a statement, Nasir al-Jaidah, CEO of QPI, said: “We are pleased to have expanded our strategic alliance with our partner Centrica through this ac...
Volume: 57Issue: 19Published at Fri, 09 May 2014 -
SABIC Targets ‘Innovation And Ingenuity’
...ale cracker in the US (MEES, 12 April 2013). The report gives 2013 output for only two of SABIC’s business units: fertilizers 6.7mn tons and “metals” (steel production) 5.9mn tons. The most recent data for other units are for 2011 output: chemicals 44mn tons, polymers 11.3mn tons, innovative pl...
Volume: 57Issue: 19Published at Fri, 09 May 2014 -
North African Oil Investors Head For The Exits
...vestment. But both BG and Hess’ exit plans pre-date the In Amenas slaughter, MEES understands. Prior to In Amenas, Algiers had been planning to hold a new upstream bidding round this year, its first since March 2011. If this goes ahead, the round will be a key litmus test of whether the country ha...
Volume: 56Issue: 19Published at Fri, 10 May 2013 -
Poland’s Kulczyk Buys Winstar
...t). The company also has exploration acreage in Syria (Block 9, under force majeure), Romania and Brunei. The addition of 11.2mn boe reserves (2P) from the Winstar acquisition more than doubles the Polish firm’s existing reserves. Although Tunisian output remained relatively steady in 2011 de...
Volume: 56Issue: 19Published at Fri, 10 May 2013 -
Total Sees Multi-Billion Dollar Solar Opportunity
...cently the world’s largest producer of solar panels, Suntech Holdings, filed for bankruptcy in March. BP withdrew from solar in late 2011. Shell, while it still has solar interests through associate firm Showa Shell (including a joint venture with Saudi Aramco to make solar cells in Saudi Arabia, an...
Volume: 56Issue: 19Published at Fri, 10 May 2013