1. QatarEnergy Boosts ExxonMobil East Med Collaboration With Egypt Farm-In

    ...up in breaking off relations – returning $7bn in loans and throwing Al Jazeera journalists in jail, among other measures (MEES, 8 July 2018). Egypt was more than happy to jump on the bandwagon of the Saudi-led embargo of Qatar from 2017 which finally came to an end in January 2021 (MEES, 8 Ja...

    Volume: 67
    Issue: 20
    Published at Fri, 17 May 2024
  2. Cepsa’s Upstream Shift Hampered By Algeria Output Slump

    ...thout petchems). Refining profits more than halved to €124mn as per barrel margins at the firm’s two refineries – 250,000 b/d San Roque in Cadiz and 220,000 b/d Huelva – fell from $7.5/B in 2017 to $4.3/B in 2019. As with other oil companies, IOCs, NOCs, upstream-focused and integrated alike, this ye...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 20
    Published at Fri, 15 May 2020
  3. Delek Asset Fire Sale

    ...nglomerate, Delek has sought since 2017 to “become a leading E&P pure play.” The firm’s “core” upstream assets are 55% of Delek Drilling which in turn is US operator Noble’s key partner at both of Israel’s key gas developments, Leviathan (45.34%) and Tamar (22% – see p3) and 100% of UK North Sea producer It...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 20
    Published at Fri, 15 May 2020
  4. OMV, Repsol Bank On Libya To Hit Optimistic Output Targets

    ...llowing a series of attacks late last year, only restarting in early March (MEES, 8 March). The facilities again came under rocket fire on 29 April, whilst output was previously shut in due to rocket attacks last July (MEES, 3 August 2018), and before that for more than two years to early 2017. So on...

    Volume: 62
    Issue: 20
    Published at Fri, 17 May 2019
  5. UK Firm Gulfsands Vies To Outlast Syria Sanctions

    ...erated several of the region’s fields under a 2014 understanding. GPC reportedly produced around 17,000 b/d through 2017 as well, but due to EU sanctions on the state firm, Gulfsands does not receive a cent of revenue from its crown jewel asset. That the block’s fields and infrastructure escaped the wr...

    Volume: 61
    Issue: 20
    Published at Fri, 18 May 2018
  6. Dark Horse GS Energy Makes It To Adco Finish Line

    ...w Adco concession in January, and Inpex, leaving 22% still open for foreign participation. The Abu Dhabi National oil Company (Adnoc) retains a 60% controlling stake in the restructured Adco, which manages 15 onshore fields currently producing 1.6mn b/d and due to rise to 1.8mn b/d by 2017. GS En...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 20
    Published at Fri, 15 May 2015