1. Kish Gas Startup Claims Half-Baked

    ...urce tells MEES. “It is not yet clear when gas will be produced, but I imagine it may need at least another four to five years. At the earliest, gas will come [onstream] around 2017-18.”   These sentiments were echoed by Siamak Adibi, head of Facts Global Energy’s Middle East Gas team, who hi...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 21
    Published at Fri, 24 May 2013
  2. OPEC Capacity Growth To Remain Muted Through 2018

    ...stream over the coming five-year period.   OPEC sustainable Crude Production Capacity Estimates (Mn B/D)            2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2012-18 Al...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 21
    Published at Fri, 24 May 2013
  3. Turkey Joins MENA Capacity Surge As Socar Awards STAR Refinery Contract

    ...nstruction work was 97% complete and that the 400,000 b/d plant would be fully operational toward the end of 2013. Although the International Energy Agency (IEA) recently said that the 400,000 b/d Yanbu’ Aramco Sinopec Refining Company (Yasref) is now scheduled for 2017-18 (MEES, 17 May), Saudi Aramco ma...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 21
    Published at Fri, 24 May 2013
  4. Oman Plans For Power Demand Growth

    ...e or more new plants in 2017-18 with aggregate capacity of 2.25-3gw. “The capacity requirement,” says OPWP, “will depend partly on the strategy adopted for expiring contracts.” In Salalah, the 276mw Raysut plant is scheduled for privatization in 2014 and the 300-400mw Salalah 2 independent power pr...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 21
    Published at Fri, 24 May 2013
  5. Qatar Forms $1Bn Power Fund, Buys Congo Stake

    ...oject with a 53.5% stake – Moho North is expected to come online in 2015 and ramp up to 140,000 b/d by 2017. Based on recent production numbers, QPI’s working interest in Total E&P Congo’s production will be about 16,000 b/d of crude and just under 5mn cfd of gas.    Total operates 9 licenses in th...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 21
    Published at Fri, 24 May 2013