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Political Comment (30 May 2011)
...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIV No 22 30-May-2011 Political Comment (30 May 2011) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave President Obama a public lecture in the Oval Office about what he described as regional realities and addressed a joint session of Congress wh...
Volume: 54Issue: 22Published at Mon, 30 May 2011 -
Iraq’s Upstream Oil Contracts, 2011 And Beyond
...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIV No 22 30-May-2011 Iraq’s Upstream Oil Contracts, 2011 And Beyond By Asri Mousa Mr Mousa is an independent expert on Iraqi oil and gas. He obtained his first and master's degrees in process en...
Volume: 54Issue: 22Published at Mon, 30 May 2011 -
SEC Mulls Issuing International Paper After Sukuk Success
...id. He suggests that the company will issue more Sukuk (all three are of the al-Istithmar type) in the Kingdom if needed, and while he does not expect to tap the market again this year, a 2011 foray is a possibility. Tenors in the Saudi market are not usually long, so it was a challenge to go out to se...
Volume: 53Issue: 22Published at Mon, 31 May 2010 -
Independents Growing In Importance For Gulf Oil And Gas Developments
...s long-standing target of 50,000 boed output and proven and probable reserves equivalent to 300mn boe by year end. To achieve this it would have to buy producing assets. At the same time, efforts to be listed in London and Kuwait have been put back to the start of 2011. Some industry analysts doubt th...
Volume: 53Issue: 22Published at Mon, 31 May 2010 -
Turkmenistan To Build East-West Gas Pipeline Without Outside Help
...leged overstating of production costs by the consortium, which could have led to a $1.3bn fine. ChevronTexaco Vice-President Ian MacDonald told a conference on 20 May that a decision to expand the production of Kazakhstan’s Tengiz oil field could be taken in 2011. A proposed $3bn expansion would ad...
Volume: 53Issue: 22Published at Mon, 31 May 2010 -
Maan Solar Power Project Launched By Jordanian/Italian Consortium
...alian firm Solar Ventures on 19 May unveiled plans for a solar power plant to produce 100mw by about 2012, capable of expansion to more than 200mw. The Shams Maan project will cost up to $400mn, and its construction is slated to begin in 2011. The consortium is currently examining the photovoltaic te...
Volume: 53Issue: 22Published at Mon, 31 May 2010 -
IMF Says Regional Oil Exporters’ Growth Remains Below Pre-Crisis Levels
...ck up in 2010 and 2011, amid strengthening oil demand and production increases, though not to pre-crisis levels, the IMF has said in its Regional Economic Outlook for May 2010. Such positive factors, the report says, are expected to be slightly offset by pressures in the banking system and low credit gr...
Volume: 53Issue: 22Published at Mon, 31 May 2010 -
EFG-Hermes Pledges €15mn To InfraMed Infrastructure Fund
...€100mn or 20% of the fund’s total commitment to investments in each of Egypt and Morocco alongside InfraEgypte and InfraMaroc. InfraMed’s sponsors will target a first close for InfraEgypte and InfraMaroc in the first quarter of 2011....
Volume: 53Issue: 22Published at Mon, 31 May 2010 -
Petrochemical Project Financing Activity To Pick Up In 2011
...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIII No 22 31-May-2010 SAUDI ARABIA Petrochemical Project Financing Activity To Pick Up In 2011 Financing activity in the petrochemical sector in Saudi Ar...
Volume: 53Issue: 22Published at Mon, 31 May 2010 -
IEA Sees Tougher Financing And Weakening Demand Hitting Energy Investment
...l Total 2012 2014 150 Nsiko Nigeria Offshore Oil Chevron 2011 2015 10...
Volume: 52Issue: 22Published at Mon, 01 Jun 2009 -
ESAI Estimates Call On OPEC Crude At Less Than 30Mn B/D Through 2011
...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LII No 22 1-Jun-2009 ESAI Estimates Call On OPEC Crude At Less Than 30Mn B/D Through 2011 Slow demand growth after 2008-09’s economic contraction will leave the call on OPEC crude under 30mn b/d through the end of 2011, according to Energy Se...
Volume: 52Issue: 22Published at Mon, 01 Jun 2009 -
BG Eyes Egypt’s Deeper Horizons, Still Plans A Third LNG Train At Idku
...e $3bn that it has earmarked for Egypt, up to 2011. Together with its partners in Egypt, BG produces more than 2.3bn cfd of natural gas, out of total Egyptian gas output of 5.7bn cfd (MEES, 17 March). As a gauge of BG’s rapid growth there, it should be noted that the UK firm only started pr...
Volume: 51Issue: 22Published at Mon, 02 Jun 2008 -
Lundin Petroleum Spuds Morskaya-1 Exploration Well
...ipyard is to be completed by 2011. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has said Moscow will agree to stop using intermediaries for gas shipments to Ukraine if Kiev settles its past debts, the Russian media have reported. Ukraine said earlier this year that it had paid its outstanding de...
Volume: 51Issue: 22Published at Mon, 02 Jun 2008 -
Saudi Aramco Review Raises Question Marks Over Exploration Targets
...ditions to capacity. These include the 500,000 b/d Khursaniyah project, due on-stream at the end of last year and still not fully up and running. Meanwhile, the 1.2mn b/d Khurais project, due to start up by end-2009, and the 900,000 b/d Manifa project, due for 2011 start-up, have suffered from hiccups th...
Volume: 51Issue: 22Published at Mon, 02 Jun 2008 -
Algeria Aims To Hike LNG Exports To US Despite Project Delays
...vel by 2010 (MEES, 7 November 2005). With both LNG projects originally scheduled for completion in 2009, but now not expected to be complete until 2011 at the earliest, these latest export targets appear unlikely to be met unless LNG commitments to other buyers are displaced in favor of the US ma...
Volume: 50Issue: 22Published at Mon, 28 May 2007 -
QP Launches $650Mn Eurobond
...osing on 26 May. The issue amount was $650mn with a maturity date of 30 May 2011. The coupon is 5.579% and the bond is priced at par, with a spread at 65bps over treasuries. The funds are to be used to refinance earlier, more expensive debt, and for general purposes. QP said earlier this year that it...
Volume: 49Issue: 22Published at Mon, 29 May 2006 -
Total, ConocoPhillips Sign Up For JV Export Refineries in Jubail And Yanbu'
...ocess Arabian Heavy crude and will produce high–quality refined products that meet current and future product specifications, Saudi Aramco said. The project is scheduled to start up in 2011. The MOU lays down the key parameters of the venture, the project configuration and a broad range of the major te...
Volume: 49Issue: 22Published at Mon, 29 May 2006 -
Sonelgaz Launches AD10Bn Bond Issue
...minal value of AD10,000 ($136.7) and minimum subscription is AD20,000 ($273.3) with no limit on maximum subscription. The bond’s principal amount will be fully amortized on 22 May 2011. The six-year tenor bond carries a step-up coupon rate of 3.50% during the first year, 3.75% during the second year, 4....
Volume: 48Issue: 22Published at Mon, 30 May 2005