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Project Delays Smother Iraqi Capacity Growth
...jnoon was supposed to start-up late May. But customs delays on vital equipment have pushed launch back to around October; privately operators concede a 2014 start-up is a possibility. Majnoon is due to come onstream at 100,000 b/d and ramp up to 175,000 b/d. Delays on Majnoon and Badra raise question ma...
Volume: 56Issue: 23Published at Fri, 07 Jun 2013 -
Technip Awarded Iraq And Abu Dhabi Refinery Contracts
...ew to completion in 2014. The company recently said the Ruwais expansion project was more than 85% complete. The expansion is mainly aimed at keeping pace with rising domestic demand for cleaner gasoline and jet fuel, while also enabling the export of products to Asia. Takreer says the objective of th...
Volume: 56Issue: 23Published at Fri, 07 Jun 2013 -
Iraqi Politics: Sinking Into The Morass?
...shkhabour pumping station near the Turkish border. The construction of the Kurdish line inside Iraq is scheduled to be completed by year-end, with commercial throughput expected during early 2014. However, under the constitution, only Iraq’s State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) is allowed to export Iraqi oi...
Volume: 56Issue: 23Published at Fri, 07 Jun 2013 -
Occidental Eyes Sale Of All Mideast Assets
...Nuhayyan. Oxy’s instability looks set to continue with Oxy announcing that Mr Chazen will leave the post of CEO at the end of 2014. It creates a problem for Oxy in the ADCO concession bidding. The SPC members have to decide to which firms they will give stakes in their top producing fields, and th...
Volume: 56Issue: 23Published at Fri, 07 Jun 2013 -
Wintershall Qatar Gas Plans
...ploring Qatar. By end-2013/early 2014, Chinese state firm CNOOC and French major Total are expected to drill their first well in exploration Block BC. In Qatar, Total in May 2011 took a 25% stake in exploration Block BC (MEES, 26 April). A potential export option is Abu Dhabi-based Dolphin En...
Volume: 56Issue: 23Published at Fri, 07 Jun 2013