1. Iraq Restarts 3mn Barrel Nasiriya Storage Project

    ...P first began work on the project back in 2015, targeting 2019 start-up. However as with many projects in Iraq it has been subject to lengthy delays (MEES, 27 January 2017). CPP resumed work on 30 May. NNOCD is designed to store crude oil from CNPC’s 140,000 b/d capacity Ahdab and Gazprom Neft’s 80...

    Volume: 66
    Issue: 23
    Published at Fri, 09 Jun 2023
  2. Oman Nears ‘Sin Tax’ Startup

    ...abia was the first to impose excise taxes in June 2017 (MEES, 2 June 2017), followed by the UAE in October 2017 (MEES, 6 October 2017) and Bahrain at the end of 2017. Qatar followed suit in January 2019, but Kuwait has yet to announce a date to impose excise taxes. Though the GCC is looking in...

    Volume: 62
    Issue: 23
    Published at Fri, 07 Jun 2019
  3. Israel Extends Bidding

    ...ich took five blocks, while a consortium of Indian firms led by state giant ONGC Videsh took one (MEES, 24 November 2017). Israel hopes that, having purchased a data package, US major ExxonMobil will be the breakthrough entrant in the latest bidding (MEES, 15 March)....

    Volume: 62
    Issue: 23
    Published at Fri, 07 Jun 2019