1. Kuwait’s Oil Minister Stands Firm Against MPs, Appoints Senior Management

    ...y that Kuwait’s foreign currency reserves will run out by 2017 if it doesn’t fix its finances.   Minister of Electricity and Water 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Ibrahim has warned that the delay of al-Zour power plant will cause power generation shortages. Parliament had earlier demanded a halt to the pr...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 24
    Published at Mon, 11 Jun 2012
  2. South Stream Construction To Begin By December

    ...s needs from Russia and wants to extend the existing contract from 2017 to 2035, while more than tripling the imported volumes to 1.7 bcm/y.   Despite the establishment of Slovenia’s South Stream branch, the final onshore routing of the project has yet to be announced. MEES understands that th...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 24
    Published at Mon, 11 Jun 2012
  3. IEA Sees Middle East Gas Expansion Serving Only Regional Needs In Medium Term

    ...leased on 5 June at the World Gas Conference in Kuala Lumpur, says that “Middle East gas production is expected to serve exclusively the regional gas market in the medium term, as it is unlikely that any export project, whether a pipeline or an LNG plant, would be completed by 2017.” The report observes th...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 24
    Published at Mon, 11 Jun 2012
  4. Jordan And Enefit Initial Deal For First Shale Oil Power Plant

    ...cilities. The agreement covers the production of 38,000 b/d of shale oil and the generation of up to 900mw of electricity from a shale oil fired plant. First oil was originally projected for 2017, but a report last month said that shale oil from 'Attarat could come as early as this September (MEES, 14 May). Th...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 24
    Published at Mon, 11 Jun 2012