1. Iraq: Another New Gas-Focused Bid Round – Can It Attract Major Interest?

    ...cluding in Saudi Arabia). The structure includes two LR6 blocks on offer: North and South Rutbah. Elsewhere in Anbar, the Akashat block lies on the Syrian border. A 2011 map from Cambridge Carbonates shows indications of previous drilling activity near the block which is believed to have eight leads th...

    Volume: 66
    Issue: 25
    Published at Fri, 23 Jun 2023
  2. Chevron Closing In On East Med Expansion Decisions

    ...velopment plan can be formulated that will see the country belatedly become a gas producer well over a decade after Aphrodite’s 2011 discovery. Nicosia will be encouraged by NewMed presentation material which indicates that the most likely scenario for Aphrodite development is tie-in to a Leviathan to Id...

    Volume: 65
    Issue: 25
    Published at Fri, 24 Jun 2022
  3. Dea Looks To Boost Egypt Oil Output, Slams Algeria Terms

    ...ght now is the most important place for us to be,” Christoph Schlichter, Dea’s Senior VP, Production North Africa told this week’s World NOCs Congress in London. “Since the revolution in Egypt in 2011, a lot of companies looked at the country and asked themselves whether they can invest, whether it...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 25
    Published at Fri, 19 Jun 2015
  4. IEA Climate Change Goals Put Spotlight On Mideast Subsidies

    ...adually reduce fuel subsidies (MEES, 9 January). The UAE is leading regional moves into solar (MEES, 10 April) and is targeting electrical sector efficiency (MEES, 6 February), and this week announced plans for a review of gasoline subsidies. The government raised gasoline prices twice before 2011, bu...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 25
    Published at Fri, 19 Jun 2015
  5. Saudi Arabia Drafts Energy Efficiency Law In Bid To Curb Runaway Demand

    ...at has grown more distant as a result of the Arab revolutions that have shaken the Middle East since 2011. It has instead focused heavily on energy conservation and efficiency under a program coordinated and led by Prince ‘Abdulaziz, who has more than two decades of experience as deputy oil mi...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 25
    Published at Fri, 20 Jun 2014
  6. Saudi Arabia: Rigcount Hits Record 101 For May 2014

    ...s wells and 50 water wells. The rise in drilling activity since early 2011 coincides with relatively stable oil prices that have remained largely above $100/B. Oil Vs Gas Split Onshore Vs Offshore Split MENA Active Drilling Rigs, May 20...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 25
    Published at Fri, 20 Jun 2014
  7. IOC Cost-Cutting May Limit GTL Prospects

    ...the end of April that the lead time for Pearl to reach cost recovery was reduced by a couple of years “almost by definition,” since the firm used an oil price of $70/B in its calculations. After coming online in 2011 and facing some hiccups, Pearl produced at a record level during 1Q14 (MEES, 11 Ap...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 25
    Published at Fri, 20 Jun 2014
  8. KRG Drops Turkish Six-Block Bombshell; Disputed Areas Included

    ...nguard of the rush north with a six block mega-deal in late 2011.   ‘Major Bilateral Energy Deal’ The deals were confirmed the following day by Kurdish Natural Resources Minister, Ashti Hawrami, who also said they were part of a wider Turkish-KRG energy deal, which includes direct KRG-Turkey pi...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 25
    Published at Fri, 21 Jun 2013