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KRG Drops Turkish Six-Block Bombshell; Disputed Areas Included
...ded this year with a 48-inch sealine, Mr Ghadhban says. Two more SPMs are being added, which together with expansion at the 400,000 b/d Khor al-Amaya terminal and debottlenecking at the existing 1.6mn b/d Basra terminal should give southern export capacity of around 6.8mn b/d by end 2014, Mr Ghadhban cl...
Volume: 56Issue: 25Published at Fri, 21 Jun 2013 -
Jordan: Gas Needed, No Good Options
...crease electricity tariffs by 15% for users consuming more than 601kw monthly, a figure that encompasses 90% of households according to Jordanian energy ministry estimates. However, following parliamentary pressure, the government’s liberalization scheme was delayed until early 2014. Fuel prices for all pr...
Volume: 56Issue: 25Published at Fri, 21 Jun 2013 -
Saudi Mega-Projects Take Shape As Sadara Completes Financing
...cember 2014. IPC in June 2012 obtained a SR1.4bn ($373mn) loan from four Saudi banks and in November 2011 a SR600mn ($160mn) loan from Saudi Industrial Development Fund (SIDF). Meanwhile, on 13 June US plastics firm Invista announced an exclusive agreement with Petrochemical Conversion Company (PC...
Volume: 56Issue: 25Published at Fri, 21 Jun 2013 -
Qatari Solar Plans: Dark Clouds Gather
...versify the economy away from hydrocarbons the state-funded Qatar Foundation set up a joint venture Qatar Solar Technologies (QSTec) to build a $1bn plant to make polysilicon. It will initially produce 8,000 tons/year by the second half of 2014, delayed by a year. This is enough for solar panels to fit ou...
Volume: 56Issue: 25Published at Fri, 21 Jun 2013 -
Election Result: Rohani Stresses ‘Moderate’ Message
...ould remain in power until at least the 2014 Syrian presidential election and that foreign troops should be withdrawn from Syria. Since the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps are active participants in the Syrian civil war, as is Iran’s Lebanese proxy Hizbollah, if Mr Rohani is demanding the withdrawal of...
Volume: 56Issue: 25Published at Fri, 21 Jun 2013 -
Korea’s KNOC In Line For ADCO Stake Despite Limited Experience
...e January 2014 renewal of Abu Dhabi’s ADCO onshore oil concession. State firm KNOC stands a decent chance of bagging a minority stake despite a relative lack of upstream experience. Eleven firms have been prequalified by Abu Dhabi’s state oil firm ADNOC for the new membership of the Abu Dh...
Volume: 56Issue: 25Published at Fri, 21 Jun 2013 -
Petrofac Wins ADCO Contract
...plemented in phases, with the first new facilities coming onstream in 2014 and end-2015 completion. The Petrofac work per se is intended to maintain pressure rather than increase overall production. However, the results of a massive concurrent CO₂ injection program at Bab are expected in 2016, wh...
Volume: 56Issue: 25Published at Fri, 21 Jun 2013 -
GCC Measures Against Hizbollah Could Undermine Lebanese Economy
...banese GDP Growth Cut To 2% In its latest Global Economic Prospects the World Bank revised Lebanon’s real GDP growth in 2013 downward to 2% from 2.8% in January. It is now estimating growth at 1.5% in both 2011 and 2012 and is projecting a rise to 2.3% in 2014 and possibly 4.0% in 2015. The World Ba...
Volume: 56Issue: 25Published at Fri, 21 Jun 2013 -
Yemen Oil Revenues Take Nosedive
...proving the business climate. An IDB statement said that it is giving Tunisia a financial guarantee to issue a sukuk worth $600mn before 2014. Tunisia hopes to raise its first sovereign sukuk of $700mn later this year. The IMF recently approved a $1.74bn loan for Tunisia for 2013-15. The program aims to st...
Volume: 56Issue: 25Published at Fri, 21 Jun 2013