1. Iraq Looks To Transform Export Options With $5bn South-North Pipeline Reboot

    ...e first phase of the planned Iraq-Jordan Export Pipeline project, alongside a second phase 800,000 b/d pipeline from Haditha to Jordan’s Red Sea port of Aqaba (MEES, 14 September 2012). That project was derailed by the Islamic State’s takeover of large swathes of Iraq in 2014, including most of An...

    Volume: 67
    Issue: 25
    Published at Fri, 21 Jun 2024
  2. Chevron Inches Towards Shale-Focused Algeria Entry

    ...at with Chevron, was the site of Algeria’s first trial shale well back in 2014. Whilst the initial well produced “excellent reserves,” shale plans were abandoned in the face of subsequent protests (MEES, 23 January 2015). Sonatrach’s MoU with Exxon also references “study[ing] the existing op...

    Volume: 67
    Issue: 25
    Published at Fri, 21 Jun 2024
  3. Powering The UAE’s Northern Emirates

    ...ectricity which was equivalent to around 50% of consumption, but this slumped to just 399GWh in 2014 before eventually ceasing during 2021 (see chart 1). At the same time, electricity consumption in the northern emirates has been rising sharply since the Covid-19 pandemic. Having largely plateaued at ar...

    Volume: 67
    Issue: 25
    Published at Fri, 21 Jun 2024