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Libya Slams Greek Hydrocarbons Tender Amid Maritime Border Dispute
...vereign rights in 2014.” CALL FOR TENDERS On 12 June, the European Union’s official journal published a notice from Greece announcing an international call for tenders for “the exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons in maritime areas” including Blocks “South of Crete 1” and “South of...
Volume: 68Issue: 26Published at Fri, 27 Jun 2025 -
Algeria-Spain Spat Leaves 1.26GW Power Plant In Limbo
...lguera,” adding that it is now seeking “a definitive solution for all parties.” The project was originally awarded back in 2014 at a price tag of $719mn (MEES, 7 March 2014), with civil works completed by end-2016 (MEES, 15 September 2017). Satellite imagery indicates that substantial work has taken pl...
Volume: 67Issue: 26Published at Fri, 28 Jun 2024 -
Cairo Advances Subsidy Cuts But Will They Outpace Inflation?
...nth, as the government announced the new bread prices, PM Moustafa Madbouly said that the Electricity Ministry was developing a plan to completely phase out electricity subsidies over the coming four years, the latest in a series of extensions since the initial plan was set out in 2014 (MEES, 24 Oc...
Volume: 67Issue: 26Published at Fri, 28 Jun 2024 -
Opec Revenues Set For 2022 Windfall After 2021 Turnaround
...cession could take the edge off recent highs is the focus. Still, even if oil prices pull back from their recent $100-$120/B range, the group is on course for its highest revenues since 2014 when it took $901bn. If the January to May average price of each Opec member’s key export gr...
Volume: 65Issue: 26Published at Fri, 01 Jul 2022 -
Yemen Upstream Hit By OMV Exit
...e post-2011 security situation forced delays, production hit a record 14,500 b/d in 2014 (6,400 b/d net to OMV). With Yemen’s conflict continuing to deter foreign firms, few emulated OMV and returned to the country. Indonesia’s Medco Energi returned to its Block 9 in the less-volatile Ma...
Volume: 65Issue: 26Published at Fri, 01 Jul 2022 -
Abu Dhabi Reaps Clean Energy Rewards
...3 trillion BTU of natural gas last year, which equates to around 2.2bn cfd. This was the lowest figure since 2014, thanks in large part to the start-up of Barakah. Although Ewec’s total power generation also dipped last year, at 84.7TWh, it was still the second highest annual figure on record. NU...
Volume: 64Issue: 26Published at Fri, 02 Jul 2021 -
Algeria’s Gas Exports Reach Decade High
...gnificantly boosted sales gas output (MEES, 21 May). So much so that Algerian production of 29bcm (11.4bn cfd) in the first quarter of 2021 was the highest on record. Although volumes dropped somewhat in April to 9.6bn cfd, this is still the highest April number since Algeria began reporting data to Jodi in 2014...
Volume: 64Issue: 26Published at Fri, 02 Jul 2021 -
Ecomar Thinks Big After Fujairah Refinery Start-Up
...ly 2014). “The concept was changed,” says Mr Shaddick. “We currently process a mixture of Arab Heavy and Arab Light crudes [from Saudi Arabia], which are relatively low in sulfur among regional crudes. We are looking to add a coker and desulfurization units in the near future as part of our ex...
Volume: 63Issue: 26Published at Fri, 26 Jun 2020 -
Oman Feels The Pain As Export Revenues Plummet
...onomic outlook. A succession of six sizeable annual deficits since the 2014 price crash has gradually pushed-up Oman’s debt levels, and another substantial rise this year seems inescapable (see chart 2). Current spending jumped in 2011 as Oman sought to ride out ‘Arab Spring’ protests through higher pu...
Volume: 63Issue: 26Published at Fri, 26 Jun 2020 -
Chevron Phillips Wins Stake At Major Qatar Petchems Project
...a key pillar of Qatar’s efforts to diversify its revenue base away from oil and gas – although clearly the level of diversification is limited. The planned petrochemicals complex marks a considerable turnaround from 2014-15 when QP axed its two petrochemicals projects amid lower prices and a st...
Volume: 62Issue: 26Published at Fri, 28 Jun 2019 -
Aramco Crude Oil To Chemicals Vision Takes Shape
...chemicals plant it will not be the first. In 2014 ExxonMobil started up a 1mn t/y crude-to-olefins unit at its 592,000 b/d Singapore refinery which “can crack anything from light gases to heavy liquids, including crude oil” (MEES, 1 December 2017). ...
Volume: 62Issue: 26Published at Fri, 28 Jun 2019 -
Algeria Calls Time On Quantitative Easing
...vernment said it was an “urgent response” to the hole in Algeria’s finances left by the collapse in oil prices from the second half of 2014. Algeria notched up a record $24.3bn deficit in 2015. Though the country slashed spending in 2016, a further fall in oil prices (to an average of $44/B for Saharan Bl...
Volume: 62Issue: 26Published at Fri, 28 Jun 2019 -
Qatar: Long-Delayed Barzan Gas Approaches Start-Up
...shed startup well beyond the initially planned 2014 (MEES, 12 October 2012). Mr Kaabi told MEES in late 2017 that the latest delays were “because we have had issues with the pipeline. That is not a secret. The contractor did not perform as well as we wanted them to…we are proceeding to rectify the is...
Volume: 62Issue: 26Published at Fri, 28 Jun 2019 -
Delek Looks To Raise $1.2bn With Tamar Sell-Off
...rael’s key offshore fields. A December 2014 anti-trust ruling (MEES, 2 January 2015) was subsequently watered down, but even so operator Noble has to reduce its stake in Tamar to 25% by end-2021, with Delek required to completely dispose of its stake by the same date (MEES, 1 April 2016). HOLDING ST...
Volume: 60Issue: 26Published at Fri, 30 Jun 2017 -
Gulf Crude Shipments Fall In Q2, But From Record Levels
...May. Collectively, based on the April-May stats, Q2 is on track for the third highest quarterly volumes since the start of 2014. That said, volumes likely dipped in June as Saudi Arabia ramped up crude burning in its power plants leaving less crude for exports. MEES estimates that Saudi crude ex...
Volume: 60Issue: 26Published at Fri, 30 Jun 2017 -
Qatar’s Hydrocarbon Politics Sends Message to Saudi Arabia, UAE
...mpetition from Australia, and more gradually the US (MEES, 23 December 2016). Although market share in Asia rebounded slightly last year, volumes are still down 2mn tons on 2014. The biggest fall was in Europe, where volumes were down 3.2mn tons annually. The biggest drop off was from the UK, which opted to in...
Volume: 60Issue: 26Published at Fri, 30 Jun 2017 -
Kuwait Trade Surplus Falls In Q1
...16 1Q16 2016 vs 15 2015 2014 2013 2012 20...
Volume: 60Issue: 26Published at Fri, 30 Jun 2017 -
Algeria: Deficit Down As IMF Warns On Over-Zealous Consolidation Plans
...om $179bn at end 2014 to just over $100bn now. That said, Algeria’s finances are less stretched than some of its Opec peers. The IMF actually chastises Algiers for an unwillingness to take on international debt in order to smooth out the economic cycle. Algeria has made financing the deficit more di...
Volume: 60Issue: 26Published at Fri, 30 Jun 2017 -
QP Ousts Maersk At Key Qatari Oil Field Amid Sectoral Revamp
...lieve oil prices have now bottomed out, but where’s the light at the end of the tunnel for tumbling LNG prices? Prices for Qatari LNG to its largest buyer, Japan, have fallen from $16.79/mn BTU in 2014, to $10.65/mn BTU last year and in May were just $5.55/mn BTU. The preponderance of new supplies se...
Volume: 59Issue: 26Published at Fri, 01 Jul 2016 -
Algeria: No Cash, Investment Slashed… Output To Soar. Come Again?
...e most recent bid round in 2014. A follow-up round has been repeatedly delayed: probably best to save the country’s blushes given that there is no sign of improved terms. And the potential for the country to invest its own cash has dried up with the collapse in oil and gas prices: hydrocarbon ex...
Volume: 59Issue: 26Published at Fri, 01 Jul 2016