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Algeria Oil & Gas: Searching for Stability
...lding sway in the sector. For example, Chakib Khelil was unquestionably the oil supremo when he was energy minister from 1999 to 2010. But the Sonatrach CEO was the man to call when the industrious Abdelmoumen Ould Kaddour headed the state-oil giant between 2017-2019 (MEES, 26 April 2019). Sonatrach is...
Volume: 63Issue: 26Published at Fri, 26 Jun 2020 -
Saudi Arabia Gas: New Facilities, Greater Flexibility
...ming years, with work underway to add substantial gains through a mix of associated and non-associated gas processing capacity. First up is the Hawiyah Gas Plant Expansion Project. Contracts were awarded in 2017 to add 1.07bn cfd processing capacity, which will bring capacity up to 3.86bn cfd by Ju...
Volume: 63Issue: 26Published at Fri, 26 Jun 2020 -
Lebanon-IMF Talks Stall As Economy Deteriorates
...vernment. Saudi Crown Prince Muhmmad bin Salman has largely steered clear of Lebanon following the alleged kidnapping of former PM Saad al-Hariri in 2017 (MEES, 24 November 2017). Just this week, Emirati minister of state for foreign affairs Anwar Gargash told CNBC that “If we see some of our friends, ma...
Volume: 63Issue: 26Published at Fri, 26 Jun 2020 -
Ecomar Thinks Big After Fujairah Refinery Start-Up
...vernment in 2007. Germany’s Uniper reached commercial operation of a 67,000 b/d refinery in 2017 (see map). Two plans to build refineries at Fujairah came to nothing. Former Abu Dhabi investment house IPIC abandoned a planned 200,000 b/d conventional refinery in 2016, before its merger with Mubadala (ME...
Volume: 63Issue: 26Published at Fri, 26 Jun 2020 -
Tunisians Demand Oil Jobs
...Protestors clashed with police in Tunisia’s southern Tataouine province this week demanding the government hand jobs to the unemployed in the region’s oil industry. In 2017 protestors blocked the region’s main pipeline at Kamour, shutting in all oil and gas output from Tataouine and Ke...
Volume: 63Issue: 26Published at Fri, 26 Jun 2020 -
Israel Offers Exploration Block
...y award will be for an initial three years, with two potential two-year extensions each carrying a one-well drilling commitment. Israel’s previous two bid rounds launched in 2017 and 2018 failed to attract any big names with the most recent awards, finalized late last year, awarding two co...
Volume: 63Issue: 26Published at Fri, 26 Jun 2020