1. Iraq Prepares To Launch GTL Project

    ...int venture between state-owned Qatar Petroleum (51%) and Sasol (49%) – has because of problems with its slurry bed and air separation units produced at a maximum of about 90% of its capacity. Sasol aims to debottleneck the plant to reach design capacity by 2014, and also plans to add further trains, ta...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 27
    Published at Mon, 02 Jul 2012
  2. Thin Exploration Returns Leave Libya Reliant On EOR-Fuelled Expansion

    ...d 72, awarded in 2003). BP, which has three deepwater areas further offshore from Hess and Repsol (Areas 37, 38 and 39) will be hoping to extend the region’s discoveries when it restarts drilling in 2013 or 2014 (MEES, 4 June).   Although Hess’s exploration efforts have been moderately su...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 27
    Published at Mon, 02 Jul 2012
  3. Kuwait’s SPC Wants 530,000 B/D Al-Zour Option, Parliament Starts Shell Probe

    ...hrain, scheduled for completion in 2014. It will avoid populated areas in both countries. If Bapco chooses the 450,000 b/d refinery expansion option, the pipeline’s capacity can be increased above 350,000 b/d bydrag reducing agent (DRA) injection. The main reasons for the new pipeline are to improve th...

    Volume: 54
    Issue: 27
    Published at Mon, 04 Jul 2011
  4. ADNOC’s New Chief To Focus On UAE Fuel Crises

    ...erational by its latest deadline of 2014. One of the reasons for the delays is the cumbersome decision making process of the conglomerates that own the field concessions. ADNOC has not yet announced who will replace Mr Suwaidi as head of the exploration and production division. The choice of which ex...

    Volume: 54
    Issue: 27
    Published at Mon, 04 Jul 2011
  5. Tighter Sanctions Aimed At Iran’s Energy Sector

    ...fining and Distribution Company (NIORDC) is launching a massive downstream expansion. If realized, Iran would add over 1.5mn b/d of brand new refinery capacity at a cost of over $27bn, not to mention expansion of 1.1mn b/d at existing refineries at a cost of $11.4bn, and all by 2014. Tehran has also an...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 27
    Published at Mon, 05 Jul 2010
  6. Iraqi Cabinet Gives Initial Approval Of $17Bn Shell Gas Deal

    ...st a working number. It could change,” Iraq’s deputy oil minister for the downstream, Ahmad al-Sham'a, tells MEES. Funding will be staggered with $450mn to be paid in 2013, $1.25bn in each of 2014 and 2015 and $1.2bn in 2016, news reports said. The deal, which brings together SGC (51%), Shell (44%) an...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 27
    Published at Mon, 05 Jul 2010