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. Abu Dhabi Raises Crude Production Capacity Target

    ...t their targets. The Supreme Petroleum Council is to decide the future of ADCO’s concessions, which cover the emirate’s major onshore producing fields and which are due to expire in January 2014. More than 10 firms have been invited to prequalify by mid-July (MEES, 25 June). This will be the co...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 27
    Published at Mon, 02 Jul 2012