1. Adnoc Shuts Onshore Bab Field For Maintenance

    ...the latest 370,000 b/d figure indicates that it was running around 50,000 b/d below capacity prior to shut-down. Adnoc is working to expand capacity at Bab from 420,000 b/d to 450,000 b/d under a contract awarded in 2017 to CPECC, the engineering subsidiary of Chinese state firm CNPC (MEES, 17 No...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 27
    Published at Fri, 03 Jul 2020
  2. Oman LNG Exports Dip In 1H 2020 Ahead Of Capacity Expansion

    ...rean buyers holding the rest). Production jumped from 8.60mn tons in 2017 to 10.4mn tons in 2018 – matching nameplate capacity – and last year the firm’s three LNG trains produced a record 10.7mn tons. “We reaped the rewards from investments in rejuvenation, debottlenecking, and the power project,” oi...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 27
    Published at Fri, 03 Jul 2020
  3. Energean Retains East Med Focus In Cut-Price, Cut-Scope Edison Deal

    ...9bcm/y Reggane, which started up in December 2017 (MEES, 22 December 2017), and Norwegian North Sea discoveries – were ones for the future, Abu Qir is in steep decline. Abu Qir output (100% Edison) was 45,500 boe/d (225mn cfd gas and 5,500 b/d condensate) for 2019. This is well down from 270mn cfd in 2017...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 27
    Published at Fri, 03 Jul 2020
  4. Aramco Committed To Crude-to-Chemicals But Delays Development Decision

    ...chnologies with a cracker (MEES, 1 December 2017).  CRUDE OIL TO CHEMICALS CONCEPT SOURCE: MEES.  ...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 27
    Published at Fri, 03 Jul 2020
  5. Egypt’s Economy & Energy Sector Reel From Covid-19

    ...rch alone, and a further $3bn in April and $1bn in May, to end the first five months at just $36.0bn, down almost $10bn on the start of the year and the lowest figure since 2017 (MEES, 12 June). The end-May figure would have been lower were it not for the mid-month receipt of $2.77bn in emergency IM...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 27
    Published at Fri, 03 Jul 2020
  6. Saudi Sees Rare Trade Deficit As Oil Earnings Collapse

    ...venues therefore dropping steeply to $3.5bn, their lowest level since September 2017, oil’s share of the mix remained high at 64.7%. RECORD HIGHS, RECORD LOWS        April was in some ways a triumphant month for Saudi Arabia. As the previous-Opec+ production restrictions disintegrated, state en...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 27
    Published at Fri, 03 Jul 2020
  7. US Oil Stocks* Hit All-Time High As Demand Collapses

    ...JUNE) AND MAY DIFFER. SLIGHTLY FROM THE YET-TO-BE-PUBLISHED OFFICIAL END-MONTH FIGURES. **26 JUNE CRUDE STOCKS ARE JUST BEHIND MARCH 2017 (538.6MN BARRELS) AS THE HIGHEST END-MONTH FIGURE ON RECORD BUT 19 JUNE SET A WEEKLY RECORD OF 540.7MN BARRELS. SOURCE: EIA, MEES. SEE ANALYSIS, P11.  ...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 27
    Published at Fri, 03 Jul 2020