- Sort by:
- Score
- Published ▼
-
Egypt Gas Woes Continue As Output Slumps At BP’s Raven
...Egypt gas output is below 5bn cfd for the first time since early 2017. It’s not only top producer Zohr which is in decline, output at BP’s Raven, the country’s number two, has halved over the past 18 months. Egypt’s gas output figures go from bad to worse. Latest oil ministry data has pr...
Volume: 67Issue: 28Published at Fri, 12 Jul 2024 -
Egypt Gas Output Continues Decline As Minister Eyes Exploration Surge
...ought online in mid-2024 although MEES understands this will only offset natural declines from the project’s remaining gas fields, with output expected to remain at around 200mn cfd. BP’s WND has also been beset with issues since its Phase-1 Libra and Taurus fields started up in 2017, with both th...
Volume: 66Issue: 28Published at Fri, 14 Jul 2023 -
Offshore Declines Prevent Qatar From Capitalizing On Opec Exit
...tar’s biggest field is the offshore Al Shaheen field off the north coast, which forms the emirate’s Al Shaheen export grade (28° API, 2.4% Sulfur). The field was previously operated by Denmark’s Maersk under a production sharing agreement (PSA) which expired in 2017. Upon expiry, France’s TotalEnergies re...
Volume: 64Issue: 28Published at Fri, 16 Jul 2021 -
Qatar Crude Exports Remain Firm As Neighbors Make Deep Cuts
...ws. That Qatar has been under an embargo from Saudi Arabia, UAE and Bahrain since June 2017 is an added dimension that won’t be lost on any of its neighbors (MEES, 9 June 2017). The friction between Qatar and Opec’s dominant forces undoubtedly played a key role in Qatar’s 2018 decision to quit Opec (ME...
Volume: 63Issue: 28Published at Fri, 10 Jul 2020 -
Pearl Steps On The Gas In Iraqi Kurdistan
...5mn cfd in 2012 before the onset of arbitration over payments in 2013 halted development until last year’s resolution (MEES, 25 October 2013). Condensate output has stayed around 13,000 b/d and LPG at 10,000 b/d. The $2.2bn dispute was finally settled in August 2017, and both parties are keen to ma...
Volume: 61Issue: 28Published at Fri, 13 Jul 2018 -
GCC States Double Down On Gas Development
...antities of crude oil. Big plans have been announced for developing gas resources in the GCC, but as yet drilling activity appears relatively muted, and most projects are years away from fruition. The IEA, in ‘Gas 2017,’ it’s five-year global gas market outlook, takes a cautious approach and sees more th...
Volume: 60Issue: 28Published at Fri, 14 Jul 2017 -
Delayed Projects To Shave Cumulative 80bcm From Algeria’s Gas Output By 2020
...gin production last year or early in 2017. In January, then energy minister Noureddine Boutarfa said that the project would be delivered by the end of 2017; French operator Engie’s website also says that “first gas [is] planned [at the] end of 2017.” But this could slip further, even if it is not af...
Volume: 60Issue: 28Published at Fri, 14 Jul 2017 -
Middle East Drilling Continues Unabated Despite Oil Price Uncertainty
...Drilling in the Middle East rose to an 18-month high in June with 406 active rigs, the most since December 2015’s 409 rigs. The rig count average of 401 for the first half of 2017 is a record for the first six months of any year. Drilling in the region has remained at near-record levels ac...
Volume: 60Issue: 28Published at Fri, 14 Jul 2017 -
Iran Takes Major Step Towards New Contracts. But Will IOCs Bite?
...oduction of 4mn b/d in the first half of the current Iranian year – by end-September – bringing the timeline aggressively forward from March 2017. This is a level not-achieved since August 2008, and not with any semblance of regularity since 2006. Production in June was 3.49mn b/d, up from 2.89mn b/d at...
Volume: 59Issue: 28Published at Fri, 15 Jul 2016 -
Gulf Keystone Deleverages, Eyes Output Boost
...mature in 2017 – reduced from more than $600mn to just $100mn, in exchange for equity. Existing shareholder’s equity would fall to 5% as a result, although they will be permitted to purchase $25mn worth of equity, bringing the total to 14.5%. This is at a price of $0.0109 per share (around £0....
Volume: 59Issue: 28Published at Fri, 15 Jul 2016 -
Zohr: Gas Upgrade
...entities interested,” with a sale “something that we could have by 2017” he says. Eni on 7 July awarded its subsidiary Saipem, a €1.5bn ($1.66bn) engineering, procurement, construction and installation contract for the giant field. Saipem will work on deepwater field development of Zohr’s si...
Volume: 59Issue: 28Published at Fri, 15 Jul 2016 -
Sisi Risks Price Reform To Boost Energy Sector
...e deal is almost finalized, and Petroleum Minister Sharif Isma’il told the press that the project is on track to come online in 2017. Mr Allman-Ward tells MEES that developing North El-Arish will only be possible if the company receives remuneration above the standard gas price, and Mr Isma’il ha...
Volume: 57Issue: 28Published at Fri, 11 Jul 2014 -
Algeria Says Output Will Rise 15% By 2018.
...aly’s Edison, which will start production in 2017. Touat, also 4.4 bcm/year, operated by France’s GDF, and the 1.8 bcm/year Total-operated Timimoun are also slated for 2017 start-up. All three projects have already suffered extensive delays. In addition, the report details three Sonatrach-operated fi...
Volume: 57Issue: 28Published at Fri, 11 Jul 2014 -
Iran To Sideline Sinopec At Yadavaran
...state giant NIOC, which today jointly operates the field with Sinopec. This follows significant delays at the field – one of several key projects Iran hopes could help boost its domestic oil producing capacity over the coming years. Iran is targeting a highly ambitious 5.7mn b/d by 2017, up fr...
Volume: 57Issue: 28Published at Fri, 11 Jul 2014