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Drone Attacks Force Shutdown Of Key Kurdistan Oil Fields
...ersee security since ISIS was ousted in 2017. The field fell under ISIS control in 2014, and the security situation in the area remains precarious. SANCTIONS RETALIATION? Iraq’s deal with HKN comes as Baghdad has been trying to convince US companies to invest in the country’s energy se...
Volume: 68Issue: 29Published at Fri, 18 Jul 2025 -
HKN Signs Preliminary Deal For Development Of Federal Field
...supply nearby power plants. That said, oil ministry data seen by MEES put output below 10,000 b/d in early-2024 and an informed source says operations have been undermined by the security situation in the area. The field suffered severe damage after the ISIS takeover in 2014 and Iraqi security fo...
Volume: 68Issue: 29Published at Fri, 18 Jul 2025 -
Japan’s PM Eyes Oil, Gas Cooperation From Middle East Tour
...G. The end-2021 expiry of Jera’s contract to purchase 5mn t/y of LNG from Qatar resulted in volumes plummeting. Having tussled with Australia and Malaysia to be Japan’s largest LNG supplier a decade ago, Qatari supplies have slumped from 16.14mn tons in 2014 to just 2.88mn tons for 2022 (see ch...
Volume: 66Issue: 29Published at Fri, 21 Jul 2023 -
Libya Oil Outages Highlight Continued Instability
...vel with late-2019 as the highest monthly figure since February 2014 (see chart 3). 1: LIBYA’S CRUDE OUTPUT LEVELS HAVE BEEN HIGHLY VOLATILE SINCE THE EARLY 2011 REVOLUTION (‘000 B/D)… *AS PER OPEC ASB FOR SOME YEARS (INCLUDING 2022) THIS DOES NOT TALLY WITH NOC’S BY-CONCESSION FIGURES. NA...
Volume: 66Issue: 29Published at Fri, 21 Jul 2023 -
Morocco’s Disputes With Algeria & Spain Heat Up As Pipeline Deadline Looms
...me again in line with average 2014-18 Algeria-Spain volumes of 18bcm/y without recourse to GME. Algeria’s liquefaction facilities typically operate at below 50% of their combined 25.5mn t/y capacity, with the latter equating to around 30bcm/y of gas (MEES, 25 June: Algeria’s smaller Skikda plant re...
Volume: 64Issue: 29Published at Fri, 23 Jul 2021 -
Iraqi Authorities Feel The Heat As Protests Boil Over
...wer sector. IRAQ: EXPORT REVENUES ON PACE OF 2014 LEVELS IN 1H 2018 *FORECAST BASED ON CURRENT CRUDE FUTURES PRICES. SOURCE: IRAQ OIL MINISTRY, MEES CALCULATIONS. EXPLOSIVE PROTESTS Some of the most high-profile protests have been those held outside some of Ir...
Volume: 61Issue: 29Published at Fri, 20 Jul 2018 -
Saudi Crude Exports Lowest Since 2014 As Oil Burning Ramps Up
...Saudi crude oil exports averaged 6.924mn b/d in May, their lowest level since October 2014 and down 82,000 b/d from April. This comes as crude burning rose by 180,000 b/d to 604,000 b/d in line with seasonal trends (see below for full data). With burning set to have risen further in June an...
Volume: 60Issue: 29Published at Fri, 21 Jul 2017 -
Iraqi Political Deadlock Exacerbated Following Ministerial Resignations
...vel by Kurds both for cutting off the region’s budget payments in January 2014 and his repeated claims that Kurdistan sponsors Sunni Arab terrorist groups. The fact that the Kurdish parties closest to Baghdad are willing to reach out to him reflects poorly on their view of Mr ‘Abadi’s prospects. Ku...
Volume: 59Issue: 29Published at Fri, 22 Jul 2016 -
Libya: Oil Boost Hopes Fizzle Out Amid Hollow ‘Peace Deal’
...cember 2014 by Salim Dirbi as a successor to the Al-Qa’ida-affiliated Abu Salim Martyrs Brigade. But IS has made inroads elsewhere. It raised its black flag over the town of Harawa, about 60km east of Sirte, on 5 June, and over Qadhafi’s former stronghold, Sirte, in early July. In February, it took co...
Volume: 58Issue: 29Published at Fri, 17 Jul 2015 -
Iraq Deploys Drones To Protect Southern Fields
...panded to 3mn b/d, he adds. “All foreign investors operating Iraqi oil fields in the south are operating as normal and have not withdrawn staff,” he adds. Iraqi Crude Exports 2014* (Mn B/D) Clear Skies Mr Laibi says he has met foreign oil companies operating in southern Iraq and assured th...
Volume: 57Issue: 29Published at Fri, 18 Jul 2014