1. New US Sanctions Hit Iran, Upstream Sector Already Stressed

    ...e project, tells MEES that when Pakistan invited contractors to bid for EPC work it told them to provide the finance themselves. “There isn’t that kind of money available in Pakistan and sanctions aren’t helping, so it won’t be completed in 2014,” he says. MEES learns that Iranian engineers – kn...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 29
    Published at Mon, 16 Jul 2012
  2. Apache Takes Long Term View On Egypt

    ...12 and 2013 (from 165,000 boe/d for 2011). Output is slated to rebound strongly in 2014 and 2015 boosted by a hike in Apache’s Western Desert gas output with the start of production from the Hydra field and (in 2014) a major compression project at Apache’s key Qasr field. Delayed permit approvals ha...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 29
    Published at Mon, 16 Jul 2012
  3. TransGlobe Completes South Alamein Purchase, Looks To Bid Round Awards

    ...rther “drillable exploration prospects” on the concession, based on 3-D seismic. The block’s exploration phase has entered its final two-year extension and expires in April 2014.   The South Alamein and South Mariut purchases, together with TransGlobe’s 50% of the nearby East Ghazalat concession, ha...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 29
    Published at Mon, 16 Jul 2012
  4. Jordan Outlines Guidelines For National Energy Strategy

    ...e first half of 2014 at the Red Sea port of 'Aqaba and to modernize the oil terminal at the port.   Mr Batayna went on to say that with the erratic supply of Egyptian gas to Jordan via the Arab Gas Pipeline, the government has decided to lease a vessel to store LNG for use by power ge...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 29
    Published at Mon, 16 Jul 2012