1. Confusion Spreads Over Abu Dhabi Oil Fields Concession

    ...nce the process started and Abu Dhabi, which suffers from a severe gas shortage each summer, does not expect to get full gas output from Shah until 2015.   Onshore oil projects also face delays. ADCO’s official target date has slipped from 1.8mn b/d production capacity in 2016 to 2017, partly du...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 30
    Published at Mon, 23 Jul 2012
  2. Kuwait: Oil Minister Reappointed, Refinery Plans Advance, Petrofac In Gas Talks

    ...ES. Earlier in the year KNPC was citing 2017 as the target for completion, although acting oil minister Hani Husain is understood to have recently said it will be ready by 2018-19.   Kuwait aims to build a new 615,000 b/d refinery at al-Zour. In parallel it will develop the Clean Fuels Pr...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 30
    Published at Mon, 23 Jul 2012
  3. Oman Starts Reducing Gas Subsidies

    ...id. “There is a realization in the gas sector that gas prices of seven, eight, nine years ago are no longer valid.”   BP aims to produce 1bn cfd of gas and 20,000 b/d of condensate by end-2016/early 2017 from its $15bn Khazzan/Makarem tight gas project (MEES 16 April). It will take a final in...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 30
    Published at Mon, 23 Jul 2012