- Sort by:
- Score
- Published ▼
-
Genel Makes Profit in H1 2017, Clock Is Ticking On KRG Gas Plans
...Despite KRG-focused Genel Energy’s production collapsing, the firm swung to profit in H1 2017. Reduced oil output means gas development is more important than ever. The precipitous collapse in Taq Taq output has seen Genel’s only producing operated-field fall to barely 25% of the firm’s ne...
Volume: 60Issue: 31Published at Fri, 04 Aug 2017 -
Oryx Experiences More Hawler Delays
...d-2016 (MEES, 12 May). With focus shifting from Hawler’s disappointing Demir Dagh field to Zey Gawra, Oryx said in a December 2016 presentation that it was targeting 12,000-15,000 b/d by end-2017, but this will be another missed target. Its planned capex for the second half of 2017 has been slashed from $29...
Volume: 60Issue: 31Published at Fri, 04 Aug 2017 -
Iraq Eats Into Saudi Share Of Key Crude Markets; Stage Set For Tense Opec Meet
...d-2016 output before the Opec deal came into effect) have consistently fallen since. For June the same four buyers took just 3.68mn b/d of Saudi crude, the lowest volume since September 2015 (see charts). Looking at the collective shift between Q1 and June 2017 for the three key east Asian importers, th...
Volume: 60Issue: 31Published at Fri, 04 Aug 2017 -
Kuwait Delivering First Crude Cargo To Vietnam Refinery, Eyes Global Expansion
...%) 248 248 124 Nghi Son, Vietnam (35.1%, 2017) n/a 200 70...
Volume: 60Issue: 31Published at Fri, 04 Aug 2017 -
Benban Solar Plan: Egypt PV Gets $635mn World Bank Cash
...e not finalized. The EBRD was hoping to “start construction before the end of 2017” on the 16 projects it is financing. The IFC expects the projects it will support to sign power purchase agreements in the third quarter of 2017. A number of the larger projects aim to begin construction in the fourth qu...
Volume: 60Issue: 31Published at Fri, 04 Aug 2017 -
Opec Seeks To Bolster Flagging Cohesion
...ssia – chair and alternating-chair of the JTC respectively – “in the presence of representatives from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which is serving as President of Opec in 2017.” The remaining JTC members – Algeria, Venezuela and Oman – will not be attending. As for which of the participating pr...
Volume: 60Issue: 31Published at Fri, 04 Aug 2017 -
US Drilling: Schlumberger Chief Calls For Caution - Has He Got His Wish?
...ll on 21 July. “The pursuit of equity appreciation outweighs the lack of free cash flow, net income and return on capital employed.” In marked contrast to the larger independents and majors who remain more focused on cost-cutting than raising output – BP this week cut its planned 2017 capex from $17...
Volume: 60Issue: 31Published at Fri, 04 Aug 2017 -
Qatar Oil & Gas Revenues Fall To Eight Month Low
...Qatar’s hydrocarbon revenues, and those from oil exports in particular, fell sharply in June amid ongoing geopolitical upheaval. Qatar’s 2017 deficit is already on track to exceed the budget figure, weakening revenues would provide a further blow. Qatari oil and gas export revenues fell to...
Volume: 60Issue: 31Published at Fri, 04 Aug 2017 -
Oman Taps China For $3.6bn Amid Ratings Downgrade
...tracted strong interest, prompting the government to raise the size from the original $2bn target. The ministry says the loan completes Oman’s external funding requirements for 2017 whilst adding geographical diversity to Oman’s external funding sources – past funding has largely come from western ba...
Volume: 60Issue: 31Published at Fri, 04 Aug 2017 -
Gulf NOCs Target IPOs, Other Routes To Foreign Funding
...ke place on the Abu Dhabi Stock Exchange by the end of 2017. Adnoc has not publicly stated the size of the stake that will be sold but Bloomberg on 11 July reported that Adnoc may seek a valuation as high as $14bn, with proceeds from the share sales potentially pulling in as much as $3bn for Abu Dh...
Volume: 60Issue: 31Published at Fri, 04 Aug 2017 -
IMF Greenlights Iraq Cash, Calls For More Reform
...w phase following last month’s liberation of Mosul. The IMF points out that the authorities are maintaining the peg of the Iraqi dinar to the US dollar, which provides “a key anchor to the economy.” But much work is required in 2017-18 to boost non-oil revenue and reduce current expenditure. Pl...
Volume: 60Issue: 31Published at Fri, 04 Aug 2017 -
Lebanon To Hike Taxes
...x measures as a first step towards fiscal reform, paving the way for ratifying the 2017 budget for the first time since 2005. Lebanon’s draft budget was approved by the cabinet in March and submitted to parliament for approval. It projects total expenditure of $15.8bn and a fiscal deficit of $5.2bn, or...
Volume: 60Issue: 31Published at Fri, 04 Aug 2017 -
2016 Global Energy Investment: Electricity Powers Ahead
...• Global energy investment fell by 12% to $1.7trillion, some 2.2% of global GDP, in 2016, according to the IEA’s recently-released World Energy Investment 2017 report. The fall comes on the back of 2015’s 8% fall. • Spending on electricity, at $718bn, overtook that on oil and ga...
Volume: 60Issue: 31Published at Fri, 04 Aug 2017 -
Algeria: In Amenas Gas Boost But Oil Set For Further Slide
...oject is the Central Areas Field Complex in the Berkine Basin: operator Eni on 29 July reiterated that it “expects” the 44,000 b/d project to start-up in 2017. As for key current fields, latest figures for gross liquids output from the Anadarko-operated facilities in the Berkine Basin that process ou...
Volume: 59Issue: 31Published at Fri, 05 Aug 2016 -
Aussie LNG Boom Squeezes Qatar In Core Asian Markets Amid Lackluster Demand
...stomers is also set to be completed by the end of 2017. Similarly, Qatar has strengthened ties with Pakistan through a 15-year deal for the supply of 3.75mn t/y of LNG. This was recently topped up with a 1.3mn t/y deal with GEIL for a 20-year period from 2018 (MEES, 15 July). The deals are un...
Volume: 59Issue: 31Published at Fri, 05 Aug 2016 -
Egypt Looks To Rally Renewables Investors, As Oil Products Imports Soar
...mesa, 2017) 0.22 Wind Gebel El Zeit (Gamesa, 2017) 0.16 Wind Under ne...
Volume: 59Issue: 31Published at Fri, 05 Aug 2016 -
Algeria Brings Combined Capacity To 17.68GW Despite $10bn Funding Deficit
...ich have choked off investment in new oil and gas exploration and development. Sonatrach chief executive Amine Mazouzi has declared that “the period of stagnation is behind us” and presented gas production forecasts of 141.3 bcm in 2017 rising to 165 bcm in 2010 – presumably including reinjected vo...
Volume: 59Issue: 31Published at Fri, 05 Aug 2016 -
Iran Oil Contracts Move One Step Nearer
...eenlights the IPC swiftly, there is a strong likelihood that no contracts will be finalized under it until 2017. The scale of investment needed for projects in Iran means that a lengthy evaluation process would be required before a bid would be submitted, and Iran has yet to finalize which fields will be of...
Volume: 59Issue: 31Published at Fri, 05 Aug 2016 -
Saudi Reserves Down Again But Deficit Narrows
...rtial privatization of the oil giant Saudi Aramco, of which up to 5% will be sold in an IPO expected in 2017. The revenue generated is earmarked to provide seed capital for the Public Investment Fund (PIF). These planned reforms have received cautious praise from the IMF, although the extent to wh...
Volume: 59Issue: 31Published at Fri, 05 Aug 2016 -
CBI Opens Forex Free Market To Commercial Banks
...oating exchange rate system. CBI Governor Valiollah Seif, who expects to see a unification of the two-tier system by March 2017, said that commercial banks can now buy foreign exchange from their clients and trade at the free market rate. Exporters can also sell their forex earnings to banks or deposit th...
Volume: 59Issue: 31Published at Fri, 05 Aug 2016