1. Algeria: In Amenas Gas Boost But Oil Set For Further Slide

    ...ndling” project that will boost rates of water treatment and thus re-injection from later this year. Cepsa, since 2011 owned by Abu Dhabi state investment fund IPIC, also operates the Bir El Msana (BMS) project, in the Berkine Basin around 100km north of Ourhoud. One of only two modest oilfield start-ups in...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 31
    Published at Fri, 05 Aug 2016
  2. Aussie LNG Boom Squeezes Qatar In Core Asian Markets Amid Lackluster Demand

    ...nerally fully utilized and renewables developments gather pace. In addition, more nuclear plants should come back online in coming years. However, how fast this will happen is a key uncertainty as atomic energy remains extremely controversial following the Fukushima nuclear accident in 2011. As things st...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 31
    Published at Fri, 05 Aug 2016
  3. Opec Output Hits New Record In July As Prices Tumble

    ...d control over Venezuela’s ports, and the opposition now claims to have gathered sufficient signatures for a referendum on his position. Venezuelan crude output fell to 2.27mn b/d in July, the lowest since April 2011. The number of active oil drilling rigs in the country fell to just 49 in July, th...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 31
    Published at Fri, 05 Aug 2016
  4. Iran Oil Contracts Move One Step Nearer

    ...int Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Absent the IPC, Iran has made significant strides since sanctions were lifted in January. Crude production has increased 660,000 b/d to 3.55mn b/d (see p9), putting it within 40,000 b/d of the 2011 average, the last full year before the EU imposed an em...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 31
    Published at Fri, 05 Aug 2016
  5. CBI Opens Forex Free Market To Commercial Banks

    ...stem after the nuclear related sanctions unleashed turmoil in the forex market in 2011-12, when the local currency lost more than 60% of its value and controls on access of foreign currency were imposed (MEES, 20 June 2011).   According to the head of the Export Guarantee Fund of Iran, Kamal Seyyed Al...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 31
    Published at Fri, 05 Aug 2016