1. Iran Lays Giant Condensate Export ‘Refinery’ Bait For Foreign Investors

    ...cluding condensate plants) to 2.04mn b/d (see table). But, of these, only Persian Gulf Star is currently making significant progress. NIORDC says its first 120,000 b/d splitter is 75% complete and due online in 2015. However, the IEA says Persian Gulf Star’s first unit will not start-up until 2017 (MEES, 27...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 32
    Published at Fri, 08 Aug 2014
  2. Dubai To Spend $15Bn On 20% Capacity Hike By 2021

    ...ke 51%, with the project company holding 49%. Hassyan-1 comprises two 600MW coal-fired plants due online in 2020 and 2021. Meanwhile, DEWA has started work on a 600MW expansion of M Station, for start-up in 2018, and aims to start up a 100MW solar plant in 2017 (MEES, 25 October 2013). Mr Tayir es...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 32
    Published at Fri, 08 Aug 2014
  3. Algeria Taps GE For 240MW Of Mobile Power

    ...09GW to 14.95GW (MEES, 27 June). GE says the Algerian government is “aggressively investing in the energy sector to boost power generating capacity” and estimates that electricity demand is growing by an average 14% a year, to reach 24GW by 2017. GE is not only a major supplier of turbines and ge...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 32
    Published at Fri, 08 Aug 2014
  4. Kuwait’s New Oil Minister To Push Through ‘Mega’ Projects

    ...ogress Lower Fars heavy crude, Ratga fields   270 2017 2030 Delayed Neutral Zone Wafra field, heavy crude $10-15bn 500 (Kuwait 25...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 32
    Published at Fri, 09 Aug 2013
  5. Kuwait Fast Tracks Refinery Projects

    ...madi – a fifth NGL fractionation train – is expected to tender for construction contracts in 3-6 months. “Muhammad al-Mutairi is really pushing the fifth train,” the contractor says. Capacity will be 105,000 b/d of LPG and condensate and 800mn cfd of ethane and natural gas. For 2017, when the fifth train is...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 32
    Published at Fri, 09 Aug 2013
  6. Orpic: Plastic Expansion

    ...,000 b/d of condensate) Khazzan-Makarem tight gas field project starts up.   The project will set a new price range the government is prepared to pay gas producers to attract upstream investment. It is due to start up in the first half of 2017....

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 32
    Published at Fri, 09 Aug 2013
  7. Iraq’s National Energy Strategy: Oil And Gas Output, Diversification and Employment

    ...oduction capacity, and in all newly offered technical service deals in Iraq, contracted plateaus determine production capacity after 2017.   Table 1: Iraqi Oil Production Scenarios (Mn B/D)   INES IEA-Iraq NDP     20...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 32
    Published at Fri, 09 Aug 2013
  8. Algerian Gas Set For Boost From 3.7 BCM/Y Petroceltic Development

    ...n Tsila discovery approach their climax. A final investment decision is expected later this year, with first production from the Isarene permit in Algeria’s prolific Illizi Basin slated for 2017, James Cockayne writes.   Negotiations between Petroceltic, its Italian partner Enel, and Al...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 32
    Published at Mon, 06 Aug 2012
  9. Abu Dhabi’s Gas Crunch Worsens

    ...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIII No 32   9-Aug-2010 MEES Agenda Abu Dhabi’s Gas Crunch Worsens Abu Dhabi’s gas crisis will worsen until 2014, and continue until 2017 unless it finds an alternative to domestic gas, due to delays in major development projects. It already faces a 2b...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 32
    Published at Mon, 09 Aug 2010
  10. UAE Needs To Spend Over $10Bn To Meet Rising Power Demand, Says BMI

    ...id BMI. In response to escalating demands, the UAE government announced plans to expand its 10gw production capacity by more than 50% by 2017....

    Volume: 51
    Issue: 32
    Published at Mon, 11 Aug 2008