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Leviathan Supplying Jordan’s DEAD Sea Industry
...oor. Leviathan already supplies Jordan’s state utility Nepco. Chevron’s other Israeli field, the 13.7tcf Tamar has been supplying the Arab Potash and Jordan Bromine plants on the Dead Sea since 2017, likely the customers for the new Leviathan volumes, with volumes which averaged around 20mn cfd last year. ...
Volume: 68Issue: 32Published at Fri, 08 Aug 2025 -
Oman: Sohar CDU Down
...vernment data. Capacity at the refinery expanded in 2017 from 116,000 b/d to 197,000 b/d with mechanical completion of a second crude distillation unit, a new vacuum distillation unit, and kerosene Merox units (MEES, 17 February 2017). It is unclear how long the outage will last, but lengthy do...
Volume: 67Issue: 32Published at Fri, 09 Aug 2024 -
Oxy Hits Payday In Oman
...US independent Occidental (Oxy) is optimistic about the prospects at its Block 65 asset in northern Oman. Oxy was awarded Block 65 in Oman’s 2017 licensing round (MEES, 21 December 2018), with the asset lying in a crescent of acreage being developed by the firm running across the north of the su...
Volume: 66Issue: 32Published at Fri, 11 Aug 2023 -
Qalaa Hydrocracker Stake Shrinks
...the plant, built alongside the aging Cairo refinery to upgrade its residual fuel oil output into transport fuels. The ERC plant, whose capital requirement was estimated at $4.3bn at the time of project go-ahead, was first scheduled to start up in early 2017, but construction has been slowed by fu...
Volume: 62Issue: 32Published at Fri, 09 Aug 2019 -
Qatar’s Kahramaa Targets Solar
...gust. Full commercial operation is scheduled for first quarter 2022. Qatar originally intended the project’s capacity to be 500MW and envisaged start-up in mid-2020 (MEES, 29 September 2017). However, gas-rich Qatar has been slow to recognize the benefits of solar power, with solar capacity amounting to ju...
Volume: 62Issue: 32Published at Fri, 09 Aug 2019 -
Kufpec Raises $1.1bn Loan
...lies on ‘backdated’ purchases to bolster production figures, buying into two Norwegian gas fields last September (MEES, 8 September 2017). Its $900mn purchase of Shell’s stake in Thailand’s 1bn cfd Bongkot field fell through in October (MEES, 13 October 2017), but the July startup of train 2 at the 8....
Volume: 61Issue: 32Published at Fri, 10 Aug 2018 -
Japan Slashes Abu Dhabi LNG Imports
...r three years from 2019. Jera says that “This MOA is in line with the Japan Fair Trade Commission ruling issued in June 2017.” This ruling bars Japanese importers from inking new deals that contain ‘destination clauses’ preventing cargo resale (MEES, 28 July 2017). Jera was formed in 2015 as To...
Volume: 61Issue: 32Published at Fri, 10 Aug 2018