1. Algeria’s Sonatrach Continues Relentless Battle Against Production Decline

    ...erating the field, while Algeria’s Sonatrach and Thailand’s PTT have 25% and 35% respectively. As for gas, output isn’t really expected to rise before 2017, when the new gas fields in the southwest Sahara – mainly Touat, Timimoun and Reggane - come on stream. This should be followed by Petroceltic’s Ai...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 35
    Published at Fri, 28 Aug 2015
  2. Iran Sees Start-Up Of New South Pars Phases By October

    ...e oil ministry’s efforts to double domestic output from around 165 bcm/y in early-2014 to 330 bcm/y by 2017. This target comes as part of a wider and incredibly ambitious $62bn three-year investment plan announced by the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) early last year, aimed at further de...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 35
    Published at Fri, 28 Aug 2015
  3. KRG Scrabbles For Cash In Bid To Head Off Investment Hiatus

    ...neuver is rapidly diminishing. The firm has a $250mn bond due in 2017 and raised a further $40.7mn from a share placing in March this year. The positive side of the ledger is much more flimsy with the firm’s cash reserves halving from $127mn to $64mn over the three months to end-June. First half lo...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 35
    Published at Fri, 28 Aug 2015
  4. Saudi Arabia Says No To Subsidy Reform

    ...GDP. “The policy response has been limited and primarily consists of a reduction in capital spending that will take time to gain traction,” Fitch says, adding that deficits in mid-single digits are also forecast for 2016 and 2017, “assuming reduced capital spending, the absence of new one-off ou...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 35
    Published at Fri, 28 Aug 2015