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Eni Spuds Key Morocco Wildcat
...ast (see map). MOROCCO GAS EXPLORATION & INFRASTRUCTURE Though the well, spudded by the Topaz Driller jackup in 100ms water depth, is the first since the block was awarded to Eni in 2017, both Portugal’s Galp and UK independent Cairn drilled nearby wells la...
Volume: 66Issue: 37Published at Fri, 15 Sep 2023 -
Sonatrach Cuts Flaring As New Processing Plant Starts Up
...ripheral fields is perhaps 300,000 b/d. Plans to bolster output have taken two forms: the tie-in of peripheral fields, and increased use of advanced recovery. HGA ticks both boxes. The plant, delivered by India’s Dodsal under a $1.08bn 2017 EPC contract, processes output from several satellite fi...
Volume: 66Issue: 37Published at Fri, 15 Sep 2023 -
Shamaran Secures Sarsang Stake As Total Exits Kurdistan
...rdistan for the second time – the Sarsang stake was acquired via its 2017 purchase of Denmark’s Maersk – was originally announced in July 2021 (MEES, 16 July 2021). Shamaran said at the time that “the Acquisition is highly accretive and transformative to Shamaran as it grows from a single asset company to...
Volume: 65Issue: 37Published at Fri, 16 Sep 2022 -
Libya’s Oil Exports: What’s At Stake?
...LER, MEES ESTIMATES. EUROPE STILL DOMINANT To be clear Libya’s key market remains Europe which at 844,000 b/d accounted for three quarters of the country’s exports in the first eight months of the year – its highest share since 2017 according to data intelligence firm Kpler (see chart 1). Mo...
Volume: 64Issue: 37Published at Fri, 17 Sep 2021 -
Saudi Eyes Development Of Remote Northwest
...’ad al-Shamal industrial complex, which is centered around phosphate mining. To the southwest of Turaif is the 75mn cfd Midyan conventional gas processing plant, which was commissioned in 2017. Midyan gas was developed to supply gas to power generation facilities further down the coast at Du...
Volume: 63Issue: 37Published at Fri, 11 Sep 2020 -
Indian Firms Eye Israel Exit
...A consortium of Indian firms led by state giant ONGC Videsh is in the process of relinquishing the one exploration block it holds offshore Israel. Block 32 was awarded in late 2017, following Israel’s first offshore bid round, launched in 2016 (MEES, 24 November 2017). In its 2019-20 annual re...
Volume: 63Issue: 37Published at Fri, 11 Sep 2020 -
Noble To Keep Tamar Veto Rights
...th 25% of Tamar and 39.66% of Leviathan, has been accused of favoring the latter in gas sales (MEES, 24 April), effectively stymying any attempt by Tamar’s minority partners to compete with Leviathan on price. Tamar gas sales slumped from a steady 1bn cfd for 2017-19 to a seven year low of 543mn cf...
Volume: 63Issue: 37Published at Fri, 11 Sep 2020 -
Egypt Gas Output At Record High As Zohr Hits 2BN CFD
...of 8 September “Zohr is now producing 2bn cfd” with this achieved not only under nine months from project start-up (MEES, 15 December 2017) but a year ahead of schedule. Plateau volumes “in excess of 2.7bn cfd” are slated to be hit next year. MEES estimates that as a result Egypt Mediterranean ou...
Volume: 61Issue: 37Published at Fri, 14 Sep 2018 -
Israel Reviews Upstream Rules: Too Little, Too Late?
...rael since 2013. And after last year’s flopped bid round where cash-strapped Greek firm Energean was the main ‘winner’ (MEES, 15 December 2017) – there is little sign of an uptick. Israel saw the discovery of 33tcf of gas between 2009 and 2012 with a total of 19 exploration wells drilled. But, with th...
Volume: 61Issue: 37Published at Fri, 14 Sep 2018 -
KRG: Shaikan Oil Field On The Up With Investment Splash...
...tput has fallen 23,000 b/d year-on-year from 109,000 b/d in July 2017 to 86,000 b/d. The partners’ recent focus has been on fast-tracking the neighboring Peshkabir field which is also within the Tawke block and where output hit 35,000 b/d last month (MEES, 31 August). A Genel presentation this week sh...
Volume: 61Issue: 37Published at Fri, 14 Sep 2018 -
War-Torn Yemen Maintains Steady Crude Exports; China, Thailand The Key Buyers
...men is currently tendering and exporting 2mn barrels of Masila crude every two months, figures that imply exports of about 33,000 b/d – actually somewhat less than the 48,000 b/d since the start of 2017 as implied by the Chinese and Thailand import stats. The two countries have also historically been Ye...
Volume: 60Issue: 37Published at Fri, 15 Sep 2017 -
Oman Looks To Bid Round For Exploration Boost
...Oman hopes its stability will attract investors for its 2017 bid round. Last year’s effort was a flop. Oman’s Ministry of Oil and Gas (MOG) is offering four exploration blocks in north-central Oman in a tender slated for 20 September launch. Blocks 47, 51, and 65 are considered pr...
Volume: 60Issue: 37Published at Fri, 15 Sep 2017 -
Oman Ties Up Ammonia Cash
...corporate anhydrous liquid ammonia technology licensed from Germany’s Linde. Construction will begin in fourth quarter 2017 with a view to plant start-up in 2020. While this size of ammonia plant would normally require 30mn cfd of gas feedstock, SMC says it can reduce the methane need by utilizing hy...
Volume: 60Issue: 37Published at Fri, 15 Sep 2017 -
Could Egypt’s Gas Find Revive Exports?
...timate for the substantially smaller (5 tcf reserves, 1.2bn cfd output) West Nile Delta (WND) project that BP hopes to bring online from late 2017. “I think we will remain within $10bn for the overall development of the field,” Mr Descalzi told the Rome hearing, adding that Mr Isma’il’s initial $6-7bn es...
Volume: 58Issue: 37Published at Fri, 11 Sep 2015 -
BP, CNPC Bag Improved Rumaila Terms As Iraq Slashes State Stake
...e oil ministry is negotiating a lower PPT with Malaysian Petronas, operator of the Garraf oil field in Thi Qar province with partners Japex and the North Oil Company. Garraf entered into production in 2013 at a rate of 35,000 b/d and the PPT was set at 230,000 b/d to be attained by 2017. When Ir...
Volume: 57Issue: 37Published at Fri, 12 Sep 2014 -
Qatar Hires Rigs In Boost To Crude Output Plans
...Congo. This is expected to come online next year and ramp up to about 140,000 b/d by 2017. QPI’s working interest will be about 16,000 b/d of crude and just under 5mn cfd of gas (MEES, 24 May 2013), offsetting potential declines at home. Early this year, QPI bought 23% of the ultra-deep water Pa...
Volume: 57Issue: 37Published at Fri, 12 Sep 2014 -
Saudi To Keep Crude Output High Amid Soaring Domestic Demand
...uthwest, will add a further 800,000 b/d by 2017. Currently running on light crude, the Satorp refinery will process heavy oil from the offshore Manifa oil field, currently producing 500,000 b/d, when fully operational. Manifa production is due to reach full capacity of 900,000 b/d next year. The st...
Volume: 56Issue: 37Published at Fri, 13 Sep 2013