1. Northern Iraq Secures Vital Infrastructure Upgrades

    ...an to rehabilitate the Baiji-1 and Baiji-2 powerplants is also central to Baghdad’s broader initiative to restore services to the areas hardest hit by the Islamic State (IS) insurgency that wracked the country between 2014 and 2018. Baiji lies in Salahuddin Province and supplies power to the north, in...

    Volume: 62
    Issue: 38
    Published at Fri, 20 Sep 2019
  2. What Embargo? Qatar Products Exports Hit Two-Year High

    ...tari oil exports rose to 1.09mn b/d, the highest figure since November 2014. Despite the products gains, July hydrocarbon export revenues were $4.18bn, down from $4.54bn in May prior to the blockade. The reason appears to be that Qatar handed discounts to buyers as reassurance. Certainly the ec...

    Volume: 60
    Issue: 38
    Published at Fri, 22 Sep 2017
  3. GCC Fertilizers Capacity Hits 41Mn T/Y, But Feedstock Crunch Awaits

    ...mpeting technologies may curb their ambitions. GCC fertilizer capacity rose from 20.2mn tons/year in 2004 to 40.9mn t/y in 2014, according to the Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA). Capacity grew by 4% in 2014 alone, according to the GPCA’s freshly-released ‘Fertilizers Indicators 2014...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 38
    Published at Fri, 18 Sep 2015
  4. Algeria Fertilizers Capacity Rising After Sonatrach Signs New Gas Deals

    ...dernourished, but there are signs of green shoots. For a start, state petroleum regulator Alnaft is offering 31 blocks to encourage oil and gas exploration – although potential bidders are challenging the terms (MEES, 22 August). Sorfert Ramp-Up In its first half 2014 results Orascom says that “ramping up...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 38
    Published at Fri, 19 Sep 2014
  5. KNPC Extends Al-Zour Bidding

    ...tairi says the tender deadlines have been extended until November 2014 and January 2015. “We are targeting April 2015 to sign the contracts for Al-Zour,” Mr Mutairi tells Reuters. This would represent little slippage, as the company earlier said it would award engineering, procurement and construction co...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 38
    Published at Fri, 19 Sep 2014
  6. Gulf Refiners Ramp Up Capacity

    ...w 400,000 b/d refineries at Yanbu’ and Jazan, Saudi Aramco is maintaining its 2014 and 2016 start-up targets (see table).   Gulf Refineries Scheduled For Start-Up 2013-21 (‘000 B/D)      Operator (Project) Location Ca...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 38
    Published at Fri, 20 Sep 2013