1. Libya’s NOC Looks To Take Development Inhouse With New Zallaf Subsidiary

    ...ncession, Occidental is gone (MEES, 10 February 2017), while Marathon announced it sold its Waha stake to Total in 2018 – though this is still disputed by NOC (MEES, 5 April). THE OIL CURSE              Oil and gas revenues account for more than 90% of the country’s income. In 2018, these came in at...

    Volume: 62
    Issue: 38
    Published at Fri, 20 Sep 2019
  2. Oman: Record Condi Output

    ...ve to further ease crude production elsewhere to maintain Oman’s compliance with its 970,000 b/d Opec+ oil production commitment. Oman’s condensate output only averaged 86,000 b/d in 2017 but has been driven up by the sultanate’s rebirth as a major natural gas producer (MEES,28 June). Prior to Ra...

    Volume: 62
    Issue: 38
    Published at Fri, 20 Sep 2019
  3. Northern Iraq Secures Vital Infrastructure Upgrades

    ...fensive, causing total federal Iraqi refining output to drop from over 600,000 b/d in 2013 to just under 400,000 b/d by early 2015. Baghdad has since managed to raise refining capacity, with output jumping from an average of 539,000 b/d in 2017 to 718,000 b/d in 2018 but the north has struggled to feel the ef...

    Volume: 62
    Issue: 38
    Published at Fri, 20 Sep 2019
  4. Abu Dhabi Eyes Innovative Approach To Energy Transition

    ...plying total nationwide capacity of 93GW (MEES, 13 January 2017). This is around three times current capacity, hardly boosting confidence in the efforts to improve consumption efficiency and reduce the carbon footprint. These figures imply thermal (mainly gas) capacity rising from 28GW to 35GW by 2050, “cl...

    Volume: 62
    Issue: 38
    Published at Fri, 20 Sep 2019
  5. QP, Shell Reaffirm LNG Bunkering Commitment

    ...Shell CEO Ben van Beurden was in Doha this week for talks with Qatari Minister of State for Energy Saad Sherida al-Kaabi. The pair “signed a Shareholder Agreement today [18 September] to establish a company that would provide global LNG bunkering services.” This follows a 2017 framework ag...

    Volume: 62
    Issue: 38
    Published at Fri, 20 Sep 2019
  6. ENI Egypt Gas Start-Up

    ...eir North Damietta concession next year with additional drilling at the 300mn cfd Atoll as well as the start-up of the Qattameya field, discovered in March 2017 (MEES, 30 August). The volumes of course pale in comparison to the 21.5tcf Zohr field in the deep offshore Mediterranean which is cu...

    Volume: 62
    Issue: 38
    Published at Fri, 20 Sep 2019
  7. Morocco: Minnow Bags Deepwater Block

    ...2017 without drilling. Morocco enjoyed something of an exploration boom earlier this decade. But of the 10 deepwater wells drilled none found commercial hydrocarbons (MEES, 30 January 2015).  ...

    Volume: 62
    Issue: 38
    Published at Fri, 20 Sep 2019
  8. Saudi Arabia Jodi Data ('000 B/D): Crude Stocks Fall To New 9-Year Low Even Before Latest Outage

    ...CHANGES EXPRESSED IN PERCENTAGE POINT TERMS WHERE ORIGINAL FIGURES ARE PERCENTAGES. *EXCLUDES FIELD LPG (650-700,000 B/D). **NAPHTHA REFINERY OUTPUT INCLUDED IN ‘OTHER PRODUCTS TO DEC 2017 (479,000 B/D FOR 2017). ^PRESUMES ALL FUEL OIL CONSUMPTION IS BURNT IN POWER PLANTS. SEE AN...

    Volume: 62
    Issue: 38
    Published at Fri, 20 Sep 2019