1. Obstacles For Qatari Crude Boost As QNB Sees 800,000 B/D By 2017

    ...veral obstacles in realizing 800,000 b/d by 2017.   Large-Scale Investment Plans QP is implementing a $6.6bn development plan between 2010 and 2014, according to the QNB report. As Qatar concentrated on flagship LNG projects, it under-invested in oil production, eventually falling behind Om...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 39
    Published at Fri, 27 Sep 2013
  2. IOCs Hold Steady Despite Yemen’s Political Crisis

    ...ose, following six months of consultations over the signing of a new constitution and the forthcoming elections in 2014.    Organizers have decided to extend the process by another two weeks however, to allow participants more time to debate a number of as yet unresolved issues – primarily that of...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 39
    Published at Fri, 27 Sep 2013
  3. Qatargas Signs Flexible UK LNG Deal With Malaysian State Firm Petronas

    ...s shift from Europe and the US, where demand is falling, to the Asia-Pacific market.   Under the terms of the deal, Qatargas-4 – a joint venture, 70% controlled by Qatar Petroleum (QP) and 30% Shell – will supply Petronas’ Dragon LNG Terminal in Wales from January 2014; however, the deal is fl...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 39
    Published at Fri, 27 Sep 2013
  4. MENA Generators Pushing Non-Conventional Power Projects

    ...MW farm at Qatinah in Homs province; a 100MW at al-Sukhnah in Homs province; and a 50MW at al-Halas in Qunaitra province. Bids are requested to be submitted to the ministry’s National Energy Research Center by 6 January 2014.   MENA Non-Conventional Power Projects Co...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 39
    Published at Fri, 27 Sep 2013
  5. IOCs Mull Algeria Safety

    ...ckenzie.   Unconventional Plans Originally scheduled for this year the bid round will now likely be held in 2014. It will not only be a bellwether for conventional resources, but will also test the appetite for the country’s shale gas reserves, estimated to be the world’s third biggest by the US Energy In...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 39
    Published at Fri, 27 Sep 2013
  6. APICORP Assets Hit $5bn

    ...cus on growing trade finance activities in the region, In the fourth quarter of this year, APICORP will be conducting an extensive exercise to develop a new five-year strategic plan for 2014-18 that will further support our mandate of raising capital access and enhancing the financial performance of th...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 39
    Published at Fri, 27 Sep 2013
  7. Lebanon Seeks Aid

    ...5Bn The fallout from Syria’s conflict will cost Lebanon $7.5bn in cumulative economic losses by end-2014 ($1.1bn in 2012, $2.5bn in 2013 and up to $3.9bn in 2014), according to a World Bank report prepared ahead of the planned donors’ meeting on the crisis.   “With the escalation of the Syrian co...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 39
    Published at Fri, 27 Sep 2013