1. Libya Output Nears 500,000 B/D; Can The Gains Continue?

    ...ieste, Italy, linked by pipeline to OMV’s Schwechat refinery near Vienna (MEES, 23 September). The Ras Lanuf and Es Sider terminals have been shut in since the declaration of force majeure on 14 December 2014. The Es Sider terminal will take additional time before it is ready to come back on stream due to...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 39
    Published at Fri, 30 Sep 2016
  2. Israel Struggles To Attract Interest In Offshore Acreage

    ...ble and Delek’s fanfare surrounding the deal and how it could pave the way to the sanctioning of Leviathan, it is worth recalling that a letter of intent with almost identical terms was signed in September 2014, before being canned just over a year later, when Jordan’s Energy Minister, Ibrahim Saif, un...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 39
    Published at Fri, 30 Sep 2016
  3. Abu Dhabi: Has It A Future As An LNG Exporter?

    ...Tepco reducing its offtake from Adgas to minimum contracted levels, as it has new supply sources at its disposal. Tepco has been taking new volumes from ExxonMobil’s Papua New Guinea LNG project that started in 2014, and has signed up to a number of Australian projects scheduled to start from next ye...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 39
    Published at Fri, 30 Sep 2016
  4. Iraq Looks To Breathe Life Into Nasiriya Refinery Project

    ...thin Iraq. The oil ministry’s Petroleum Contracts and Licensing Directorate (PCLD) “indefinitely” postponed bidding for the Nasiriya integrated project in June 2014 when Islamic State (IS) was making rapid advances across northern Iraq. The fighting never neared Nasiriya in the southern Dhi Qar pr...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 39
    Published at Fri, 30 Sep 2016
  5. OPEC Agrees To Cut, Now The Hard Work Starts

    ...EC^ 2016 OIL EXPORT REVENUES ON COURSE FOR $750BN FALL FROM 2012 PEAK ($BN)   2010 2011 2012 2013 2014...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 39
    Published at Fri, 30 Sep 2016
  6. Kurdish Political Unity Fragments As Barzani Reaches Out To Baghdad

    ...om its agreement just two months previously to extend Mr Barzani’s term by two years, following its expiry, and it has subsequently taken a harder line with the KDP as a result. Provincial-level elections within Kurdistan, which coincided with federal parliamentary elections in 2014, had a more ev...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 39
    Published at Fri, 30 Sep 2016
  7. IOCs Stall KRG Investment On Renewed Payment Concerns

    ...15 2015 2014 2013 Kurdistan 5.1 -40.3 45.4 46...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 39
    Published at Fri, 30 Sep 2016
  8. Saudi Takes First Steps To Rein In Bloated Public Sector

    ...blic Investment Fund (PIF) which in turn is expected to spend money in the economy and boost domestic liquidity.  Although the plunge in oil prices has seen government revenues collapse from $279bn in 2014 to just $137bn under the 2016 budget, spending has fallen by much less. It has fallen just $69...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 39
    Published at Fri, 30 Sep 2016
  9. Iraq Plans For $42/B In 2017, Exports At 3.75mn b/d

    ...y the capital investment budget, the government will borrow ID6.5 trillion ($5.6bn) in order to make loans to businesses in agriculture, industry and housing. The government exhausted its own cash reserves in 2014, and has been able to continue paying public sector salaries – unlike in the KRG – on...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 39
    Published at Fri, 30 Sep 2016