1. East Asian Firms Come Of Age In Middle East With Iraq Investment Drive

    ...t Malaysia’s Petronas too is significant, leading the 230,000 b/d Garraf project and with stakes also in Halfaya and Majnoon. While Iraq is unlikely to want to reach its overly-ambitious 2017 plateau target of 7.28mn b/d, East Asian firms can realistically be looking at participation in 2.73mn b/d of...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 40
    Published at Fri, 28 Sep 2012
  2. Cyprus Tenders For Short-Term Gas Supply

    ...s offshore, that resource is unlikely to be available for domestic use before 2017-18. “DEFA therefore requires a short-term supply of natural gas to provide an alternative energy supply to Cyprus for the period to 30 September 2018 while the project for the commercialization of Cyprus’ own natural ga...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 40
    Published at Fri, 28 Sep 2012
  3. Jordan Signs MOU With Canadian Firm For Shale Oil Project

    ...art production at the rate of 20,000 b/d of crude from shale oil by 2016. It also plans to complete a 460mw power plant by 2017 which would burn shale oil. A second Jordanian-British firm, Karak International Oil (KIO), is exploring near the city of Karak, 100km south of ‘Amman and intends to produce up...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 40
    Published at Fri, 28 Sep 2012
  4. Qatar Faces Challenge of Complex, Changing European Gas Market

    ...lling LNG at prices lower than Qatar’s. A lowering of costs in Asia-Pacific when Australia becomes the world’s leading supplier of LNG may drive Qatar LNG increasingly into the European market. Price is likely to face further competition when Canadian and US Pacific Coast LNG terminals open in 2017...

    Volume: 54
    Issue: 40
    Published at Mon, 03 Oct 2011
  5. Dubai Plans Major Solar Power Plant

    ...bai government has previously said it expects to start its first nuclear power plant in 2017 – with local authorities expressing their hope that nuclear energy would eventually supply up to 25% of the countries demand for power. “The strategy of Dubai has looked at an array of alternatives and we ar...

    Volume: 54
    Issue: 40
    Published at Mon, 03 Oct 2011
  6. MENA Energy Investment: Broken Momentum, Mixed Outlook

    ...ficially inaugurated in August 2010 (to be only partially operational a year later), Abu Dhabi’s first such  plant is not expected before 2017. 5. A Aissaoui, ‘MENA Natural Gas: A Paradox of Scarcity Amidst Plenty’ (MEES, 27 December 2010). 6. $90/B reflects increasing costs of production from en...

    Volume: 54
    Issue: 40
    Published at Mon, 03 Oct 2011
  7. MENA Energy Investment Outlook: Recovery Despite Uncertainty

    ...pected before 2017. 2. In a move to cut project costs, some project sponsors within the MENA region have had to rethink their contracting strategies, combining LSTK with Open Book Reimbursable Contracts (OBRC) through conversion agreements. 3. This has been developed in: A Aissaoui, ‘Powering the Ar...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 40
    Published at Thu, 14 Oct 2010
  8. Saudi Water Sector Requires $91Bn Investment Between 2003 And 2022, Says NCB

    ...219 4,813 3,610 2007 26.9 5,507 5,344 4,031 8,061 5,374 4,031 2012 30.5 4,185 4,185 3,620 9,143 6,095 4,571 2017 34.2 3,903 3,903 3,...

    Volume: 45
    Issue: 40
    Published at Mon, 07 Oct 2002