1. Shell Commissions $18-19Bn Pearl GTL Plant In Qatar

    ...ofitable. Shell is commissioning the world’s largest gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant in Qatar, which will produce 140,000 b/d of GTL products and 120,000 b/d of natural gas liquids (NGLs) when it ramps up to full output in 2012. Shell expects to see gas and NGLs in its Pearl plant in early 2011 and to ship it...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 40
    Published at Thu, 14 Oct 2010
  2. Cyprus Confers With Offshore Neighbors Prior To Next Bidding Round

    ...litical issues of common interest in relation to offshore mineral wealth.” Cyprus had been expected to hold a second round in late 2010 and the Energy Department of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry told MEES in July that the launch of a second round would take place during the first half of 2011 (ME...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 40
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  3. Vitol Terminal Construction Set For 2011

    ...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIII No 40   4-Oct-2010 CYPRUS Vitol Terminal Construction Set For 2011 Vitol Tank Terminals International (VTTI) on 29 September said the construction of a new 343,000 cu ms (2.14mn barrels) petroleum products tank farm at Vasilikos in Cy...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 40
    Published at Thu, 14 Oct 2010
  4. IAEO Chief Denies Further Slip In Bushehr Schedule Linked To Computer Virus

    ...ergy Organization (IAEO), has denied press reports linking a further delay in the completion of the 1gw nuclear power plant at Bushehr with a virus discovered on computers at the plant. AFP reported on 29 September that Bushehr was now expected to begin generating electricity by early January 2011...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 40
    Published at Thu, 14 Oct 2010
  5. APICORP Prepares To Launch First Ever Bond

    ...mmented APICORP’s Chief Executive and General Manager, Ahmad Bin Hamad al-Nuaimi. MENA energy capital investment growth will recover from post crisis contraction, climbing to $615bn in 2011-15 from $550bn in 2009-14, suggests APICORP’s Senior Consultant Ali Aissaoui (see page 27). For APICORP’s bo...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 40
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  6. Aksa Enerji Awards Samsun Power Plant Contract To Wartsila

    ...stallation of a new gas-fired unit with a rated output of 18.3mw. Wartsila said in a statement that the scope of supply also includes the controls, automation and auxiliary equipment for the fuel gas, charge air, cooling and exhaust gas systems. When the new engine is commissioned in 2011, the plant will ha...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 40
    Published at Thu, 14 Oct 2010
  7. MENA Energy Investment Outlook: Recovery Despite Uncertainty

    ...shall provide insight into the key trends and challenges facing energy investments in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) for the five-year period 2011-15. The context of the review is that of a global demand for energy gradually recovering and of crude oil prices stabilizing within an ad...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 40
    Published at Thu, 14 Oct 2010