1. Offshore Exploration To Continue, Says Cyprus, As Turkish Ship Enters Republic’s EEZ

    ...Turkey’s reason for insisting that Cyprus halt the work in Block 12 on the grounds that it would not be beneficial to Turkish-Cypriots. Gas from Block 12 is not expected to arrive on the island until 2014 – by which time a federal Cypriot government and an island-wide gas distribution system co...

    Volume: 54
    Issue: 40
    Published at Mon, 03 Oct 2011
  2. Kazakhmys To Accelerate Ekibastuz Power Plant Modernization

    ...08 acquired the country’s largest power plant, located at Ekibastuz near Pavlodar, announced on 24 September that it will speed up its $400mn modernization program. The company plans to boost the power plant’s generation capacity by 40% to 3.5gw by 2014. Kazakhmys CEO Oleg Novachuk said that the co...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 40
    Published at Thu, 14 Oct 2010
  3. Kuwait Looking To Start-Up Of Vietnam Refinery In 2014

    ...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIII No 40   4-Oct-2010 KUWAIT Kuwait Looking To Start-Up Of Vietnam Refinery In 2014 Kuwait intends to keep hold of its 35.1% stake in the $6bn Nghi So...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 40
    Published at Thu, 14 Oct 2010
  4. MENA Region Could Become World’s Petrochemical Hub, Says Al Masah Capital

    ...ng term demand outlook for petrochemicals is very positive, supported by rising consumption rates in emerging economies of Asia, primarily China and India, maintains the report. The region’s share of global ethylene capacity is set to reach 23.4%, equivalent to 174.8mn tons/year, by 2014, up fr...

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

    ...e end of 2009. This is already stronger than most A-rated commercial banks, and is expected to rise to around 30% by 2014. APICORP’s extremely low leverage ratio of 3.1% and non-performing loan (NPL) ratio of 0.7 % further contribute to its stability in the currently difficult global financial en...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 40
    Published at Thu, 14 Oct 2010
  6. Saudi Power And Water Expansion Program Gathers Pace

    ...mber of important electricity projects are expected to enter service this year, including an independent power plant (IPP) program that will see approximately SR21bn ($5.6bn) invested in three new power plants – at Rabigh, Riyadh and Qurayah – between April 2012 and April 2014, adding 5.2gw in new ca...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 40
    Published at Thu, 14 Oct 2010
  7. Laffan Condensate Refinery Starts Operations

    ...e plant foundation stone was laid in April 2006 (MEES, 24 April 2006). The refinery, which cost around $800mn to construct, was originally scheduled for start-up in the fourth quarter of 2008, but before it was even finished Qatar has said it planned to double its capacity by 2014 (MEES, 10 Se...

    Volume: 52
    Issue: 40
    Published at Mon, 05 Oct 2009