1. Oil-Rich Abyei No Longer Open For Discussion, Juba Says

    ...adlock on the Abyei referendum on the grounds it ignored the eligibility of the predominantly Muslim nomadic people of the Misseriya tribe to vote.   By way of a protocol, the 2005 CPA had originally granted Abyei a January 2011 referendum in order to decide whether it joined the South, or re...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 41
    Published at Fri, 05 Oct 2012
  2. Noble Energy Leases New Drillship For East Mediterranean

    ...r the well is 7,400ms (MEES, 7 May). “High well pressure and the mechanical limits of the wellbore design resulted in the suspension of drilling operations before the primary objective was reached,” Noble said at the time.   In November 2011, DMSE entered a heads of agreement with the pa...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 41
    Published at Fri, 05 Oct 2012
  3. SEC Awards PP12 Gas Turbines Contract To GE

    ...neration.   GE has been developing fuel flexibility technologies to enable combined cycle gas turbines – which are significantly more efficient than conventional oil-fired steam boiler technology – to be fuelled by HFO. In 2011 the company commissioned a 310mw combined cycle power plant in Sri Lanka, which op...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 41
    Published at Fri, 05 Oct 2012
  4. Marafiq Extends Jacobs’ Project Management Contract

    ...nbu’ 2 was originally intended to be an IWPP project, but because of problems raising finance under this model, Marafiq opted for an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract format (MEES, 13 July 2009).   The Yanbu’ 2 PMC contract was awarded to Jacobs in September 2011 and the EP...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 41
    Published at Fri, 05 Oct 2012
  5. Donors Pledge Further $1.5Bn Aid To Yemen

    ...gion.   Population % With Completed Secondary Education (2010)     Source: UNDP Human Development Report 2011.   Where Does It All Go? With the aid secured, humanitarian agencies have come out in force, calling for increased transparency in allocation, warning not en...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 41
    Published at Fri, 05 Oct 2012