1. PDO Oil Output Rises To 70% Of Oman’s Total

    ...chniques (EOR) across its portfolio. Back in 2014, 66% of its oil production came from primary production techniques, but that balance has now flipped, with PDO expecting that 64% of its production this year will rely on water injection and EOR. OTHER OUTPUT SLUMPS                PDO has managed to in...

    Volume: 68
    Issue: 41
    Published at Fri, 10 Oct 2025
  2. Total Signs Up For Algeria Expansion

    ...ovisionally slated for 2019 will be keenly watched to see if the reforms have been enough to attract new investors. The previous bid round, from more than four years ago, was an almost-total flop (MEES, 3 October 2014). Sonatrach’s exploration model tends to consist of racking up the discoveries first and wo...

    Volume: 61
    Issue: 41
    Published at Fri, 12 Oct 2018
  3. Oil Services Sector To Cut More Jobs Amid Oil Price Squeeze

    ...added he expects smaller firms to merge as a direct response to the “industry downturn”. Oil prices are down by more than 50% from their mid-2014 peak of around $110/B (for Brent), with the steepest fall taking place in the last two months of 2014. IOCs took some time to slash their capital sp...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 41
    Published at Fri, 09 Oct 2015
  4. Egypt: New Ganope Bid Round

    ...l production. On 3 August the firm awarded five of the 10 blocks on offer in its 2014 bid round with total commitments for $100mn to drill 16 wells. Three of the awarded blocks were for well-worked acreage in the southern Gulf of Suez, while Houston-based IPR took both Western Desert blocks (ME...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 41
    Published at Fri, 09 Oct 2015
  5. Majors Look To Cling On To ADCO Stakes

    ...bid by state-owned ADNOC, their 2% in ADCO translates into 36% of total production.   Regardless of these percentages, the stakes are high and the Abu Dhabi authorities are keeping their legacy foreign oil operators on tenterhooks as they consider options ahead of contract expiry in January 2014...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 41
    Published at Fri, 11 Oct 2013