1. Kuwait Sticks To 4Mn B/D 2020 Target, But Questions Remain

    ...wait hopes that the northern field – which extends into Iraq, where it is known as Rumaila – will produce 60,000 b/d of extra-heavy 12-15° API crude by 2017. Output would be doubled by 2020 and boosted to 270,000 b/d by 2030. Originally, Ratga was scheduled to produce 150,000 b/d by 2013, ramping up to 90...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 41
    Published at Fri, 11 Oct 2013
  2. Majnoon And Rumaila Give Iraq Much Needed Production Boost

    ...e 12bn barrel Majnoon oil field in January 2010, when they submitted a winning bid to raise output from a baseline of 46,000 b/d to a plateau of 1.8mn b/d by 2017 for a remuneration fee of $1.39/B. A lower plateau extended over a longer period would squeeze margins and Shell, along with ExxonMobil (We...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 41
    Published at Fri, 11 Oct 2013
  3. Algeria Optimistic On Future Production Potential

    ...natrach foreign joint venture partners planned to return expat personnel to In Amenas, the gas complex that was the site of a deadly attack by Islamist militants in January. Another key expansion project is Petroceltic’s 355mn cfd Ain Tsila development, slated for late 2017 start-up....

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 41
    Published at Fri, 11 Oct 2013
  4. Sonatrach Preempts Petroceltic Ain Tsila Sale

    ...rrels of condensate. First gas is scheduled for 2017. Petroceltic now owns 38.25% of Ain Tsila, whilst Italian power firm Enel has 18.375%.   Petroceltic, following its initial 2011 farm out to Enel, has for some time sought to divest a second similar-sized stake: both to help fund development an...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 41
    Published at Fri, 11 Oct 2013
  5. ENOC Forms Saudi Road Tankers Venture With Tristar

    ...sed in Jubail with initial capital of SR30mn ($8mn). ENOC-Tristar will begin with a small fleet of road tankers, expanding to 500 vehicles by 2017. It will also operate petroleum and chemicals storage facilities.   Burhan al-Hashimi, head of ENOC Retail, said: “ENOC has built strong industry pa...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 41
    Published at Fri, 11 Oct 2013
  6. Algeria Launches Biskra Amid Problems For North African Refiners

    ...9bn).   Algeria plans to tender for identical refineries at Biskra and Tiaret, and has set a 2017 start-up target for these and similar refineries at Ghardia and Messaoud. Minister of Energy and Mines Yousef Yousfi has also said that Biskra could form the core of a regional petrochemical hub (MEES, 15 Ma...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 41
    Published at Fri, 11 Oct 2013
  7. Nuclear: UAE Pushes Ahead, Iran Waits On Bushehr

    ...UAE/IRAN   Nuclear: UAE Pushes Ahead, Iran Waits On Bushehr   The UAE is making progress on 5.6GW of planned nuclear capacity set to come online during 2017-20. Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) CEO Muhammad al-Hammadi told a 7 October Abu Dhabi public forum that the fi...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 41
    Published at Fri, 11 Oct 2013
  8. Majors Look To Cling On To ADCO Stakes

    ...oduction capacity to 1.8mn b/d by 2017 are still on track regardless, he added....

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