1. Iraq To Split Basra Crude Streams

    ...oducing around 320,000 b/d of medium and heavy oil, up from 220,000 b/d a month earlier. Output from the field is due to rise to 400,000 b/d early next year, and eventually to a revised plateau of 1.2mn b/d by 2017. Production from Halfaya, now at just over 250,000 b/d of medium crude, is set to rise to 40...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 43
    Published at Fri, 24 Oct 2014
  2. Capacity Build Takes Saudi Refinery Runs To Record 2.17Mn B/D

    ...heduled for 2017 start-up. Further ahead, Oman is looking to build a 230,000 b/d refinery at Duqm for 2018 start-up, Kuwait is planning a 615,000 b/d plant at Al-Zour, which is due online in 2019, and Bahrain plans to raise Sitra refinery capacity by 93,000 b/d, also for 2019. Meanwhile, Qatar and Ir...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 43
    Published at Fri, 24 Oct 2014
  3. Bahrain Refinery Revamp To Boost Heavy Oil Upgrading

    ...y, Bapco’s CEO told MEES that the firm was still in discussions with Saudi Aramco – even though Bapco plans to fund the pipeline itself. The new pipeline will likely be completed in 2017 or 2018, with at least a year to spare before the refinery expansion is commissioned.  The expansion is part of...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 43
    Published at Fri, 24 Oct 2014
  4. IFIs Back Renewables In Southeast Mediterranean

    ...nk 26 100 Tafilalt solar PV 2017 Morocco World Bank 519 350 Noor 2 & 3 solar CSP 20...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 43
    Published at Fri, 24 Oct 2014
  5. Dana: Egypt, KRG Payment

    ...na’s Egypt production by 160mn cfd and 5,600 b/d of condensate by 2017. $18Mn From The KRG            In Iraqi Kurdistan, Dana Gas says it received a cash advance amounting to $18mn, again a small part of the hundreds of millions of dollars the company says it is owed in back payments for gas an...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 43
    Published at Fri, 24 Oct 2014
  6. Lebanese Economy Resilient Despite External Shocks

    ...rther $4.4bn in Eurobonds in several tranches to meet its fiscal needs in 2015, 2016 and 2017. A draft law has been sent to parliament to seek approval for the larger Eurobond issue by November, the minister said. The ratification of such a law is essential for debt refinancing. Mr Khalil expects th...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 43
    Published at Fri, 24 Oct 2014