1. Qatar Rolls Out The LNG Mega-Trains

    ...the $12-18bn range given when the project was launched in 2006. Construction is 70% complete, says the QP source. “But it is not linear, the last 30% is going to be the hardest,” he says. Shell had hoped for start-up by late 2010, but this is believed to have slipped into early 2011, says the so...

    Volume: 52
    Issue: 44
    Published at Mon, 02 Nov 2009
  2. Italy’s Bonatti Awarded $150Mn El-Merk Pipeline Contract

    ...pected to come on-stream in late 2011 or early 2012 with output capacities of 135,000 b/d of crude oil, 150,000 b/d of condensate and 30,000 b/d of LPG (MEES, 10 August)....

    Volume: 52
    Issue: 44
    Published at Mon, 02 Nov 2009
  3. Iran Threatens To Replace Sofregaz On Varamin Project

    ...cently expressed an interest in the project. These companies include Germany’s KBB, Russia’s Stroytransgaz and Poland’s POGC. The Yort-e-Shah gas storage facility had been expected to start operations in 2011. The natural gas storage facility in the city of Varamin, 70km southwest of Tehran, will ha...

    Volume: 52
    Issue: 44
    Published at Mon, 02 Nov 2009
  4. Hanwha Wins Contract For Samra Power Plant Expansion

    ...ung Kim at the signing ceremony, which was attended by Jordan’s Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Khaldun Qutaishat. The project, expected to be completed by 2011, should help address the kingdom’s growing electricity demands....

    Volume: 52
    Issue: 44
    Published at Mon, 02 Nov 2009
  5. Dubai To Be More Cautious In GRE Support, S&P Says

    ...andard & Poor’s Ratings Services (S&P) reports. The ratings agency estimates a total debt of $80-90bn owed by the emirate’s government and its related GREs, the majority of which will be due in 2011 and 2012. Cumulative debt repayments over the next three years for Dubai-based GREs are speculated to am...

    Volume: 52
    Issue: 44
    Published at Mon, 02 Nov 2009
  6. EU Calls For Ceasefire, Reforms In Yemen

    ...rliament and parliamentary groups as part of efforts to improve the electoral system, following the failure of the ruling party and opposition to agree to the holding 2009 elections. The council called for elections in 2011. “The EU will continue to accompany Yemen on this difficult reform path and of...

    Volume: 52
    Issue: 44
    Published at Mon, 02 Nov 2009
  7. Political Comment (2 November 2009)

    ...mid-2010 and withdraw altogether by the end of 2011. 'Abbas Sets Election Date In a move which probably signals the demise of Egyptian attempts to end to the rift at the heart of the Palestinian movement by mediating a rapprochement between Fatah and Hamas, Palestinian President (and Fatah le...

    Volume: 52
    Issue: 44
    Published at Mon, 02 Nov 2009