1. Oman’s Blocks 3&4: Output Rebound Hopes Recede

    ...%. Output is now at the lowest since Q4 2014 when production was just ramping up (see chart). At the start of 2023, Tethys’ annual output guidance was 30,000-33,000 b/d, a projection that was only just met by actual 1H production of 30,670 b/d (MEES, 21 July) but now looks beyond reach. Indeed, up...

    Volume: 66
    Issue: 44
    Published at Fri, 03 Nov 2023
  2. Crude Trade: Gulf Suppliers Squeezed In India, Record Share In Japan

    ...west since 2014 (see chart and table).   *With number three Mideast supplier UAE down 45% at 270,000 b/d and number four Kuwait down 25%, overall Mideast-to-India volumes were down 24% at 2.22mn b/d for 9M 2023. As such the region’s market share, at just 45.9% for 9M 2023 and 45.0% for Q3, is on...

    Volume: 66
    Issue: 44
    Published at Fri, 03 Nov 2023
  3. Iraq Eyes 2024 Refining Boost With 150,000 b/d Baiji CDU Re-Build

    ...rrorist group when it overran the refinery in 2014 (MEES, 26 September 2014). Now, Iraq’s Oil Minister Hayan Abdulghani has set an ambitious target for it “to begin operations” by 1Q 2024. If successful, this would bring back Baiji capacity to its original 290,000 b/d, after the 70,000 b/d Saladin 1 an...

    Volume: 66
    Issue: 44
    Published at Fri, 03 Nov 2023
  4. Yemen: New Import Hub Increases Houthi Economic Control

    ...port terminal. STRATEGIC LOCATION        Ras Issa sits in a strategic bay on Yemen’s Red Sea coast. It has traditionally been the country’s primary export terminal, receiving crude oil from the Marib Basin via a 110,000 b/d pipeline. But with the onset of civil war in 2014, targeted sabotage of th...

    Volume: 66
    Issue: 44
    Published at Fri, 03 Nov 2023