1. North Africa Embraces Renewable Energy  

    ...0mw in Egypt, with another 120mw of capacity under construction. The Egyptian Wind Energy Association estimates that the country will be have the capacity to generate 1.05gw from wind power by 2011. But even if these projects are realized, in the short term wind power will contribute just a small fr...

    Volume: 52
    Issue: 46
    Published at Mon, 16 Nov 2009
  2. Occidental, Mubadala and NOGA Finalize Awali Joint Venture

    ...2011. By 2016, it should grow to 102,300 b/d, before reaching a peak of 112,600 b/d in 2019.” Mr Monfaridy added that production capacity would begin to decline slowly after 2020. Gas production capacity is expected to reach a peak of 2.75bn cfd in 2020, and hold steady until 2024, said Mr Mo...

    Volume: 52
    Issue: 46
    Published at Mon, 16 Nov 2009
  3. Eni And KMG EP Sign Upstream, Downstream MOU

    ...pected to begin in 2011 (MEES, 9 November).   Two minority shareholders in Dragon Oil have said they will reject the offer made by ENOC to purchase all the shares of the company for £4.55 in cash for each share. Baille Gifford & Co, which holds 4.2% of Dragon, and Noster Capital, with 0....

    Volume: 52
    Issue: 46
    Published at Mon, 16 Nov 2009
  4. Israel’s Mekorot To Build Desalination Plant In Cyprus

    ...move into sectors such as water and energy,” a spokesperson for Logicom told MEES. “We have started construction, though we are still in the design phase of the process. The structure is expected to be completed within 24 months, by August 2011,” said Logicom....

    Volume: 52
    Issue: 46
    Published at Mon, 16 Nov 2009
  5. Iran’s Inflation Rate Falls To 16.7% In October 

    ...10-11) 2.569 1390 (2011-12) 2.138 1391 (2012-13) 1.852 1392 (2013-14) onwards 5.287...

    Volume: 52
    Issue: 46
    Published at Mon, 16 Nov 2009
  6. Saudi Aramco Expands Petrochemicals Operations

    ...ceive benzene and paraxylene feedstock from the aromatics complex. A propylene unit will utilize ethylene and a mixed C4 stream, and will also supply the derivatives units. If the project gets final approval, construction should begin in 2011 with start‐up due late in 2014. Fujian involved ex...

    Volume: 52
    Issue: 46
    Published at Mon, 16 Nov 2009
  7. Libya’s Oil Development Plans Gather Pace, IOCs Outline EOR Projects

    ...ha Sirte 350,000 600,000 2014 Verenex* Area 47 Ghadames n/a 50,000 2011 To...

    Volume: 51
    Issue: 46
    Published at Mon, 17 Nov 2008
  8. Costs Slide Prompts Wave Of Project Delays

    ...0,000 b/d offshore Manifa increment, which is due to begin starting up at the end of 2011. Manifa, the last of the mega-projects in Saudi Aramco’s current upstream expansion drive, is being widely touted as the most expensive increment in the company’s history, with current projections overshadowing th...

    Volume: 51
    Issue: 46
    Published at Mon, 17 Nov 2008
  9. Hyproc Receives New LPG Carrier From Japan’s Namura, Algerian LPG Exports Set To Rise 

    ...signed to expand and modernize Hyproc’s fleet. The company expects to receive three more LPG carriers, each with a capacity of 35,000 cu ms, between 2009 and 2011, two of which are being constructed by Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) following an agreement signed in September (MEES, 8 Se...

    Volume: 51
    Issue: 46
    Published at Mon, 17 Nov 2008
  10. Iran’s Oil Production Not Expected To Increase Medium-Term, Says FACTS

    ...0 B/D) Phase 1 (Timeline) Phase 2 (Timeline) Anaran StatoilHydro (Likely) 68 (2011-12) 130 (2015) Azadegan PetroIran* 50 (2009) 170 (2013-14) Yadavaran Sinopec 85 (20...

    Volume: 51
    Issue: 46
    Published at Mon, 17 Nov 2008
  11. Azerbaijan Gas Production Forecast To Reach 32 BCM/Year In 2011

    ...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. L No 46 12-November-2007 CASPIAN Azerbaijan Gas Production Forecast To Reach 32 BCM/Year In 2011 Azerbaijan has forecast gas production to reach 32.41 bcm/year in 2011. Of this, 15.8 bcm/y will come from the offshore Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli (ACG) oi...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 46
    Published at Mon, 12 Nov 2007
  12. Power Generation In The Middle East:  Can The Boom Continue?

    ...timated that the Arab countries are expected to build 48gw of new capacity over that period, thus raising the power generation capacity from 138gw in 2006 to 186gw in 2011, ie by 35% in five years, an average of 6.2% annually. This is the same high rate that has persisted on average over the last two de...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 46
    Published at Mon, 12 Nov 2007
  13. Saudi Aramco To Double Khursaniyah Gas Plant Capacity To Handle Offshore Karan Field Gas

    ...e end of this decade will tap some of the kingdom’s heavier crude reserves,” he said, referring to the Manifa increment due on-stream in 2011. He said the slate of crude increment projects would enable Saudi Aramco to maintain spare capacity of at least 1.5-2mn b/d above and beyond forecast pr...

    Volume: 49
    Issue: 46
    Published at Mon, 13 Nov 2006
  14. SABIC, ExxonMobil Chemical To Study Petrochemicals Expansion

    ...dustries Corporation (SABIC) and ExxonMobil Chemical on 5 November announced that they had started working on a feasibility study on a project that would expand their two joint petrochemical ventures at Yanbu΄ and Jubail. The project, with start-up in 2011, would target a domestic supply of carbon black an...

    Volume: 49
    Issue: 46
    Published at Mon, 13 Nov 2006