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Total’s Libya Expansion: Done & Dusted?
...sin which has been shut in since 2014 when an Islamic State attack severely damaged its surface infrastructure. The plan here was to start the field up in early 2023 at a rate of 25,000 b/d before boosting to 40,000 b/d (MEES, 10 December 2021). On 16 November, Total executives held a meeting with NO...
Volume: 65Issue: 46Published at Fri, 18 Nov 2022 -
Aramco Kicks Off Share Offering: But At What Price?
...ten repeated in recent months, the implied $2trillion overall figure, but also the desire for the flotation to be the largest ever IPO – surpassing the $25bn raised by the 2014 float of Chinese e-commerce giant Ali Baba. VOLUME VS VALUATION? Of course, the two aims are somewhat co...
Volume: 62Issue: 46Published at Fri, 15 Nov 2019 -
BP Can’t Stop Falling For Low Cost Mideast Output
...lds the Kirkuk field’s Avana and Baba domes with a combined 160,000 b/d capacity, and has asked BP to help develop the field (MEES, 3 November). BP signed a deal to study the field in November 2013 with a view to further development, but the 2014 advance of IS put this on ice. Mr Townshend says he ha...
Volume: 60Issue: 46Published at Fri, 17 Nov 2017 -
KRG Sees Signs of Green Shoots In Its Troubled Oil Sector
...tural Resources Ashti Hawrami last month put the debt accrued to buyers in 2014-15 at $2.3bn, of which MEES estimates it has paid off around $200mn this year, meaning that this drain on finances is set to continue for years to come. KRG MAINTAINS EXPORT LEVELS DESPITE PRODUCTION WOES (‘00...
Volume: 59Issue: 46Published at Fri, 18 Nov 2016 -
Apache Hits Egypt Output Record Despite Capex Cuts
...US independent Apache boosted its gross Egyptian output to 362,000 boe/d in Q3, the highest level in more than three years. Gains came despite swingeing capex cuts. Apache’s gross oil production hit 216,500 b/d in Q3, up 5% on Q2, with the boost coming from the firm’s late 2014 Ptah and Be...
Volume: 58Issue: 46Published at Fri, 13 Nov 2015 -
Anadarko Bids For Apache, Steps Back
...13). Apache, together with Shell, is pioneering shale exploration in Egypt: the firms late last year finalized a deal with Egypt to drill the first horizontal wells into shale rock on the Western Desert’s Northeast Abu al-Gharadig Block (MEES, 19 December 2014). The gas price agreed with both firms is...
Volume: 58Issue: 46Published at Fri, 13 Nov 2015 -
Sonatrach Names New VPs
...stream and downstream projects. Changes at the management level of Alnaft, the regulatory body responsible for overseeing tender procedures, are also under way, MEES understands. Only four blocks out of 31 were awarded in Algeria’s latest round in late 2014, with sources citing the usual lack of fi...
Volume: 58Issue: 46Published at Fri, 13 Nov 2015 -
EBRD New Energy Funds
...s first proposed last year, at a time when the World Bank had announced backing for Morocco’s 350MW Noor 2 and 3 concentrated solar projects ($519mn) and 100MW Tafilalt solar PV plant ($26mn), and Jordan’s 117MW Tafila wind farm ($221mn – MEES, 24 October 2014). The Khalladi wind farm is to be bu...
Volume: 58Issue: 46Published at Fri, 13 Nov 2015 -
Abu Dhabi Moves Towards Integration Of State Oil Firms
...actors, which will come online from 2017, and by tapping its sour gas reserves. The Shah gas project – a joint venture between ADNOC and US firm Occidental – will deliver 500mn cfd of usable gas once it comes online in 2014. A stake in a second sour gas project at the Bab oilfield was awarded to Shell ea...
Volume: 56Issue: 46Published at Fri, 15 Nov 2013