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Syria Accelerates Its Upstream Ambitions
...banon unilaterally claimed its EEZ in a letter to the United Nations in 2011, but Syria – not a signatory to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) – rejected this in 2014. Last month, Lebanon’s cabinet finally approved its maritime border with Cyprus, 18 years after Beirut and Ni...
Volume: 68Issue: 47Published at Fri, 21 Nov 2025 -
Kuwait’s Oil Sector Faces More Turbulence With Shake-Up Proposal
...me since any oil minister enjoyed such a tenure. Since 2011, Kuwait has had nine oil ministers. If the minister also ran KPC, such turnover would be highly disruptive. With the government resigning earlier this month (MEES, 12 November) and Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah tasked on 24 November wi...
Volume: 64Issue: 47Published at Fri, 26 Nov 2021 -
Gulf Offshore Drilling At 10-Year Low As Saudi, Abu Dhabi Stall On Contracts
...The number of active offshore rigs in the Gulf has fallen to the lowest level since January 2011. Excluding Iran, for which accurate data is not available, just 25 drilling rigs were active in the region in October, according to Baker Hughes data. Of these, just 10 were active off Saudi Ar...
Volume: 63Issue: 47Published at Fri, 20 Nov 2020 -
KRG Eyes Major Boost As Exxon/DNO Firm Up Baeshiqa Light Oil Find
...e south is the Banan field, where Oryx is currently producing from the 27°API Tertiary and the 22°API Cretaceous – neither exactly “light.” NORTHERN IRAQ: KEY OIL & GAS INFRASTRUCTURE CONTENTIOUS GEOGRAPHY The initial 2011 award of Baeshiqa to ExxonMobil and it...
Volume: 62Issue: 47Published at Fri, 22 Nov 2019 -
GCC Debt Smashes All Records
...pects growth will then improve in the next two years, with regional growth expected to average 1.9% in 2018, followed by 2.7% in 2019, this still falls substantially short of levels seen prior to the oil price drop in 2014 and the 4.5% average seen before 2011. The IMF in its latest Middle East re...
Volume: 60Issue: 47Published at Fri, 24 Nov 2017 -
Dana Gas Positive On UAE, Egypt, But Kurdish Receivables A Major Concern
...rect from the Khor Mor plant through local contractors.” As part of their 3Q financial statements, Dana Gas states that Pearl invoiced the KRG for 200mn cfd of “excess gas” for the period January 2011 to May 2015, totalling $1.498bn. Dana Gas’s 40% share is worth $599.2mn. However, the KRG’s cu...
Volume: 58Issue: 47Published at Fri, 20 Nov 2015 -
Cepsa Boosts Asia Portfolio
...ployees. We believe that Coastal provides a tremendous foundation for furthering our E&P strategy." IPIC completed the takeover of Cepsa in 2011 when it acquired Total’s 49% stake (MEES, 8 August 2011)....
Volume: 56Issue: 47Published at Fri, 22 Nov 2013