1. Oman Invites Bids For Building Duqm Refinery, Awards Liwa Cracker

    ...ocessing capacity of 222,000 b/d. The latest Jodi data show that state refiner Orpic processed an average 191,000 b/d of Oman crude in the first nine months of 2015, which was 2.6% lower than 196,000 b/d for the same period in 2014. Throughput for the first three quarters of 2015 was equal to the av...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 48
    Published at Fri, 27 Nov 2015
  2. Egypt Joins MENA Nuclear Club Through 4.8gw Deal With Russia

    ...actors at Bushehr, under a four-plant deal. However, the deal envisages Iran making its own fuel rods, which may prove a sticking point as the deadline for lifting international sanctions against Iran draws close (MEES, 21 November 2014). Meanwhile, Jordan has signed an agreement with Rosatom for two 1G...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 48
    Published at Fri, 27 Nov 2015
  3. Opec’s 4 December Meeting: Can Output Policy Deal Be Preserved?

    ...VEMBER 2014 (MN B/D)  ...

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  4. Venezuelan Oil In Four Charts

    ...CREASE SHARE BUT US STILL DOMINANT   VENEZUELA 2014 CRUDE EXPORT SPLIT (‘000 B/D)...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 48
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  5. Iraq Reform Efforts Sputter, Budget Battle Heats Up

    ...thorities will implement a fiscal consolidation that will contain public expenditure in line with available revenue and financing” with the aim of “reduc[ing] the non-oil primary deficit by 4% of non-oil GDP between 2014 and 2016.”   It took a couple of days for this to fully hit the Iraqi media, wi...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 48
    Published at Fri, 27 Nov 2015
  6. Algeria Faces Record $14bn Trade Deficit

    ...29bn in the same period of 2014, according to statistics from Algerian customs. Extrapolating the Jan-October figures to 2015 as a whole gives hydrocarbon export revenue of $36.4bn, down from $60.3bn for 2014 and an all-time record trade deficit of $13bn. It will likely be even worse. This pr...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 48
    Published at Fri, 27 Nov 2015
  7. BG Deal Brings Cyprus, Israel Gas A Step Closer To Egypt

    ...lit evenly between its Delek Drilling and Avner Oil subsidiaries). And BG is already involved here: Noble and Delek in June 2014 signed a letter of intent with BG to supply Idku with 105 bcm of Leviathan gas over 15 years. Noble says it is in discussions with Cyprus to reassess the original de...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 48
    Published at Fri, 27 Nov 2015
  8. Algeria: Present Bad, IEA Figures Indicate Future May Be Worse

    ...wn from 1.5mn b/d in the 2014 WEO (released Nov 2014) to 1.38mn b/d (950,000 b/d crude and 430,000 b/d condensate/NGLs) in the organization’s Medium Term Oil Market Report in February this year and again to just 1.3mn b/d in the freshly-released 2015 WEO.   SERIAL DOWNWARD REVISIONS: IEA WEO FO...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 48
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  9. Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)

    ...  25-Nov 16-20 Nov 9-13 Nov 15-Oct 15-Sep Q3 2015 Q2 2015 YTD 2015 2014...

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  10. Egypt Closing In On Debt Repayment And New Bid Round, Minister Says

    ...used rolling blackouts over the summer and brought exports to a virtual standstill, leaving two LNG export facilities idled. Output slumped to 4.8bn cfd for the first seven months of 2014 (and a 10-year low of 4.55bn cfd for July – the most recent available data), over 700mn cfd down on estimated de...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 48
    Published at Fri, 28 Nov 2014
  11. Stocks Special: Saudi Strong, Chinese A Bit Less Reserved

    ....7mn barrels (620,000 b/d) in September with “extra cargoes [imported] from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq and Oman,” the IEA says in its November Oil Market Report. According to IEA calculations, China added 105mn barrels to its stocks during the first nine months of 2014. This comes on top of an 89mn ba...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 48
    Published at Fri, 28 Nov 2014
  12. Iran Oil Exports To Rise In 2015 Despite Nuclear ‘No-Deal’

    ...wn, averaging less than 1.3mn b/d for the first ten months of 2014 (including condensate), versus 2.53mn b/d in 2011 (see graphs). Condensate Boost Speaking in Vienna this week, Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said that despite the sanctions, Iran is still targeting an increase in exports ov...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 48
    Published at Fri, 28 Nov 2014
  13. Oman Set To Cut Spending For 2015 As Revenues Slide

    ...nsideration but there are no plans for salary cuts, he adds. The minister reiterated plans, announced last month, to cut its energy subsidies for 2015, with the currently “ineffective” system to be better targeted on the needy sections of society. Oman’s 2014 budget projects spending on energy su...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 48
    Published at Fri, 28 Nov 2014
  14. Qatar Looks Resilient To Lower Oil Prices

    ...tting money aside in the years of plenty. While prices for most of its key LNG exports are oil-linked, costly Australian projects will be harder hit. Qatar posted a surplus of some 31% of GDP in 2013. This will only shrink modestly in 2014: the country benefitted from high oil and LNG prices for mu...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 48
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  15. Egypt: IMF Praise

    ...turn in confidence, are starting to produce a turnaround in economic activity and investment, Mr Jarvis observes, with growth projected at 3.8% in fiscal 2014-15.  In a seeming reference to $8.4bn ‘Second Suez Canal’ plans, the IMF cautions “megaprojects offer prospects for jobs and growth but sh...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 48
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  16. Jordan Moves Toward Austerity In 2015

    ...0/B.  Main Aspects Of 2015 Budget Outlining the main features of the new budget, Mr Tuqan said that the deficit (after grants) is projected to shrink by 24.5% to JD688mn ($970mn), or 2.5% of GDP, from a revised figure of JD911mn ($1,285mn) in 2014. Total revenue is estimated at JD7,408mn ($10...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 48
    Published at Fri, 28 Nov 2014
  17. Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)

    ...Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)   27-Nov 17-21 Nov 10-14 Nov Oct-14 Sep-14 Q3 2014 Q2 2014 20...

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  18. Barzan Start-Up To Raise Qatar LPG Exports

    ...mn tons/year. An additional 500,000 t/y of LPG is expected to be added once the Barzan gas project is commissioned in 2014.” Dr Sada told the conference that LPG demand is rising rapidly, particularly in the residential and commercial sector: “This is particularly evident in emerging economies such as...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 48
    Published at Fri, 29 Nov 2013
  19. US LNG To Challenge Qatar In Key Asian Markets

    ...gher than current production levels, by the end of the current Iranian calendar year on 20 March 2014. While this pronouncement is likely without merit, it is worth pointing out that Iran has expansive gas reserves to tap. If a future agreement between the P5+1 countries and Iran relaxes sanctions and Ir...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 48
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  20. Oman Takes Its Place In Gulf Refining Expansion

    ...sref) Yanbu’, S Arabia 400 U/C**. Due onstream 2014. Takreer (Ruwais Expansion) Ruwais, UAE 417 U/C. Due onstream 2014. NIOC (Persian Gulf St...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 48
    Published at Fri, 29 Nov 2013