1. Saudi Aramco Making Good Headway On Gas Exploration

    ...celeration with which gas exploration and development are being pursued – a program that will see the company drilling more than 40 wells a year by 2010, he said. Under current Saudi Aramco plans, gas well completions will rise from 35 in 2006 to 70 in 2011, with exploration wells up from nine in 2006 to 15...

    Volume: 49
    Issue: 48
    Published at Mon, 27 Nov 2006
  2. Jazan Export Refinery Opens Way For Selective Saudi Private Participation

    ...investments leading to over-capacity. “The fate of projects beyond 2011 will be determined to a great extent by the performance of the industry in the coming few years,” he said. With the Middle East showing the highest ratio of new-build refineries to existing plants the dangers of ov...

    Volume: 49
    Issue: 48
    Published at Mon, 27 Nov 2006
  3. MENA Refiners’ Capacity Expansion Program Gathers Momentum In 2006

    ...ports. The program includes the construction of three new refineries: a three-train 360,000 b/d condensate splitter plant at Bandar Abbas expected on-stream in 2009; a second crude oil refinery at Bandar Abbas, with throughput capacity of 300,000 b/d, scheduled for completion in 2011 and intended to ha...

    Volume: 49
    Issue: 48
    Published at Mon, 27 Nov 2006