1. UAE Liquidity Squeeze Raises Growth Prospect Questions, Says S&P

    ...2011 at almost $40bn (MEES, 1 December). The average refinancing requirement during this period represents a substantial 8% of the UAE’s GDP. This is equivalent to 10% of total bank loans, on average. While this is a significant magnitude, S&P believes refinancing risks will remain manageable de...

    Volume: 51
    Issue: 49
    Published at Mon, 08 Dec 2008
  2. NIORDC Announces Essar Exit From Bandar Abbas Heavy Oil Refinery

    ...gotiations were under way with other local and international companies for the construction of the refinery, which NIORDC aims to bring on-line in 2011 (MEES, 15 January)....

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 49
    Published at Mon, 03 Dec 2007
  3. Kuwait’s New Non-Associated Gas To Cover Medium-Term Local Demand, Says NBK

    ...tural gas production is set to begin this month at a rate of 175mn cfd, and thereafter be ramped up to 600mn cfd in 2011 and 1bn cfd by 2015. “At the moment,” the NBK report says, “Kuwait is (notionally at least) self-sufficient in natural gas, consuming all that it produces as a by-product of its cr...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 49
    Published at Mon, 03 Dec 2007
  4. Audit Bureau Highlights Strategic Failures In Kuwait’s Oil And Gas Sector

    ...mmissioning of the fourth refinery and the closure of the ageing Shu'aiba plant will be to lift national refining capacity from 930,000 b/d now to 1.5mn b/d by 2011, implying that the expansions will lift the two existing plants’ capacity by 150,000 b/d collectively. The fourth refinery is expected to come on-st...

    Volume: 49
    Issue: 49
    Published at Mon, 04 Dec 2006
  5. Qatar GTL Developments On Track, Says ʹAttiyah

    ...iftly by Phase-2. Finally, ExxonMobil’s integrated 154,000 b/d GTL project is on schedule for 2011 start-up, he said. “Our strategy is to achieve best utilization of our country’s natural resources and to diversify the gas industry; GTL provides the true opportunity in terms of scale and technology to...

    Volume: 48
    Issue: 49
    Published at Mon, 05 Dec 2005
  6. Nexen Announces First Oil From Yemen Block 51

    ...ggest-producing field in Yemen. Production is averaging around 230,000 b/d, with Nexen’s share, 119,000 b/d. The PSA covering Masila runs to 2011, with a five-year negotiable extension....

    Volume: 47
    Issue: 49
    Published at Mon, 06 Dec 2004
  7. Global Energy Investment Needs To 2030

    ...llars) Share of Total Total 2001-30 2000 2001-10 2011-20 2021-30 2001-30 (%) Oil 87...

    Volume: 46
    Issue: 49
    Published at Mon, 08 Dec 2003
  8. Poverty In Yemen Climbing As Employment Fails To Keep Pace With Labor Force Growth…

    ...end continues, the rate of open employment will rise to about 27% by 2011 and about 37% by 2025. Furthermore, if the rate of part or hidden unemployment at the 1999 level is added, the open employment rate will be more than 60% of the labor force by 2011 and rise to 70% by 2025. It will, warns Mu...

    Volume: 44
    Issue: 49
    Published at Mon, 03 Dec 2001