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Egypt Promises $1.5Bn Receivables Payout
...June 2014), the ministry said in a statement. The minister made waves last week when he spoke in favor of higher prices for gas produced in Egypt. The current gas price of a mere $2.65/mn BTU is the biggest stumbling block to further exploration and production by IOCs, and effectively renders un...
Volume: 56Issue: 49Published at Fri, 06 Dec 2013 -
Iraq Pencils In 3.4Mn B/D 2014 Exports But Lowers Output Targets
...IRAQ Iraq Pencils In 3.4Mn B/D 2014 Exports But Lowers Output Targets Iraq is aiming for average oil exports of 3.4mn b/d in 2014, including 400,000 b/d from the KRG. This would translate into a rise in Iraqi production to 3.7-3.75mn b/d assuming no further details to fi...
Volume: 56Issue: 49Published at Fri, 06 Dec 2013 -
Algeria Drums Up Interest Ahead Of Bid Round
...ALGERIA Algeria Drums Up Interest Ahead Of Bid Round Algeria is preparing a bid round for early 2014. A global roadshow concluded last month shows Algiers is intent on improving the appeal of its hydrocarbon sector to international oil companies. State oil co...
Volume: 56Issue: 49Published at Fri, 06 Dec 2013 -
UAE Says 3.5Mn B/D Capacity Target On Schedule
...NOC is running this process and we have confidence in that,” he said though he declined to say how much of a delay he expected beyond the 10 January expiry of the 70-year concession. “The concession ends in 2014 and obviously there will be a delay. The delay will not impact us at all. The company wi...
Volume: 56Issue: 49Published at Fri, 06 Dec 2013 -
Saudi Petchems Firms See Technology As Key To Specialized Markets
...chloride SABIC 2014 140,000 t/y ABS SABIC/Mitsubishi 2014 250,000 t/y MMA, 40,000 t/y PMMA Sipchem 2014 63,000 t/y polybutylene te...
Volume: 56Issue: 49Published at Fri, 06 Dec 2013 -
SEC Awards Revised Rabigh-2 IPP Project
...bruary). SEC has appointed Germany’s Fichtner as consultant for the Dhuba-1 ISCC, which it expected to start up in 2017. Dhuba-2 is still envisaged as an HFO-fired plant, with start-up planned for 2018. ACWA and Samsung are already building SEC’s 3.93GW Qurayyah IPP, which is due online in 2014. Qu...
Volume: 56Issue: 49Published at Fri, 06 Dec 2013 -
Gathering Storm For OPEC As Iran Lays Down The Gauntlet
...set to decline by some 300,000 b/d in 2014 over 2013, according to IEA projections. “I will not give up on Iran’s right to produce 4mn b/d under any circumstances,” Mr Zanganeh, back in Vienna as minister for the first time since he last held the post eight years ago, told reporters ahead of th...
Volume: 56Issue: 49Published at Fri, 06 Dec 2013 -
Naimi: Saudi Arabia To Stay Above Iran, Iraq Fray
...not think there is a decrease in the call on OPEC. Q: OPEC’s latest report puts it at less than 30mn b/d. A: These are projections. We do not know what the facts will be. Q: Do you have room to cut in 2014? A: To cut? Why? Q: You don’t think in 2014 a cut is po...
Volume: 56Issue: 49Published at Fri, 06 Dec 2013 -
Oman Poised To Curb State Expenditure In 2014
...OMAN Oman Poised To Curb State Expenditure In 2014 Oman has taken the strategic decision to put the brakes on state expenditure in 2014 after three years of sharp post-Arab Spring spending hikes. Outlining details of the draft budget to the Majlis al-Shura (State Co...
Volume: 56Issue: 49Published at Fri, 06 Dec 2013 -
Libya: Forex Reserves On The Slide
...onomy shrinking by 5% in 2014 in the event of the protests continuing, and suggested that in a worst case scenario Libya may seek foreign loans. (The IMF projects a contraction of 5.1% in real GDP in 2013 - MEES, 22 November.) Referring to these figures, the bank’s statement said that “the CBL de...
Volume: 56Issue: 49Published at Fri, 06 Dec 2013 -
Iran Budgets For $100/B
...IRAN Iran Budgets For $100/B Iran’s draft budget for the Iranian year 1393, starting on 21 March 2014, will be based on an oil price assumption of $100/B, a member of the Majlis Budget and Planning Commission Hadi Qavami told the Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) on 1 De...
Volume: 56Issue: 49Published at Fri, 06 Dec 2013 -
The MENA Power Sector: Prospects And Challenges
...ticle concentrates on these challenges. Challenge #1: Electricity Demand Growth MENA power demand is growing at 6-8 % annually. Growth has been at such rates for decades and this is likely to continue. Regional development bank APICORP expects capacity to increase at 8.4% annually over 2014-18 (ME...
Volume: 56Issue: 49Published at Fri, 06 Dec 2013