1. Qatar Petroleum Targets Transformation, Embargo Or No Embargo

    ...rth Dome gas field (MEES, 7 April) – Mr Kaabi’s moniker was earned for his role in the moratorium on development of the field enacted in 2005 (MEES, 19 September 2014). He then in July, less than a month into the embargo, unveiled a plan to double the size of the planned expansion, boosting Qa...

    Volume: 60
    Issue: 49
    Published at Fri, 08 Dec 2017
  2. Qatar Revives Plan For New Petchems Capacity

    ...The revelation by QP chief executive Saad Sherida al-Kaabi of plans for a new “world scale” petrochemicals project in Qatar (see p14) represents an about-turn after the company ditched plans for a major polyolefins project in 3Q 2014 and a large ethylene glycol project in early 2015. Mr Ka...

    Volume: 60
    Issue: 49
    Published at Fri, 08 Dec 2017
  3. Israel Gas: Will Relaxing Regulations Spur Development?

    ...sues are hardly a new thing for Israel’s gas industry. The writing has been on the wall since 2014 when Australian LNG experts Woodside pulled out of a $2bn deal to take a 25% stake in Leviathan citing regulatory uncertainty (MEES, 23 May 2014). Israel’s offshore was subsequently closed for bu...

    Volume: 60
    Issue: 49
    Published at Fri, 08 Dec 2017
  4. Energean: Karish, Tanin Go-Ahead Imminent

    ...th an IPO also under consideration, according to a 13 November Reuters article. US firm Noble operates Israel’s only producing gas field, Tamar, as well as the under-development Leviathan field. Noble and partner Delek were forced to sell off Karish and Tanin as part of a 2014 anti-trust ru...

    Volume: 60
    Issue: 49
    Published at Fri, 08 Dec 2017
  5. Iraq Adds Upgrades To Gas-Fired Plans, Keeping Pressure On Rising Supplies

    ...ard further upgrading projects, given that only 16.91GW of existing capacity is operable out of an installed capacity of 26.15GW. Yet despite the strain on Iraq’s gas resources, gas turbine plants are expected to provide up to 56% of Iraq’s electricity this year, up from 47% in 2014 (see tables). On...

    Volume: 60
    Issue: 49
    Published at Fri, 08 Dec 2017
  6. Building On Resilience: QP Chief Talks Embargo & LNG Plans With MEES

    ...troleum’s operations. How have you mitigated the impact? A: When I was appointed as CEO three and a half years ago [MEES, 19 September 2014], I had a different vision for QP. We had to focus on our core businesses, and so I made sure that we consolidated our subsidiaries to become fully aligned. As you sa...

    Volume: 60
    Issue: 49
    Published at Fri, 08 Dec 2017
  7. Tunisia Oil Output Rebound From Protests, Fundamental Problems Remain

    ...hers decline to take any decisions on permits and the like for fear of being branded corrupt (MEES, 31 October). But, in an echo of the situation facing smaller firms in Egypt (MEES, 1 December), the bigger fall came with the collapse in oil prices in the second half of 2014. Many of the minnows in Tu...

    Volume: 60
    Issue: 49
    Published at Fri, 08 Dec 2017