1. Saudi Arabia Flexes Capacity Muscle To Lift OPEC Output To Three-Year High

    ...10 – November 2011 (MEES Estimates – ‘000 B/D)    2011 2010 Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan Dec Nov Algeria 1,250 1,...

    Volume: 54
    Issue: 50
    Published at Mon, 12 Dec 2011
  2. Iraqi Oil Sector Faces Year Of Challenge And Promise

    ...ojects are set to hit key milestones or begin. However, the massive planned oil industry expansion comes amid a sharp deterioration in oil relations between Baghdad and Irbil in the wake of October’s ExxonMobil upstream agreement with the Kurds, writes Rafiq Latta. While 2011 began with the re...

    Volume: 54
    Issue: 50
    Published at Mon, 12 Dec 2011
  3. Zubair And Rumaila Lead Iraqi Capacity Charge

    ...esentation given to contractors in Istanbul. Worley Parsons and the UK’s AMEC are the favorites to win this contract, a source from a rival engineering firm tells MEES. BP is targeting over 50 wells to be drilled in Rumaila next year. The project’s 2011 work program involves “delineating the main re...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 50
    Published at Mon, 13 Dec 2010
  4. Saudi Arabian Project Financing Activity To Step Up In 2011

    ...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIII No 50 13-Dec-2010 SAUDI ARABIA Saudi Arabian Project Financing Activity To Step Up In 2011 Projects are expected to secure funds, as domestic banks st...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 50
    Published at Mon, 13 Dec 2010
  5. Syria’s 2011 Draft Budget Targets Lower Deficit

    ...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIII No 50 13-Dec-2010 SYRIA Syria’s 2011 Draft Budget Targets Lower Deficit Syria’s draft budget for 2011 projects a 5.3% reduction in the budget deficit to S£167bn ($3.59bn) from S£176.4bn ($3.79bn) in 2010, with a 15.7% rise in re...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 50
    Published at Mon, 13 Dec 2010
  6. Qatar Delays Barzan Project Due To Domestic Gas Supply Surplus

    ...mes on stream. Qatar is running a 10% surplus of gas production over demand, although this will drop next year as new power capacity comes on stream, raising domestic consumption to 3bn cfd, MEES learns. Power generation capacity will rise from 7.6gw to 8.8gw in 2011. In the same time as...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 50
    Published at Mon, 13 Dec 2010
  7. Doha Rules Out New Gas Export Projects Post-Moratorium

    ...esented challenges. Excess water may have been an issue with Train 4, MEES understands. Qatari sources reject suggestions that any geological factor has changed policy, such as the extension to the moratorium, which was to have been lifted in 2011. “There has been no change,” said Mr Kaʹabi. “The mo...

    Volume: 52
    Issue: 50
    Published at Mon, 14 Dec 2009
  8. IEA Medium-Term Outlook Trimmed To Reflect Economic Slowdown

    ...els and other products will rise, but the former will post a faster pace of growth (+3.1% per year) than the latter (+2.8% per year).” IEA World Oil Supply And Demand Outlook 2008-13 (Mn B/D) 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 20...

    Volume: 51
    Issue: 50
    Published at Mon, 15 Dec 2008