1. BP Finalizes WND Purchase

    ...the second key element, alongside Eni’s 23 tcf Zohr development, in Egyptian plans to boost gas output towards the end of the decade. WND is slated for H1 2017 start up, ramping up to 600mn cfd by the end of the year and 1.2bn cfd – the equivalent of more than a quarter of Egypt’s current 4.3bn cf...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 50
    Published at Fri, 11 Dec 2015
  2. Bahrain LNG Plans

    ...er 9% up on 2014 and not far short of total capacity of 4GW. All Bahrain’s power plants burn gas. Earlier this year Bahrain announced a plan to add 1.5GW of generating capacity from 2017 at the Al Dur power and desalination plant. This week aluminum producer Alba also announced a plan to build a 1.35GW pl...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 50
    Published at Fri, 11 Dec 2015
  3. Algeria Looks May Trim Refining Plan Further As Reduced Export Revenues Bite

    ...finery plan, with both initially due for 2017 start-up, to be followed by similarly sized projects at Ghardaia and Hassi Messaoud. Sonatrach started civil works at Biskra in 2012 and officially launched the project in 2013, saying it would finalize deals with contractors by year-end. But the construction de...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 50
    Published at Fri, 11 Dec 2015
  4. Oman To Invest Up To $4bn In E&P Despite Cash Shortage

    ...tput would come from. Going forward the firm’s key output boost will come from its 40% stake in the BP-operated $16bn, 1bn cfd Khazzan tight gas project which is due to come online in 2017. The UK firm said earlier this year it would boost the number of rigs it has operating at Khazzan from six to 11...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 50
    Published at Fri, 11 Dec 2015
  5. Oman Starts Qualification For Three New Desalination Plants

    ...line in 2017-19 and will take Oman’s desalination capacity under development to 970,000 m3/d. OPWP expects Oman’s peak water demand to rise from 934,000 m3/d in 2014 to 1.34mn m3/d in 2020. Oman’s current desalination capacity is 740,000 m3/d. OPWP has awarded Singapore’s Hyflux and local firm Mo...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 50
    Published at Fri, 11 Dec 2015