1. Iran Casts Wary Eye On Shared Field As Qatar Celebrates LNG Success

    ...eaky horizontal drilling,” a state-owned Qatar Petroleum (QP) official tells MEES. “Qatar’s best drilling sites are right on the median line, so if there is migration it would go our way,” he said. Qatar has a moratorium until 2014 on new projects in the field, while QP completes its study into re...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 51
    Published at Mon, 20 Dec 2010
  2. Naimi Likely To Stay At Helm Of No 1 Global Oil Power

    ...entually discarded ExxonMobil-led Core Venture 2 of the Saudi Strategic Gas initiative, proposed in the early part of the decade. Closer at hand, the offshore Middle East Gulf 1.8bn cfd Karan gas development is set to start up next year. In 2014 the 2.5bn cfd Wasit gas plant, which will process gas fr...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 51
    Published at Mon, 20 Dec 2010
  3. Shuweihat S3 Power Deal Suggests Dip In Financing Costs

    ...wer in summer 2013 and then gear up to full rates of 1.6gw before the 2014 summer peak loading period. It will be fueled by gas. Once the PPA is signed, ADWEA is expected to make a decision on the next IWPP or IPP. This was originally going to be Taweelah C, which was supposed to have been launched as...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 51
    Published at Mon, 20 Dec 2010
  4. SEC Finalizes $1.33Bn Islamic Financing With Local Banks

    ...ogram, which will see approximately SR21bn ($5.6bn) invested in three new power plants – at Rabigh, Riyadh and Qurayah – between April 2012 and April 2014, adding 5.2gw in new capacity (MEES, 4 October)....

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 51
    Published at Mon, 20 Dec 2010