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Jordan Pushes Ahead With Oil Shale-Fired Power Plant, Lining Up More Solar
...so signed an agreement with Sacos, owned by a Saudi investor, which official news agency Petra said in March 2014 plans to deploy oil shale technology developed in Russia. Besides these potential oil extraction projects, Jordan’s energy ministry has a second power generation agreement, with Jo...
Volume: 60Issue: 17Published at Fri, 28 Apr 2017 -
Algiers Aims For The Sun; Is Its Head In The Clouds?
...diterranean, but there has been no concrete progress. Desertec was one such scheme to bring power to Europe from the desert, but it has been considered defunct since 2012 (MEES, 3 April 2014). Although Algeria briefly flirted with the Desertec scheme, it has been reluctant to let go of its monopoly on el...
Volume: 60Issue: 17Published at Fri, 28 Apr 2017 -
Services Firms See US Activity Boost, But Profits Remain Elusive
...venue. The three largest listed oilfield services firms have struggled to turn a profit since the beginning of 2015. They managed a collective profit of $190mn in Q1 2017, but this compares to a whopping $3.53bn in Q3 2014 just before oil prices tanked. The key ‘good news’ in the first three months of...
Volume: 60Issue: 17Published at Fri, 28 Apr 2017 -
Iran South Pars Gas Output Soars 37% To Feed Domestic Hunger
...ich MEES estimates rose from 2.92mn b/d in January 2016 to 3.77mn b/d in March thanks to the lifting of sanctions. Much of these gains were thanks to gas injection at mature oil fields. Cedigaz estimates that in 2014 there was a 61bcm (167mn m³/d; 5.9bn cfd) shortfall in gas for injection. This is mo...
Volume: 60Issue: 16Published at Fri, 21 Apr 2017 -
Iran Inaugurates Petchems Projects To Tap New South Pars Gas
...PE plants at Dehdasht and Kermanshah (MEES, 10 October 2014). Phase one of the ethylene pipeline involved installing 1,200km of pipeline with diameters ranging from 8-inch to 24-inch. A second phase of development, currently under way, will expand the system to 2,250km with capacity to deliver 2....
Volume: 60Issue: 16Published at Fri, 21 Apr 2017 -
Iraq Fires Up 1GW Gas-Fired Capacity But Is There Enough Gas?
...ad of 13.4GW in 2015, up from 12.3GW in 2014. One thing is clear: the inefficient burning of liquid fuel still dominates the power generation sector, despite a gradual rise in the gas share from 28% in 2013 to 36% last year (see table). The increased supply of gas to power plants comes both th...
Volume: 60Issue: 16Published at Fri, 21 Apr 2017 -
Total And Sonatrach Bury Hatchet As Algiers Pushes Partnerships Agenda
...natrach… it’s business,” Mr Pouyanné said last year. Sonatrach retaliated by launching a counter-claim at the same court that Total had not honored its contractual commitments regarding the 4 bcm/y (390mn cfd) Ahnet tight gas concession, also in Algeria’s Saharan southwest, from which it pulled out in 2014...
Volume: 60Issue: 16Published at Fri, 21 Apr 2017 -
Israel: Lots Of Gas But Where’s The Market?
...st 800mn cfd, fully exploiting such reserves requires substantial export deals. And despite a sheaf of LoIs – to Egypt, Turkey, Jordan, and most fancifully a pipeline to Europe via Cyprus, Greece and Italy – none have been finalized. So far a deal signed in February 2014 to supply Jordan’s Arab Po...
Volume: 60Issue: 15Published at Fri, 14 Apr 2017 -
Morocco LNG Project Delayed, Future Gas Supply Strategy In Doubt
...nths. ADVISORS PICKED Morocco’s decision to revive LNG import ambitions in 2014 spurred a flurry of excitement, notably from a number of LNG suppliers keen to lock in future volumes in an increasingly competitive global market. In 2015, Morocco initiated talks with majors and energy companies in...
Volume: 60Issue: 15Published at Fri, 14 Apr 2017 -
Oman LNG Records Rare Output Rise, But Revenue Falls Regardless
...ound 50% of its output most years. But prices of Omani LNG to South Korea fell some 37% last year to just $7.38/mn BTU, more than $10/mn BTU below 2014 levels. Little wonder that revenues fell nearly $700mn last year to its lowest level since 2004. The LNG revenue fall exacerbated the squeeze on go...
Volume: 60Issue: 15Published at Fri, 14 Apr 2017 -
Record US Oil Trade Belies Protectionist Rhetoric
...cord levels (see chart). Saudi volumes did dip in late March with ship trackers estimating a further fall to come. But then this needs to be put in perspective: March volumes were only low compared to January’s three-year-high levels; Q1 as a whole saw the highest volumes since early 2014. Ot...
Volume: 60Issue: 15Published at Fri, 14 Apr 2017 -
BP Poised For Strong Year In Mena
...15 2015 2014 Oil (‘000 B/D) Abu Dhabi 101 5 96 97...
Volume: 60Issue: 15Published at Fri, 14 Apr 2017 -
Qatar Restarts Gas Expansion Plans As Iranian Output Of Shared Field Soars
...0mn cfd of ethane, 10,500 b/d of propane and 7,500 b/d of butane (MEES, 5 September 2014). Despite the initial plan, it is very possible that some of the Barzan natural gas will end up being exported. Power supply remains ahead of demand and Qatar plans to add 4.5GW installed capacity by 2019 th...
Volume: 60Issue: 14Published at Fri, 07 Apr 2017 -
What’s Next For Sonatrach Sales Deals?
...rtfolio. The recent rebound in volumes comes after weaker demand in Italy following the 2008 financial crisis. Italian imports of Algerian gas fell from a peak of 25.2 bcm in 2010, to 11.9 bcm in 2013 and 6.8 bcm in 2014, following a ‘holiday deal’ between Sonatrach and Eni to reduce offtake due to lower It...
Volume: 60Issue: 14Published at Fri, 07 Apr 2017 -
Algeria’s 2016 Gas Export & Output Records – Are They Believable?
...DICATED) 2016 vs 2015 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 20...
Volume: 60Issue: 14Published at Fri, 07 Apr 2017 -
Egypt Tenders Wind Project As Three Megaprojects Begin Supplying Grid
...ck of investment, improved terms have encouraged upstream operators to invest. New upstream developments under way are expected to raise Egyptian gas production above 5mn cfd later this year for the first time since January 2014 (MEES, 31 March). However, new power projects under construction are ex...
Volume: 60Issue: 14Published at Fri, 07 Apr 2017 -
Egypt Receivables: A Glass Half Full Or Half Empty?
...2015 2014 2013 2012 3Q16 Company k b/d mn cf...
Volume: 60Issue: 14Published at Fri, 07 Apr 2017 -
Kuwait Plans To Double Debt Ceiling To $66bn
...2015 4Q16 vs 4Q15 4Q15 2014 2013 2012 20...
Volume: 60Issue: 14Published at Fri, 07 Apr 2017 -
Iran, South Africa In GTL Deal, Zanganeh Eyes Oil Sales
...e NIOC research arm will cooperate with PetroSA in developing slurry reactors. These are used in the Fischer Tropsch process for GTL production. RIPI has continued its GTL research during the sanctions period (MEES, 29 August 2014). The two companies will also work together on methods to achieve bl...
Volume: 59Issue: 17Published at Fri, 29 Apr 2016 -
Kuwait: Shell Deal Boost For IOCs
...aching 4mn b/d by 2020, but has moved the goalposts by including condensate in the calculation (MEES, 15 April). Despite the 60% fall in oil prices since 2014, Kuwait remains committed to attracting IOCs and investing in its oil sector. Jamal Jaafar, CEO of the Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) said on 11 Ap...
Volume: 59Issue: 17Published at Fri, 29 Apr 2016