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Israeli Court Ruling Pushes Leviathan Back Further
...om the field and seek arbitration. Israel’s upstream sector has been stuck in stasis since the end of 2014 when the former antitrust commissioner ruled that Noble and Delek were operating as a monopoly offshore Israel (MEES, 2 January 2015). The two firms currently operate all of the country’s ke...
Volume: 59Issue: 13Published at Fri, 01 Apr 2016 -
Iraqi Downstream Data Highlights Deep Baiji Impact
...Iraqi refinery throughputs have been stuck at just over 400,000 b/d since the 310,000 b/d Baiji plant, the country’s largest, was overrun by Islamic State (IS) jihadists in June 2014. Though the plant was retaken by government forces in October it was badly damaged (MEES, 13 November 2015). No...
Volume: 59Issue: 13Published at Fri, 01 Apr 2016 -
Abadi Surprises By Choice Of Left-Field Kurd As Oil Minister
...onomy and is producing more than 4mn b/d. Low oil prices mean it is strapped for cash and asking international oil companies (IOCs) to cut spending, yet still looks to boost production by 2mn b/d by 2020. Oil revenues slumped from $84.1bn in 2014 to just $49bn last year. Despite record exports, mo...
Volume: 59Issue: 13Published at Fri, 01 Apr 2016 -
Oman Output Set To Keep Edging Up
...come a frequent buyer. EXPORT REVENUE SINKS Tumbling oil prices mean that revenues fell by more than 40% last year according to the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI). Oil and gas sales generated OR13.4bn ($34.7bn) in 2014, but just OR7.8bn ($20.15bn) last year. Non-oil revenue fe...
Volume: 59Issue: 13Published at Fri, 01 Apr 2016 -
Eni Follows BP, Chevron, QP In Looking To Strike Big On Morocco’s ‘Atlantic Margin’
...ock’s prospects may be substantive. Australian LNG-focused Woodside took a 25% stake last year – the firm’s sole interest in the MENA region alongside a 100% share in the Rabat Ultra Deep ‘reconnaissance permit’ yet further offshore (MEES, 28 November 2014). Stakes are now Eni 40% operator, Woodside 25...
Volume: 59Issue: 13Published at Fri, 01 Apr 2016 -
Egypt Unveils Development Plan To Revive The Economy
...nance development projects on the Sinai Peninsula (MEES, 25 March). Gulf countries have been keen to give their assistance to Egypt following the 2013 ouster of former President Muhammad Mursi and have pledged more than $20bn in aid and products since March 2014. Mr Isma’il urged parliament to co...
Volume: 59Issue: 13Published at Fri, 01 Apr 2016 -
Iran-Pakistan Trade Boost But Gas Line Still Far Off
...initiate work on its side." Pakistan was to import 750mn cfd (8.2 bcm/year) of Iranian gas from December 2014, but Pakistan claims that nuclear-sanctions on Iran prevented it from raising project finance. With Iran now released from the majority of sanctions, prospects for completion appear to ha...
Volume: 59Issue: 13Published at Fri, 01 Apr 2016 -
Kuwait Trade Surplus Collapse
...a 3% fall in production as Kuwait was hit by the progressive outage from late 2014 of production from the Neutral Zone it shares with Saudi Arabia (see p4). In dollar terms oil revenue was down by 48% at $48.7bn, a mere 45% of 2013 takings. And things could get worse. For the first three months of...
Volume: 59Issue: 13Published at Fri, 01 Apr 2016 -
Iraq Out Of Pocket As It Boosts Oil Payments To IOCs
...d a larger stake for BP and its partner, Chinese state firm CNPC. The Iraqi oil ministry has admitted to difficulties in paying the companies, which it says are still owed $9bn in arrears for 2014. It has to raise an additional $18bn this year to pay the IOCs at a time when its own revenues are fa...
Volume: 58Issue: 17Published at Fri, 24 Apr 2015 -
UAE: South Koreans Hope To Expand Presence Through Adco
...e so-called legacy partners. Total, BP, Shell and ExxonMobil each held a 9.5% stake in the former Adco concession, which expired at the start of 2014. Adnoc decided to open the playing field to a wider selection of potential players in an effort to bring in more of its main crude oil buyers, pa...
Volume: 58Issue: 17Published at Fri, 24 Apr 2015 -
BP: Khazzan Unaffected By Oil Price Slump
...cade (bar 2014, when output fell 1% versus 2013), Oman continues to face a gas shortage as demand growth, driven by the country’s numerous gas-hungry enhanced oil recovery projects, continues to outstrip supply, also having implications for LNG exports (see p10 and MEES, 17 April). PHASE 1: EN...
Volume: 58Issue: 17Published at Fri, 24 Apr 2015 -
Italy’s Enel May Exit Algeria’s Upstream
...€2bn and already in execution, and another €2bn worth of assets already identified. The remaining €1bn will consist of extra assets that will be pinned down in the next years. Enel is a key Italian importer of Algerian gas. However volumes have slumped from 25 bcm for 2010 to a mere 6.7 bcm for 2014...
Volume: 58Issue: 17Published at Fri, 24 Apr 2015 -
Kuwait Finds New Oil At Home As It Goes Shopping In Tunisia
...ture upstream assets, successful exploration acreage as well as mid- and downstream assets. ENI TUNISIA OUTPUT 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014...
Volume: 58Issue: 17Published at Fri, 24 Apr 2015 -
Egypt Cancels Summer In Bid To Avoid Power Cuts
...ate gas firm EGAS for five years under a deal signed in November last year (MEES, 7 November 2014). Egypt plans to install a second FSRU at Ain Sukhna from July, but as yet no announcement has been made regarding the supplier. The ministry has since December finalized deals to import 76 LNG ca...
Volume: 58Issue: 17Published at Fri, 24 Apr 2015 -
EGYPT OFFICIAL JAN-FEB 2015 CRUDE & OIL PRODUCTS OUTPUT & DEMAND (‘000 B/D)
...EGYPT OFFICIAL JAN-FEB 2015 CRUDE & OIL PRODUCTS OUTPUT & DEMAND (‘000 B/D) Feb-15 Jan-15 Dec-14 J-F-15 vsJ-F-14 vs2014 2014...
Volume: 58Issue: 17Published at Fri, 24 Apr 2015 -
Oman’s LNG Strategy Hinges On New Supplies, Production
...OMAN Oman’s LNG Strategy Hinges On New Supplies, Production Oman has a tough future as an LNG exporter. Lower prices and growing domestic demand mean volumes and revenues both fell for 2014, and are set to fall further. Oman’s LNG exports were lower than expected in 2014 amid gr...
Volume: 58Issue: 17Published at Fri, 24 Apr 2015 -
Aramco Awards Final Big Jazan Contract; Yasref Ramp-Up Boosts Light Products
...torp refinery at Jubail in 2013, while Aramco and China’s Sinopec completed Yasref at Yanbu’ in 2014 and are currently ramping up crude throughput (MEES, 10 April). Diesel output set a new monthly record of 785,000 b/d in February, taking the average for diesel produced in January and February to 78...
Volume: 58Issue: 17Published at Fri, 24 Apr 2015 -
SAUDI ARABIA OFFICIAL CRUDE & OIL PRODUCTS OUTPUT, TRADE & BALANCE (‘000 B/D)
...2014 vs4Q14 2014 2013 2012 4Q14 3Q14 Crude Production 9,636 9,680 9,630 9,...
Volume: 58Issue: 17Published at Fri, 24 Apr 2015 -
OPEC Takes Revenue Hits But Stays Course On Output
...iefing in Washington DC. Prices averaged $100-110/B between January 2011 and August 2014 but have averaged around $55/B for Brent since the start of 2015. “The $380bn is almost a little short of a fifth of the size of their economies, a substantial amount for those countries. And similarly, for their bu...
Volume: 58Issue: 17Published at Fri, 24 Apr 2015 -
Firms Face Up To Mounting Libya Write-Offs
...om which they see no imminent return from production. Production in Libya by France’s Total dropped to an average of 27,000 boe/d in 2014, its lowest level since 2011, according to figures published in the company’s 2014 yearbook, on 15 April. Production dropped from 50,000 boe/d in 2013, having pe...
Volume: 58Issue: 17Published at Fri, 24 Apr 2015