1. Egypt Launches Upstream Charm Offensive Alongside 12-Block Bidding

    ...hr’ across both this and its other nearby acreage (MEES, 24 March 2017), including 2022’s Fagr-1 dry hole on the on-offer Block 6 (South Zohr). Zohr was discovered in a carbonate build-up in the Cretaceous formation. And it is in the Cretaceous that Egas flags up 10.7tcf of risked resource on the bl...

    Volume: 67
    Issue: 35
    Published at Fri, 30 Aug 2024
  2. Egypt Refinery Upgrades Edge Forward

    ...west figures since 2017, whilst the latest figures for June are only slightly higher (see chart). For 2023, national throughputs of 530,000 b/d were just 70% of the country’s then primary distillation capacity of 760,000 b/d. The most recent by-company runs figures, for the 2022-23 financial ye...

    Volume: 67
    Issue: 35
    Published at Fri, 30 Aug 2024
  3. Egypt Gas Slump Continues With IOCs & Cairo In Payments Standoff

    ...2). Gas output fell to 5.01bn cfd for Q2, with this and the latest monthly figure of 4.923bn cfd for June the lowest respective figures since early 2017’s start-up of BP’s key West Nile Delta project which was followed by that of Eni’s giant Zohr field at the end of the year (see chart 1). The co...

    Volume: 67
    Issue: 34
    Published at Fri, 23 Aug 2024
  4. Oman: Sohar Refinery Back Online

    ...at predate the plant’s expansion in 2017 (MEES, 17 February). Due to the outage, OQ was forced to sell 1mn barrels of crude on a prompt tender to load at the end of the month, according to Reuters (MEES, 9 August). A trading source says that the impact was limited and only affected gasoline ex...

    Volume: 67
    Issue: 34
    Published at Fri, 23 Aug 2024
  5. Oman: Sohar CDU Down

    ...vernment data. Capacity at the refinery expanded in 2017 from 116,000 b/d to 197,000 b/d with mechanical completion of a second crude distillation unit, a new vacuum distillation unit, and kerosene Merox units (MEES, 17 February 2017). It is unclear how long the outage will last, but lengthy do...

    Volume: 67
    Issue: 32
    Published at Fri, 09 Aug 2024
  6. Oman Eyes Fourth LNG Train Taking Capacity To 15.2mn t/y By 2029

    ...untry has experienced a gas ‘renaissance’ since 2017 when BP brought online the massive Khazzan gas development. With the second phase Ghazeer expansion successfully added, the field now produces 1.5bn cfd, some 37% of the country’s current non-associated gas output. Added to this is new output from th...

    Volume: 67
    Issue: 31
    Published at Fri, 02 Aug 2024
  7. Neom’s Sustainable Power & Water Plans: Enowa CEO Speaks With MEES

    ...wn with MEES to discuss the project. The region of Neom is one of the most prominent symbols of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030. First announced by Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman in 2017 as “the land of the future, where great minds and talents can create ground-breaking ideas and think outside the bo...

    Volume: 67
    Issue: 31
    Published at Fri, 02 Aug 2024