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KRG: Oryx Hits Big In KRG, Plans Wasit Development
...e discovery will be established as commercial, he added. Toronto-listed Oryx is conducting further analysis of the ZEG-1 well and intends to drill an appraisal well at Zey Gawra in 2014, as part of a multi-well appraisal and development drilling program in the Hawler license area, which is ad...
Volume: 56Issue: 50Published at Fri, 13 Dec 2013 -
Oman-BP Tight Gas Deal Expected By End-2013
...d producing either additional gas from Barik, or from Amin,” he says. “We don’t yet know if we will move towards a Phase 2 or 3,” he continues, warning the upcoming agreement would “only be addressing Phase 1.” BP in February 2014 reaches the end of it six-year appraisal plan to assess the Kh...
Volume: 56Issue: 50Published at Fri, 13 Dec 2013 -
Oman Upstream Survey: Indies Boost Output To New Highs
...mpaign, supported by the recent addition of a fourth rig. A fifth rig is set to be deployed in 2014, MEES learns, to support its output target of 45,000 b/d in 2014, and 50,000 b/d in 2015. “We believe Daleel can then sustain this level of production or slightly more for many more years,” a source close to...
Volume: 56Issue: 50Published at Fri, 13 Dec 2013 -
Lebanon LNG Tender
...gasification unit (FSRU). Mr Basil says that the ministry will begin a round of negotiations with five preferred bidders in January 2014 and expects to sign contracts in the third or fourth quarter of 2014. But it remains unclear if the ministry has the proper authority to execute the LNG deal, given its “ca...
Volume: 56Issue: 50Published at Fri, 13 Dec 2013 -
Kuwait Plans Big Downstream Strides, But Takes Small Steps
...gineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts for both Al-Zour and the clean fuels project in 2014. Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) market research manager Nagham al-‘Umar told the Platts Oil Markets Middle East conference in Dubai on 11 December that Kuwait’s refineries are currently pr...
Volume: 56Issue: 50Published at Fri, 13 Dec 2013 -
DEWA Plans $1.9Bn 2014 Projects Spend, Eyes Coal And Solar
...UAE DEWA Plans $1.9Bn 2014 Projects Spend, Eyes Coal And Solar Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has announced a total budget of Dh20.56bn ($5.55bn) for 2014, of which more than one third is intended for spending on capacity expansion projects and equipment pu...
Volume: 56Issue: 50Published at Fri, 13 Dec 2013 -
OPEC Gets Through The Year But Oversupply Threat Looms
...rsus 4Q13. The latest OPEC Monthly Oil Market Report (MOMR) says that demand for OPEC crude is set to contract by 310,000 b/d to 29.57mn b/d in 2014 from estimated 2013 demand of 29.88mn b/d. Yet when OPEC ministers met in Vienna on 4 December, they decided to maintain the 30mn b/d target for the next si...
Volume: 56Issue: 50Published at Fri, 13 Dec 2013 -
Sipchem-Sahara Merger MoU
...d continued negotiations with a view to signing a merger agreement in the first half of 2014. According to a joint statement “the proposed merger is expected to enhance the [combined] company’s leading position in the local and international petrochemical industry. The combined business is ex...
Volume: 56Issue: 50Published at Fri, 13 Dec 2013 -
Iran Slashes Budget; $100/B Crude, 1.1Mn b/d Exports
...IRAN Iran Slashes Budget; $100/B Crude, 1.1Mn b/d Exports Iranian President Hassan Rohani’s new administration will focus on tackling the twin problems of soaring inflation and unemployment in the year starting 21 March 2014. Outlining details of the 2014-15 budget, the fi...
Volume: 56Issue: 50Published at Fri, 13 Dec 2013 -
IMF: Kuwait Growth Slumps
...se of 3% in 2013. The forecast for overall average consumer price inflation is 3% in 2013. Fiscal and external surpluses are projected at 27% and 39% of GDP respectively in 2013, reflecting high oil prices, the IMF says. Looking ahead the IMF expects an improvement in the economic outlook in 2014 an...
Volume: 56Issue: 50Published at Fri, 13 Dec 2013 -
Egypt Promises $1.5Bn Receivables Payout
...June 2014), the ministry said in a statement. The minister made waves last week when he spoke in favor of higher prices for gas produced in Egypt. The current gas price of a mere $2.65/mn BTU is the biggest stumbling block to further exploration and production by IOCs, and effectively renders un...
Volume: 56Issue: 49Published at Fri, 06 Dec 2013 -
Iraq Pencils In 3.4Mn B/D 2014 Exports But Lowers Output Targets
...IRAQ Iraq Pencils In 3.4Mn B/D 2014 Exports But Lowers Output Targets Iraq is aiming for average oil exports of 3.4mn b/d in 2014, including 400,000 b/d from the KRG. This would translate into a rise in Iraqi production to 3.7-3.75mn b/d assuming no further details to fi...
Volume: 56Issue: 49Published at Fri, 06 Dec 2013 -
Algeria Drums Up Interest Ahead Of Bid Round
...ALGERIA Algeria Drums Up Interest Ahead Of Bid Round Algeria is preparing a bid round for early 2014. A global roadshow concluded last month shows Algiers is intent on improving the appeal of its hydrocarbon sector to international oil companies. State oil co...
Volume: 56Issue: 49Published at Fri, 06 Dec 2013 -
UAE Says 3.5Mn B/D Capacity Target On Schedule
...NOC is running this process and we have confidence in that,” he said though he declined to say how much of a delay he expected beyond the 10 January expiry of the 70-year concession. “The concession ends in 2014 and obviously there will be a delay. The delay will not impact us at all. The company wi...
Volume: 56Issue: 49Published at Fri, 06 Dec 2013 -
Saudi Petchems Firms See Technology As Key To Specialized Markets
...chloride SABIC 2014 140,000 t/y ABS SABIC/Mitsubishi 2014 250,000 t/y MMA, 40,000 t/y PMMA Sipchem 2014 63,000 t/y polybutylene te...
Volume: 56Issue: 49Published at Fri, 06 Dec 2013 -
SEC Awards Revised Rabigh-2 IPP Project
...bruary). SEC has appointed Germany’s Fichtner as consultant for the Dhuba-1 ISCC, which it expected to start up in 2017. Dhuba-2 is still envisaged as an HFO-fired plant, with start-up planned for 2018. ACWA and Samsung are already building SEC’s 3.93GW Qurayyah IPP, which is due online in 2014. Qu...
Volume: 56Issue: 49Published at Fri, 06 Dec 2013 -
Gathering Storm For OPEC As Iran Lays Down The Gauntlet
...set to decline by some 300,000 b/d in 2014 over 2013, according to IEA projections. “I will not give up on Iran’s right to produce 4mn b/d under any circumstances,” Mr Zanganeh, back in Vienna as minister for the first time since he last held the post eight years ago, told reporters ahead of th...
Volume: 56Issue: 49Published at Fri, 06 Dec 2013 -
Naimi: Saudi Arabia To Stay Above Iran, Iraq Fray
...not think there is a decrease in the call on OPEC. Q: OPEC’s latest report puts it at less than 30mn b/d. A: These are projections. We do not know what the facts will be. Q: Do you have room to cut in 2014? A: To cut? Why? Q: You don’t think in 2014 a cut is po...
Volume: 56Issue: 49Published at Fri, 06 Dec 2013 -
Oman Poised To Curb State Expenditure In 2014
...OMAN Oman Poised To Curb State Expenditure In 2014 Oman has taken the strategic decision to put the brakes on state expenditure in 2014 after three years of sharp post-Arab Spring spending hikes. Outlining details of the draft budget to the Majlis al-Shura (State Co...
Volume: 56Issue: 49Published at Fri, 06 Dec 2013 -
Libya: Forex Reserves On The Slide
...onomy shrinking by 5% in 2014 in the event of the protests continuing, and suggested that in a worst case scenario Libya may seek foreign loans. (The IMF projects a contraction of 5.1% in real GDP in 2013 - MEES, 22 November.) Referring to these figures, the bank’s statement said that “the CBL de...
Volume: 56Issue: 49Published at Fri, 06 Dec 2013