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Opec Opens Its Arms To A Net Importer
...Indonesia will be formally welcomed back into Opec on 1 January, having suspended its membership in 2009. Crude production is currently around 800,000 b/d, but with domestic consumption at 1.6mn b/d according to BP figures in 2014, it is a net importer of around 800,000 b/d. Plans for the Ba...
Volume: 58Issue: 50Published at Fri, 11 Dec 2015 -
Kuwait: Does Ministerial Shake-Up Indicate A Firm Stance?
...nuary 2014. He becomes Kuwait’s fourth oil minister in less than three years. However, the revolving door at the ministry has little impact on policy, which is set by the Supreme Petroleum Council (SPC). It does however underline Kuwait’s continued political volatility – a deterrent for IOCs. That said, th...
Volume: 58Issue: 49Published at Fri, 04 Dec 2015 -
Iran Launches New Contracts Ahead Of Opec Meet
...ximize recovery rates at fields (MEES, 13 November). The much-delayed launch of the IPC finally materialized on 28-29 November in Tehran. Initially planned to be launched in London in April 2014, the process has been inextricably linked to the nuclear negotiations with the P5+1, which were extended on...
Volume: 58Issue: 49Published at Fri, 04 Dec 2015 -
KRG: More Payments Needed To Unlock Investment
...4mn/month for July-September, far below the $1bn monthly payments the KRG had been expecting to receive from the Iraqi federal government under a December 2014 agreement. Federal payments peaked at $432mn in March. So far this year the KRG has received a total of $1.987bn from Baghdad for oil exports ac...
Volume: 58Issue: 49Published at Fri, 04 Dec 2015 -
Iraq Chalks Up Record Exports But Revenue Less Than Half Mid-2014 Level
...e KRG, were boosted from a backlog in loading from a storm-hit October schedule (MEES, 6 November). But, despite this, the month’s export revenue of $3.67bn is just 47.5% of the $7.74bn that Iraq’s oil exports brought in in July 2014 before oil prices collapsed. Average November takings were ju...
Volume: 58Issue: 49Published at Fri, 04 Dec 2015 -
Rabigh 2 Joins Petchems Start-Up Queue, Saudi Capacity Surge Nears
...dara said the unit would need rebuilding, although a SR113.4mn ($30.2mn) insurance claim will cover the rebuilding cost. UAE’s Borouge 3 polyolefins plant started up in 2014, but has still not reached full capacity because of ethane feedstock constraints (MEES, 5 June). The company now expects to re...
Volume: 58Issue: 49Published at Fri, 04 Dec 2015 -
Paris Climate Talks: How To Measure Success?
...e globe. Market-related mechanisms would give visibility to investors and private businesses, but there remain strong disparities partly due to fossil fuel subsidies. The IEA estimates global fossil fuels subsidies at around $490bn in 2014, five times the amount that would need to be raised to ad...
Volume: 58Issue: 49Published at Fri, 04 Dec 2015 -
Shell Egypt Output At 15-Year High Ahead Of BG Takeover
...e Western Desert’s Northeast Abu al-Gharadig block located within Bapetco’s main license area (MEES, 19 December 2014). The gas price agreed with both firms is $5.45/mn BTU, but Shell is now believed to be asking for more. State firm EGAS pays a maximum of $5.88mn BTU for gas output but has so far on...
Volume: 58Issue: 49Published at Fri, 04 Dec 2015 -
Oman’s 2015 Budget Deficit Soars
...rther – to around $40/B for Oman crude – in recent weeks (see p18). Taking these factors into account the deficit for 2015 as a whole could well top OR5bn (see graphs). Oman had a small surplus of OR136mn ($354bn) in the first nine months of 2014 but this fell to a deficit of OR360 for the year as a wh...
Volume: 58Issue: 49Published at Fri, 04 Dec 2015 -
GCC Countries Set For Record Bond Issues To Plug Funding Gap
...With oil prices 60% down on their 2014 peak, GCC member countries are increasingly turning to borrowing to make up for their revenue loss. Bahrain and Qatar are now launching new bonds, and Oman is considering following suit, all three following Saudi Arabia’s lead in July to resort to bo...
Volume: 58Issue: 49Published at Fri, 04 Dec 2015 -
Algeria Ratifies 2016 Budget Despite Opposition
...s export earnings are set to bring in just $35bn this year, down from $60bn for 2014 and $70bn in 2012 (MEES, 27 November). Finance Minister ‘Abd al-Rahman Benkhalfa says the fuel price increase is inevitable as Algiers needs to take an axe to subsidies – which cover everything from energy and ga...
Volume: 58Issue: 49Published at Fri, 04 Dec 2015 -
US Oil Output, Imports, Exports, Demand: Q3 Oct & Nov 2015 (‘000 B/D)
...15 1Q15 4Q14 2014 2013 2012 2011 CRUDE OIL IMPORTS 7,355 7,188 7,222 -41...
Volume: 58Issue: 49Published at Fri, 04 Dec 2015 -
Crude Official Selling Prices ($/B)
...15 1Q15 4Q14 2014 2013 2012 2011 CRUDE OIL IMPORTS 7,355 7,188 7,222 -41...
Volume: 58Issue: 49Published at Fri, 04 Dec 2015 -
Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)
... 3-Dec 23-27 Nov 16-20 Nov 15-Nov 15-Oct Q3 2015 Q2 2015 YTD 2015 2014...
Volume: 58Issue: 49Published at Fri, 04 Dec 2015 -
Saudi Stance Wins Out At Opec Meeting
...ying to secretly broker an output cut. In truth any ‘deal’ that would rest on cuts from not only Iran but also other, non-Opec, countries like Russia was never going to fly. Unlike in November 2014, no non-Opec countries were even present, although Saudi Oil Minister Ali Naimi says he is “always ready to...
Volume: 58Issue: 49Published at Fri, 04 Dec 2015 -
Jordan Politicians Slam Israel Gas Deal
...en forced to rely on costly imports of liquid fuels. The country’s energy import bill soared to $5.7bn last year with fuel oil imports accounting for almost half the total (MEES, 7 March). The first nine months of 2014 has seen a further 11.5% rise to JD3.358bn ($4.74bn) MEES, 28 November, although th...
Volume: 57Issue: 51/52Published at Fri, 19 Dec 2014 -
Morocco Diversifies Power Sources
...s started up in June 2014. Tarfaya is Africa’s largest wind farm to date, comprising 131 turbines of 2.3MW capacity each. The farm is expected to achieve a load factor of 45%, high for a wind project. GDZ Suez says Tarfaya will contribute significantly to Morocco’s target of having 42% of in...
Volume: 57Issue: 51/52Published at Fri, 19 Dec 2014 -
OPEC’S Choice: Low Prices Now, Or Low Prices & Low Output Later-Naimi
...st month to 31 rigs, the lowest activity level in tight oil regions since end-July 2014, it says. “Were the tight oil rig count to lose another 300 rigs by the end of Q1, then in our view y/y US supply growth should reach zero at some point during Q2,” it adds. The US government’s energy in...
Volume: 57Issue: 51/52Published at Fri, 19 Dec 2014 -
Abu Dhabi Advances Upstream Projects Despite Mounting Cost Pressure
...completed according to schedule, with combined capacity at Rumaitha and Shanayel set to expand to 85,000 b/d from 46,000 b/d in 2014. Adco plans to boost total NEB capacity by 110,000 b/d once all three fields are fully developed. But the Rumaitha and Shanayel contracts were issued before the 75...
Volume: 57Issue: 51/52Published at Fri, 19 Dec 2014 -
Yemen’s Finances Set For Rude Awakening In 2015
...sarray, with little hope of a turnaround. With the current crisis threatening to spread to the central oil heartlands of Marib, east of San’a, prospects for the coming six to 12 months do not look bright. Oil and gas export revenues have historically made up 70% of the Yemeni budget. In 2014 al...
Volume: 57Issue: 51/52Published at Fri, 19 Dec 2014