1. Abu Dhabi’s ADCO Targets 1.8Mn B/D Oil Capacity

    ...CO) for phase one of the Bab field expansion. The announcement follows ADCO’s release of details of its planned crude capacity boost from 1.4mn b/d to 1.8mn b/d by end 2017. In addition to 425,000 b/d of gross scheduled capacity expansion, ADCO sees potential for 250,000 b/d of capacity to be added fr...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 08
    Published at Mon, 22 Feb 2010
  2. A Tentative Forecast For Iraq’s Oil Production 2010-20

    ...at three times the present production capacity of 2.5mn b/d and double the highest rate Iraq achieved in 1979. In the Second Licensing Round in December seven more fields (reserves conservatively estimated at 35bn barrels) were awarded. Another 4.8mn b/d of production capacity may be added by 2017...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 06
    Published at Mon, 08 Feb 2010
  3. Delay Pays Dividends For Abu Dhabi’s SAS Development

    ...layed crude production capacity expansion from around 2.75mn b/d currently to 3.5mn b/d by 2017-18. Spanish firm Tecnicas Reunidas and Athens-based CCC won the $1.3bn Shah and Sahil field development contracts (Package B), while the UK’s Petrofac won the contract for the development of Package A – th...

    Volume: 52
    Issue: 05
    Published at Mon, 02 Feb 2009
  4. ESAI Says Bush’s Gasoline Reduction Targets Unrealistic If Based On Ethanol

    ...mand projection shy of 11mn b/d by 2017, that would equal at most 1.1mn b/d of ethanol.” The second most likely ethanol/gasoline blend, according to ESAI, would be E85 (85% ethanol) and the president’s pledge would force the adoption of this blend. However, ESAI believes E85 has many pitfalls. “E8...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 06
    Published at Mon, 05 Feb 2007