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Iranian Oil Exports Hit Pre-Sanctions Levels As European Share Grows
...indled from 185,000 b/d in 2011 to a low-point of 104,000 b/d in 2014 and then stayed relatively flat at 111,000 b/d in 2015. 2016 saw a noticeable 24% gain to 138,000 b/d, but latest data to November implies volumes soared 75% to around 240,000 b/d in 2017. This would put Turkey as the fourth largest bu...
Volume: 61Issue: 06Published at Fri, 09 Feb 2018 -
Qatar Sidesteps Trade Embargo With 20% Export Revenue Gain In 2017
...ar’s gains, with hydrocarbon exports amounting to 84% of total sales – the highest figure since 2014’s 87% when oil prices averaged almost $100/B. Hydrocarbon revenues rose 21% year-on-year thanks to a combination of rising oil prices and the start of commercial operations at the 146,000 b/d Ras La...
Volume: 61Issue: 05Published at Fri, 02 Feb 2018 -
Japan Big Winner As Saudi Arabia Cuts Crude Exports
...uth Korea’s thirst for crude increased last year to 2.984mn b/d from 2.880mn b/d in 2016, while it too has diversified its suppliers. The Saudi share of total Korean imports fell to 28.9% last year, almost five percentage points less than 2014 (MEES, 12 January). Japan is the only market where Sa...
Volume: 61Issue: 05Published at Fri, 02 Feb 2018 -
LNG: Growing Mideast Demand Key To Absorbing Rising Global Supply
...T) *ALL FROM TRINIDAD & TOBAGO SINCE 2014. SOURCE: CEDIGAZ LNG SERVICE, GIIGNL, SHELL, MEES CALCULATIONS. EGYPT IS TOP MENA BUYER: VOLUMES MORE THAN DOUBLED TO 6.3MN TONS, 60% FROM QATAR KUWAIT IMPORTS: QATAR SUPPLIED JUST OVER HALF 2016 VOLUMES BY SUPPLIER: QA...
Volume: 60Issue: 08Published at Fri, 24 Feb 2017 -
Egypt Secures 2017 LNG Needs
...additional 12 cargoes put the total number of cargoes signed up since November at 117. TRADERS TO THE FORE Egypt’s state gas firm EGAS has launched a slew of LNG import tenders since 2014, with trading houses and large oil firms signing up to supply 301 LNG cargoes - including 245 cu...
Volume: 60Issue: 06Published at Fri, 10 Feb 2017 -
LNG: Australia Soars Past Qatar As #1 In East Asia
...ina for cargoes imported in December, the most recent month for which comprehensive data are available, averaged a fraction over $7/mn BTU, less than half 2014 levels. MORE AUSSIE LNG COMING With substantial additional Australian volumes now set to hit the market over the coming months the ex...
Volume: 60Issue: 06Published at Fri, 10 Feb 2017 -
Algeria Boosts Its Share In Spain’s Gas Imports In 2015
...uivalent of 151,941GWh in 2015, following an annual increase of 3.5% to 180,093GWh in 2014. Spanish gas consumption was severely hit by the post-2008 recession, causing many Spanish buyers to re-export significant volumes of LNG. The global re-export trade almost doubled to around 6mn tons between 2012 an...
Volume: 59Issue: 08Published at Fri, 26 Feb 2016 -
Italy Doubles Gas Imports From Algeria As Time Out Ends Amid Skikda Shut-Down
...re diverted for pipeline exports. Algerian state firm Sonatrach and key Italian importer Eni agreed in 2013 to reduce offtake for a period of time for 2013 and 2014, as the recession-led demand destruction in European gas markets led suppliers to reduce their purchases (MEES, 1 May 20...
Volume: 59Issue: 07Published at Fri, 19 Feb 2016 -
Iran Eyes Growing Gas Shipments To Armenia, Turkey
...ighbor with which Iran gets on best. Iran exported 9.6 bcm of gas in 2014, with Turkey (8.9 bcm) the key market; Iran also imported 6.9 bcm, with over 90% coming from northern neighbor Turkmenistan. Alireza Kameli, head of the National Iranian Gas Exports Company puts current Iran-Armenia sh...
Volume: 59Issue: 06Published at Fri, 12 Feb 2016 -
Qatar Signs Long Awaited LNG Deal With Pakistan But Belt Tightening Continues
...creasing competition. Global capacity rose from 270.9mn t/y in 2010 to 301.2mn t/y in 2014 according to the International Gas Union (IGU). With more new capacity set to come online in Australia, the US and elsewhere, this competition is set to grow increasingly fierce. CHANGING REALITIES FOR QATAR Th...
Volume: 59Issue: 06Published at Fri, 12 Feb 2016 -
East Asian Importers Take Less LNG In 2015; Little Sign Of An Upturn In 2016
...ticeable change, albeit largely anticipated. Japan imported a record amount from Malaysia in 2015, or 15.57mn tons, helping it overtake Qatar as the second largest supplier in 2014 (behind Australia at the time). LNG shipments from Qatar to Japan fell by 9.6% annually to 14.64mn tons (see graph 3). In...
Volume: 59Issue: 05Published at Fri, 05 Feb 2016 -
Sonatrach And Gazprom Revive LNG Supply Talks
...reements with Italian importers such as Eni to slash shipments through the Trans-Mediterranean pipeline linking Algeria and Italy in order to cut costs until the end of 2014 (MEES, 10 October 2014). Shipments have edged higher so far this year but remain at only 30% of 2010 levels (see graph). However, th...
Volume: 58Issue: 09Published at Fri, 27 Feb 2015 -
Egypt Inks More LNG Import Deals
...AS for five years under a deal signed in November last year (MEES, 7 November 2014). A second FSRU will also be moored at Ain Sukhna in July but as yet no announcement has been made regarding the firm which will supply it. EGYPT LNG IMPORT DEALS Company Si...
Volume: 58Issue: 09Published at Fri, 27 Feb 2015 -
Qatar Looks To Adapt Amid Shifting Global LNG Landscape
...en as an alternative to imports of pipeline gas from Iran (MEES, 28 February 2014). With a potential easing of international relations with Tehran, Qatar also seems to be preparing the ground for potential competition with its neighbor in the longer term. LOWER FIXED PRICES; A SIGN OF THINGS TO CO...
Volume: 58Issue: 09Published at Fri, 27 Feb 2015 -
Qatar Hydrocarbons Sector In Temporary Lull
...ctor will account for more than half of nominal GDP, with its share rising further in 2016,” it says in its recently-released economic outlook report for 2014-16. The ministry predicts that Qatar’s GDP growth will top 7% for both 2015 and 2016, after posting 6.3% growth for 2014. Hydrocarbon ou...
Volume: 58Issue: 09Published at Fri, 27 Feb 2015 -
New Marine Bunker Rules To ‘Significantly Lighten The Demand Barrel’-IEA
...dergo a step change, rising to 31.5mn b/d by 2020, up 2.4mn b/d from 2019 and 4.5mn b/d above 2014 levels.” With fuel oil bunker demand falling by 2.2mn b/d, total fuel oil demand will fall to 5.3mn b/d in 2020. By this time the shipping industry’s share of total residual fuel oil demand is projected to...
Volume: 58Issue: 08Published at Fri, 20 Feb 2015 -
Oman Ramps Up Scope Of Sohar Plans
...ile the expansion, due for completion in 2016, will provide additional clean fuels for local consumption, the new units will also feed existing aromatics and polypropylene units alongside the refinery, reducing the need for imports (MEES, 6 June 2014). The expanded refinery will provide 36,000 b/d of...
Volume: 58Issue: 08Published at Fri, 20 Feb 2015 -
South Korean LNG Imports: Qatar Cements Top Position In 2014
...South Korean LNG Imports: Qatar Cements Top Position In 2014 2014 2014 vs 2013 2013 2012 2011 ‘00...
Volume: 58Issue: 06Published at Fri, 06 Feb 2015 -
Suez Canal Record Revenue And Volumes For 2014 (‘000 Tons)
...Suez Canal Record Revenue And Volumes For 2014 (‘000 Tons) 2014 vs 2013 vs2010 2013 2012 20...
Volume: 58Issue: 06Published at Fri, 06 Feb 2015 -
DNO Plan New KRG Pipeline, Targets 270,000 b/d End-2014 Output
...t to ramp up its exploration and appraisal program in 2014 after achieving yet another production milestone at Tawke. Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani, DNO’s Executive Chairman, said after announcing fourth quarter and provisional full 2013 results that Tawke had established a single day record for de...
Volume: 57Issue: 09Published at Fri, 28 Feb 2014