1. Bahrain Discovers New Crudes As Gas Plans Take Shape

    ...eds to be reinjected to maintain reservoir pressure. It is envisaged that the increased gas contribution from Tatweer will tide Bahrain over until the proposed LNG import terminal is completed towards the end of 2014 and new gas sources are found on and offshore, said Dr Mirza, noting that NOGA is...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 09
    Published at Mon, 27 Feb 2012
  2. Alnaft Says $1.5Bn Timimoun Project Set For 2014 Start-Up

    ...ALGERIA Alnaft Says $1.5Bn Timimoun Project Set For 2014 Start-Up Algeria’s Southwest Gas Project appears ready to take a further step forward. Sid Ali Berata, chairman of Algeria’s upstream regulator Alnaft, told the country’s state news agency APS that investment in the Total-led Ti...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 09
    Published at Mon, 27 Feb 2012
  3. BP Sees North Africa As Key Exploration Area

    ...t to recover an estimated 5 tcf of gas and associated condensate though the subsea development of five offshore fields into a new onshore gas plant, with first gas anticipated for late 2014 (MEES, 26 July 2010). Algerian investment Of the company’s “key global projects” slated to come on st...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 09
    Published at Mon, 27 Feb 2012
  4. Saudi Aramco And Pertamina Sign MOU For 300,000 B/D Java Refinery

    ...gineering packages are in the process of getting awarded (MEES, 1 August 2011). But an official green light for a major expansion at Petro Rabigh is still being delayed. A final investment decision (FID) was originally to have been made in late 2010/early 2011, to allow for start-up in 2014. But partner Su...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 09
    Published at Mon, 27 Feb 2012
  5. Neutral Zone Oil Production Capacity To Increase 180,000 B/D By 2019

    ...afji, which produces 50-60mn cfd, and allow KGOC to implement its 1% flaring policy by 2015. French contractor Technip announced on 14 February it had won the 110km gas and condensate pipeline contract, to be completed by the second half of 2014. The pipeline will also take non-associated gas from Dorra fi...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 08
    Published at Mon, 20 Feb 2012
  6. Akenerji Awards Turbine/Generator Contract To GE

    ...atement released on 13 February that the deal includes a 12-year service agreement. The Egemer plant, scheduled to come into commercial operation in the third quarter of 2014, will generate 900mw, enough to meet 2.6% of Turkey’s current electricity requirements. The plant will add an incremental 1.6% to Tu...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 08
    Published at Mon, 20 Feb 2012
  7. DEPA Looks To Link East Mediterranean Gas Discoveries With Greek Grid

    ...r Azerbaijan’s Shah Deniz Stage 2 gas – and also through the Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria (IGB) gas pipeline project, a 170km gas line that may be ready for operation by early 2014. While the ITGI is designed to send gas westward into Italy, the IGB is to move gas into the Balkans. The discoveries of...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 07
    Published at Mon, 13 Feb 2012
  8. IMF: Economic Outlook For Qatar Favorable Despite External Risks

    ...owth is expected to be driven primarily by manufacturing, financial services, trade and hotels. Real hydrocarbon GDP growth however is projected to slow to 3% as LNG production remains constant on account of Qatar’s self-imposed moratorium on the development of new North Field projects until 2014 (ME...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 07
    Published at Mon, 13 Feb 2012
  9. Reggane Nord Green Light Paves Way For Algeria Gas Mega-Development

    ...mel. It is not clear how the delays will impact project timing, but clearly the pipeline construction schedule will be a critical factor. Back in 2009, first gas from Timimoun and Touat was expected in 2013, with Reggane Nord projected to start production in 2014. The delay might allow phase two in...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 06
    Published at Mon, 06 Feb 2012
  10. North-South Row Set To Continue As African Union Plan Is Rejected

    ...e end of 2014. These figures are still up for discussion, however, with an exact figure expected within the next 30 days. “The AU has lost sight of the principle of mutual economic viability,” South Sudan’s chief negotiator Pagan Amum was quoted as saying. “We could not sign; they were stealing th...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 06
    Published at Mon, 06 Feb 2012