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Libya’s NOC To Lift Investment Moratorium; But Divisions Remain
...store pre-conflict output of 1.6mn by 2021, Mr Sanalla tells MEES. In the longer term, the state body is aiming to increase production to 2.1mn b/d, he adds. “We intend in the coming months to lift our self-imposed moratorium on foreign investment in new projects” that has been in place since 2011, sa...
Volume: 60Issue: 04Published at Fri, 27 Jan 2017 -
GCC Drilling Remains Strong Despite Upstream Capex Cuts
...TRENCHMENT 2016 vs'15 vs'14 2000 2005 2010 2011 20...
Volume: 60Issue: 04Published at Fri, 27 Jan 2017 -
Total: Cyprus “Thrilling”
...xonMobil and Qatar’s QP. Even if drilling is a success, lack of progress at Cyprus’ only discovery-to-date, 5 tcf, 2011 Aphrodite, provides a cautionary tale. ...
Volume: 60Issue: 04Published at Fri, 27 Jan 2017 -
Jordan Slashes Planned Deficit By 25% For 2017
...lculus. In 2016 the value of Jordan’s energy imports represented 10% of GDP, down from 18% in 2014, according to Energy Minister Ibrahim Saif. Up till 2011, Jordan mostly relied on imported gas from Egypt. But it has since moved to replace Egyptian gas supplies by LNG imports via a floating storage an...
Volume: 60Issue: 04Published at Fri, 27 Jan 2017 -
Suez Canal Handles Record Gulf Crude, Diesel But Revenues Down In 2016
...ddle East saw record crude output and exports in 2016. The region’s six Opec members produced a collective record 24.6mn b/d (MEES, 6 January). Iraq’s southern exports hit a record 3.29mn b/d up 400,000 b/d on 2015; Iran’s exports of 1.96mn b/d (to November) were the highest since 2011 and almost 80...
Volume: 60Issue: 03Published at Fri, 20 Jan 2017 -
Egypt Launches Eurobond Roadshow As It Looks To Drum Up $35bn Over Three Years
...ve severely struggled since the 2011 revolution and despite the more than halving of oil prices since mid-2014, the firm has still been unable to balance its books. Receivables peaked at over $6bn in 2014. “EGPC revenues from sale of fuel products continue to fall short of its costs resulting in th...
Volume: 60Issue: 03Published at Fri, 20 Jan 2017 -
Algeria Deficit Tops $17bn; Is Reserve Fund Finished?
...om 2011 to mid-2014 the fund pocketed large surpluses from Algeria’s understatement of oil revenues. The IMF estimates that Algeria’s foreign reserves fell to $113bn at end-2016, down from $143bn in 2015, $177bn in 2014 and $192bn in 2013. This roundabout way of booking oil revenues has been cr...
Volume: 60Issue: 03Published at Fri, 20 Jan 2017 -
Aramco Awards Ras Tanura Clean Fuels, Seals Indonesia Deal
...ar (MEES, 4 March 2016). Front end engineering design (FEED) was carried out by US firm Jacobs Engineering in 2011 under Aramco’s General Engineering Services Plus (GES+) scheme, which pairs international firms with local contractors to encourage Saudization. CILACAP EXPANDED The Ras Ta...
Volume: 60Issue: 02Published at Fri, 13 Jan 2017 -
Power Plant Sabotage Threatens Libyan Oil Gains
...grained since the unseating of former leader Mu’ammar al-Qadhafi in 2011. The Libyan coastguard will seize any vessels transporting fuel without authorisation and the GNA will issue arrest warrants for smugglers via Interpol, it said. In a speech on 3 January, Mr Sanalla laid the blame for smuggling wi...
Volume: 60Issue: 02Published at Fri, 13 Jan 2017 -
East Med: Leviathan FID Stalls As ExxonMobil Looks To Cyprus Offshore
...hr, but failed in its attempts to re-obtain the block last year before the bid round was announced and yet again in the bid round itself. So far Cyprus’ only offshore gas find, the 5 tcf Aphrodite, discovered by Noble in late 2011 remains undeveloped. There has been no further progress on Ap...
Volume: 60Issue: 01Published at Fri, 06 Jan 2017 -
Sharara Restart Pushes Libyan Output Close To 700,000 b/d
...er 60,000 b/d. The terminal was loading close to 9mn barrels a month (nearly 300,000 b/d) when it was last operational in late 2014. As yet there has been no confirmation that the Elephant field has begun production as NOC claims. Sharara operated with limited losses for three years from late 2011...
Volume: 60Issue: 01Published at Fri, 06 Jan 2017 -
Saudi 2017 Budget Boosts Spending But Slashes Deficit By One-Third
...17B 2016E SR BN % (Real) 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011...
Volume: 60Issue: 01Published at Fri, 06 Jan 2017