- Sort by:
- Score
- Published ▼
-
Oil Services Firms See Mideast Driving Growth, For 2023 And Beyond
...iven by massive capacity expansion programs in the UAE (see p2), Saudi Arabia and Qatar. “We are poised to certainly have record revenue in Middle East during this cycle, and eclipse the previous 2014 peak [of $11.9bn] by a margin,” SLB CEO Olivier Le Peuch told his firm’s 20 January earnings call. Al...
Volume: 66Issue: 04Published at Fri, 27 Jan 2023 -
Iraq’s Trembling Currency Poses Fresh Budgeting Challenge
...od and basic goods prompted Iraqis to take their dissatisfaction to the streets, and the new government is wary of further such destabilizing protests. While having no legal remit over the CBI, the PM has replaced governor Mustafa Ghalib, bringing back his predecessor Ali al-‘Alak (2014-2020) on 23...
Volume: 66Issue: 04Published at Fri, 27 Jan 2023 -
Libya’s Waha: Hess Confirms Total, Conoco Each Paid $75mn For Stakes...
...d restored three wells to production that had been offline since 2014, adding a total of 2,500 b/d to production....
Volume: 66Issue: 04Published at Fri, 27 Jan 2023 -
South Korea: Record LNG Import Bill As Australia Overtakes Qatar
...$21.48/mn BTU for its 2022 LNG imports, including a monthly record $29.19/mn BTU in September, it should come as no surprise that the country’s overall import bill smashed previous highs: at a cool $50bn it was twice the 2021 figure and almost $19bn above the previous record of $31.4bn set in 2014...
Volume: 66Issue: 03Published at Fri, 20 Jan 2023 -
Can Iraq Use Gulf Football Tournament To Score GCC Investment Hike?
...urnament comes as the culmination of Washington-backed efforts to improve Iraq’s relations with its Arab neighbors, especially Saudi Arabia, something that is hoped to counterbalance Iran’s influence in the country. This process began in 2014 when former PM Nouri al-Maliki, an ally of Tehran, departed of...
Volume: 66Issue: 02Published at Fri, 13 Jan 2023 -
Qatar Takes FID On Huge Petrochemicals Complex
...at Qatar had axed its previous planned facilities in late 2014 and 2015 amid a reappraisal of its petrochemical strategy (MEES, 16 January 2015). Back in 2017, Mr Kaabi suggested the facility would have around 1.6mn t/y capacity. But by the time Chevron Phillips was awarded a 30% stake in June 20...
Volume: 66Issue: 02Published at Fri, 13 Jan 2023 -
Egypt Launches Bidding: Search For ‘More Zohr’, But More Tie-Ins More Likely
...ye-1 duster in mid-2021 (MEES, 18 March 2022). Tiba also surrounds two Shell (60%op, BP 40%) development leases that encompass the 2012 Harmattan and 2014 Notus discoveries. Hossam Zaki, head of BP’s Pharaonic Petroleum JV with state oil firm EGPC, told oil minister Tarek El Molla in September that sa...
Volume: 66Issue: 01Published at Fri, 06 Jan 2023 -
‘If You Want Gas, We Have The Supply’, Algeria’s Sonatrach Tells MEES
...2021 for the highest level since 2014. Echoing calls from the likes of Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman and UAE Energy Minister Suhail al-Mazrouei, Mr Hakkar sees a clear role for oil and gas in the energy transition and has made it clear that investments in the hy...
Volume: 66Issue: 01Published at Fri, 06 Jan 2023 -
Oman/Japan LNG Deals
...an’s energy ministry signed an MoU with Japanese state energy body Jogmec to deepen energy sector cooperation. The MoU adds “collaboration towards commercial and technical issues relating to clean energy” to a previous oil and gas-focused 2014 MoU. In expanding the scope of cooperation, Jogmec notes th...
Volume: 66Issue: 01Published at Fri, 06 Jan 2023 -
Iraq Eyes 2023 Budget Priorities: Can It Spend Oil Windfall Wisely?
...gh-level KRG source tells MEES that Erbil’s delegation is planning to return to Baghdad to resume talks end of this month.. MORE CAPEX, OR MORE PAYROLL? Last year marked the third year that Iraq has failed to pass a budget, after 2014 and 2020. If ID222bn ($153bn) is indeed the fi...
Volume: 66Issue: 01Published at Fri, 06 Jan 2023