1. KNPC Brings Total Onboard As $9Bn China Refinery Project Talks Progress

    ...edstock necessitates multiple secondary units. And MEES understands that even if the partners reach a final investment decision soon, completion might not be until 2017-18, although Mr Zanki expects it “much sooner”. In addition to a 296,000 b/d crude distillation unit, the Guangdong refinery will, an...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 05
    Published at Mon, 30 Jan 2012
  2. Sudan Admits To Confiscating South Sudan’s Oil As Dispute Talks Resume

    ...ing anything. Even their rights of ownership to these blocks are in question,” he said. South To Double Its Oil Output By 2017 South Sudan’s Minister of Petroleum and Mines Stephen Dhieu Dau also announced that the country had set out plans to double its oil production to 700,000 b/d in the ne...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 04
    Published at Mon, 23 Jan 2012
  3. AfDB Loans Egypt $550Mn For Suez City Power Plant

    ...yptian natural gas as feedstock and provide 5.5% of the country’s targeted increase to 41gw in installed generation capacity by 2017, the bank said. “Natural gas being the cleanest option in fossil fuels, the government’s policy is to implement an effective natural gas development and domestic ut...

    Volume: 54
    Issue: 01/02
    Published at Mon, 10 Jan 2011
  4. Noble Energy Makes Major Gas Discovery Offshore Israel With Leviathan Well

    ...ginning in 2013, production from the Leviathan field is expected to be directed toward the export market. While the field is not expected to come into production before 2017, Noble and its key partner in the venture, Israel’s Delek Group, has already began to investigate the export options. “For ne...

    Volume: 54
    Issue: 01/02
    Published at Mon, 10 Jan 2011
  5. Korean Consortium Wins UAE Nuclear Energy Contract

    ...ur civil nuclear power plants in Abu Dhabi. The first of the four units, each with capacity of 1.4gw, is expected to begin providing electricity to the grid by 2017, with the others to be completed by 2020. Construction is scheduled to commence in 2012. The consortium also includes Hyundai, Sa...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 01
    Published at Mon, 04 Jan 2010
  6. UAE Nuclear Energy Body Formally Established

    ...can develop this technology safely and efficiently, and begin producing electricity for the homes, businesses and people of the UAE in 2017.” The government expects electricity demand to double by 2020. The organization will be regulated by the independent safety body, the Federal Authority fo...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 01
    Published at Mon, 04 Jan 2010