1. 230,000 B/D Garraf Joins List of Delayed Iraqi Projects

    ...late 2011/early 2012, causing a delay of at least two years to the original 2015 phase 1 start-up (MEES, 26 March 2012). Current project manager, CH2M Hill believes it can still make the 5.2mn b/d phase 1 start up by 2017 (MEES, 22 March), but most Iraqi oil investors are skeptical. A high pr...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 30
    Published at Fri, 26 Jul 2013
  2. Abu Dhabi: Onshore Pumps 1.5Mn B/D, Investing $40Bn

    ...0,000 b/d oil field development of the offshore Umm Lulu field will form part of a 400,000-1mn b/d boost to the Emirate’s output by 2020 (see map, p3 and MEES, 21 June).   The last time the target was publicly stated, it was for 2017, though it was originally  for 2015.   Abu Dhabi is half wa...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 30
    Published at Fri, 26 Jul 2013
  3. Aramco Rigs To Hit 200 By End-14, But Drilling Delayed

    ...0,000 b/d by end 2014, and plans a 300,000 b/d expansion at Khurais to 1.5mn b/d and a 250,000 b/d push to 1mn b/d at Shaybah by 2017 (MEES April 19).   But Aramco’s short-term deployment of more rigs has been delayed, according to fellow services firm Baker Hughes.   CEO Martin Craighead to...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 30
    Published at Fri, 26 Jul 2013
  4. OPWP Sets Out Development Priorities, Reports 2012 Progress

    ...ntracts is due to expire in 2017, with a total of five due out of 12 existing deals due to expire by the end of 2020. The study is due for completion in 2013.   OPWP’s latest seven-year outlook foresees strong demand growth in its two main grids, with MIS peak demand rising by 9.5% a year to 8.1gw in...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 30
    Published at Fri, 26 Jul 2013
  5. IEA Sees Mixed Fortunes For North African, Mideast Refiners

    ...skra and Tiaret. These are among four 100,000 b/d refineries planned for start-up in 2017 (MEES, 15 March). Algeria’s planning appears to be getting increasingly ambitious, with Ali Hached – advisor to energy minister Yousef Yousfi – telling reporters in early July that the country aims to build six re...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 29
    Published at Fri, 19 Jul 2013
  6. QP And Qapco Award Al-Sejeel FEED to Bechtel

    ...th a target of raising total petrochemical output to 23mn t/y by 2020 from 16.8mn t/y at end-2012. Earlier QP and Shell awarded US firm Fluor a FEED contract for the Al-Karaana petrochemicals complex at Ras Laffan. This is due to start up in 2017 with capacity to produce 1.5mn t/y of monoethylene gl...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 29
    Published at Fri, 19 Jul 2013
  7. Law Change Hands Power, Oil Revenues To Iraq’s Provinces

    ...ound 8mn b/d by 2017; 6mn b/d by 2023 more likely. Includes 110,000 b/d refinery Misan 380 694 Includes 30,000 b/d refinery. Contracted to rise to 950,000 b/d by 2017; 700,000 b/d by 2020 more li...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 28
    Published at Fri, 12 Jul 2013
  8. Oman LNG Posts 10% Revenue Growth For 2012

    ...ich a price agreement was reached with Muscat last month (MEES, 7 June) – will temporarily ease the crisis when it comes onstream in late 2017/early 2018. In total, 85 cargoes were shipped from the two OLNG trains at Sur in 2012, with the QLNG train contributing a further 46 cargoes.   An ad...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 28
    Published at Fri, 12 Jul 2013
  9. Iran-Pak Pipeline Inches Forward But Completion Unlikely Before 2017

    ...  IRAN   Iran-Pak Pipeline Inches Forward But Completion Unlikely Before 2017   Islamabad has suggested the near-800km Pakistani segment of the planned 750mn cfd Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline project will be completed by end-2014. But a combination of financial and po...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 27
    Published at Fri, 05 Jul 2013