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Eni Discovers 1tcf Offshore Libya
...t to reach a depth of up to 4,500 meters (15,000 feet) once drilling is completed. Block 38 falls within the giant offshore ‘Area C’, awarded to BP in a landmark 2007 deal (MEES, 4 June 2007). After development plans were disrupted by the 2011 revolution and the ensuing instability, Eni took ov...
Volume: 69Issue: 12Published at Fri, 20 Mar 2026 -
Wintershall Libya Assets In Limbo
...wn” from the board and “own less than 50% of LetterOne shares,” they retain a substantial holding (MEES, 6 May 2022). THE ASSETS THAT NO-ONE WANTS The problem for Libya, which is desperate to attract more upstream investment in a bid to regain output levels seen prior to the 2011...
Volume: 67Issue: 09Published at Fri, 01 Mar 2024 -
Adnoc Partners With BPFor Transformative Israel Entry
...so holds a 30% stake at Cyprus’ 4.5tcf Aphrodite. Barely 30km apart and discovered within a year of each other, 2010 and 2011 respectively, the two fields are at very different states of development. Leviathan produced a record 1.103bn cfd last year, bringing in gross revenue of $2.5bn, while Ap...
Volume: 66Issue: 13Published at Fri, 31 Mar 2023 -
Key Russian Investor Takes Over Syria Producer Gulfsands
...,000 b/d Block 26 on the border with Iraq. *The fields are currently operated by Syrian state firm GPC after Gulfsands was required by EU sanctions to withdraw in 2011. *Kroupeev has close ties to the Kremlin. Since gaining a majority stake, Gulfsands has reversed previous attempts to di...
Volume: 64Issue: 12Published at Fri, 26 Mar 2021 -
First Oil For Libya’s Zallaf
...e 2011 revolution, with the first 10,000 b/d phase of the 50,000 b/d Sinawin project led by NOC subsidiary Agoco starting up late last year (MEES, 6 November 2020). Yet after years of inaction, Zallaf appears to be intent on taking full advantage of Libya’s brightening prospects for peace and po...
Volume: 64Issue: 12Published at Fri, 26 Mar 2021 -
Abu Dhabi’s Shah Field Central To Adnoc’s Gas Expansion Strategy
...our stakeholders” says Mr Nasri. This is a far cry from the project’s early days when estimated production costs were a much higher $4-6/mn BTU (MEES, 6 June 2011). SHAH SOUR GAS FIELD SALES GAS OUTPUT* HITS NEW HIGHS IN SECOND HALF OF 2018 (MN CFD) *IMPLIED FROM OXY’S REPORTED NET VO...
Volume: 62Issue: 09Published at Fri, 01 Mar 2019 -
Total Reasserts Position As Dominant IOC In Mena On Back Of Abu Dhabi Deal
...posure in recent years. Regional gas output, peaked at 1.46bn cfd in 2011, but suffered its fourth consecutive annual fall in 2017, averaging less than 800mn cfd. The biggest hit has been from regional conflicts, with no Syrian volumes since 2011 and nothing from Yemen since 2015. Combined output fr...
Volume: 61Issue: 12Published at Fri, 23 Mar 2018 -
Total Expands In Libya With Marathon Waha Purchase
...e more prosaic press release announcing the deal. Prior to 2011, Waha had production capacity of 360,000 b/d from a portfolio of fields and exploration acreage spread across Libya’s Sirte Basin oil heartland. Actual 2010 output was somewhat lower, at 280,000 b/d, netting Marathon and fellow 16...
Volume: 61Issue: 10Published at Fri, 09 Mar 2018 -
Noble East Med Plans Gather Pace
...lks to send Aphrodite gas to Egypt were at an advanced stage. Discovered in December 2011, Noble has been unable to reach Final Investment Decision (FID) on the field due to a mixture of the field’s relatively modest size, low gas prices and its location 160km offshore and in almost 2,000ms water de...
Volume: 61Issue: 09Published at Fri, 02 Mar 2018 -
Hungary’s Mol - Mena Profile: No More Chasing Barrels
...scal and political stability,” Dr Gaso says. Certainly this stability is an enviable asset in comparison to Mol’s other Mena experiences. Its difficulties in Kurdistan are nothing in comparison to having had to pull out of Syria due to the civil war there and EU sanctions imposed in 2011 (MEES, 10 Oc...
Volume: 60Issue: 13Published at Fri, 31 Mar 2017 -
Majors In The Middle East: 2016, A Year Of Consolidation
...tent of its ultimate stake in the combined asset is unclear. As for Total’s Middle Eastern gas output, conflict outages in Syria and Yemen mean this is barely half what it was in 2011. And those conflicts are set to continue for the foreseeable future. The primary source of potential additional ga...
Volume: 60Issue: 12Published at Fri, 24 Mar 2017 -
IOCs Continue To Play It Safe In Libya
...rms. It accounts for the bulk of Libya’s gas output and has been responsible for all of its gas exports since LNG shipments halted in early 2011 (see chart). LIBYAN GAS EXPORTS (MN CFD)* *ALL EXPORTS ARE TO ITALY VIA THE ENI-OPERATED GREENSTREAM PIPELINE. SUPPLIES COME FROM ENI’S WAFA AND BA...
Volume: 60Issue: 09Published at Fri, 03 Mar 2017 -
Total: Adco Boosts Oil Output But Gas Lower On Yemen conflict
...wars. In Syria the firm produced 218mn cfd of gas in 2011 – making it Total’s third biggest MENA province: it has produced nothing there since. In Libya, Total’s oil output collapsed to 20,000 b/d in 2011 with the ‘revolution’ and again in 2014 and 2015 as instability grew: current (and 20...
Volume: 59Issue: 12Published at Fri, 25 Mar 2016 -
Majors Have Another Year To Forget In The Middle East
...ay, allowing Qatar to open up a 0.36bn cfd lead as the company’s largest source. This is the biggest gap since 2010, when Qatari volumes were 1.27bn cfd more than US contributions. Qatari volumes rose for the first time since 2011, but were unable to prevent a fourth consecutive drop in annual global ga...
Volume: 59Issue: 12Published at Fri, 25 Mar 2016 -
Apache Turns To Egypt For Bargain Barrels Amid Capex Cuts
...14 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 ‘00...
Volume: 59Issue: 10Published at Fri, 11 Mar 2016 -
Libya: Companies Have Only Bad News, Apart From Eni
...8mn cfd, the highest level since the 2011 ouster of Mu’ammar al-Qadhafi. In the second quarter of the year they averaged almost 800mn cfd – within touching distance of pre-Revolution levels. However, volumes slumped to just 450-460mn cfd in December and January before a modest rebound to 486mn cfd in Fe...
Volume: 59Issue: 09Published at Fri, 04 Mar 2016 -
Egypt Taps Expat Savings
...ood at $16.5bn at end-February, less than half the $34bn level before the 2011 revolution. The “Biladi” certificates will be marketed by three state-owned Egyptian banks: National Bank of Egypt (NBE), Banque du Caire and Banque Misr. Immigration Minister Nabila Makram says they will provide ov...
Volume: 59Issue: 09Published at Fri, 04 Mar 2016 -
Aramco International Drive Gathers Pace With Mufti Appointment
...em. And we want to use this transformation to help facilitate a globally competitive Saudi energy sector and a sustainable and diversified expansion of the kingdom’s economy.” A statement posted on the company website in May 2011 said the strategic review involved detailed assessment of global and re...
Volume: 58Issue: 13Published at Fri, 27 Mar 2015 -
Gulfsands Struggles For Cash As Syria Return Recedes
...nce it abandonded the asset and declared force majeure in December 2011, shortley after the start of the Syrian conflict. The “facilities remain in good order in Syrian/Kurdish controlled areas,” Gulfsands says, adding that the firm is “entitled to receive [its] revenue share for oil produced since mi...
Volume: 58Issue: 12Published at Fri, 20 Mar 2015 -
BP Stakes Out Key Role In Egypt’s Gas Renaissance – If The Price Is Right
...rth of the city of Damietta and 45km to the north west of the Eni-operated Temsah offshore facilities. The North Damietta offshore block lies north of the BP-operated Ras El Bar and Eni operated Temsah and North Port Said blocks, which collectively produced around 1.1bn cfd for 2013. Meanwhile, BP in 2011...
Volume: 58Issue: 11Published at Fri, 13 Mar 2015