1. Kuwait & Saudi To Develop Joint Offshore Dorra Gas Field

    ...oduction from the offshore portion was halted in 2014, and the onshore portion in 2015, due to disagreements between the two and only resumed in February 2020 (MEES, 28 February 2020). PNZ exports have since recovered to around 250,000 b/d according to data intelligence firm Kpler, well below the notional 50...

    Volume: 65
    Issue: 12
    Published at Fri, 25 Mar 2022
  2. Suez Canal Hikes Tanker Fees

    ...% rebate previously granted to LNG tankers. Toll rebates for LNG tankers were set at 35% in 2014 before being reduce to 25% in 2015 and finally to 15% in October last year....

    Volume: 65
    Issue: 12
    Published at Fri, 25 Mar 2022
  3. IEA Warns Of 3mn B/D Russian Supply Hit

    ...ys that OECD inventories dropped by 21.9mn barrels (707,000 b/d) in January to their lowest level since April 2014, and that “preliminary data for February show OECD inventories fell by an even steeper 1.06mn b/d.” If the IEA’s projections bear out, inventories will be drawn down much further ov...

    Volume: 65
    Issue: 11
    Published at Fri, 18 Mar 2022
  4. Opec Set For Bumper Revenues In 2022: Could It Be A Trillion?

    ...As volatility from the Ukraine conflict roils oil markets, the 13-member Opec group is looking ahead to its highest annual export revenues in eight years for 2022. Even if prices cool slightly from their year-to-date figure, revenues should climb to their highest level since 2014, and if they ri...

    Volume: 65
    Issue: 11
    Published at Fri, 18 Mar 2022
  5. Italy 2021 Crude Imports: Libya Volumes At 9-Year High

    ...so the lowest since 2014. But add in not only the bumper Libya volumes but Algeria supplies which more than doubled to 29,500 b/d and total Mena volumes rose to a three-year high 46% share.   ITALY’S TOP CRUDE SUPPLIERS: AZERBAIJAN KEEPS TOP SPOT FOR 2021 AS LIBYA SURGES TO 9-YEAR HIGH (‘00...

    Volume: 65
    Issue: 11
    Published at Fri, 18 Mar 2022
  6. Petronas To Exit Egypt: LNG & Upstream Stakes On The Block

    ...ar dispute between Cairo on one side and Shell (formerly BG) and Petronas on the other (MEES, 21 January 2014). Though Shell sought to calm the waters with a return to investment in 2018 (MEES, 23 March 2018), this remains a live issue. The major’s freshly-released 2021 annual report flags up as...

    Volume: 65
    Issue: 10
    Published at Fri, 11 Mar 2022
  7. Dana Petroleum Quits Key Egypt Assets

    ...it Bay, South October and South Wadi Dara – as well as 30% of the Eni-operated West Abu Gharadig in the Western Desert. The firm also retains 100% stakes in two Upper (southern) Egypt exploration concessions, West Dakhla-1 and -2, which it signed up for in December 2013 (MEES, 3 January 2014). PO...

    Volume: 65
    Issue: 10
    Published at Fri, 11 Mar 2022
  8. Egypt: Record 2021 Gas Output But Outlook Uncertain

    ...ices headed south in late 2014, with 2020 seeing further cuts to capex budgets. … NOW FOR THE REBOUND?                 However Cairo has now moved to stop the rot by updating production sharing contract (PSC) terms that, key producers argued, failed to incentivize investment in mature ac...

    Volume: 65
    Issue: 09
    Published at Fri, 04 Mar 2022
  9. Abu Dhabi Gas Use Drops As Nuclear Meets Record Demand

    ...ctor. Despite a 9% annual increase in power generation last year, the power sector burned less hydrocarbons than in any year since 2014 according to state offtaker Ewec. Ewec purchases power from Abu Dhabi’s fleet of power plants as well as two plants in Fujairah with a combined power generation ca...

    Volume: 65
    Issue: 09
    Published at Fri, 04 Mar 2022
  10. Libya Outages Heighten Global Oil Supply Fears

    ...anwhile, the swearing in of a parallel government in Libya this week has heightened concerns of a return to fighting as the incumbent (internationally recognized) government in Tripoli refused to wield power. The situation is eerily reminiscent of the political division between 2014 and 2021 when two rival pa...

    Volume: 65
    Issue: 09
    Published at Fri, 04 Mar 2022
  11. Baghdad To Offer Gazprom Neft Better Terms

    ...oduction started in 2014. It has been a mainstay of mid-Euphrates oil production alongside CNPC’s Ahdab and Zhenhua Oil’s East Baghdad fields. Badra has a central integrated oil and gas processing facility with a capacity of 110,000 b/d and 155mn cfd. Gas is piped through a 100km pipeline to the 500MW Zu...

    Volume: 65
    Issue: 09
    Published at Fri, 04 Mar 2022
  12. India LNG Imports: Qatar Dominant As Buying Dips Amid Sky-High Prices

    ....16/mn BTU that India paid for Q4 supplies was the highest quarterly figure since 2014, it is well below the average price paid by other Asian importers. India’s average December import price of $13.66/mn BTU compares to $14.85/mn BTU for Japan and $19.50/mn BTU for China. This indicates that Indian im...

    Volume: 65
    Issue: 09
    Published at Fri, 04 Mar 2022