1. Marib Conflict Threatens Yemen’s Struggling Oil Sector

    ...llapsed to just 14,000 b/d in 2016. Green shoots then began to emerge, first in the eastern Masila Basin where state firm PetroMasila restarted oil production in 2016 (MEES, 15 September 2017). PetroMasila produces 40,000-50,000 b/d from Blocks 10 & 14, of which some 34,000 b/d was exported last year. Oi...

    Volume: 64
    Issue: 12
    Published at Fri, 26 Mar 2021
  2. Ex-Sonatrach CEO Held In Dubai Amid Refinery Probe

    ...rest warrant “against the main accused” in the ongoing corruption case surrounding Sonatrach’s December 2018 purchase of Italy’s 200,000 b/d Augusta refinery (MEES, 11 May 2018). “The main accused” was widely believed to be Ould Kaddour, who was Sonatrach CEO from 3 April 2017 to 23 April 2019 and le...

    Volume: 64
    Issue: 12
    Published at Fri, 26 Mar 2021
  3. Egypt Power: Plentiful Gas, Falling Demand Make Shortfalls A Distant Memory

    ...fective capacity with blackouts commonplace. Two key events have transformed Egypt’s power supply situation in recent years. The start up of the giant Zohr offshore gas field at the end of 2017 and its subsequent ramp-up made chronic gas shortages a thing of the past (MEES, 14 September 2018). And 20...

    Volume: 64
    Issue: 12
    Published at Fri, 26 Mar 2021
  4. IEA Shoots Down Speculation Of Emerging Super-Cycle As Oil Price Rally Stalls

    ...int. From 32.08mn b/d in 2017, the Call on Opec fell to just 28.7mn b/d in 2019. Even by the end of its outlook horizon in 2026 the IEA reckons the ‘call on Opec’ will only have recovered to 30.8mn b/d, still more than 1mn b/d below 2017 levels. OPEC DIVERGENCE: MIND THE GAP              While th...

    Volume: 64
    Issue: 11
    Published at Fri, 19 Mar 2021
  5. Dubai’s Enoc Imports Qatari Condensate, But Iran Remains The Missing Piece

    ...loaded 712,000 barrels of deodorized field condensate (DFC) from Qatar’s Ras Laffan at Dubai’s Jebel Ali on 5 March. This was the first such cargo since September 2017. Supplies of Qatari condensate for Enoc’s Jebel Ali splitter had been halted ever since due to the UAE’s participation in the embargo of...

    Volume: 64
    Issue: 11
    Published at Fri, 19 Mar 2021
  6. Turkey Gas & Power: Pipelines, Black Sea Find, Nuclear & Renewables Give Ankara Options

    ...rkey. So it is perhaps not surprising that Russia, holder of the world’s largest gas reserves, has historically been Turkey’s top gas supplier. That said, the last two years have seen Russia’s market share fall to the two lowest figures on record. From a record 28.7bcm in 2017, half of Turkey’s total ga...

    Volume: 64
    Issue: 11
    Published at Fri, 19 Mar 2021
  7. Saudi PIF Aims To Kickstart Kingdom’s Services Sector With ADES Buyout

    ...cused on Egypt. But the company has expanded since its 2017 listing on the London Stock Exchange. In 2018 it tapped $450mn in loans, including $125mn from the EBRD, for “expansion of ADES outside of its home market in Egypt via the purchase and refurbishment of rigs or acquisition of entities operating su...

    Volume: 64
    Issue: 11
    Published at Fri, 19 Mar 2021
  8. Saudi Arabia Reaps Benefit Of Gas Supply Boost

    ...9,000 b/d were the lowest January figure since 2017. Fuel oil consumption, primarily for power and water desalination, averaged 401,000 b/d, which was down 200,000 b/d on December and also a four-year low. SAUDI ARABIA direct Crude burn (‘000 B/D)  HAS STARTED THE YEAR AT LOWS NOT SEEN SINCE 2017...

    Volume: 64
    Issue: 11
    Published at Fri, 19 Mar 2021
  9. Turkey Crude Imports: Iraq Soars Past Russia For 2020 Top Spot

    ...*Iraq was way out in front as top crude supplier to key Mediterranean importer Turkey for 2020. The 236,000 b/d Turkey took from Iraq was not only a record and up 24% on 2019, but the highest volume that Turkey has taken from any single supplier ever – beating 229,000 b/d from Iran in 2017 (se...

    Volume: 64
    Issue: 10
    Published at Fri, 12 Mar 2021
  10. Houthis Step Up Siege On Aramco Energy Infrastructure

    ...rt of a regional tour, during which he met with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan. During the talks, Prince Faisal said that Riyadh will take “necessary deterrent measures to protect its national resources,” hinting that the kingdom could pursue its plans from 2017 to purchase Russian S-...

    Volume: 64
    Issue: 10
    Published at Fri, 12 Mar 2021
  11. Adnoc & Petronas Ink Wide-Ranging Partnership Deal

    ...reements were reached during the visit to the UAE of Malaysian Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. Trade relations between the two countries are on the rise, although they’ve not been without their turbulence. Abu Dhabi state firm IPIC, which was merged into Mubadala in 2017, was previously embroiled in...

    Volume: 64
    Issue: 10
    Published at Fri, 12 Mar 2021
  12. Saudi Oil Export Revenues Down 40% For 2020

    ...oking ahead to 2021 as a whole, a relatively conservative estimate would peg oil export revenues at slightly more than $150bn, putting them broadly in line with 2015 levels. However, 2017’s $170.2bn remains an attainable target, which if achieved would greatly ease the financial pressure on Saudi Aramco as...

    Volume: 64
    Issue: 10
    Published at Fri, 12 Mar 2021
  13. Repsol & Shell Leave Morocco; Repsol Quits Iraqi Kurdistan

    ...as Covid hit) fuel Morocco’s two gas-fired power plants (MEES, 5 June 2020). The exit of Repsol and Shell leaves the only sizable players in Morocco as Eni, which has the shallow water Tarfaya permit off the south of the country (MEES, 22 December 2017), and ConocoPhillips which signed up for th...

    Volume: 64
    Issue: 09
    Published at Fri, 05 Mar 2021