1. MENA Petrochemicals Producers See Ambitious Expansion Plans Held Back By Rising Costs

    ...ES, 5 March 2007). EMethanex, Damietta EMethanex 60%; Egyptian government 33%; Apicorp 7% 1mn t/y methanol capacity due 2010, additional 260,000 t/y due 2011. Financing closed (MEES, 11 June 2007). Sidi Kerir PE, Bu...

    Volume: 51
    Issue: 21
    Published at Mon, 26 May 2008
  2. OCP Signs Fertilizer Plant MOUs With Libya, Vietnam 

    ...ant is to be built in Morocco and begin production in 2011. An ammonia plant of unknown capacity will be built in Vietnam. The announcements follow an invitation by OCP in February to international investors to participate in the development of Morocco’s phosphate and chemicals industry. OCP ex...

    Volume: 51
    Issue: 21
    Published at Mon, 26 May 2008
  3. Ras Laffan C IWPP Attracts 20 Banks

    ...timated 9,000mw power needs by 2011....

    Volume: 51
    Issue: 21
    Published at Mon, 26 May 2008
  4. Hayan Petroleum Produces More Gas

    ...arter of 2011 (MEES, 24 March, 10 March)....

    Volume: 51
    Issue: 21
    Published at Mon, 26 May 2008
  5. Aramco, KPC Take $30Bn Downstream Investment Plunge

    ...0,000 t/y of benzene and 200,000 t/y of polymer grade propylene, the partners said. Jubail start-up was initially planned for 2011. But costs soared from initial estimates of around $6.3bn, prompting a rework to the front-end design and subsequent delays. By late last year, costs indications had pushed the pr...

    Volume: 51
    Issue: 20
    Published at Mon, 19 May 2008
  6. South Korea Signs Energy Deals With Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan

    ...140 tons of uranium from Kazakhstan in 2011-17, and 2,600 tons from Uzbekistan in 2010-16. Kazakhstan holds 19% of the world’s uranium reserves and plans to produce 15,000 tons/year by 2010 (MEES, 24 September 2007). South Korean oil and gas companies reached agreements in Uzbekistan to explore th...

    Volume: 51
    Issue: 20
    Published at Mon, 19 May 2008
  7. SRAK Gets Extension, Closes In On Kidan Target

    ...aybah 250,000 2008 Nuayyim* 100,000 2009 Khurais 1,200,000 Mn420 70,000 End-2009 Manifa 900,000 Mn90 50,000 2011-12 Ha...

    Volume: 51
    Issue: 20
    Published at Mon, 19 May 2008
  8. Algeria Assigns $5bn Financing Package For Terga And Koudiet Eddraouch Power Plants

    ...st an estimated $2.4bn and is due for completion in September 2011, is being built by a consortium comprising Egypt’s Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) and the French engineering group Alstom (MEES, 26 November 2007). Of the total cost, 30% will be funded by Sonelgaz and Sonatrach, with the re...

    Volume: 51
    Issue: 19
    Published at Mon, 12 May 2008
  9. Algeria To Almost Double Refining Capacity by 2013, Says Sonatrach V-P

    ...habilitation of our refineries by more than 20%. It means that by 2011 we will have a capacity of 24-25mn tons/year, only by the extension. And we are also moving forward with the world scale refinery in Tiaret.” Algerian domestic oil consumption has risen sharply this decade, from just below 200,000 b/d in...

    Volume: 51
    Issue: 18
    Published at Mon, 05 May 2008
  10. Chinese And Gulf Companies Expand In Sudan, Amid Faltering Political Progress

    ...dan, a census is taking place that should pave the way for general elections next year, and for the planned referendum in 2011, which would allow the people of southern Sudan to vote on independence. The potential for the CPA to unravel remains dangerously high. Dozens were killed in skirmishes near th...

    Volume: 51
    Issue: 18
    Published at Mon, 05 May 2008