1. Oman Achieves $1.17bn Surplus for Q1

    ...ffers to pay down debt.” 2022’s annual surplus of $2.98bn saw Oman end the run of 13 consecutive deficits stretching back to 2009 (MEES, 23 December 2022). The consecutive budget deficits meant debt levels have ballooned in recent years, especially after the 2014 oil price crash. Debt surged from 4....

    Volume: 66
    Issue: 21
    Published at Fri, 26 May 2023
  2. Gulf Rig Count Surges As Services Firms Eye More To Come

    ...WN ON 2014-2019 LEVELS   3: ABU DHABI’S RIG-COUNT HIT A 3-YR HIGH 56 FOR APRIL WITH THE 42 ONSHORE RIGS WITHIN FIVE OF 2019’S RECORD   4: QATAR HAS BEEN STEPPING UP GAS DRILLING AS NORTH FIELD EXPANSION WORK GATHERS PACE SOURCE: BAKER HUGHES.   5: KUWAIT’S RI...

    Volume: 66
    Issue: 19
    Published at Fri, 12 May 2023
  3. Tatneft Libya Find

    ...opped to two for much of 2022 with port and field shut-ins, relative stability in recent months has seen drilling activity bounce back with Baker Hughes recording 14 active rigs for April, within three of the post-revolution high of 17 hit in early 2014....

    Volume: 66
    Issue: 19
    Published at Fri, 12 May 2023
  4. Egypt Output Gains Threatened By Mounting Receivables

    ...erating costs with substantial drilling and investment needed just to keep output stable. As such, several firms suffered near death experiences (indeed, some went bust) when oil prices tanked in 2014-15 and again in 2020. Having not fully recovered from the previous slump, spending and drilling were sl...

    Volume: 66
    Issue: 18
    Published at Fri, 05 May 2023