1. Kuwait And China Begin Construction Of $9.3Bn Refinery/Petchem Project

    ...March (MEES, 21 March). KPC has since said it is still on the lookout for an international oil company with which to partner on some of its 50% stake in the project. With plans to have it online and operational by 2014-15, the project will secure a stable outlet for Kuwaiti crude oil as KPC lo...

    Volume: 54
    Issue: 48
    Published at Mon, 28 Nov 2011
  2. TPAO And Shell Sign Farm-In Accord For Offshore Antalya Blocks

    ...ploratory drilling in 2014 or later. Turkey has had the blocks along its southern Mediterranean coastline open for tendering for several years. Most of Turkey’s offshore activity has been concentrated in the Black Sea in recent years, but discoveries offshore Israel and the start of drilling in Se...

    Volume: 54
    Issue: 48
    Published at Mon, 28 Nov 2011
  3. S&P Warns Of Refinancing Risks As Gulf Debt Matures

    ...rvices. Bonds and sukuk worth $25bn will mature in 2012, rising to $35bn in 2014, according to industry estimates, and this could prove challenging, especially given that capital market volatility and economic growth concerns are already curbing bond issuance. S&P said that potential Gulf sovereign bo...

    Volume: 54
    Issue: 47
    Published at Mon, 21 Nov 2011
  4. TPAO Plans East Mediterranean Offshore Deal With Shell

    ...ving our strategic weight from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean Sea,” he said. Mr Yildiz said that Shell would take over TPAO’s current Antalya operation and finalize it in two years. “In accordance with the seismic data, we plan to begin three years of drilling by the start of 2014,” the Turkish da...

    Volume: 54
    Issue: 47
    Published at Mon, 21 Nov 2011
  5. EBRD Joins World Bank’s Gas Flaring Program For FSU

    ...rget before 2014 while Gazprom Neft has estimated that it would not be able to collect more than 60% of its associated gas production. ...

    Volume: 54
    Issue: 46
    Published at Mon, 14 Nov 2011
  6. Tecnimont Wins Contract For Fertilizer Plant In Egypt

    ...d commissioning contract on a lump sum turnkey basis, to set up a new fertilizer complex in the industrial area of the Aswan Governorship. The overall project value is set at about $540mn and completion is expected by the end of July 2014, Tecnimont said in a company statement on 31 October. The fe...

    Volume: 54
    Issue: 45
    Published at Mon, 07 Nov 2011
  7. Qatar Inaugurates Construction Of Barzan Gas Field Development

    ...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIV No 45 7-Nov-2011 QATAR Qatar Inaugurates Construction Of Barzan Gas Field Development Qatar inaugurated the construction of the $10.3bn, 1.4mn cfd Barzan gas project on 1 November. Barzan gas production is scheduled to start up in 2014, wi...

    Volume: 54
    Issue: 45
    Published at Mon, 07 Nov 2011
  8. UAE OPEC Governor Says Production Capacity On Target

    ...d the onshore 2bn cfd Habshan 5 gas processing plant expansion project. Both are targeted for operational start-up in early 2014. The Abu Dhabi Gas Industries (GASCO) Habshan 5 plant will also take associated feedstock from onshore oil fields, which are expanding production capacity to 1....

    Volume: 54
    Issue: 45
    Published at Mon, 07 Nov 2011
  9. TAQA Looking To Iraq As Part Of Pursuit Of Synergies, New CEO Says

    ...oject in the Netherlands (MEES, 29 August) will all start to turn into cash in 2014-15. So I’m not expecting to see a dramatic acceleration in the company’s earnings until we get past that point,” he continued. Mr Sheldon also revealed that a group of company officials were due to travel to Ghana in...

    Volume: 54
    Issue: 45
    Published at Mon, 07 Nov 2011
  10. Shell, BP And BG In Talks With Cyprus For LNG Import Terminal

    ...by early next year (MEES, 30 August). Cyprus is hoping for LNG to start arriving in 2014 at its proposed southern Vasilikos site as part of a 20-year supply agreement.  Currently Cyprus generates electricity primarily through burning fuel oil....

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 48
    Published at Mon, 29 Nov 2010
  11. BP Strikes Gas On West Nile Delta Concession

    ...velopment of five offshore fields into a new onshore gas plant, with first gas anticipated for late 2014 (MEES, 26 July)....

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 48
    Published at Mon, 29 Nov 2010
  12. CBI Statistics Show 19.7% Fall In Oil And Gas Exports Revenue In 2009-10

    ...12-13) 1.951 1392 (2013-14) 1.553 1393 (2014-15) onwards 4.127 Parliament Removes President From CBI Assembly The Iranian parliament on 14 November passed a law to remove President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from chairing the CBI General Assembly in a move which de...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 47
    Published at Tue, 23 Nov 2010
  13. Barzan Project Financing Kicks Off With Approach To ECAs

    ...ndensate Barzan, which is now planned for startup in 2014, after the original 2012 date slipped, will be supplied from a designated block (Barzan) in the North Field. Given the feed is rich gas, it will produce LPG and condensate (to be sold separately from the 1.5bn cfd of gas). Barzan is the last ma...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 47
    Published at Tue, 23 Nov 2010
  14. DEWA Gears Up For First IWPP

    ...ter. Start-up is scheduled for 2014, which is a tight deadline but achievable, commented an industry source. The IWPP will be constructed at Hassyan, a site near the border with Abu Dhabi, and has room for a total of six projects. The first IWPP will be gas-fired, but DEWA has commissioned a study on...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 47
    Published at Tue, 23 Nov 2010
  15. VTTI Awards Oil Terminal Construction Contract To J&P

    ...siliko that should come into operation in 2014 with a capacity to process 1 bcm/year (MEES, 30 August, 16 November 2009, 4 May 2009)....

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 46
    Published at Mon, 15 Nov 2010
  16. Groundstar Transfer Of Kom Ombo Interest Approved

    ...eir agreement in June, with Aegean agreeing to drill at least four exploration wells by 2014 at a cost of $30mn (MEES, 14 June). The first is set to commence drilling by the end of November. Sino Tharwa Drilling Company has been awarded the drilling contract for four wells, two of which are optional.  ...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 46
    Published at Mon, 15 Nov 2010
  17. SEC Invites Bids For Qurayah Power Project

    ...erations on 1 June 2014. Qurayah IPP1 is expected to cost $1.8bn, 'Amir al-Swaha, SEC’s Head of Independent Power Producer (IPP) projects, was quoted as saying by Reuters, which added that the plant would use 300mn cfd of gas to generate electricity. The plant had previously been expected to use heavy fu...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 46
    Published at Mon, 15 Nov 2010
  18. SWCC Awards $4.2Bn Contracts For Ras Al-Zour Project

    ...uminum complex when completed in 2014 (MEES, 19 July). The Ras al-Zour complex was originally planned to be built and run by a private sector consortium led by Sumitomo Corporation. However, the scheme was re-launched under the auspices of SWCC (MEES, 29 June 2009)....

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 46
    Published at Mon, 15 Nov 2010
  19. Ukraine To Relaunch LNG Project

    ...rm of Azeri LNG via Georgia’s Kulevi port by 2014. Mr Boyko said that the cost of building a regasification terminal in Odessa would not exceed $1bn and that there will be a “quick payback” on the investment. He added that the project would be backed by EU funds, without providing any additional de...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 45
    Published at Mon, 08 Nov 2010
  20. Russia Expresses Interest In North Field Projects

    ...ojects to produce LNG from gas produced in the North Field, according to Russian state media. Government-owned RIA Novosti reported that Gazprom had expressed interest in partnerships in gas projects in Qatar, once a moratorium on expanding gas production on the offshore acreage is lifted in 2014, du...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 45
    Published at Mon, 08 Nov 2010