1. Petroceltic Eyes Production Debuts In Algeria And Kurdistan

    ...$1.7-1.8bn just to get to first gas,” Mr O’Cathain said. ʹAin Tsila partners – Petroceltic (56.625%), Sonatrach (25%) and Italy’s Enel (18.375%) – are provisionally looking at a first quarter 2017 production start-up. Petroceltic, which farmed out to Enel in April this year, is looking at se...

    Volume: 54
    Issue: 48
    Published at Mon, 28 Nov 2011
  2. Saudi Arabia Pens Nuclear Cooperation Deal With South Korea

    ...ntract in 2009 to build four nuclear plants in the UAE, set to be ready between 2017 and 2020, making the UAE the first Gulf Arab nation with nuclear power (MEES, 4 January 2010)....

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

    ...oduction by the beginning of 2017,” he said. Commenting on TPAO’s status, the minister said it had strengthened and can now enter partnerships with large firms. He said that the company might one day be capable of conducting searches with its own ship. Recently, the CGG Veritas seismic ship Oceanic Ch...

    Volume: 54
    Issue: 47
    Published at Mon, 21 Nov 2011
  4. IAB Invites International Experts To Review UAE Nuclear Energy Plans

    ...e year 2020, official figures show. The UAE is planning to build four nuclear power plants by 2020 as part of a $20bn nuclear program scheduled to begin commercial operations by 2017 (MEES, 14 November)....

    Volume: 54
    Issue: 47
    Published at Mon, 21 Nov 2011
  5. UAE Outlines Financing And Fuel Intentions For $20Bn Nuclear Program

    ...velop four nuclear reactors in the UAE. In 2009, Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) was awarded the contract to complete the construction of the four plants from 2017 to 2020, to making the UAE the first Gulf Arab nation with nuclear power (MEES, 4 January 2010). The financing structure for th...

    Volume: 54
    Issue: 46
    Published at Mon, 14 Nov 2011
  6. Socar Sees Shah Deniz 2 Gas Agreements By Mid-2011

    ...ose maximum production capacity is estimated to reach 16 bcm/y by 2018-19. Early gas is expected to start flowing by late 2016 or early 2017, he noted. On 14 November, Socar’s Vice-President for International Affairs Elshad Nassirov, who is leading the company’s negotiating team with Botas and th...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 47
    Published at Tue, 23 Nov 2010
  7. Saudi Cabinet Approves Plans For Russia Nuclear Pact

    ...rm Atomstroyexport is currently in the second bidding round for the contract to build Jordan’s first nuclear reactor – planned for 2017 – using its AES-92 VVER-1000 technology. An early agreement with Saudi Arabia could see Russian reactor models get more weighted consideration from the au...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 44
    Published at Mon, 01 Nov 2010
  8. OMV Starts Nabucco Gas Supply Talks With Shah Deniz Consortium

    ...rameters of their cooperation. A draft of the agreement has been circulated in recent weeks. The Nabucco partners envisage first phase capacity of 8-12 bcm/year to start up in 2013, with completion of a second phase by 2015 and a third phase in 2017-18. Mr Auli said that, while Nabucco’s proposed fi...

    Volume: 51
    Issue: 47
    Published at Mon, 24 Nov 2008
  9. Syrian Parliament Ratifies Extension Agreements With Shell And Total

    ...tal, which were approved by the Syrian Council of Ministers on 5 August and signed on 3 September (MEES, 8 September). The extension with Shell covers agreements which are due to expire during the period 25 December 2008 to 31 December 2017, while that with Total extends the existing license for 10 ye...

    Volume: 51
    Issue: 47
    Published at Mon, 24 Nov 2008