1. Wintershall Libya Now SOO

    ...oduction has been shut in since January. Output from the ‘Wintershall’ acreage was around 100,000 b/d prior to Libya’s 2011 revolution but has rarely topped 50,000 b/d since. Overall Libyan production has rebounded strongly since key export terminals were reopened last month. Output had risen to 68...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 44
    Published at Fri, 30 Oct 2020
  2. Korea Crude Imports 6-Year Low, Taiwan Lowest In Decades

    ...65mn b/d (see table, p8). For Taiwan, Q3 imports of just 701,000 b/d were further down on the multi-decade low of 721,000 b/d set the previous quarter (see table). At 760,000 b/d for the first nine months of 2020, volumes are on track to come in below 2011’s 774,000 b/d as the lowest annual figure this mi...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 42
    Published at Fri, 16 Oct 2020
  3. Turkey’s East Med Drilling Campaign: Politics By Other Means

    ...illships and seismic vessels, TPAO had little experience of going it alone. All of its prior offshore exploration efforts were with international partners and none turned up commercial discoveries (MEES, 21 November 2011). You have to start somewhere, but TPAO’s lack of expertise doesn’t point to an ef...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 41
    Published at Fri, 09 Oct 2020
  4. Chevron Completes Noble Deal

    ...mar which started up in 2013. It also assumes operatorship of Cyprus’ 4tcf 2011 Aphrodite discovery (see map, p8). Development of the two giant Israeli fields has been constrained by a lack of sales outlets. But Chevron is looking to get the ball rolling on Phase-2 Leviathan expansion which would li...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 41
    Published at Fri, 09 Oct 2020
  5. Kuwait Enters New Era Following Emir’s Death

    ...approved by the National Assembly. Earlier in Emir Sabah’s reign Sheikh Nasser Mohammed Al Sabah and Sheikh Ahmed Fahd Al Sabah were two leading candidates but the pair have since fallen out of favor. The 79-year old Sheikh Nasser Mohammed was forced out of office as prime minister in November 2011...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 40
    Published at Fri, 02 Oct 2020