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Kuwait Urges Gulf Unity as Qatar Exports Rise Despite Embargo
...August to 739,000 b/d it was still the second highest figure on record. Exports of key products are booming, with naphtha exports on track to average 150,000 b/d (see chart 3). This enabled Qatar to realize $1.2bn from products sales in Q3, the highest revenue figure since Q3 2014. CRUDE RE...
Volume: 60Issue: 43Published at Fri, 27 Oct 2017 -
Asian LNG Buying Up 13% In 2017, Chinese Imports Soar 44%
...the largest since spot prices crashed with those of oil in Q3 2014 (the price of term cargoes did fall sharply but not until the first half of 2015 given the oil price linkage in long-term LNG contracts comes with a delay of around six months). WINTER REBOUND Though, long term, prices are se...
Volume: 60Issue: 42Published at Fri, 20 Oct 2017 -
Mideast Drilling Stays Firm, Recovery Elsewhere Will Have To Wait
...illing at near-record levels in 2017, in stark contrast to the global trend of upstream underinvestment. The rig count for GCC countries was a collective 288 in September, just 17 off the all-time high of 305 set last October, and up 26% since the start of 2014 despite low oil prices and stretched bu...
Volume: 60Issue: 41Published at Fri, 13 Oct 2017 -
Korea LNG Buying Falls To Seven-Year Low In Q3
...lumes are down by a more modest 1.3% on January-September 2015, but 12% down on 2014’s record levels of 27.20mn tons. • Low Q2 and Q3 buying came after a mild 2015-16 winter left stocks unusually high. However a late-summer heatwave in August led to a surge in aircon use, diminishing stocks. This ha...
Volume: 59Issue: 42Published at Fri, 21 Oct 2016 -
UAE Goes LNG Import Crazy: Sharjah Follows Dubai And Abu Dhabi
...though it is unclear whether this will continue following last week’s deal. Gas-to-power demand in the northern Emirates has been growing at a rapid pace. Power consumption increased by 80% since 2004, hitting 20.4TWh in 2014, 18% of the UAE’s total. Sewa and the Federal Water and Electricity Au...
Volume: 59Issue: 41Published at Fri, 14 Oct 2016 -
Qatar Out To Woo LNG Customers In Face Of Increased Competition
...ilities like Chubu Electric, Tokyo Electric (Tepco), Kansai Electric and Tohoku Electric, as well as upstream player JX Nippon oil and gas and financial entities such as Bank of Tokyo and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking. Japan is the world’s largest LNG importer – it purchased a record 89.2mn tons in 2014 as its nu...
Volume: 58Issue: 44Published at Fri, 30 Oct 2015 -
Egypt: Zohr Mega-Find Spurs Regional Gas Hub Ambitions
...cember 2014 that the two firms had formed a monopoly offshore Israel (MEES, 27 February). This ruling would have forced Noble and Delek to divest their interests in either Leviathan or Tamar, but the government stepped in and effectively usurped Mr Gilo, who has since stepped down. But Mr Gilo’s de...
Volume: 58Issue: 43Published at Fri, 23 Oct 2015 -
Egypt Keeps-Up LNG Import Momentum With 55-Cargo Award
...llowing the arrival of Norwegian firm Höegh’s 550mn cfd Höegh Gallant floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) at Ain Sukhna on the Red Sea. The vessel has been leased to EGAS for five years under a deal signed in November last year (MEES, 7 November 2014). Cairo says it expects four cargoes to ar...
Volume: 58Issue: 42Published at Fri, 16 Oct 2015 -
Suez Canal: Saudi Diesel Boosts Northbound Volumes
...oduce transport fuels to Euro specifications. The 400,000 b/d Satorp refinery in Jubail was brought online in late 2013 and reached full capacity in mid-2014, while the 400,000 b/d Yasref refinery in Yanbu’ was started up in 2014 and is scheduled to reach full capacity this month. Cairo hopes to do...
Volume: 58Issue: 42Published at Fri, 16 Oct 2015 -
Egypt Awards Four Offshore Gas Blocks Following August 30tcf Discovery
...ock 12), which is adjacent to the North Thekah and North Port Fouad blocks, awarded to Edison in 2014 following an earlier EGAS bid round. These blocks border Israel’s Neta and Royee blocks which Edison also operates, and hold an estimated 3.2 tcf of gas. BP will take the North El Tabya block (Block 14...
Volume: 58Issue: 41Published at Fri, 09 Oct 2015 -
Vitol Eyes Hub Role For Cyprus Products Storage Terminal
...receive middle distillates, such as kerosene and diesel from the Middle East to Europe via the Suez Canal. Traffic through the canal has risen in 2014, reaching a record of 13.7mn tons in August (see table, p9). The terminal will also facilitate the movement of gasoline from Europe to the East Me...
Volume: 57Issue: 44Published at Fri, 31 Oct 2014 -
Suez Canal September revenue Dips Following Record august
...ns) all reaching new highs. · Southbound shipments of fuel oil rose in September to hit a record 3.3mn tons after reaching 2.8mn tons in August. Suez Canal Traffic, 3Q 2014 (‘000t) Sep-14 Aug-14 Ju...
Volume: 57Issue: 44Published at Fri, 31 Oct 2014 -
Saudi Products Imports Slump
...nture Satorp refinery ramped up towards full capacity – which it is expected to reach by year end. Gasoline imports fell from 23,000 b/d in January-August 2013 to zero for the first eight months of 2014; gasoil volumes fell to a mere 4,000 b/d. The 400,000 b/d Aramco/Sinopec Yasref refinery at Yanbu on...
Volume: 57Issue: 42Published at Fri, 17 Oct 2014 -
New Japan LNG Exchange May Prove Disruptive In Key Qatari Market
...45 9.18 6.24 6.85 9.45 10.26 10.60 Source: IEA Natural Gas Information 2014. Widening Premium: Average Japan Vs Eu Lng Import Prices ($/Mn Btu)...
Volume: 57Issue: 40Published at Fri, 03 Oct 2014 -
Pakistan Sounds Iran Out For Pipeline Financing
...reement between the two countries, Iran is supposed to begin supplying Pakistan with 750mn cfd of gas from 2014 for a period of 25 years at a price of $13/mn BTU, according to Investment Bank Credit Suisse. This takes into account all transportation costs. In a meeting with his Iranian co...
Volume: 56Issue: 42Published at Fri, 18 Oct 2013 -
Qatar, E.ON Ink LNG SPA
...troleum (QP) and 30% by Shell – will supply Gasunie and Vopak’s Gate LNG terminal in Rotterdam from January 2014. The deal is flexible and will allow Qatargas to divert its supply to other customers. Prices will be based on those of continental Europe in what is Qatargas’ first break with oil in...
Volume: 56Issue: 42Published at Fri, 18 Oct 2013 -
Jordan Receives 51 Applications For ‘Amman Products Terminal
...JORDAN Jordan Receives 51 Applications For ‘Amman Products Terminal Jordan’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources has announced that 51 companies and consortia have applied for prequalification to build a strategic products reserves terminal near ‘Amman during 2014-15. Mo...
Volume: 56Issue: 41Published at Fri, 11 Oct 2013 -
Qatar Faces LNG Market Challenges
...e Sabine Pass project, and the next project that is likely to go ahead probably won’t read final investment decision (FID) until 2Q13, or even 2014; putting them in the 2017-18 time frame,” Mr Flower says. But if Japan starts importing US LNG at Henry Hub prices, some feel this may re...
Volume: 55Issue: 44Published at Fri, 26 Oct 2012