1. Dana Gas Goes To Court As Relations With The KRG Sour

    ...nel to increase production and realize international prices for exports.   “We have not yet given guidance for production for 2014, but developments at Taq Taq and Tawke are on track to deliver 140,000 b/d of working interest capacity by year-end 2014, Mr Hayward said. He put current exports by...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 43
    Published at Fri, 25 Oct 2013
  2. Baghdad On Course For 3.5Mn B/D By Year-End

    ...-‘Amaya. However, Iraqi Oil Minister ‘Abd al-Karim al-Laibi is confident that Iraq will achieve its output target of 3.5mn b/d by the end of this year and an export target of 3.4mn b/d in 2014, including a Kurdish contribution of 400,000 b/d. Still, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) appears be...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 43
    Published at Fri, 25 Oct 2013
  3. OPEC Content With Ceiling Ahead Of December Meeting

    ...recast to increase by 800,000 b/d this year and 1mn b/d in 2014, there is clearly enough supply to meet rising demand.”  ...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 43
    Published at Fri, 25 Oct 2013
  4. Saudi-US Tension Goes Public Over Iran

    ...position in any transitional government, and whether Mr Asad will be allowed to run in the 2014 presidential elections....

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 43
    Published at Fri, 25 Oct 2013
  5. Kuwait To Rethink Subsidies Policy

    ...t based on facts, and that a new plan – scheduled for implementation by April 2014 – is under study.   The 2013-14 budget is expected to end up with a surplus, Shaikh Salim said, but less than that of 2012-13.  The budget for the last fiscal year had an actual surplus of KD12.7bn ($45.1bn) be...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 43
    Published at Fri, 25 Oct 2013
  6. Egypt To Up Spending

    ...rangements are underway to raise the necessary funds to implement the increase in the minimum wage in the public sector to E£1,200 ($174) monthly, due to begin on 1 January 2014. Mr Jalal estimated the cost of the increase in the minimum wage at E£9bn ($1.3bn) for the second half of the current fiscal year (Ja...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 43
    Published at Fri, 25 Oct 2013
  7. Iraq Concludes Oil Port Expansion, Zooms In On Asian Market

    ...pected to rise to 4mn b/d by the end of the first quarter of 2014.   Although design capacity is higher, Iraq’s export capacity prior to the maintenance work is estimated at around 2.6mn b/d. Industry sources say that current exports are running at around 2mn b/d, below the 2.3mn b/d October lo...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 42
    Published at Fri, 18 Oct 2013
  8. Saudi Arabia Looks To Hold Steady Around 10mn B/D Through Year-End

    ...d been identified and could be developed if needed. The last major upstream oil development was completed earlier this year, when the offshore Manifa heavy oil field was brought online and will be ramped up to its full capacity of 900,000 b/d by the end of 2014. Manifa, currently producing 50...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 42
    Published at Fri, 18 Oct 2013
  9. Atlantic Frontier Hots Up As BP Enters Morocco

    ...ich have turned up sizeable discoveries around the west African coast in Ghana, in particular the 110,000 b/d Jubilee field operated by Irish independent Tullow (MEES, 23 November 2012).   A total of 10 exploration wells are set to be drilled offshore Morocco by the end of 2014, as well as fo...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 42
    Published at Fri, 18 Oct 2013
  10. Mauritania Plans

    ...a mere 5,000 b/d. Mauritania’s key project going forward is Irish independent Tullow’s plan to develop the 1.5tcf Banda gas field.   Tullow says it will make a final investment decision in 2014. Tullow is the key player offshore Mauritania with operating stakes in seven permits and sizable mi...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 42
    Published at Fri, 18 Oct 2013
  11. 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: 56
    Issue: 42
    Published at Fri, 18 Oct 2013
  12. 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: 56
    Issue: 42
    Published at Fri, 18 Oct 2013
  13. Iraq Signs Misan Deal With Satarem As Refineries Program Gathers Pace

    ...vernment’s equity and offtake and products pricing. The ministry is looking for a construction start in 2014 with a view to completion in 2018.   Shaw Group – subsequently taken over by fellow US contractor CB&I – was awarded contracts for a feasibility study and front-end engineering design (FEED) fo...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 42
    Published at Fri, 18 Oct 2013
  14. SABIC Chief Calls For Support

    ...8%, increase ethylene output by 2% and “transform the cracker into one of the best in Europe.”   Mr Mady told reporters at the meeting that SABIC aims to decide by the end of 2014 on developing a new cracker in the US to process shale gas. Discussions are under way with a number of potential pa...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 42
    Published at Fri, 18 Oct 2013
  15. Shuweihat S2 Inaugurated As Abu Dhabi Expects Demand Growth

    ...rrently a partner in an independent power producer (IPP) project under development alongside Shuweihat S2. The Shuweihat S3 plant will have capacity to generate 1.6GW of electricity and is expected to start up in March 2014. Adwea is also studying bids for an IWPP to be built alongside an existing power and wa...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 42
    Published at Fri, 18 Oct 2013
  16. IEA, OPEC See Deeper Cuts In 2014 Call On OPEC

    ...OPEC   IEA, OPEC See Deeper Cuts In 2014 Call On OPEC    Stronger non-OPEC crude oil supplies are set to sideline OPEC supplies by even more than previously thought, despite a predicted resurgence in world oil demand growth to levels last seen in 2009, the International En...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 42
    Published at Fri, 18 Oct 2013
  17. 2014 Presidential Elections Dominate Algerian Politics

    ...ALGERIA   2014 Presidential Elections Dominate Algerian Politics   Three issues are dominating the present Algerian political scene: A power struggle between the supporters of Algeria’s president and the heads of the Algerian State Intelligence Service (DRS); the growing th...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 42
    Published at Fri, 18 Oct 2013
  18. Iraqi Budget Projects Record 2014 Expenditure

    ...IRAQ   Iraqi Budget Projects Record 2014 Expenditure   Iraq plans to spend a record ID174,600bn ($149.2bn) in 2014, up 26.1% from ID138,425bn ($118.3bn) in 2013, according to the draft federal budget drawn up in September by the Ministry of Finance. The draft, which has re...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 42
    Published at Fri, 18 Oct 2013
  19. World Bank Sees Decline In Post-Arab Spring MENA Growth

    ...velopments and Prospects’ report.   Post-Arab spring upheavals “continue to dominate economic activity and near term prospects.” The region’s economic outlook for 2013 and especially 2014 is shrouded in uncertainty and subject to a variety of risks, mostly domestic in nature and linked to political in...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 42
    Published at Fri, 18 Oct 2013
  20. Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Warns On KRG Exports

    ...rket for our additional crude production…. (SOMO Director Falah al-‘Amri said Indian requirements for 2014 are likely to be more than the current 400,000 b/d, because some companies have requested more, but the exact volume is not known.)   Q: What about long-term deals? A: Iraq normally ma...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 42
    Published at Fri, 18 Oct 2013