1. Saudi Arabia Targets 12.5Mn B/D Oil Capacity By 2009, Says Naimi

    ...pacity added in 2011. Manifa, which was discovered in 1958 and plugged in 1980, is problematic because of the high sulfur content in its Arab Heavy crude oil (28° API) reserves (MEES, 4 September). Saudi Arabia says its oil production capacity now stands at 11.3mn b/d following the inauguration of th...

    Volume: 49
    Issue: 38
    Published at Mon, 18 Sep 2006
  2. QP Urges LNG Lenders To Accept More Risk As Pricing, Spot Sales Evolve

    ...ock of engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) costs. While QP has not given clear indications on the length of the moratorium, Mr Kharbotli emphasized that LNG “has been and still is the bulk of QP’s investment.” Qatargas and RasGas (which will have a combined capacity of 77.2mn t/y by 2011...

    Volume: 49
    Issue: 38
    Published at Mon, 18 Sep 2006
  3. Iran Launches Strategy To Reduce Gasoline Imports As Sanctions Threat Looms

    ...0 B/D) Abadan Upgrade 2008 360 - 360 Replacement of 180,000 b/d crude units. New 45,000 b/d FCC Abadan New Refinery 2011...

    Volume: 49
    Issue: 37
    Published at Mon, 11 Sep 2006
  4. Nama Selects Petronas As Partner For Private Jubail Export Refinery

    ...ovisionally scheduled for start-up in 2011 (MEES, 15 May). In August, Saudi Aramco announced initial contracts for a separate 400,000 b/d refinery in Jubail that it is developing in partnership with Total, while a similar plant is under development in partnership with ConocoPhillips in Yanbuʹ (MEES, 28 August)....

    Volume: 49
    Issue: 37
    Published at Mon, 11 Sep 2006
  5. ENPPI, Saudi Aramco Sign Contract On Safaniya Water Disposal Upgrade

    ...ntract to execute the Safaniyah Water Disposal System Upgrade Project. The project will expand the Safaniyah Arabian Heavy Crude and Utilities Plants to maintain the plant’s crude oil demand until 2011, said Saudi Aramco. It will add a low-pressure producing trap capable of the three-phase separation of oi...

    Volume: 49
    Issue: 37
    Published at Mon, 11 Sep 2006
  6. APICORP Lifts MENA Five-Year Energy Investment Call By 52% To $395Bn

    ...ergy investment requirements in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region for the next five years to 2011, published on 1 September, APICORP has lifted its forecast by 52% to $395bn, reflecting a mix of soaring project costs and expanded scope for projects on the drawing board and already un...

    Volume: 49
    Issue: 36
    Published at Mon, 04 Sep 2006