1. Oman’s OQEP Eyes New Gas Discovery In Upstream Reshuffle

    ...40%, OQEP 30%, PTTEP 20%, Petronas 10%) home to the massive 1.5bn cfd Khazzan & Ghazeer tight gas development. In 2014 it acquired a 40% interest in the gas giant before divesting 10% to Malaysian state firm Petronas in 2018 (MEES, 26 October 2018). BOOSTING BLOCK 60           Despite its ga...

    Volume: 67
    Issue: 39
    Published at Fri, 27 Sep 2024
  2. Eni & BP Set To Kick Off Libya Exploration Drilling Campaign

    ...relative stability (MEES, 4 June 2012), these never came to fruition. BP declared force majeure in 2014 and in 2015 wrote off the $598mn it had spent up till then on its sole Libya assets (MEES, 31 July 2015). However, Eni, unlike BP which has no production in the country, retained Libya as a co...

    Volume: 67
    Issue: 39
    Published at Fri, 27 Sep 2024
  3. Aramco Ups LNG Stake

    ...e facility since 2014. Overall, Shell supplied 67mn tons of LNG to buyers in 2023, making it the largest IOC portfolio player. INCREASED LNG EXPOSURE               The transaction further strengthens MidOcean and Aramco’s position in the global LNG market, says MidOcean, adding that it “will pr...

    Volume: 67
    Issue: 38
    Published at Fri, 20 Sep 2024
  4. Aramco The Big Winner In Egypt LNG Import Tender

    ..., TotalEnergies and Shell as well as trading houses Trafigura, Glencore, Gunvor, Vitol and BB Energy as well as the less well-known Hartree and Mex International. Saudi Arabia has been a staunch ally of Egypt President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi since he took power in 2014 and Riyadh has helped fi...

    Volume: 67
    Issue: 38
    Published at Fri, 20 Sep 2024
  5. Iraq: Pakistan Firm Exits Block 8

    ...rms Japex and Itochu, undercutting them with a remuneration fee of $5.38/boe. However, the firm has since made little effort to develop the block amid security concerns following Islamic State’s 2014 offensive. Of the other blocks awarded in 2012, UEG’s Block 9 is now producing nearly 100,000 b/d (ME...

    Volume: 67
    Issue: 38
    Published at Fri, 20 Sep 2024
  6. Adnoc’s Giant Onshore Concession Central To Future Bond Issues

    ...24 as a result of the CFP, and are set to easily break 2014’s record of 1.14mn b/d according to Kpler data. Exports this year peaked at 1.54mn b/d in April but have since eased off slightly averaging 1.31mn b/d for August (see chart 2). ADNOC ONSHORE RESERVES             In preparation for th...

    Volume: 67
    Issue: 37
    Published at Fri, 13 Sep 2024