1. Opec+ Considers Further Cuts Amid Softening Market

    ...ventories remain severely depleted. The IEA says that despite a 43.1mn barrel rise in July, OECD commercial oil inventories remained 274.9mn barrels below the 2017-21 five-year average which Opec+ long cited as the target range. A period of restocking would be welcomed by most observers. The IEA cu...

    Volume: 65
    Issue: 39
    Published at Fri, 30 Sep 2022
  2. Oman Oil: Production Up, Exports Down

    ...NSTRAINED             It is the sultanate’s success in developing gas plays in recent years that has resulted in soaring condensate output. The start-up of BP’s 1bn cfd Khazzan tight gas project in 2017 was a game-changing development and the second phase 500mn cfd Ghazeer play came online in October 2020 providing an...

    Volume: 65
    Issue: 38
    Published at Fri, 23 Sep 2022
  3. Shell’s Incoming CEO Set To Oversee Streamlined Mena Growth

    ...rely 300,000 b/d by 2017 before dropping sharply to just 252,000 b/d in 2018 as Shell exited its Iraq holdings in frustration over payment delays and slim margins (MEES, 23 March 2018). That left Shell with sizeable equity production from just Oman, Qatar and the Egypt holdings it acquired with its 20...

    Volume: 65
    Issue: 38
    Published at Fri, 23 Sep 2022
  4. Saudi Oil Burn Dips From Record High

    ...After hitting an all-time high in June, Saudi oil burn dropped by 170,000 b/d in July (see data, p18). While a July drop is unusual, the 1.31mn b/d monthly average was still the second highest July figure on record – behind only 2017’s 1.39mn b/d. Oil burn peaks during the summer when surging de...

    Volume: 65
    Issue: 38
    Published at Fri, 23 Sep 2022
  5. UK Considers Israel Embassy Move to Jerusalem

    ...ptember during a meeting at the United Nations. Any such move is likely to draw widespread criticism, especially from the Palestinian Authority, which also heavily criticized Mr Trump’s 2017 decision. It also risks further entrenching tensions with the current US administration and EU states....

    Volume: 65
    Issue: 38
    Published at Fri, 23 Sep 2022
  6. Shamaran Secures Sarsang Stake As Total Exits Kurdistan

    ...rdistan for the second time – the Sarsang stake was acquired via its 2017 purchase of Denmark’s Maersk – was originally announced in July 2021 (MEES, 16 July 2021). Shamaran said at the time that “the Acquisition is highly accretive and transformative to Shamaran as it grows from a single asset company to...

    Volume: 65
    Issue: 37
    Published at Fri, 16 Sep 2022
  7. Iran Eyes Local Firms For Downstream Boost

    ...OEC), said on 30 August that “physical progress” had reached 95% at the 210,000 b/d CDU and 100,000 b/d VDU units. The project is financed by a 2017 Sinosure $1.3bn credit line (MEES, 10 February 2017), and Chinese state firm Sinopec has been involved. NIORDC expects the upgrade to be finalised this mo...

    Volume: 65
    Issue: 36
    Published at Fri, 09 Sep 2022
  8. Oman Oil Exports Revenues Hit New Record

    ...the 2017 expansion of its Sohar refinery to 197,000 b/d in 2017 (MEES, 11 February 2017). Products export revenues more than doubled in May to $680mn. While this was just a fraction of crude export revenues, it smashed the previous record of $360mn.The planned Q1 startup of the 230,000 b/d Duqm re...

    Volume: 65
    Issue: 35
    Published at Fri, 02 Sep 2022