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

    ...scovered in 2017 OQEP has expanded crude processing capacity with three processing plants commissioned in August 2019, September 2021, and November 2022. EXITING UNDERPERFORMING BLOCKS            OQ and its partner Shell exited Block 42 after the exploration and production sharing agreement expired in...

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

    ...tput in Libya has been falling. Mellitah sales gas output of 860mn cfd for 2023 is little more than half 2017’s peak figure of 1.59bn cfd, whilst Eni’s net figures are down even more (see chart). At the same time exports to Italy via the Eni-operated Greenstream pipeline (Libya’s sole gas export ou...

    Volume: 67
    Issue: 39
    Published at Fri, 27 Sep 2024
  3. Kuwait Hopes To Revive Stalled Petchems On Back Of Refinery Upgrade

    ...$9.7bn (MEES, 26 May 2023). The UK’s Amec Foster Wheeler was awarded a $34mn Feed contract for Olefins-3 and Aromatics-2 back in 2017 (MEES, 19 May 2017). However, the lack of foreign investor interest means a final investment decision has yet to be taken. The firm remains hopeful that it can se...

    Volume: 67
    Issue: 39
    Published at Fri, 27 Sep 2024
  4. Oman’s Sohar Strengthens Gasoline Trading Hub Role

    ...dn’t impact trade of the fuel. Oman has been a net gasoline exporter since 2018 after upgrading and expanding its 197,000 b/d Sohar refinery the previous year (MEES, 17 February 2017), and both imports and exports have set new records each year since, with net exports steady at around 30,000 b/d on an an...

    Volume: 67
    Issue: 37
    Published at Fri, 13 Sep 2024
  5. Cairo Plans Bumper Winter LNG Imports But Power Cuts May Return

    ...RU, saw imports of 505,000 tons, the highest monthly figure since 2017. Presuming that the full 20 cargoes unload by the end of September this implies total Q3 import volumes of 1.4mn tons, the highest figure since 3Q 2017 (see chart 1). GAS OUTPUT: FROM BAD TO WORSE              Egypt’s ga...

    Volume: 67
    Issue: 37
    Published at Fri, 13 Sep 2024
  6. Indian Oil Signs Up To Ruwais LNG

    ...w Delhi by Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, where he met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. During the visit, Adnoc also signed a strategic framework agreement with Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserve Limited to extend its existing oil storage agreement. In 2017, Adnoc signed an...

    Volume: 67
    Issue: 37
    Published at Fri, 13 Sep 2024
  7. Oman Awards Northern Tight Gas Play In Bid Round

    ...2017 with cumulative output of 44,000 barrels on extended test, but which quietly abandoned the asset before last year’s bid round. The ministry says that in total four exploration wells and one appraisal well were drilled on the block between 1993 and 2017. Two formations indicated the pr...

    Volume: 67
    Issue: 36
    Published at Fri, 06 Sep 2024