1. Jordan Launches Bid Round

    ...other technically proficient player takes its place at Risha. In the west of the country privately-owned minnows Korea Global Energy Corporation and Enegi of the UK will undertake exploration of the nearly 7,000 sq km Dead Sea block. A four-year exploration phase will run until 2017, during which th...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 39
    Published at Fri, 26 Sep 2014
  2. Egypt Mulls PP Project At Alexandria

    ...Alexandria for 2017 start-up. Meanwhile, Tahrir is being developed by Dubai-based private firm Carbon Holdings (MEES, 4 April). The two linked Ethydco plants are being built by Japan’s Toyo and the ENPPI engineering unit of Egypt’s Ministry of Petroleum (MEES, 19 April 2013). ...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 39
    Published at Fri, 26 Sep 2014
  3. Key Project Shelved As Qatar Shifts Petchems Strategy

    ...500 2017   Linear α-Olefins 300     Oxo-Alcohols 250   Qatofin LLDPE (ex...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 39
    Published at Fri, 26 Sep 2014
  4. UAE Faces Power Capacity Shortfall, Targets Improved Efficiency

    ...e second phase of the Muhammad bin Rashid Al Maktum Solar Park. This will have 100MW generating capacity and is scheduled for start-up in 2017. DEWA says the tender will close by the end of October. Meanwhile, the Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR) has authorized ENEC to begin bu...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 39
    Published at Fri, 26 Sep 2014
  5. Bahrain Plans Advance

    ...tional Oil and Gas Authority (NOGA) later opted for a less ambitious target of 360,000 b/d. Even the revised plan is about two years behind its original schedule: MEES reported previously that the expansion would be executed in two waves, with new and replaced units coming online between 2017 and 20...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 38
    Published at Fri, 19 Sep 2014
  6. Morocco Wind Bids In

    ...% of existing capacity, which has been increased recently by UAE firm TAQA’s completion of a 700MW extension at the Jorf Lasfar plant. Other coal projects are a 318MW plant at Jerada, due online in 2016 and a 1.32GW plant at Safi, expected to be completed in 2017.   Morocco 850mw Wind Bi...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 38
    Published at Fri, 19 Sep 2014
  7. Qatar Petroleum Looks To The Future After Board Shake Up

    ...pire in 2017, though the Danish firm expects to keep the field, sources tell MEES. Maersk is happy with Mr Kaabi’s new role at QP – Mr Kaabi is thought to understand the importance of continuity in operatorship of fields. Production at Shaheen recently fell by 15,000 b/d to 285,000 b/d, due to planned ma...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 38
    Published at Fri, 19 Sep 2014
  8. BP, CNPC Bag Improved Rumaila Terms As Iraq Slashes State Stake

    ...e oil ministry is negotiating a lower PPT with Malaysian Petronas, operator of the Garraf oil field in Thi Qar province with partners Japex and the North Oil Company. Garraf entered into production in 2013 at a rate of 35,000 b/d and the PPT was set at 230,000 b/d to be attained by 2017. When Ir...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 37
    Published at Fri, 12 Sep 2014
  9. Qatar Hires Rigs In Boost To Crude Output Plans

    ...Congo. This is expected to come online next year and ramp up to about 140,000 b/d by 2017. QPI’s working interest will be about 16,000 b/d of crude and just under 5mn cfd of gas (MEES, 24 May 2013), offsetting potential declines at home. Early this year, QPI bought 23% of the ultra-deep water Pa...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 37
    Published at Fri, 12 Sep 2014
  10. Egypt: Gas Shortage Fuels Record Diesel Demand

    ...e map) to 825,000 b/d by 2017 (MEES, 22 August). Assiut Oil Refining this month secured $198mn financing from Saudi Arabia-based Islamic Development Bank (IDB) to help fund a $2.9bn upgrade of its 47,000 b/d plant 320km south of Cairo. A 26,000 b/d hydrocracker at the refinery will convert heavy fu...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 37
    Published at Fri, 12 Sep 2014
  11. Oman’s Orpic In Catalysts R&D Venture

    ...finery capacity from 116,000 b/d to 197,000 b/d by 2017 (MEES, 9 May). For Orpic, the deal will provide valuable access to catalysts technology, since Middle East refiners largely depend on outside companies for catalysts at a time when regional demand is growing in line with refining capacity. Gr...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 37
    Published at Fri, 12 Sep 2014
  12. BP Agrees Lower Rumaila Plateau As West Qurna-2 Ramps Up

    ...okesman for BP, operator of Rumaila, Iraq’s largest oil field, confirmed that a final agreement on lowering PPT for Rumaila had been signed in the presence of CEO Bob Dudley on 4 July. The plateau has been revised down to 2.1mn b/d from a previous 2.85mn b/d, originally scheduled for 2017.   “We are ve...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 36
    Published at Fri, 05 Sep 2014
  13. Qatar’s Barzan Gas Faces Delay

    ...ntinue to enjoy surplus gas in the domestic market through 2017 (MEES, 13 December 2010). Liquids Boost Construction of the first train is 95% complete, according to RasGas. In addition to the gas increment, the project will boost Qatar’s condensate and NGLs production: Barzan’s gas is very wet an...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 36
    Published at Fri, 05 Sep 2014
  14. Egypt Bid Round Yields First Results

    ...derway: last month, work began on expanding the Midor refinery, which will add 60,000 b/d in capacity from 2017, whilst a massive upgrade to the Cairo refinery is set to half diesel imports. Egypt Fights Gas Deficit While the shortage in petroleum products is rooted in downstream deficiencies, Eg...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 36
    Published at Fri, 05 Sep 2014
  15. Leviathan Development Gathers Pace As Partners Sign Third Sales Deal

    ...serves, 6.6tcf Is Earmarked For Phase 1 Development. ^Tender Closes November 2014. Tamar: 2bn Cfd By 2017 At Tamar, Noble’s other key Israeli offshore field, Noble says it will double capacity to 2bn cfd by the end of 2017. Indeed debottlenecking recently raised Tamar’s capacity by 10% to 1.1bn cf...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 36
    Published at Fri, 05 Sep 2014
  16. Turkey Completes 900MW Gas Plant As Part Of Ambitious Capacity Expansion

    ...Hydro 2016 Kirklareli 520 Gas 2016 Alpaslan II 280 Hydro 2017 So...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 36
    Published at Fri, 05 Sep 2014
  17. Abu Dhabi Capacity Hits 15.5GW With Shuweihat S3 Completion

    ...ez Environment are designing and building the plant, under a $988mn contract, with a phased start-up scheduled to take place in 2016-17 (MEES, 11 July). ENEC has contracted Korea’s Kepco to build the four nuclear plants, which are due online at a rate of one per year during 2017-20. ENEC says it is...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 36
    Published at Fri, 05 Sep 2014