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Kuwait Tenders For 1.5gw Of Solar
...ready building Kuwait’s first utility-scale solar project, a 50MW plant at Al-Shegaya (MEES, 21 July 2017). ...
Volume: 61Issue: 38Published at Fri, 21 Sep 2018 -
Aramco Putting The Customer First With Asia Crude Pricing Change
...July 2017, the ICE Brent settlement price replaced the BWAVE. All these changes were made with the intent of providing a more reliable, relevant, transparent and liquid crude marker that best serves the interests of Saudi Aramco and our customers. In some cases, as with the decision to replace WT...
Volume: 61Issue: 38Published at Fri, 21 Sep 2018 -
Saudi Arabia July 2018 Oil Data (‘000 B/D): Products Exports Hit Record 2.084mn B/D, Crude Stocks Fall To Lowest Since 2009
...CHANGES EXPRESSED IN PERCENTAGE POINT TERMS WHERE ORIGINAL FIGURES ARE PERCENTAGES. *EXCLUDES FIELD LPG (650-700,000 B/D). **NAPHTHA REFINERY OUTPUT PREVIOUSLY INCLUDED IN ‘OTHER PRODUCTS (479,000 B/D FOR 2017). ^PRESUMES ALL FUEL OIL CONSUMPTION IS BURNT IN POWER PLANTS. SOURCE: JO...
Volume: 61Issue: 38Published at Fri, 21 Sep 2018 -
Egypt Gas Output At Record High As Zohr Hits 2BN CFD
...of 8 September “Zohr is now producing 2bn cfd” with this achieved not only under nine months from project start-up (MEES, 15 December 2017) but a year ahead of schedule. Plateau volumes “in excess of 2.7bn cfd” are slated to be hit next year. MEES estimates that as a result Egypt Mediterranean ou...
Volume: 61Issue: 37Published at Fri, 14 Sep 2018 -
Israel Reviews Upstream Rules: Too Little, Too Late?
...rael since 2013. And after last year’s flopped bid round where cash-strapped Greek firm Energean was the main ‘winner’ (MEES, 15 December 2017) – there is little sign of an uptick. Israel saw the discovery of 33tcf of gas between 2009 and 2012 with a total of 19 exploration wells drilled. But, with th...
Volume: 61Issue: 37Published at Fri, 14 Sep 2018 -
KRG: Shaikan Oil Field On The Up With Investment Splash...
...tput has fallen 23,000 b/d year-on-year from 109,000 b/d in July 2017 to 86,000 b/d. The partners’ recent focus has been on fast-tracking the neighboring Peshkabir field which is also within the Tawke block and where output hit 35,000 b/d last month (MEES, 31 August). A Genel presentation this week sh...
Volume: 61Issue: 37Published at Fri, 14 Sep 2018 -
Qatar Secures New Long Term LNG Sales Deal With China
...nth. Chinese LNG demand is surging as the government has implemented an extensive program to switch domestic heating from coal to gas. LNG imports soared 46% year-on-year in 2017 as a result (MEES, 2 March) and volumes have continued to soar since. Eight months in to 2018 and China has imported 32.6mn to...
Volume: 61Issue: 37Published at Fri, 14 Sep 2018 -
Volatile Market Outlook Provides Opec With Challenges Ahead Of Algiers Meet
...rly 2017. Further significant falls in stocks could therefore result in substantial oil price gains and Brent is again testing near-four-year highs of $80/B. It broke the barrier during trading hours on 12 September before settling at $79.74/B. IEA SUPPLY & DEMAND FORECASTS, SEPTEMBER 20...
Volume: 61Issue: 37Published at Fri, 14 Sep 2018 -
US Oil Output Forecasts Revised Down, Energy Independence Postponed
...L FORECASTS (MN B/D) 2017 2018 vs 17 2019 vs 18 Crude Ou...
Volume: 61Issue: 37Published at Fri, 14 Sep 2018 -
Iraq’s Baiji Refinery Restarts Amid Security Concerns
...lahuddin-1 restart would be just a few months after Salahuddin-2. But rehab efforts at Salahuddin-2 required scavenging parts from Salahuddin-1, likely extending the timeline. And these efforts were already significantly delayed. In December 2017 he estimated both units would be online in around six months (ME...
Volume: 61Issue: 37Published at Fri, 14 Sep 2018 -
Iran Targets Unlikely Gasoline Boost As Demand At All-Time High
...,000 b/d of gasoline. Two phases of PGS are currently operational: the first began operations in April 2017 and the second in February this year. The start-up of each did lead to an immediate dip in Iran’s need for gasoline imports, MEES analysis of Jodi data shows. But a sizable need for imports re...
Volume: 61Issue: 37Published at Fri, 14 Sep 2018 -
SEC Takes First Steps Toward Saudi Power Sector Shake-Up
...ductions in electricity price subsidies and establishment of a ‘Citizen’s Account’ compensation scheme for poorer households meant that by late last year this had slipped to a pledge from SEC chairman Saleh al-Awajji for “some achievements during 2018” (MEES, 22 December 2017). SEC reported a whacking 52...
Volume: 61Issue: 37Published at Fri, 14 Sep 2018 -
Egypt Gets $3bn Finance As Import Cost Soars
...e up in the first quarter of 2018, bringing in $6.8bn, compared to $5.5bn in Q1 2017, imports have also increased from $14.9bn to $16.0bn, meaning Egypt’s trade deficit was $9.3bn for both quarters. The share of oil and gas in Egypt’s exports grew from 31.0% in Q1 2017 to 32.6% in the first qu...
Volume: 61Issue: 37Published at Fri, 14 Sep 2018 -
Saudi $2bn Sukuk
...Saudi Arabia is raising $2bn in an international sukuk, its second ever after $9bn in April 2017 (MEES, 21 April 2017), “part of the Ministry of Finance’s commitment to develop Sharia-compliant debt capital markets,” it announced on 12 September. Global coordinators are Citi, HSBC and JP Mo...
Volume: 61Issue: 37Published at Fri, 14 Sep 2018 -
Turkey Eyes Sudanese Oil
...troleum Corporation (TPAO) will explore for oil in an “area” yet to be disclosed. In addition, Sudan has designated 780km² of land for Turkish agricultural companies to develop. Trade between Turkey and Sudan was $480mn for 2017, down from 2016’s $510mn according to Turkish central bank data, re...
Volume: 61Issue: 37Published at Fri, 14 Sep 2018 -
Korea Oil Imports: Algeria, US Gain From Iran Slide
...rea leapt to 11th place among Algeria’s export markets for the first seven months of 2018, with January-July earnings (ie without the latest record month) just shy of the whole-year 2017 figure of $692mn (MEES, 31 August). Korea imported a record 889,000 tons (209,000 b/d if crude) from the US in Au...
Volume: 61Issue: 37Published at Fri, 14 Sep 2018 -
Crude Official Selling Prices ($/B)
...*VS ICE BRENT FROM JULY 2017 PREVIOUSLY VS BWAVE....
Volume: 61Issue: 37Published at Fri, 14 Sep 2018 -
Oman Eyes Exciting Oil Potential As Production Limits Ease
...ec+ deal, output has edged up in 2018. Mr Rumhy put the reduction from the November 2016 record at “around 40-45,000 b/d,” although if anything this is a conservative estimate with November 2017’s 963,000 b/d more than 50,000 b/d below November 2016’s 1.015mn b/d and 7,000 b/d below Oman’s allocation of...
Volume: 61Issue: 36Published at Fri, 07 Sep 2018 -
Oman Eyes LNG Expansion As It Deals With Newfound Gas Abundance
...an’s LNG exports had been in doubt; Mr Rumhy says the Sultanate had considered turning to LNG imports in addition to the 2bcm/y it already imports from Qatar at discounted rates through the Dolphin pipeline. Oman’s eight LNG customers for 2017 imported a collective 8.24mn tons (the discrepancy with ex...
Volume: 61Issue: 36Published at Fri, 07 Sep 2018 -
Iraq Crude Exports Smash Record As Protests Grip Basra
...likely that a substantial increase would be sustainable (MEES, 6 July). Iraq previously ramped up southern exports in late 2017, culminating in a record 3.53mn b/d in December. But the pressure took its toll and by April volumes were down at 3.34mn b/d as the ageing pipeline to the decrepit Khor Al-Am...
Volume: 61Issue: 36Published at Fri, 07 Sep 2018