1. MENA Power Sector: Catching Up… But Far From There Yet

    ...ructures, as well as disparate climate conditions. A cross-section regression analysis for 2011 (the year for which all statistics are available) highlights these differences. Figure 2 shows that, on a log-transformed basis, per capita capacity increases with per capita GDP, which is an adequate proxy for th...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 18
    Published at Fri, 03 May 2013
  2. Benchmark Crude Prices/Official Iraqi Oil & Gas Data, March & April 2013/Iraq Crude Export

    ...OIL PRICES Benchmark Crude Prices*     1-May 22- 26 Apr  15- 19 Apr  Apr13 Mar13 Q1 2013 Q4 2012 2012 2011 WTI 91.03 91...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 18
    Published at Fri, 03 May 2013
  3. Riyadh Sees Limited Demand Growth For Its Crude

    ...cently completed at Basra Oil Terminal is having an impact.  algeria gets merk boost ç   The start-up in March of Anadarko-operated El-Merk project in March has enabled Algeria to register two successive months of production rises for the first time since the beginning of 2011. Capacity has be...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 18
    Published at Fri, 03 May 2013
  4. Saudi Aramco Boasts Growing Solar Prowess, Eyes Geothermal

    ...nior energy figures in the Kingdom are growing more frequent as the fuel problems intensify.   The IMF estimated in 2011 that Saudi Arabia spends about 20% of its GDP supporting subsidies, including fuel subsidies. This proportion has continued to grow as subsidized prices in turn fuel ever hi...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 22
    Published at Wed, 01 May 2013
  5. Iran Targets New Buyers For Its Crude

    ...24 April, quoting official sources. This was down from the previous year’s figure of 18.1mn tons (362,000 b/d). This plunge, PTI said, meant Iran is now India’s sixth largest supplier of crude in 2012-13, behind Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Venezuela, Kuwait and the UAE. In 2011-12, Iran was the third la...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 17
    Published at Fri, 26 Apr 2013
  6. Shell’s ‘New Lenses’ Offer Kaleidoscopic Vision

    ...ansmission projects of the ‘Desertec’ variety (MEES, 14 November 2011) “given the difficulty of high-level international policy coordination”.   Mix And Match Kaleidoscope This highlights one of the drawbacks of Shell’s approach. Of course it is understandable that for the sake of simplicity the ma...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 17
    Published at Fri, 26 Apr 2013
  7. Total Sees Partnerships, Technology, Exploration Driving Growth

    ...gionally and globally, in a bid to drive production from 2.3mn boe/d in 2012 to its targeted 3mn boe/d by 2017. The group’s expected Middle East production of around 550,000 boe/d this year is slightly down on 2011’s 570,000 boe/d. Privately officials concede that the region’s operating environment is cu...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 17
    Published at Fri, 26 Apr 2013
  8. Benchmark Crude Prices/Saudi Arabia Crude Production

    ...OIL PRICES Benchmark Crude Prices*     25-Apr 15- 19 Apr  08- 12 Apr  13-Mar 13-Feb Q1 2013 Q4 2012 2012 2011 WTI 93.64 87...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 17
    Published at Fri, 26 Apr 2013
  9. Egypt Rejoins MENA Nuclear Pursuit, Iran Plans Two New Bushehr Plants

    ...perimental reactor in Anshas.” The announcement revives a 2007 plan, postponed by the interim government following the February 2011 revolution.   Egypt set up its Nuclear Power Plants Authority (NPPA) in 1976 and selected Dab’a, 250km west of Alexandria, as the site of its first nuclear plant. It al...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 17
    Published at Fri, 26 Apr 2013
  10. Iraqi Provincial Elections: Prelude To A New Balance Of Power

    ...ections, down from 72% in previous elections in 2009. The drop reflects growing disillusionment with the post-2003 political process. The April 2013 elections are the first to be held following the departure of US forces in late 2011.   Iraqis typically vote on the basis of their sectarian or et...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 17
    Published at Fri, 26 Apr 2013
  11. EU Eases Syria’s Oil Sanctions

    ...day eased certain EU sanctions against Syria, including the oil embargo, so as to help the civilian population and support the opposition.” EU sanctions were imposed in 2011 in response to the Asad regime’s crackdown on pro-democracy protests. Sanctions banned exports of key equipment and technology to...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 17
    Published at Fri, 26 Apr 2013
  12. International Oil Market Developments

    ...vements, which led to the suspension or huge reduction of exports from countries such as Egypt, Syria, Yemen and even Tunisia. Moreover, conflict between Sudan and South Sudan led to suspension of the latter’s exports.   •  The tsunami, which hit Japan in March 2011 led to the shutdown of most Ja...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 17
    Published at Fri, 26 Apr 2013
  13. BP And Eni Show Faith In Egypt’s Offshore

    ...000ms+ water depth. Contains Shell discovery 15 N. Burg El Arab Offshore 3,180 Pura Vida 2,755 Y 5 Edison (Sidi Abd El Rahman) Edison relinquished 2011 Source: EGAS, Egypt’s Oil Ministry. *Ar...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 16
    Published at Fri, 19 Apr 2013
  14. South Sudan Oil Revenues Expected By August

    ...danese oil has crossed the border into Sudanese territory for the first time in more than a year. This coincided with a state visit by Sudanese President ‘Umar al-Bashir to the Southern Sudanese capital of Juba – the first such visit since the South broke away from Sudan in 2011.   “The first ba...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 16
    Published at Fri, 19 Apr 2013
  15. Shale Revolution – Threat To Mideast NGL Exports?

    ...port Import Demand Output Export Import 2011 2,272.30 2,544.10 148.3 202.1 1,523.00 1,545.70 115.7 5.4 67 60.8 78...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 16
    Published at Fri, 19 Apr 2013
  16. Prices Fall On Economic Growth Concerns

    ...mbers will be watching the trajectory of Chinese purchases very closely in the next couple of months.     Chinese Crude Imports From OPEC & MENA Countries ('000 b/d)   Jan-Feb ‘13 Rank 2012 Rank 2011 Ra...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 16
    Published at Fri, 19 Apr 2013
  17. Aramco Starts Up 900,000 b/d Manifa Field

    ...aybah. The expansion project at Khurais will be completed by 2016-17 and Shaybah by 2017. Saudi Aramco from 2004 to 2011 managed to deliver over 3mn b/d of gross additional crude production capacity (and more than 750,000 b/d of NGLs and significant gas volumes) in six major projects, of which only one, th...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 16
    Published at Fri, 19 Apr 2013
  18. Iran Revives Oman Gas Export Plans

    ...ggest gas producer Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) aims to boost output from new discoveries, and also reduce its own gas use by improving efficiency.   Oman and Iran came very close to reaching a gas agreement in 2011, MEES learns, but talks broke down after Iran had a sudden change of heart ve...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 16
    Published at Fri, 19 Apr 2013
  19. Qatar’s Nakilat Faces LNG Market Challenges

    ...766mn ($210.4mn) compared with QR833.1mn ($228.9mn) in 2011, an 8% year-on-year reduction attributable to higher operational and administrative costs in 2012.   Nakilat’s fleet consists of 25 wholly-owned vessels, of which 14 are Q-Max and 11 are Q-Flex, and 29 jointly-owned vessels.  The port of Ra...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 16
    Published at Fri, 19 Apr 2013
  20. Turkey Green Lights Bosphorus By-Pass Canal Mega-Project

    ...s modern reincarnation, the initiative was proposed by Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayip Erdogan, who dubbed it his “crazy project” during his 2011 election campaign. Plans for a major 1.5mn b/d pipeline from the Black Sea port of Samsun to the Mediterranean export terminal of Ceyhan have not pr...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 16
    Published at Fri, 19 Apr 2013