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Gulf States Consider Yemen Options As Houthis Consolidate
...the Asian and US markets. OIL SUPPLY DISRUPTIONS The decline in Yemen’s oil production has contributed to supply disruptions estimated by UK oil major BP in its latest medium-term outlook at 3mn b/d in 2014. BP notes that Libyan production had fluctuated throughout the year, while civil wa...
Volume: 58Issue: 08Published at Fri, 20 Feb 2015 -
Egypt Eyes Listing State Firms, Seeks Outside Investment
...ptember 2014). Echem is currently building 460,000 t/y ethylene, 400,000 t/y polyethylene and 300,000 t/y styrene plants at Alexandria and a 1.35mn t/y polyolefins complex at Ain Sukhna. ...
Volume: 58Issue: 08Published at Fri, 20 Feb 2015 -
Oman: Musandam IPP Bids Sought
...velop 90MW of renewables capacity by 2020. Raeco recently awarded UAE renewables firm Masdar a contract to build Oman’s first wind farm. This will comprise around 20 wind turbines with 50MW capacity to be built at Harweel in the southernmost Dhofar governorate for start-up in 2017 (MEES, 17 October 2014...
Volume: 58Issue: 08Published at Fri, 20 Feb 2015 -
Kuwait Parliament Ratifies $116Bn Development Plan
...wait’s chronically poor project implementation means that only three months from the end of the period covered by the previous plan (for 2010-11 to 2014-15) a mere 41% of the budgeted $110bn has been spent. The latest plan is part of Kuwait’s long-term vision of becoming a regional trade and fi...
Volume: 58Issue: 08Published at Fri, 20 Feb 2015 -
Taiwan Crude Imports, 2014: Saudi, Kuwait Keep Top Spots But Opec Share Lowest In 10 Years
... 2014 vs 20...
Volume: 58Issue: 08Published at Fri, 20 Feb 2015 -
Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)
...OIL PRICES 19-Feb 9-13 Feb 2-6 Feb Jan-15 Dec-14 Q4 2014 Q3 2014 2014 20...
Volume: 58Issue: 08Published at Fri, 20 Feb 2015 -
Baghdad, Erbil Face IOC Revolt As Cash-Crunch Stalls Payments
...sources and severe budgetary pressure to maximize production,” it says. Since the Jihadists swept through northern Iraq in June 2014 and the start of the price plunge, Iraqi output has shown impressive growth, the IEA says. Iraq’s oil output, including production from the KRG, surged to a 34-year high of...
Volume: 58Issue: 07Published at Fri, 13 Feb 2015 -
Libya Peace Talks Begin But Economy Slides Towards Ruin
...llen to $100bn in August 2014, 20% lower than at the beginning of the year, according to the World Bank. The fall in oil prices is accelerating the erosion of these reserves. The country is now running a budget deficit of $3bn a month, according to the analyst. At that rate, foreign currency reserves wo...
Volume: 58Issue: 07Published at Fri, 13 Feb 2015 -
Egypt: Apache Hopes Major Finds Will Stem Falling Output
...EGYPT Egypt: Apache Hopes Major Finds Will Stem Falling Output Apache, Egypt’s largest oil producer, says output will fall this year, but hopes major recent finds mean better times ahead. Egypt’s 2014 gas output was the lowest since 2005. US-firm Apache forecasts that the firm’s gr...
Volume: 58Issue: 07Published at Fri, 13 Feb 2015 -
Egypt Looks To LNG Deals To Ease Gas Shortage
...EGYPT Egypt Looks To LNG Deals To Ease Gas Shortage Egypt’s gas output fell to a nine-year low of 4.7bn cfd in 2014, with 4.6bn cfd for December. Long-term, Cairo is looking to reverse the decline by spurring deepwater exploration with improved terms but in the meantime it is looking to...
Volume: 58Issue: 07Published at Fri, 13 Feb 2015 -
Mideast To Add 1.7Mn B/D CDU Capacity By 2020; Highest Growth Worldwide-IEA
...n b/d in 2014. “Although capacity expansions look in line with oil demand growth,” the forecast notes, “in fact as much as one third of incremental demand will be met by liquids supplies bypassing the refining system.” While non-OECD Asia is leading the refining growth in terms of added capacity, th...
Volume: 58Issue: 07Published at Fri, 13 Feb 2015 -
Oman: Liwa Bid Groups
...int ventures (MEES, 19 December 2014). The plant will be built in four parts. An 800,000 tons/year steam cracker will incorporate CB&I process technology. A polymers plant will include 500,000 t/y linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE), 300,000 t/y high density polyethylene (HDPE) and 215,000 t/y po...
Volume: 58Issue: 07Published at Fri, 13 Feb 2015 -
Hyundai Awards Subcontracts For Abu Dhabi’s Mirfa
...rfa IWPP project in Abu Dhabi. Hyundai E&C, Hyundai Engineering and Italy’s Ansaldo are building the plant for Mirfa IWPP partners Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Company (ADWEC) and France’s GDF Suez, under a $988mn EPC contract (MEES, 11 July 2014). Atkins will provide civil design review an...
Volume: 58Issue: 07Published at Fri, 13 Feb 2015 -
IEA Slashes Non-OPEC Supply Growth projections
...ually sharp corrections” that have rocked the market every 10 years or so – this time, the circumstances are different, the Agency argues, as “US light tight oil has changed the rules of the game.” The Paris-based IEA now sees oil supply from countries outside OPEC growing by 3.4mn b/d from 2014 le...
Volume: 58Issue: 07Published at Fri, 13 Feb 2015 -
Now Or Never For Iran Oil As US Cranks Up The Rhetoric
...rgeted investments in oil, gas and petrochemicals projects – encompassing banking and insurance transactions – and more recently third-country purchases of Iranian crude, which as a result, have tailed off dramatically over the past two years: total imports of Iranian oil were at just 1.1mn b/d in 2014, do...
Volume: 58Issue: 07Published at Fri, 13 Feb 2015 -
Saudi Arabia Wakes Up To Yemen Threat
...onomy (MEES, 19 December 2014). NEXEN TO QUIT Oil and gas operations in Marib, Shabwa and Hadhramaut provinces have continued, though intermittently, as a result of the crisis. Canadian independent Nexen is set to become the latest oil company to relinquish acreage following similar moves by Dove En...
Volume: 58Issue: 07Published at Fri, 13 Feb 2015 -
Abu Dhabi Plays High Stakes Oil Game
...urces say the numbers being touted are in the right ballpark. WILL MAJORS, NOCs STUMP UP THE CASH? Abu Dhabi is holding out for the big bucks in the knowledge that what it is offering is unique in the industry. The new concession, which replaces a 70-year license that expired in January 2014, of...
Volume: 58Issue: 07Published at Fri, 13 Feb 2015 -
Mauritania Exploration: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
...llow has shares in ten blocks offshore Mauritania, seven of which it operates. But it now plans no further exploration drilling for the foreseeable future. Development of its 1.5 tcf Banda prospect has been shelved, and it is selling a stake in another block. Tullow’s 2014 results on 11 February we...
Volume: 58Issue: 07Published at Fri, 13 Feb 2015 -
King Salman’s Social Package: A Likely Economic Stimulant
...if fiscal performance significantly weakens. The ratings could come under pressure if domestic or regional events compromised political and economic stability. The ratings agency adds that while in December 2014 it expected Brent oil prices to average $80/B in 2015 and $85/B in 2015-18, it now as...
Volume: 58Issue: 07Published at Fri, 13 Feb 2015 -
Egypt’s Economy Begins To Turn The Corner
...Sharm al-Shaikh. Egypt is expecting to attract sizeable foreign direct investment at the event, to boost its ailing economy. With the successful implementation of these policies and confidence in recovery, the IMF is projecting growth to reach 3.8% in 2014-15, and edge up to 5% over the medium-te...
Volume: 58Issue: 07Published at Fri, 13 Feb 2015