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Lebanese Bid Round Hostage To Politicial Stalemate
...fore IOCs are sure what they are bidding for and under what specific terms – all subject to the approval of a future government. With no grand compromise in sight, it may be well into 2014 before Mr Salam is able to form a new government. It is therefore highly likely that there will be fu...
Volume: 56Issue: 48Published at Fri, 29 Nov 2013 -
Egypt’s Gas Crunch: Is A Quick Fix Possible?
...ne 2014. This fiscal burden has prevented it from paying oil and gas producers in full, and IOC receivables stood at over $6.4bn by the third quarter of this year – likely well over given that this figure excludes key producers such as Eni, Shell and Apache (see table, MEES, 15 November). Eg...
Volume: 56Issue: 48Published at Fri, 29 Nov 2013 -
GCC Growth ‘Robust’ Despite Geopolitical, Economic Headwinds-IMF
...ojects are implemented and private sector confidence remains high. For 2014, the IMF projects an increase in oil production, which, coupled with steady non-oil growth, would yield an overall GDP growth rate of just over 4%. Curbing Energy Consumption Absent policy reforms, the IMF expects GCC do...
Volume: 56Issue: 48Published at Fri, 29 Nov 2013 -
Iran: Rohani Slams Legacy
...mmitments this figure rises to some $133bn, he says. The country had entered a state of “stagflation” with year-to-year inflation in late September 2013 at 43%, but falling to 36% in the year to late October 2013. Mr Rohani is targeting a fall in the inflation rate to 35% by March 2014 and 25% by March 20...
Volume: 56Issue: 48Published at Fri, 29 Nov 2013 -
China Consolidates Its Position In The Iraqi Oil Sector
....33%. Production from the field is expected to average 1.45mn b/d in 2013, rising to 1.55mn b/d in 2014. The production plateau in the Rumaila contract is 2.85mn b/d sustainable for seven years. BP and CNPC have proposed three lower plateaus and longer periods, but negotiations have been in...
Volume: 56Issue: 48Published at Fri, 29 Nov 2013 -
Kuwait Withdraws From Key Neutral Zone Project
...e second quarter of 2014. Kuwait Crude Production (‘000 b/d)* ...
Volume: 56Issue: 47Published at Fri, 22 Nov 2013 -
KRG Set For Independent Exports Despite Iraq-Turkey Thaw
...at output was heading towards a targeted 200,000 b/d by the end of 2014. DNO Executive Board Chairman Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani says, however, that DNO is awaiting guidance from the KRG as to when exports through the independent export route through Turkey could begin from Tawke, which he said cu...
Volume: 56Issue: 47Published at Fri, 22 Nov 2013 -
DNO Touts 1bn Barrel Tawke: ‘Why Stop At 200,000 B/D’
...es a potential to take production beyond an initially targeted 200,000 b/d by the end of 2014 (from 100,000 b/d now) as it taps into the upper and lower reservoirs of the structure. Announcing third quarter results last week, executive chairman Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani told analysts that the company ha...
Volume: 56Issue: 47Published at Fri, 22 Nov 2013 -
Mideast Condensate To Increasingly Feed Gulf Petchems
...ed As Petrochemical Feedstock (‘000 B/D) Direct Use Splitters (40% of below numbers)* 2012 2014 2016 2012 2014...
Volume: 56Issue: 47Published at Fri, 22 Nov 2013 -
OPEC Holds Firm On 2013-14 Call On Its Crude
...13 oil demand in non-OECD countries was revised downward versus the previous month’s estimate on weaker demand growth data from the Asian economies of Japan, South Korea and India. For 2014, world oil demand is projected to increase by around 1.04mn b/d relative to this year, hitting 90.78mn b/d (un...
Volume: 56Issue: 47Published at Fri, 22 Nov 2013 -
Services Firms Bullish On Saudi, Wary Of Iraq Security
...sts, each resulting from delays under Zubair early production facility construction project. This project was approximately 60% complete at the end of Q3 with an anticipated project completion date of Q3 2014.” “As the Zubair contract is accounted for on a percentage of completion basis all known an...
Volume: 56Issue: 47Published at Fri, 22 Nov 2013 -
Jordan Approves 2014 Budget, Spending Up 13%
...JORDAN Jordan Approves 2014 Budget, Spending Up 13% Jordan plans to raise its 2014 budget expenditure by 12.8% to JD8.096bn ($11.41bn at the fixed exchange rate of 1JD=$1.41) from the 2013 budget, according to the draft budget approved on 13 November. Revenue is slated to ri...
Volume: 56Issue: 47Published at Fri, 22 Nov 2013 -
Dubai Set To Launch Plastics Futures
...UAE Dubai Set To Launch Plastics Futures Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX) announced early this week that it will launch the MENA region’s first plastics futures contract on 28 February 2014. The product to be traded is polypropylene, for which the exchange says gl...
Volume: 56Issue: 47Published at Fri, 22 Nov 2013 -
Gulf Producers Face Increased Competition In Asia Condensate Markets
...e gap. East of Suez Segregated Condensate Supply Outlook - Base Case (MN B/D) 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 20...
Volume: 56Issue: 47Published at Fri, 22 Nov 2013 -
Abu Dhabi Ups The Ante As Oil Acreage Race Heats Up
...Abu al-Bukhoosh – which is a small field, but for the last 30-40 years – we have been trying technologies, employing technologies which we are going to be able to transfer to the other fields. This will allow us to maximize recovery from the other fields. In the beginning of 2014, Total will be...
Volume: 56Issue: 46Published at Fri, 15 Nov 2013 -
Abu Dhabi Turns To CO2 To Enhance Oil Recovery
...dan 0.3 Lebanon 4.9 S Sudan <0.05 Source: World Bank, 2014 World Development Report (WDR) except *US DoE. The 2014 WDR lists data for 135 countries of which the UAE is highest. All data for 2009....
Volume: 56Issue: 46Published at Fri, 15 Nov 2013 -
ADNOC Creates New Crude Blend To Go On Sale From Next July
...UAE ADNOC Creates New Crude Blend To Go On Sale From Next July Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) is combining its Umm Shaif and Lower Zakum streams to create a new ‘Das Crude,’ with sales of the new blend to start from July 2014, company officials said on 12 No...
Volume: 56Issue: 46Published at Fri, 15 Nov 2013 -
Bahrain: Question Mark Hangs Over Oil and Gas Projects
...ES learns that Oxy, which operates Bahrain’s deep gas project, has run into trouble. An official told MEES that costs are expected to run “very high,” which could prompt Oxy to postpone plans to drill a $90mn test well in July 2014. Oxy will have to sell future gas production into Bahrain’s domestic ma...
Volume: 56Issue: 46Published at Fri, 15 Nov 2013 -
Morocco Spuds First Ever Deepwater Well
...Morocco Spuds First Ever Deepwater Well Morocco has barely registered in recent years’ MENA drilling statistics. But that is about to change. Some 31 exploration wells – including seven offshore – are slated to be drilled by the end of 2014 according to state oil firm ONHYM. Two have al...
Volume: 56Issue: 46Published at Fri, 15 Nov 2013 -
OPEC To Ride Out ‘Shale’ Storm And Reemerge Stronger
...12 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2020 2025 2030 2035 US & Ca...
Volume: 56Issue: 46Published at Fri, 15 Nov 2013