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Lebanon Hooked On Diesel Imports Amid Financial Crisis
...ich runs through Jordan and Syria. Even these volumes were only ever sufficient to supply one of its two gas turbines, while flows were sporadic and halted entirely following attacks on the pipeline in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula in 2011. Meanwhile the Zahrani power plant lacks the required infrastructure to...
Volume: 66Issue: 35Published at Fri, 01 Sep 2023 -
Cyprus Rejects Chevron’s Modified Aphrodite Development Plan
...ither the 2019 FDP nor a previous iteration dating back to 2015 led to development of the field which was discovered back in 2011. Speaking exclusively to MEES, Mr Papanastasiou provided insight regarding the government’s decision to reject the modifications filed by Chevron in late May. “We had an...
Volume: 66Issue: 34Published at Fri, 25 Aug 2023 -
Egypt Drilling: Shell Kicks Off 9-Well Campaign As BP Readies Plans
...ell is setting its sights beyond Egypt for WDDM backfill options. Shell (35%) and partners Chevron (35%op) and Israel’s NewMed (30%) in May filed a development plan for Cyprus’ 2011 Aphrodite discovery which could see 650mn cfd production tied back to the WDDM offshore facilities (MEES, 2 June). Mi...
Volume: 66Issue: 33Published at Fri, 18 Aug 2023 -
Libya Exploration Looking Up As Eni & BP Lift Force Majeure
...menting the re-establishment of UK relations with the Gaddafi regime following a landmark visit by then PM Tony Blair to Tripoli (MEES, 4 June 2007). BP was slow to kick off exploration but was “hours away” from beginning a 17-well, $900mn commitment drilling program when the revolution began in February 2011...
Volume: 66Issue: 31Published at Fri, 04 Aug 2023 -
Opec Output: Saudi Floats Potential Deeper Voluntary Cuts
...tages, Libya, which is exempt from the cuts, has seen its output stabilize for a 12th straight month above 1.1mn b/d with drilling running at close to the highest level since the country’s 2011 revolution (see p5), IRAQ: HOsES BOOST EXPORT CAPACITY Iraqi production continues to rise as th...
Volume: 66Issue: 31Published at Fri, 04 Aug 2023 -
India Imports Record Russian Crude In Q2 Despite June Dip
...roughout the quarter, with combined sales of 1.848mn b/d in June the lowest figure in MEES records back to 2011. Of course, the Middle East is not the only region seeing its position in India being squeezed. Volumes from North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Americas have all weakened amid the influx of Ru...
Volume: 66Issue: 30Published at Fri, 28 Jul 2023 -
Libya Oil Outages Highlight Continued Instability
...vel with late-2019 as the highest monthly figure since February 2014 (see chart 3). 1: LIBYA’S CRUDE OUTPUT LEVELS HAVE BEEN HIGHLY VOLATILE SINCE THE EARLY 2011 REVOLUTION (‘000 B/D)… *AS PER OPEC ASB FOR SOME YEARS (INCLUDING 2022) THIS DOES NOT TALLY WITH NOC’S BY-CONCESSION FIGURES. NA...
Volume: 66Issue: 29Published at Fri, 21 Jul 2023 -
Sudan War Leaves South Sudan Desperate For Export ‘Plan B’
...o on 9 July 2011, the conflict has serious implications for the country. South Sudan’s economy is dangerously dependent on oil, which accounts for 90% of government revenues according to the IMF. This is exported to global markets via a 1,600km, 250,000 b/d capacity pipeline to the Bashayer export te...
Volume: 66Issue: 28Published at Fri, 14 Jul 2023 -
Cyprus & Israel Close In On Deals To Kickstart Aphrodite Development
...ergy way back in 2011, with Chevron taking over as operator with its $5bn purchase of Noble in 2020 (MEES, 9 October 2020). The initial A1 discovery well was drilled just 3km from the maritime border with Israel, leading to speculation that the reservoir extended into Israeli waters. Subsequent pr...
Volume: 66Issue: 26Published at Fri, 30 Jun 2023 -
Eni, Cyprus Talk Recent Gas Finds, EastMed Pipeline
...y case these comments will have alerted US major Chevron which is finally progressing development of Cyprus’ first gas discovery, 2011’s 4.5tcf Aphrodite, where FID is potentially planned for 2025 (see p5). GROWING FOOTPRINT In addition to its dominant position offshore Egypt, Eni in to...
Volume: 66Issue: 26Published at Fri, 30 Jun 2023 -
Iraq: Another New Gas-Focused Bid Round – Can It Attract Major Interest?
...cluding in Saudi Arabia). The structure includes two LR6 blocks on offer: North and South Rutbah. Elsewhere in Anbar, the Akashat block lies on the Syrian border. A 2011 map from Cambridge Carbonates shows indications of previous drilling activity near the block which is believed to have eight leads th...
Volume: 66Issue: 25Published at Fri, 23 Jun 2023 -
Kuwait: Another Cabinet, Another New Oil Minister
...med had been a political outcast since 2011 when he was forced to resign under the threat of parliamentary questioning over allegations of corruption in contracts worth $900mn. This, amongst other factors, led to the whole cabinet resigning (MEES, 5 December 2011). Sheikh Ahmed had been involved in...
Volume: 66Issue: 25Published at Fri, 23 Jun 2023 -
BP & Adnoc’s Landmark NewMed Deal: Testing the Water or Troubled Waters?
...e operated by US major Chevron. While Leviathan goes from strength to strength with plans to expand capacity from 1.2bn cfd to 2.1bn cfd set to be finalized by end-2023 and FLNG a leading option, Aphrodite has remained undeveloped since its 2011 discovery. That could change with Chevron (35%op), Sh...
Volume: 66Issue: 23Published at Fri, 09 Jun 2023 -
Chevron Submits Aphrodite Plan As Nicosia Attempts Strategy Shift
...e field, following its 2011 discovery, potentially more important will be a gas sales agreement with Egypt. While the Aphrodite partners will have one eye on exporting some volumes as LNG – the WDDM facilities land at Idku, at infrastructure adjacent to the 7.2mn t/y ELNG export terminal (also op...
Volume: 66Issue: 22Published at Fri, 02 Jun 2023 -
Libya’s R Lanuf Back Online
...rolysis gasoline (MEES, 14 January 2008). Output capacity also includes 172,260 t/y of gas used to fuel the plant and 12,700 t/y of hydrogen which is used both for hydrogenation at the ethylene plant and at the polyethylene plant whose design capacity was 160,000 t/y before Libya’s 2011 revolution. “Wi...
Volume: 66Issue: 20Published at Fri, 19 May 2023 -
Cyprus’ Aphrodite: Chevron Spuds Crucial A3 Well
...Drilling has started at Cyprus’ 4.5tcf Aphrodite field. Will results from this second appraisal well finally see the field’s partners, led by US major Chevron, submit a development plan? To say that development has been slow at Cyprus’ 4.5tcf Aphrodite field, discovered in December 2011, wo...
Volume: 66Issue: 18Published at Fri, 05 May 2023 -
Cyprus’ Aphrodite: Operator Chevron Mulls Cut-Price Tie-Back To Egypt Subsea
...r the 2011 discovery which lies 160km offshore on the Cyprus/Israel maritime border in 1750ms water depth. A development plan approved by Nicosia in November 2019 as part of a renegotiated PSC (MEES, 8 November 2019), envisaged five production wells and output of 800mn cfd, with tie-back di...
Volume: 66Issue: 14Published at Fri, 07 Apr 2023 -
Iraq’s Akkas & Mansuriya Fields: Back On Offer
...arded in 2011 to a consortium led by Turkey’s TPAO (22.5%op) alongside Korea’s Kogas (15%), and Kuwait Energy (since taken over by Hong Kong-listed UEG, 22.5%) and state-owned Oil Exploration Company (OEC 25%). Following IS’ ouster, disagreement on commercial terms with operator TPAO pushed Baghdad to ta...
Volume: 66Issue: 13Published at Fri, 31 Mar 2023 -
Adnoc Partners With BPFor Transformative Israel Entry
...so holds a 30% stake at Cyprus’ 4.5tcf Aphrodite. Barely 30km apart and discovered within a year of each other, 2010 and 2011 respectively, the two fields are at very different states of development. Leviathan produced a record 1.103bn cfd last year, bringing in gross revenue of $2.5bn, while Ap...
Volume: 66Issue: 13Published at Fri, 31 Mar 2023 -
‘It’s A Beautiful Asset’: Chevron Talks-Up East Med Expansion Plans
...rect Israel-Egypt pipeline, this one a 600mn cfd onshore route linking Israel’s southern gas network with the Egyptian Sinai via the border crossing of Nitzana. APHRODITE BECKONS As for the potential for long-stalled development of Cyprus’ 2011 Aphrodite discovery, all eyes are now on an...
Volume: 66Issue: 11Published at Fri, 17 Mar 2023