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Khartoum Gets Involved In Southern Sudanese Conflict
...eaking away from one another in July 2011, the economic futures of Sudan and its neighbor to the South are still very much linked – none more so by way of their oil industries. South Sudan is still dependent on the North for its oil export pipeline, as it remains the only existing and viable route by wh...
Volume: 57Issue: 02Published at Fri, 10 Jan 2014 -
IOCs Welcome New Egyptian Bid Round As Sign Of Progress
...2010 for North El Mahala Centurion N El Fayrouz Offshore North Sinai 2,280 9 2011 for North El Fayrouz Offshore Tharwa N Po...
Volume: 57Issue: 02Published at Fri, 10 Jan 2014 -
Petroceltic Focuses On North Africa As Investment And Production are Set To Slump
...ined three new concessions in Egypt with the finalization of awards from 2012 EGAS and 2011 EGPC bidding late last year (two blocks and one block, respectively – all in partnership with other firms), more than tripling its exploration acreage in the country. The business outlook for Egypt improved ma...
Volume: 57Issue: 02Published at Fri, 10 Jan 2014 -
Iraq Achieves 2013 Oil Output Target But Exports Still Constrained
...ystone of a report by Reuters that the first cargo of Shaikan heavy oil has been shipped through Turkey by Turkish marketer Powertrans, a private company established in 2011, just before the start of independent Kurdish exports through the Mediterranean port of Mersin. Reuters quoted trading sources as sa...
Volume: 57Issue: 01Published at Fri, 03 Jan 2014 -
Iraq Faces Uncertain Future Amidst Sectarian Conflict
...e Anbar Salvation Council, which won eight of Anbar’s 29 parliamentary seats in the 2010 election and Tariq al-Hashimi, former General Secretary of the Iraqi Islamic Party (a Muslim Brotherhood affiliate). He was Iraq’s vice president between 2011 and 2013 but fled to Turkey in December 2011 to av...
Volume: 57Issue: 01Published at Fri, 03 Jan 2014 -
Libya: Benghazi Bargain Could Pay Off
...e reign of Qadhafi in 2011, is now producing 38,000 b/d at the Mesla field. Of this, 20,000 b/d is piped to the Tobruk refinery, and a further 10,000 b/d end up in the Sarir refinery, according to Mr Harari. Mesla pre-war capacity was 100,000 b/d, although power shortages have meant that post-re...
Volume: 57Issue: 01Published at Fri, 03 Jan 2014 -
Iran: Winter Months To Bring Some Relief To Sunken Crude Export Figures
...neva deal, he argues. “There is going to be higher demand from the Asian market for Iranian crude as we approach winter,” the peak demand season, he says. Exports of Iranian crude averaged around 1.1mn b/d for the first 11 months of 2013, according to MEES estimates, around 55% down on the 2011 av...
Volume: 57Issue: 01Published at Fri, 03 Jan 2014 -
Sonatrach Slammed
...inted Sonatrach in recent years. The court, in its freshly-released review of Algeria’s 2011 budget, says that Algeria’s tax authorities “lack the appropriate means to verify the tax declarations of Sonatrach and its affiliates.” The court recommends the adoption of a standardized system of ac...
Volume: 56Issue: 51/52Published at Fri, 20 Dec 2013 -
Libya: Another False Dawn?
...termittent disruptions occur in the west.” Should the eastern blockades be largely removed, the bank sees next year’s production at 1.2mn b/d. In Morgan Stanley’s worst case scenario, output will languish at 200,000-300,000 b/d. Libyan Comeback: Part 2? In the aftermath of the 2011 revolution, Li...
Volume: 56Issue: 50Published at Fri, 13 Dec 2013 -
KRG: Oryx Hits Big In KRG, Plans Wasit Development
...G) in 2011 that became public when the company issued an IPO ahead of its listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange in March this year. Not much has been reported on the controversial contracts since they came to light (MEES, 29 March). However, in its latest update on operations in Iraq, Oryx gave de...
Volume: 56Issue: 50Published at Fri, 13 Dec 2013 -
Oman Upstream Survey: Indies Boost Output To New Highs
...ke good on a 2011 pledge to boost production from its Mukhaizna heavy oil field in Block 53 to 150,000 b/d. “Mukhaizna is now [producing at] around 122,000 b/d on average,” Mr Jashmi said in Muscat, conceding that the original 150,000 b/d goal may be a step too far. This is up from an average of 11...
Volume: 56Issue: 50Published at Fri, 13 Dec 2013 -
Egypt Promises $1.5Bn Receivables Payout
...eviously touted by Oil Minister Sharif Isma’il. Foreign energy companies have been reluctant to invest into expanding production in Egypt without some cash flow from government coffers. Egypt has a history of late payments, but receivables ballooned during the political turmoil of the Arab Spring in 2011...
Volume: 56Issue: 49Published at Fri, 06 Dec 2013 -
Bullish Iran Meets With Majors As It Gears Up For ‘Big Return’
...arved it of much-needed investment, and more recently resulted in a slashing of the country’s crude output by 1mn b/d since late 2011. Under the existing sanctions regime imposed by the US and EU, Western oil companies are effectively barred from investing in Iran. But sensing a possible opportunity fo...
Volume: 56Issue: 49Published at Fri, 06 Dec 2013 -
Umm Lulu Moves Forward
...the offshore site. AMEC was also awarded a contract by ADMA-OPCO in 2011 during the first phase of Umm Lulu development. This follows a $1.69bn contract awarded in September to a consortium of local contractor National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC) and France’s Technip. Work at Umm Lu...
Volume: 56Issue: 49Published at Fri, 06 Dec 2013 -
Damascus Loses Control Of Last Key Oil Field
...,600 b/d of high-value light sweet crude in the first quarter of 2011 (that is to say before the current fighting broke out, 24% of Syria’s total 387,000 b/d crude production for the period: MEES, 16 May 2011). If confirmed, the capture of this field will cut off the Syrian regime’s access to almost al...
Volume: 56Issue: 48Published at Fri, 29 Nov 2013 -
Libya: A Glimmer Of Hope
...s toppled in 2011, instead piling into the power vacuum created by the revolution. Attempts by the government to co-opt the groups by hiring them for security have turned sour, and the militias have been key in preventing the centralization of power in Libya. Separatist movements in the east are pr...
Volume: 56Issue: 47Published at Fri, 22 Nov 2013 -
Energy Efficiency Key To Adapting To High Prices, Says IEA
...st,” says Dr Birol. “They were $544bn worldwide in 2012, a significant increase over 2011.” He adds that Mideast governments were responsible for half the total subsidies: “Fossil fuel subsidies are bad for the country’s budget, bad for the environment, bad for efficiency, and bad for the poor. Ut...
Volume: 56Issue: 46Published at Fri, 15 Nov 2013 -
Egypt Touts Block Awards But IOC Debts Mount
...e February 2011 revolution (and level with the second half of 2010), however August gas output of 5.43mn cfd (56.1bcm/y) remains 9% down on pre-revolution levels (61.6bcm for 2010). The gas shortage has been exacerbated by domestic consumption, which has continued to rise rapidly despite ec...
Volume: 56Issue: 45Published at Fri, 08 Nov 2013 -
Libya: No End In Sight To Instability
...ternational oil company active in the east. Failure to achieve real or lasting increases in Libyan oil output is a common theme since July. Prior to this, Libya had surprised the oil markets by reviving output at a remarkable pace after the 2011 revolution brought production to a standstill. For much of 20...
Volume: 56Issue: 45Published at Fri, 08 Nov 2013 -
Iran Targets Oman As Future Gas Export Hub
...t negotiated the gas price yet,” Mr Zanganeh said. “We have agreed to transfer gas to Oman first, and then look for a market in the region from there.” Iran and Oman came agonizingly close to reaching a gas supply agreement in 2011, but talks broke down after the Iranian side had a sudden change of...
Volume: 56Issue: 45Published at Fri, 08 Nov 2013