1. IEA Sees Tougher Financing And Weakening Demand Hitting Energy Investment

    ...l Total 2012 2014 150   Nsiko Nigeria Offshore Oil Chevron 2011 2015 10...

    Volume: 52
    Issue: 22
    Published at Mon, 01 Jun 2009
  2. ESAI Estimates Call On OPEC Crude At Less Than 30Mn B/D Through 2011

    ...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LII No 22 1-Jun-2009 ESAI Estimates Call On OPEC Crude At Less Than 30Mn B/D Through 2011 Slow demand growth after 2008-09’s economic contraction will leave the call on OPEC crude under 30mn b/d through the end of 2011, according to Energy Se...

    Volume: 52
    Issue: 22
    Published at Mon, 01 Jun 2009
  3. IMF Says Jordan’s GDP Growth Averaged 5.6% In 2008

    ...2011. The directors recommended attaching top priority to completing the reform of public financial management and welcomed efforts to enhance public debt management. Finally, they agreed that the exchange rate peg, which has provided stability in the challenging global environment, remains an ap...

    Volume: 52
    Issue: 21
    Published at Mon, 25 May 2009
  4. Project Finance Deals Push Ahead Despite Reduced Funding

    ...prove and by 2011 banks’ balance sheets will be much stronger, allowing pricing to fall....

    Volume: 52
    Issue: 20
    Published at Mon, 18 May 2009
  5. South Stream Gas Pipeline Plans Taking Shape, Eni Seeks Counterbalance To Gazprom

    ..., aren’t yet finished. The project’s pre-feasibility studies are expected in September,” he noted. Gazprom is pushing for the South Stream final investment decisions to be taken by all parties by early 2011, with a view to completing construction by 2015. The Russian firm has repeatedly said th...

    Volume: 52
    Issue: 20
    Published at Mon, 18 May 2009
  6. Masdar To Invest In London Array Wind Farm After UK Agrees Subsidy

    ...chnology as we move toward a low carbon future.”  The British government allocated £525mn in the 2009 budget for offshore wind subsidies between 2011 and 2014, much of them for the London Array project. Alastair Darling, Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced last month that a further £4bn in subsidies co...

    Volume: 52
    Issue: 20
    Published at Mon, 18 May 2009
  7. GEEI Green Paper Urges Quick US Action On Energy Security

    ...obal dependency on OPEC oil. Oil at $40/B has already led to a slowdown in new investment in Canadian oil sands and other energy projects,” the paper says. “By the time demand recovers, perhaps as late as 2010 or 2011, a supply gap may emerge which could take another five to seven years to fill. Ma...

    Volume: 52
    Issue: 19
    Published at Mon, 11 May 2009
  8. China To Close Small Refineries

    ...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LII No 19 11-May-2009 SUPPLY/DEMAND China To Close Small Refineries China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has announced that the government will close all refineries with capacities below 1mn tons/year (20,000 b/d) by 2011 an...

    Volume: 52
    Issue: 19
    Published at Mon, 11 May 2009
  9. China Approves Storage Plan For 10Mn Tons Of Refined Products

    ...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LII No 19 11-May-2009 SUPPLY/DEMAND China Approves Storage Plan For 10Mn Tons Of Refined Products China has approved a plan to build by 2011 storage facilities to hold 10mn tons of refined products, Reuters reported on 6 May. The products in...

    Volume: 52
    Issue: 19
    Published at Mon, 11 May 2009
  10. Bulgaria And Qatar Holds Further LNG Talks, As Poland Signs Deal With Qatargas

    ...rkets of Bulgaria, Romania and possibly Hungary to LNG imports from the Middle East and North Africa. Bulgaria recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Egypt for the supply of 1 bcm/y of gas, to be delivered as LNG beginning in 2011-12 (MEES, 4 May). The EERP has earmarked more th...

    Volume: 52
    Issue: 19
    Published at Mon, 11 May 2009
  11. CBI Reports Some Favorable Economic Indicators Until End 2008, But Future Uncertain

    ...09-10) 7.103 1389 (2010-11) 2.623 1390 (2011-12) 2.189 1391 (2012-13) onwards 7.261 The value of Iran’s oil and gas exports by 20 December 2008 stood at $71.654bn, compared to $58.147bn a year earlier, according to the CBI. By 20 December the value of...

    Volume: 52
    Issue: 19
    Published at Mon, 11 May 2009
  12. Qatar Breaks Ground On $4Bn IWPP

    ...its full rates by 2011. It will be the largest power operation in Qatar, and one of the largest in the Gulf, when it comes on line. Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony, Deputy Premier and Minister of Energy and Industry 'Abd Allah al-'Attiyah said that the project is part of the power an...

    Volume: 52
    Issue: 19
    Published at Mon, 11 May 2009
  13. Saudi Arabia Set For 1.55Mn B/D Capacity Surge

    ...have come on stream in September 2011, but MEES understands the development timetable has been extended 18 months, putting full Manifa commissioning well into 2013. Manifa output, which was earmarked to feed new high conversion refineries in the Kingdom, was to have offset declines. Saudi Ar...

    Volume: 52
    Issue: 18
    Published at Mon, 04 May 2009
  14. Bulgaria Signs MOU For Egyptian LNG Imports

    ...e import of up to 1 bcm/year of Egyptian LNG beginning in 2011-12. Mr Dimitrov told reporters: “This deal is extremely important for Bulgaria after the January crisis, as it opens possibilities for Bulgaria to import gas from Egypt. There are possibilities to import LNG through an existing te...

    Volume: 52
    Issue: 18
    Published at Mon, 04 May 2009
  15. Libya To Buy Verenex Within Weeks, Says Ghanem

    ...ocedure in Canada, do we have to establish a company, do we have to take it directly,” the Libyan official said. “But it will be ours.” Verenex has drawn up a development plan that envisages initial oil production of around 50,000 b/d when the first discoveries are brought on-stream in 2011. Co...

    Volume: 52
    Issue: 18
    Published at Mon, 04 May 2009
  16. Overseas Operations Push SABIC Into The Red

    ...clical chemicals a smaller part of its portfolio longer term. SIP will also help on the marketing side when SABIC launches the polycarbonate resin produced by the Kayan venture in 2011. SABIC did buy at the top of the market and things started going south very quickly, but the problems are not sp...

    Volume: 52
    Issue: 17
    Published at Mon, 27 Apr 2009
  17. IMF Says Lebanon So Far Unaffected By Global Financial Crisis

    ...ternational trends. Lebanon: Selected Economic Indicators 2006-14 2006 Prel Act 2007 Prel Act 2008   Est 2009 Proj 2010 Proj 2011 Proj 2012 Proj 2013 Proj 2014 Proj Output and Pr...

    Volume: 52
    Issue: 17
    Published at Mon, 27 Apr 2009
  18. Ma'aden Maintains 2010 Start-up Target

    ...its are all world class projects. The fertilizer plant is the biggest in the world,” the source said. Full output should be reached early in the first quarter of 2011. “Right now the main units are 42% complete,” he said. Ma'aden is also building the GCC’s first bauxite and aluminum project, wh...

    Volume: 52
    Issue: 17
    Published at Mon, 27 Apr 2009
  19. GDF Suez Begins Negotiations To Join Nord Stream Gas Pipeline Consortium

    ...rkey’s move to join the EU. Nord Stream is expected to become operational by late 2011 and is currently owned by Gazprom (51%), BASF/Wintershall (20%), E.ON Ruhrgas (20%) and Gasunie (9%)....

    Volume: 52
    Issue: 16
    Published at Mon, 20 Apr 2009
  20. Political Comment (20 April 2009)

    ...ymond Odierno,  remains confident that the US will complete its withdrawal from Iraq by the 31 December 2011 deadline set by President Obama.  Speaking on CNN, Gen Odierno acknowledged that “there are still some elements that are able to conduct some very serious attacks,” but, when asked to grade on...

    Volume: 52
    Issue: 16
    Published at Mon, 20 Apr 2009