1. Shaw Group Wins LPG FEED Contract At Hassi Messaoud

    ...cility at the giant Hassi Messaoud oilfield in Algeria. The US engineering company said it expected the facility to be commissioned in 2011. Algeria is one of the world’s top LPG producers, with a current annual output of around 9mn tons. ...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 33
    Published at Mon, 13 Aug 2007
  2. Foster Wheeler Wins Karan Gas Plant FEED Contract

    ...ream in 2011. The new onshore facilities are expected to deliver sales gas to meet the growing Saudi demand for gas. In addition, a small percentage of the sales gas will be utilized for the plant fuel and 640 ton/day of sulfur will be produced. The facilities will comprise gas processing trains, an...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 33
    Published at Mon, 13 Aug 2007
  3. Egypt’s Ambitious Budget Targets Camouflage Political Worries

    ...at the budget for fiscal 2007-08, which coincides with the beginning of the sixth five-year development plan (2007-08 to 2011-12), will focus on human development and putting a limit on poverty; unemployment; dealing with the disparity of income; achieving higher economic growth and a fairer di...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 31
    Published at Mon, 30 Jul 2007
  4. Gulf Power Part 2: Financing Competition Still Fierce As Global Credit Jitters Grow

    ...id that additional capacity will be needed from 2011. New capacity is being added via Taweelah A10 and the 'Umm al-Nar extension, which will come on-stream in 2009, and Fujairah-2, which will start up in 2010. After that an eighth IWPP, Shuweihat S2, will be developed, with the capacity to pr...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 31
    Published at Mon, 30 Jul 2007
  5. Shuwayyib Appointed As CEO, Deputy Chairman Of KPC

    ...om developers proved well beyond the funds allocated by KNPC. MEES understands, however, that reformulated bids are now topping the $17bn mark, despite efforts by KNPC to restructure the contract on an open book basis (MEES, 19 February). KNPC now plans to complete the refinery by the end of 2011...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 31
    Published at Mon, 30 Jul 2007
  6. Greece, Italy And Turkey Sign Intergovernmental Accord On IGI Gas Pipeline

    ...gin in June 2008 and the pipeline should be complete with an 8-9 bcm/year capacity in 2011....

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 31
    Published at Mon, 30 Jul 2007
  7. Algeria Scales Back Oil Output Targets Amid Renewed Gas Emphasis

    ...due for completion in September 2011, around two years later than originally planned. Escalating costs had prevented progress on the Skikda project, with negotiations for the final EPC contract being drawn out over more than two years. As further evidence of the importance Algeria attaches to...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 29
    Published at Mon, 16 Jul 2007
  8. Oil Market Tightness Will Continue Beyond 2010 Despite High Prices, Says IEA

    ...l Supply/Demand Outlook 2007-12 (Mn B/D) 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Global Demand 86.13 88.27 90.02 91.91 93.84 95.82 Non-OPEC Supply 49.98 50...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 29
    Published at Mon, 16 Jul 2007
  9. Libya’s Limited Infrastructure Hampers Gas Expansion Plans

    ...10 bcm/y, is due to be expanded to 11bcm by 2011 at a cost of €84mn. It appears that there is no shortage of Libyan gas to fill the country’s only gas export pipeline, and certainly no shortage of buying interest in Italy, where Eni has brought forward plans to increase pipeline supplies of na...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 28
    Published at Mon, 09 Jul 2007
  10. Iran Invites Pakistan And India To Sign Pipeline Agreement Despite Outstanding Issues

    ...rvice on 30 June, Mr Ghanimifard said the signing could take place by end-July or in August, with construction costs estimated at $7.4bn and deliveries to start as early as 2011. However, Pakistan and India have still to agree on the transportation tariff for India’s gas across Pakistan (MEES, 7 Ma...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 28
    Published at Mon, 09 Jul 2007
  11. Qatar To Issue Tender For New Refinery For Increased Shaheen Field Oil Output

    ...tput is being ramped up by operator Maersk. According to Oil Minister 'Abd Allah al-'Attiyah, technical and feasibility studies for the plant have been completed. The refinery is planned to come on-stream in 2011, he said on 24 June. In 2005, Maersk launched a $3bn plan to raise production from th...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 27
    Published at Mon, 02 Jul 2007
  12. Marib Refinery Capacity To Be Increased To 25,000 B/D

    ...dhramawt and at al-Mukalla, to be wholly-owned by foreign companies that will have the freedom to sell products in local market as well as export them. Discussions with prospective investors are expected to be concluded by 2008 and construction completed by 2011 (MEES, 22 January)....

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 27
    Published at Mon, 02 Jul 2007
  13. KNPC Launches Revised Tender For Fourth Refinery

    ...5,000 b/d refinery at al-Zour in the south of the country. Bidders have until 3 July to submit an expression of interest, with KNPC expecting to make an award in the fourth quarter with the intention of achieving completion and start-up in 2011. The move follows the failure of a first tender launched in 20...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 26
    Published at Mon, 25 Jun 2007
  14. CIOC Announces Kazakh Approval For Work Program In North-West Zhetybai Field

    ...nstruction is set to begin in 2008 and the pipeline is due to be in operation by 2011. Capacity could reach 25-31 bcm/year by 2020. Lukoil intends to invest $3bn by 2012 to build a gas processing facility and 10 retail filling stations in the Russian republic of Kalmykia on the Caspian Sea, ac...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 25
    Published at Mon, 18 Jun 2007
  15. General Electric Wins Compressors Order For Pearl GTL

    ...veloped by Qatar Shell GTL, is designed to produce a total of 140,000 b/d of synthetic fuels and chemicals. Phase 1 of the project is scheduled to start in 1Q 2010 and Phase 2 in 2011, with each phase producing 70,000 b/d of liquids....

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 25
    Published at Mon, 18 Jun 2007
  16. BG Focused On Selling Gaza Gas To Israel After Cabinet Approval

    ...art-up is now envisaged in 2011. The project is expected to generate around $1bn in much needed revenue for the Palestinian Authority. The expected overall costs of implementing the project are still put at around $750mn, a figure that BG came up with more than a year ago. But competition from th...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 24
    Published at Mon, 11 Jun 2007
  17. GdF Looks At Gas Projects In Azerbaijan

    ...ude oil pipeline could rise to 1.6mn b/d by 2011, with the construction of additional pumping stations. BP is to decide during the third quarter of 2007 whether to introduce a drag reduction agent to boost capacity to 1.2mn b/d. Pipeline operator BP is negotiating with producers in Kazakhtan ab...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 24
    Published at Mon, 11 Jun 2007
  18. Suez Rig Plant Inaugurated

    ...06). Three drilling rigs are to be manufactured by the end of 2007, and production capacity will expand gradually, according to the work program, for up to seven rigs in 2008, 10 in 2009, 15 in 2010, and 20 in 2011....

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 23
    Published at Mon, 04 Jun 2007
  19. Iranian Cabinet Approves Plan For Kerman Province Petrochemicals Plants

    ...C) plant at Jiroft; a 300,000 t/y PVC plant at Bardsir; a 600,000 t/y PVC plant at Baft; and a 300,000 t/y polyethylene (PE) plant at Bam. NPC will have a 30% equity stake in the cracker, with the rest to be offered to private investors. The downstream plants are intended to be built during 2011...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 23
    Published at Mon, 04 Jun 2007
  20. QP Signs MOU To Build Refinery In Tunisia

    ...e director of refining at the Tunisian Energy Ministry Brahim Lajimi. “Supplying the rest of the oil is QP’s problem,” Mr Lajimi told MEES. The refinery, whose production will be destined for both local and external markets, is due to be completed in 2011. Tunisia’s 34,000 b/d Bizerte refinery is...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 23
    Published at Mon, 04 Jun 2007