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The Georgia-Russia Standoff And The Future Of Caspian And Central Asian Energy Supplies
...rst successful new oil export project. The 3,000km Atyrau-Alashankou oil pipeline is scheduled to be completed in several stages by 2011 and is projected to bring around 200,000 b/d of Caspian oil to China (20mn tons/year annually, with the potential to reach 50mn t/y). 5. For a thorough as...
Volume: 51Issue: 36Published at Mon, 08 Sep 2008 -
Egyptian Gas Plans Unfold, Despite Growing Concerns Over Domestic Supplies
...ound 2tcf of gas and 180mn barrels of condensate, according to EGAS, although its appraisal is ongoing. BG, Egypt’s largest foreign gas producer, also has a $3bn investment program up to 2011, mostly targeting the development of its two producing offshore concessions in the Mediterranean deep wa...
Volume: 51Issue: 35Published at Mon, 01 Sep 2008 -
GDF Suez, GIC Awarded $2Bn Al Dur 1 IWPP Contract
...wer and water purchase agreement for Al Dur 1 independent water and power project (IWPP) in Bahrain. Phase 1 of the project, to be developed on a BOO (build, own, operate) basis, will start in the summer of 2010, with full capacity to be achieved in summer 2011. Al Dur 1 is expected to start de...
Volume: 51Issue: 35Published at Mon, 01 Sep 2008 -
Political Comment (1 September 2008)
...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LI No 34 25-Aug-2008 Political Comment (1 September 2008) Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has stated that in the negotiations on a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) the US and Iraq have agreed on a 2011 deadline for the withdrawal of US fo...
Volume: 51Issue: 35Published at Mon, 01 Sep 2008 -
Iraq’s TSA Contracts Postponed Awaiting Cabinet Approval, KRG Projects Progressing
...lumes of 3.5 bcm/year are expected to flow from 2011, possibly increasing to more than 10 bcm/y. “The Inci Gaz companies plan to make the necessary infrastructure investments to transport and supply the natural gas to the Turkish market and potential foreign consumers,” a statement said. “Now Eu...
Volume: 51Issue: 34Published at Mon, 25 Aug 2008 -
Samsung Engineering Wins EPC Contract For Bahrain Base Oil Plant
...l shipping port exists, will have a capacity of 400,000 tons/year of very high viscosity index (VHVI) base oil for use in lubricants blending, and is scheduled to be completed by April 2011. Total investment in the project is expected be around $430mn. The contract is Samsung’s first in Ba...
Volume: 51Issue: 34Published at Mon, 25 Aug 2008 -
Sudan Appoints Abyei Administration Amid Tentative Signs Of Political Progress
...ntrol Risks Group Wolfram Lacher. “But it does represent a positive development, and suggests that cooperation between both sides is improving.” Presidential and parliamentary elections, to be held between January and April of next year, leading to the referendum on southern independence in 2011, ar...
Volume: 51Issue: 33Published at Mon, 18 Aug 2008 -
Greece Emerges As Major Gas Player With Participation In South Stream Pipeline
...ropean market. On 16 April Iraq’s Oil Minister Husain al-Shahristani promised to export at least 5 bcm/y of gas to the European market by 2011, according to a statement issued by Mr Piebalgs’ office. Dr Shahristani did not specify the routing through which exports would reach Europe or the pr...
Volume: 51Issue: 33Published at Mon, 18 Aug 2008 -
Agrium, Egyptian Government Reach Agreement On Eagrium Project
...pacity to approximately 2mn t/y of urea. Agrium’s share of production would be 175,000 t/y of urea until the expansion is complete in 2011, after which it would increase to approximately 525,000 t/y. “We anticipate earning contributions to commence in the fourth quarter of this year. The original Ea...
Volume: 51Issue: 33Published at Mon, 18 Aug 2008 -
Nematzadeh Announces Finalization Of Contract For New Condensate Refinery
...ndensate splitters, is expected to start up in 2011 (MEES, 14 April)....
Volume: 51Issue: 33Published at Mon, 18 Aug 2008 -
MENA LNG Production Limited By Rising Local Demand And Ageing Facilities
...mpletion until 2011 and 2012 respectively (MEES, 4 August). LNG Plants Competing For Gas A relative newcomer to the LNG industry, Egypt made a dramatic entrance with the commissioning in 2005 of two 3.6mn t/y trains at Idku and one 5mn t/y train at Damietta. The Egyptian LNG (ELNG) trains at Idku, jo...
Volume: 51Issue: 32Published at Mon, 11 Aug 2008 -
Ras Laffan C IWPP Signs Financing Agreement, Islamic Banks Join Group
...ild-operate-transfer (BOT) project is key to Qatar’s needs. It will produce 2.73gw of power and 63mn gal/day of clean water, supplying the country with about one third of its estimated 9.0gw power needs by 2011. The obligations of offtaker Kahramaa are guaranteed by the Qatari state (sovereign ra...
Volume: 51Issue: 32Published at Mon, 11 Aug 2008 -
GDF Suez Awarded $5.6Bn Contract For Shuweihat 2 Power And Desalination Plant
...osan, and Samsung on 21 July, he added. Completion and start-up of the Shuweihat 2 plant is scheduled for 2011. GDF Suez owns 40% of Shuweihat 2, with Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority (ADWEA) holding 60%. All power and desalinated water will be purchased by the Abu Dhabi Water and El...
Volume: 51Issue: 32Published at Mon, 11 Aug 2008 -
UAE Needs To Spend Over $10Bn To Meet Rising Power Demand, Says BMI
...port 2008. Dubai alone will have to boost its power generating capacity to 9.5gw by 2010, said the report. Power consumption in Dubai increased by almost 30% in 2006, according to the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA). The UAE will account for 5.77% of regional power generation by 2011, sa...
Volume: 51Issue: 32Published at Mon, 11 Aug 2008 -
Global Refining Capacity Expected To Expand To 2013
...10 1 160,000 Texas Port Arthur Motiva 2011 1 325,000 India Vadinar Essar Oil 2012 1 420,000 India Paradip Indian Oil Corporation 2012 1 30...
Volume: 51Issue: 31Published at Mon, 04 Aug 2008 -
SRAK Strikes Gas In Saudi Arabia, But Tough Terms And Rising Costs Cloud Development Prospects
...ran gas suggests any extra costs will be met, and that the company will attempt to stick to the schedule to provide gas by December 2011. At Karan, two platform jackets have already been installed, MEES understands. The Karan cost increase results from some scope changes (storage capacity was in...
Volume: 51Issue: 30Published at Mon, 28 Jul 2008 -
Saudi Aramco Moves Ahead On Yanbu΄ Downstream Project With ConocoPhillips
...trochemicals and it will also use existing port facilities. Both Yanbu' and Jubail will be full conversion refineries and be configured to run mainly heavy, higher sulfur crude from the 900,000 b/d Manifa increment, due on-stream starting in 2011. EPC Bidding Schedule Prospective bidders for the four ma...
Volume: 51Issue: 29Published at Mon, 21 Jul 2008 -
TAP Pipeline Key For European Alternatives To Russian Gas Supplies
...lmy-Rey participated in the televised signing of a major gas export agreement in Tehran (MEES, 24 March). The preliminary agreement envisages the beginning of Iranian gas exports to Switzerland by late 2009 at a level of 1.5 bcm/year, rising to 2-4 bcm/y in 2010 and 2011 and reaching a maximum rate 5....
Volume: 51Issue: 29Published at Mon, 21 Jul 2008 -
Gassi Touil Contracts Awarded, But Three-Year Delay Hits Algeria’s Gas Export Target
...isting units, Sonatrach said in a statement. The Japanese engineering firm saw off rival bids from Italy’s Saipem, Canada’s SNC-Lavalin, and Swiss firm ABB in partnership with Sonatrach subsidiary Sarpi. This section of the upstream project is due for completion in January 2011. Deferred Gas Export Ta...
Volume: 51Issue: 29Published at Mon, 21 Jul 2008 -
Algeria Signs $468Mn Contract With Hyflux To Build ‘World’s Largest’ Desalination Plant
...d Sonelgaz, is worth an estimated $468mn and covers the construction and financing of the plant, as well as the buying and selling of the desalinated water. At the signing ceremony, Algeria’s Minister of Energy and Mines Chakib Khelil said that when completed in 2011, the plant would provide for th...
Volume: 51Issue: 28Published at Mon, 14 Jul 2008