1. IEA Reduces Global Crude Demand Growth Forecast To 1.1Mn B/D For 2012

    ...id an “exceptionally precarious” economic backdrop in the fourth quarter of 2011 saw oil consumption globally return to a declining trend. Global oil demand fell by 0.3mn b/d (-0.3%) year-on-year, to 89.5mn b/d, the IEA said. “Elevated oil prices, partly a consequence of the standoff with Iran, fu...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 04
    Published at Mon, 23 Jan 2012
  2. DME Reports 19% Growth In Trading Volume During 2011

    ...DME Reports 19% Growth In Trading Volume During 2011 The Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME) on 18 January announced that it had recorded a year-on-year trading volume growth of 19% during 2011. The exchange said in a statement that it delivered more than 145mn barrels of crude during 2011, mo...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 04
    Published at Mon, 23 Jan 2012
  3. China Imported 21.92Mn Tons Of Crude In December, 252.18Mn Tons Total In 2011

    ...China Imported 21.92Mn Tons Of Crude In December, 252.18Mn Tons Total In 2011 China imported 21.92mn tons (5.16mn b/d) of crude oil during December for a total of 252.18mn tons (5.04mn b/d) of crude during 2011, according to data released by China’s General Administration for Customs in ea...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 04
    Published at Mon, 23 Jan 2012
  4. Crude Oil Formulas/Posted Prices

    ...Crude Oil Formulas/Posted Prices ($/B) Libya (Dated Brent + / - Adjustment Factor; $/B)      2012 2011 2010   Feb Jan Feb Ja...

    Volume: 55
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  5. KMG Reshuffle Continues After Kazakh Parliamentary Elections

    ...re fueled by KMG’s decision to fire several thousands of oil workers who went on strike in May 2011 over reduced wages. Mr Akchulakov replaces Lazzat Kiinov, who succeeded Mr Akchulakov on 22 December 2011 as head of KMG. This Soviet-style reorganization is being viewed as a first indication that Mr...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 04
    Published at Mon, 23 Jan 2012
  6. Dana Petroleum Reports First Oil From Matr-1XST Well In North Zeit Bay

    ...r the purpose of producing oil and gas from the Lorcan development lease (MEES, 5 December 2011). Besides the onshore North Zeit Bay PSC, Dana Petroleum also operates the South October PSC. It is also a partner in the offshore West El-Burullus concession and the East Beni Suef license in the Western Desert. ...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 04
    Published at Mon, 23 Jan 2012
  7. Iran Increases Gas Exports, Additional Supply To Turkey Unlikely

    ...IRAN Iran Increases Gas Exports, Additional Supply To Turkey Unlikely The Managing Director of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) Javad Owji told IRNA on 18 January that since the beginning of the current Iranian year (21 March 2011 – 20 March 2012), Iran has increased its na...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 04
    Published at Mon, 23 Jan 2012
  8. Jordan’s Energy Import Bill Rose To $4.7Bn In January-November 2011

    ...JORDAN Jordan’s Energy Import Bill Rose To $4.7Bn In January-November 2011 Jordan’s energy import bill in the first 11 months of 2011 rose by 55.7% to JD3.355bn ($4.731bn) from JD2.154bn ($3.037bn) for the whole of 2010, according to figures from Jordan’s Department of Statistics. The va...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 04
    Published at Mon, 23 Jan 2012
  9. Lebanon Extends Contract With Spectrum For Seismic Offshore Data

    ...e enhancement of the EMED-00 survey, which was completed in 2011. Earlier this month, Lebanese Minister of Energy and Water Gebran Bassil announced that his country plans to launch its first licensing round for offshore gas within three months. “We now have everything required for an oil company to...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 04
    Published at Mon, 23 Jan 2012
  10. Energy Stocks: Companies Focus On Debt Restructuring

    ...nuary Dana Gas announced it planned to honor obligations related to the $1bn sukuk and its stock price rebounded 5.8%. In 2011 it had fallen 38%, which analysts believe is due to concern about its ability to repay debt, as well as problems receiving payment for projects in Egypt, where the majority of it...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 04
    Published at Mon, 23 Jan 2012
  11. Kuwait To Explore Oil Investment Opportunities In Sudan

    ...oduction (MEES, 11 July 2011). Kuwait’s state-owned KUNA news agency reported that a delegation from the Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (Kufpec) met with Sudan’s Minister of Petroleum 'Awadh Ahmad al-Jaz to promote mutual cooperation and discuss opportunities for Kuwait to expand its in...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 04
    Published at Mon, 23 Jan 2012
  12. MENA Facing Uncertainty From Arab Spring, Eurozone Crisis, Says World Bank

    ...herwise)         Est Forecast   98-07* 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 GDP at market prices (2005 US...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 04
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  13. Saudi Aramco/Sinopec Refinery Deal Highlights Growing Sino-Saudi Energy Axis

    ...nopec signed a memorandum of understanding for the Yanbu΄ project last March after Saudi Aramco’s original partner ConocoPhillips withdrew the previous year (MEES, 21 March 2011). The two firms are spearheading the growing energy relationship between the world’s largest crude exporter and the rising ec...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 04
    Published at Mon, 23 Jan 2012
  14. Sudan Admits To Confiscating South Sudan’s Oil As Dispute Talks Resume

    ...aring of oil revenues (MEES, 11 July 2011). While Sudan’s Foreign Ministry initially declined to comment on this latest development, members of the northern delegation that arrived in Addis Ababa for the January 17 talks confirmed to reporters that the country had in fact began confiscating oil from th...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 04
    Published at Mon, 23 Jan 2012
  15. Syrian Pound Loses More Value On Black Market

    ...SYRIA Syrian Pound Loses More Value On Black Market The ongoing political turmoil in Syria since March 2011 has eroded about 50% of the foreign exchange value of the Syrian pound on the black market, exchange dealers said last week. The value of the pound slipped from an official rate of...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 04
    Published at Mon, 23 Jan 2012
  16. BNP Paribas Secures Advisory Mandate For $800Mn Emirates Steel Expansion

    ...rect reduced iron produced in the Phase 1 and Phase 2A facilities and will also draw upon internal and externally sourced scrap to produce the feedstock for the new phase. Established in 2011, Emirates Steel is the only integrated steel plant in the UAE using the latest rolling mill technology to pr...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 04
    Published at Mon, 23 Jan 2012
  17. Challenges Ahead Of Ban On Oil Imports From Iran – Consequences

    ...rst Nine Months 2011) Country Quantity ('000 b/d) Share of Country Total (%) Share of Iran’s Exports (%) France 53...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 04
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  18. Iraqi Oil Sector Set For Change As Political Crisis Intensifies

    ...art from official airports. Decision making has been far too slow – Lukoil and Statoil are still waiting on a cabinet green light for a 400,000 b/d first phase of West Qurna-2, which should have been approved months ago (MEES, 5 December 2011). These issues, coupled with major differences with Ir...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 03
    Published at Mon, 16 Jan 2012
  19. Iran Sanctions Trigger Economic Chaos, Food Shortages And Protests

    ...cked the government in 2009. EU Struggles To Tighten The Oil Screw EU Foreign Ministers have urgently rescheduled a meeting that aims to achieve a European boycott of Iranian oil – moving it from 30 January to 23 January. The EU imported in the first half of 2011 an average of about 450,000 b/d of...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 03
    Published at Mon, 16 Jan 2012
  20. South Pars Reservoir Faces Challenges

    ...South Pars will be completed. The experience with the first 10 phases suggests that delays are likely, especially given the escalation in sanctions.” The IEA said in late 2011 that Iran’s energy industry is “clearly under stress from further wide-ranging sanctions imposed by the international co...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 03
    Published at Mon, 16 Jan 2012