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Eni Makes ‘Big But Not Massive’ Cyprus Gas Discovery
...prus’ fourth gas discovery to-date following 2011’s 4.1tcf Aphrodite find by US firm Noble (now Chevron), 2018’s Calypso and ExxonMobil’s 5-8tcf, 2019 Glaucus. As yet though, the country does not produce any gas although it is hoping that negotiations with Chevron (35%) and its Aphrodite partners, Sh...
Volume: 65Issue: 32Published at Fri, 12 Aug 2022 -
Cyprus’ Aphrodite Enters Make Or Break Period
...a unitization agreement between Cyprus and Israel: a small portion of the field crosses into Israeli waters, where it is called Ishai. Despite Aphrodite’s discovery in 2011 and the friendly nature of the two countries’ relations, no deal has been hashed out to-date, although efforts have ac...
Volume: 65Issue: 30Published at Fri, 29 Jul 2022 -
Egypt’s 1H 2022 LNG Exports: Europe Dominant
...Egypt exported 5.34mn tons of LNG for 1H 2022, up 57% on 1H 2021 for the highest first half figure since 2011. Perhaps not surprisingly given global LNG trade dynamics, with Europe sucking in more cargoes as it seeks to cut imports from Russia, the proportion of Egyptian cargoes he...
Volume: 65Issue: 27Published at Fri, 08 Jul 2022 -
Chevron Closing In On East Med Expansion Decisions
...velopment plan can be formulated that will see the country belatedly become a gas producer well over a decade after Aphrodite’s 2011 discovery. Nicosia will be encouraged by NewMed presentation material which indicates that the most likely scenario for Aphrodite development is tie-in to a Leviathan to Id...
Volume: 65Issue: 25Published at Fri, 24 Jun 2022 -
Zohr Production Cap Pushes Egypt Output Lower
...rminals in years to come (see p12). Egyptian LNG exports of 3.31mn tons for the first five months of 2022 were up 10% on the year-ago figure of 3.02mn tons to put 2022 on track for the highest LNG exports since 2011 according to figures from data intelligence firm Kpler. A key change from recent years is...
Volume: 65Issue: 24Published at Fri, 17 Jun 2022 -
Energean Touts Modest Israel Gas Find, Hopes For More To Come
...ich offer an easier route to development – possibly as a tie-back to Karish alongside the 2011, 0.9tcf Tanin discovery. The latest find “enhances the profitability of the Karish-Tanin development,” Energean says, flagging up the potential for both tie-back to the 8bcm/y (780mn cfd) Energean Power FP...
Volume: 65Issue: 19Published at Fri, 13 May 2022 -
ExxonMobil Quits Iraqi Kurdistan
...The US supermajor’s bold 2011 Iraqi Kurdistan entry sent shockwaves through Iraq. A decade later ExxonMobil has quietly packed its bags and quit its last remaining asset, Pirmam, without producing a drop from any of the six blocks it picked up. Any prospective replacement may eye a gas-re...
Volume: 65Issue: 17Published at Fri, 29 Apr 2022 -
Cyprus Set To Launch Reduced Drilling Campaign
...Eni and TotalEnergies are set to kick-off a two-well Cyprus exploration drilling campaign next month, two years after abandoning a six-well program. Chevron appears to have shelved an appraisal well on its 2011 Aphrodite find. Italy’s Eni and TotalEnergies, partners on seven blocks of...
Volume: 65Issue: 16Published at Fri, 22 Apr 2022 -
North Africa Gas Exports To Europe Fall Amid Russian Uncertainty
...bitious, particularly given the fall in exports from North Africa in the first quarter of the year. LIBYA FLOWS LOWEST SINCE 2011 Libya, which is another key supplier of gas to Italy through the 8bcm/y (775mn cfd) GreenStream pipeline, saw its exports hit a decade-low 3.2bcm (313mn cfd) last ye...
Volume: 65Issue: 14Published at Fri, 08 Apr 2022 -
Saudi Aramco Plans 50% Gas Output Boost By 2030
...IMBS AT FASTEST RATE SINCE 2017 (BN CFD) *CONVERTED FROM BTU TO CFD UNTIL 2011. SOURCE: SAUDI ARAMCO, MEES. 2: SAUDI ARABIA OIL BURN* PEAKED WELL BELOW 2020 LEVELS LAST YEAR, BUT STILL TOPPED 1MN B/D OVER SUMMER (‘000 B/D) *CRUDE PLUS FUEL OIL CONSUMPTION. PRESUMES ALL FUEL OI...
Volume: 65Issue: 12Published at Fri, 25 Mar 2022 -
Egypt: Record 2021 Gas Output But Outlook Uncertain
...crease on December 2021’s 9,394 b/d, but still the lowest since 2011. TransGlobe says much of its “$33.1mn Egypt capital program is predominantly weighted towards 13 development wells within the Eastern Desert.” “With the finalization of the concession agreement, the primary focus of the 2022 Eg...
Volume: 65Issue: 09Published at Fri, 04 Mar 2022 -
Libya Starts New Field
...untry’s volatile operating environment since the 2011 revolution has stifled many projects which promised to significantly boost production from current levels of about 1.2mn b/d. Security challenges and financial constraints are among the biggest challenges. FURTHER PROSPECTS Agoco ha...
Volume: 65Issue: 08Published at Fri, 25 Feb 2022 -
Syria Says Oil Sector War Damages Hit $100bn As Assad Loyalists Scoop Contracts
...21). ‘STOLEN OIL’ Mr Tomeh’s estimate of Syrian wellhead production is a far-cry from pre-conflict 2011 levels of 353,000 b/d. And given that the Syrian government had lost control of the bulk of the country’s oil and gas fields to US-backed Kurdish forces (see map) it will be tough for Damascus to...
Volume: 65Issue: 06Published at Fri, 11 Feb 2022 -
Egypt Extends Deadline On Key Offshore Block
...05). A development lease had already been granted based on four gas fields discovered by Apache, and Hess made a further discovery (Dekhila) in 2008 (MEES, 22 December 2008). But though production had been slated to begin in 2009, development never happened. Hess relinquished the block in 2011 having fa...
Volume: 65Issue: 02Published at Fri, 14 Jan 2022 -
Egypt Posts 10-Year High LNG Exports Of 6.8mn Tons For 2021
...ghest monthly figures since 2011 (see charts 1 & 2). Egypt has two LNG liquefaction facilities. The 7.2mn t/y ELNG terminal at Idku (Shell 36.75%, Petronas 36.75%, TotalEnergies 2.5% and 12% each for Egypt state firms EGPC and Egas) shipped 3.82mn tons or 58 cargoes for 2021 according to figures fr...
Volume: 65Issue: 02Published at Fri, 14 Jan 2022 -
Exxon Spuds Cyprus Well
...vuşoğlu said he had received assurances from Washington and Doha that any potential drilling would only take place in areas not claimed by Turkey. Glaucus, with an initial reserves estimate of 5-8tcf (MEES, 1 March 2019) was the third gas discovery to be made off Cyprus following 2011’s 4.1tcf Ap...
Volume: 64Issue: 51/52Published at Fri, 24 Dec 2021 -
BP’s Egypt Raven Outages Dampen Late Year LNG Export Hopes
...ll in LNG exports. With December’s exports now set to be lower still, exports for 2021 as a whole are now set to fall short of 2011’s 6.90mn tons, though at 5.97mn tons for 11M21 volumes are already well ahead of 2012’s 5.33mn tons for a 10-year high (see chart). Spluttering exports earlier th...
Volume: 64Issue: 48Published at Fri, 03 Dec 2021 -
Israel Gas Output Record As Pipeline Delay Stymies Planned 2022 Egypt Export Boost
...e first time the potential pipeline tie-in route for development of Cyprus’ 4.1tcf 2011 Aphrodite discovery (Chevron 35%op, Shell 35%, Delek 30%). This shows the potential Aphrodite pipeline skirting Israel’s exclusive economic zone before tying in to the prospective pipeline connecting Le...
Volume: 64Issue: 47Published at Fri, 26 Nov 2021 -
Egypt LNG Exports Rebound To 12-Year High
...peat of October volumes for the last two months of 2021 would leave this year neck-and-neck with 2011’s 6.9mn tons (see chart 2). This is a swift turnaround from just two months ago when Egas had informed Shell and Eni that gas shortages could lead to reduced exports over the coming months (MEES, 17...
Volume: 64Issue: 44Published at Fri, 05 Nov 2021 -
Libya’s Oil Exports: What’s At Stake?
...utdowns have always remained a threat since the collapse of the Gaddafi regime in 2011. Production has been affected by armed groups seeking political leverage, local grievances and problems related to the industry’s decrepit infrastructure. Funding issues and weak security have also prevented much-needed up...
Volume: 64Issue: 37Published at Fri, 17 Sep 2021