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Kuwait: Oil Minister Reappointed, Refinery Plans Advance, Petrofac In Gas Talks
...ES. Earlier in the year KNPC was citing 2017 as the target for completion, although acting oil minister Hani Husain is understood to have recently said it will be ready by 2018-19. Kuwait aims to build a new 615,000 b/d refinery at al-Zour. In parallel it will develop the Clean Fuels Pr...
Volume: 55Issue: 30Published at Mon, 23 Jul 2012 -
Oman Starts Reducing Gas Subsidies
...id. “There is a realization in the gas sector that gas prices of seven, eight, nine years ago are no longer valid.” BP aims to produce 1bn cfd of gas and 20,000 b/d of condensate by end-2016/early 2017 from its $15bn Khazzan/Makarem tight gas project (MEES 16 April). It will take a final in...
Volume: 55Issue: 30Published at Mon, 23 Jul 2012 -
Investors Flock To $4bn Qatar Sukuk
...23 2 174.1 /155 3.24 3.241 November 2011 Bond Issue Jan 2017 2 225/184 3.18 3.125 Jan 20...
Volume: 55Issue: 29Published at Mon, 16 Jul 2012 -
New US Sanctions Hit Iran, Upstream Sector Already Stressed
...owing of the Pakistani problems – are not pushing the project and it is unlikely to be completed by 2017. Russia is in talks to provide technical and financial help to the $1.7bn project. The US is pressuring Pakistan to use the proposed Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline instead. ...
Volume: 55Issue: 29Published at Mon, 16 Jul 2012 -
Apache Takes Long Term View On Egypt
...GA adds in its detailed review of the OPIC/Apache application. The latest reinsurance comes on top of $3mn Apache raised through an April bond placement. Of this $400mn (at 1.75%) is due in 2017, $1.1bn (at 3.25%) in 2022 and $1.5bn (at 4.75%) in 2043. The bulk of funds will be used for “general co...
Volume: 55Issue: 29Published at Mon, 16 Jul 2012 -
Gulf Keystone Expects Oil-In-Place Boost At Iraq’s Shaikan Field
...e ultimate development target is 400,000-500,000 b/d. One source tells MEES this is scheduled for 2017, which looks ambitious, but another source says 200,000 b/d is more likely by this date. However, all these targets are moot given that KRG production is currently held-in due to a dispute with Ba...
Volume: 55Issue: 28Published at Mon, 09 Jul 2012 -
Iraq Prepares To Launch GTL Project
...d-2013 for a 2017-18 start-up. Canadian upstream firm Talisman Energy and Sasol expect to complete a feasibility study into a 48,000 b/d or 96,000 b/d GTL plant in Alberta, Western Canada this summer. The FEED will finish 24 months later and then a final investment decision (FID) will be taken. Sa...
Volume: 55Issue: 27Published at Mon, 02 Jul 2012 -
OOC And IPIC To Launch Duqm Refinery Joint Venture
...termined to put all necessary efforts to see the project is successfully commissioned in 2017,” IPIC Managing Director Khadim 'Abd Allah al-Qubaisi said. Both OOC and IPIC have said they expect to prequalify engineering firms for the project by end-2012. The complex was initially intended for a 20...
Volume: 55Issue: 27Published at Mon, 02 Jul 2012 -
Abu Dhabi Raises Crude Production Capacity Target
...stainable output. State-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) – which provides the bulk of the nation’s output – uses a more conservative definition of annual average output. It had previously stated its target as 3.5mn b/d production capacity by 2017. Most of Abu Dhabi’s producing oil fi...
Volume: 55Issue: 27Published at Mon, 02 Jul 2012 -
Iraqi Infrastructure Crunch Begins To Bite
...cision is still some months off, the government appears to be leaning towards the 9.3mn b/d target to be achieved in phases by 2020, Mr Ghadhban said. The oil ministry, which has conducted its own study, looks to be still committed to reaching plateau by contractual 2017, albeit at a reduced 9.5mn b/d le...
Volume: 55Issue: 26Published at Mon, 25 Jun 2012 -
Oman Anticipates More LNG Exports On Back Of BP Upstream Output
...oject starts ramping up end-2016/early 2017, Nick Wilson writes. In its 2011 annual report published in May, OLNG says although its exports by volume declined 2%, its revenue rose 26.47% compared to the year before from $3.13bn to $3.96bn due to a 31% rise in prices. OLNG’s sales are in Asia-Pa...
Volume: 55Issue: 26Published at Mon, 25 Jun 2012 -
IMF Says Kuwait’s 2012 Economic Outlook Positive Despite Political Instability
...nsultation in May, the IMF sounded an alarm bell when it noted “that government expenditure will exhaust all oil revenues by 2017” and warned that fiscal consolidation is needed in the medium term if current trends continue (MEES, 21 May). But economists played down this scenario because Kuwait has adequate re...
Volume: 55Issue: 26Published at Mon, 25 Jun 2012 -
Kuwait’s Oil Minister Stands Firm Against MPs, Appoints Senior Management
...y that Kuwait’s foreign currency reserves will run out by 2017 if it doesn’t fix its finances. Minister of Electricity and Water 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Ibrahim has warned that the delay of al-Zour power plant will cause power generation shortages. Parliament had earlier demanded a halt to the pr...
Volume: 55Issue: 24Published at Mon, 11 Jun 2012 -
South Stream Construction To Begin By December
...s needs from Russia and wants to extend the existing contract from 2017 to 2035, while more than tripling the imported volumes to 1.7 bcm/y. Despite the establishment of Slovenia’s South Stream branch, the final onshore routing of the project has yet to be announced. MEES understands that th...
Volume: 55Issue: 24Published at Mon, 11 Jun 2012 -
IEA Sees Middle East Gas Expansion Serving Only Regional Needs In Medium Term
...leased on 5 June at the World Gas Conference in Kuala Lumpur, says that “Middle East gas production is expected to serve exclusively the regional gas market in the medium term, as it is unlikely that any export project, whether a pipeline or an LNG plant, would be completed by 2017.” The report observes th...
Volume: 55Issue: 24Published at Mon, 11 Jun 2012 -
Jordan And Enefit Initial Deal For First Shale Oil Power Plant
...cilities. The agreement covers the production of 38,000 b/d of shale oil and the generation of up to 900mw of electricity from a shale oil fired plant. First oil was originally projected for 2017, but a report last month said that shale oil from 'Attarat could come as early as this September (MEES, 14 May). Th...
Volume: 55Issue: 24Published at Mon, 11 Jun 2012 -
Kuwait’s Oil Minister Under Political Pressure In Dow Ruling Fall-Out
...nd (IMF) said in a report in May that Kuwait will exhaust its foreign currency reserves by 2017 if it keeps on spending at the current rate. Mr Husain told state-owned news agency KUNA of the Dow deal investigation panel: “The panel will review the feasibility study of the project and the so...
Volume: 55Issue: 23Published at Mon, 04 Jun 2012 -
Japan Pushes CCS To Secure Stakes In Abu Dhabi Offshore Concessions
...ploying enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technology onshore and offshore, including CO2, Mr Muhairi said. This could take 20-40 years to achieve he added. ADNOC’s stated goal is to boost its yearly average production capacity to 3.5mn b/d by 2017 and plateau it until 2030. MEES calculates it will be able to ac...
Volume: 55Issue: 23Published at Mon, 04 Jun 2012 -
DEPA Sees Role For Israel/Cyprus Gas Exports In EU Southern Corridor Plan
...alian supply route, ITGI’s competitors will not be able to secure the necessary environmental and third party access exemption permits in time to meet the final selection deadline of June 2013, or the timetable set for the construction and commissioning of the pipeline by 2017-18. Mr Sachinis also said th...
Volume: 55Issue: 23Published at Mon, 04 Jun 2012 -
Turkmenistan Signs 30 BCM/Y Trans-Afghan Deals
...rm gas needs, which would grow from 166.2mn cmd today to 473mn cmd in 2017-18, when TAPI is intended to be commissioned. Indian energy analysts have estimated that the cost of Turkmen gas may be $4-5/mn BTU, which would be less expensive than Gulf LNG imports. A former senior Indian energy ex...
Volume: 55Issue: 22Published at Mon, 28 May 2012