1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. Kuwait Doubles Budget For Al-Zour Refinery Project

    ...rry out a new tender for the project in July, based on a cost plus profit basis. Delays to tendering the venture have pushed back planned start-up from 2010 to 2011. “Kuwait Petroleum Corporation’s (KPC) board of directors has approved the additional funds required and the way forward to implement th...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 20
    Published at Mon, 14 May 2007
  15. Kazakhstan And Japan Sign 24 Uranium, Nuclear Energy Agreements

    ...peline is designed to ship up to 900,000 b/d across the Balkans from Bulgaria’s Black Sea port of Burgas to the Albanian port of Vlore on the Adriatic Sea, a distance of 900km. AMBO is to be complete by 2011. In January, officials from Albania, Macedonia and Bulgaria signed an accord endorsing th...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 19
    Published at Mon, 07 May 2007
  16. Ma'aden, Alcan Sign HOA For Proposed $7Bn Integrated Aluminum Joint Venture

    ...dustrial City at Ras al-Zour. First metal would be expected during the first quarter of 2011, and first alumina a year later. Next steps will include completing the joint venture agreement and pursuing project financing arrangements for capital costs, Alcan said....

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 19
    Published at Mon, 07 May 2007
  17. Khelil Says Repsol And Partner To Cover Cost Of Gassi Touil Delay

    ...sult of a delay in the Gassi Touil LNG project, including the earnings lost by the state through missed LNG sales – an amount that could prove to be sizeable. The $3bn integrated project is scheduled to come on-stream in 2009, but delays will likely push that back to 2011. Initially, Repsol was re...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 16
    Published at Mon, 16 Apr 2007
  18. Saudi Aramco Says Manifa Project On Schedule

    ...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. L No 16 16-Apr-2007 SAUDI ARABIA Saudi Aramco Says Manifa Project On Schedule The Manifa Arabian Heavy Crude Program project is on schedule to be completed in June 2011, according to Saudi Aramco. Foster Wheeler won the front-end engineering de...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 16
    Published at Mon, 16 Apr 2007
  19. IMF Estimates Jordan’s GDP Growth At 6% In 2006

    ...itical role played by supportive macroeconomic and structural policies over the past decade and stressed the need to stay on course with the economic reform agenda. They welcomed the government plan to introduce a new public debt ceiling of 60% of GDP by 2011 and observed that with Jordan already we...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 14
    Published at Mon, 02 Apr 2007
  20. ADWEC Forecasts Additional IWPP Capacity Will Be Needed From 2011

    ...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. L No 11 12-Mar-2007 UAE ADWEC Forecasts Additional IWPP Capacity Will Be Needed From 2011...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 11
    Published at Mon, 12 Mar 2007