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Saudi Wins Out, Opec Switches To Group Ceiling
...VENUES ROSE A MASSIVE $125BN, 2018’S GAINS COULD BE GREATER ($BN) 2013 2014 2015 20...
Volume: 61Issue: 25Published at Fri, 22 Jun 2018 -
US Shale: Reading The Runes On Future Supply Growth
...rmian, is clouding the outlook. Collective US shale oil output topped 7mn b/d for the first time in May. At 7.07mn b/d, it’s up a massive 1.47mn b/d year-on-year, topping the previous record annual gain of 1.37mn b/d set in 2014. For the key Permian shale basin of west Texas, May’s 3.208mn b/d is not on...
Volume: 61Issue: 25Published at Fri, 22 Jun 2018 -
OMV Tests Yemen Restart
...spended in 2015. COST RECOVERY Production hit 14,500 b/d in 2014 and OMV forecast 23,000 b/d upon Phase-2 completion, then set for 2016. But fate intervened. Today, Shabwa basin lies in relatively safe government controlled territory, and OMV appears bent on cost recovery: “If you’ve in...
Volume: 61Issue: 25Published at Fri, 22 Jun 2018 -
Saudi Petchems JVs Get Greedy For Naphtha, Cutting Into Exports
...d April, from 89.5mn barrels at end-February to 86.0mn b/d at end-April to deliver an additional 3.5mn barrels or 57,400 b/d. Meanwhile, jet-kerosene output hit a record 313,000 b/d in April, while fuel oil demand of 302,000 b/d was the lowest since March 2014 (see chart). SAUDI REFINERY TH...
Volume: 61Issue: 25Published at Fri, 22 Jun 2018 -
Algeria Makes Electricity Gains, But Struggles To Power The Future
...2 2012 Bellara Hyundai E&C/Daewoo 1.44 194 2014 Ou...
Volume: 61Issue: 25Published at Fri, 22 Jun 2018 -
Egypt Continues Subsidy Reform, Hikes Fuel Prices
...nference Mr Molla says the recent fuel price rise will not be the last. "According to a five-year plan adopted by the government in 2014, we are still subsidizing 25% of fuel prices." Mediterranean prices for 95 Ron gasoline averaged around $87/B for May. This equates to $0.55/liter, around 20% more th...
Volume: 61Issue: 25Published at Fri, 22 Jun 2018 -
IOC Reserves Growth Mantra: Is Repsol Move The Beginning Of The End?
...e previous 100 years. There were also issues linked to ‘unburnable carbon’ coupled with the ‘divest campaign’. The final nail in the coffin was the much lower oil prices after 2014. The IOCs, who were well aware of these growing problems, began to seek solutions. Mega-mergers, which had been th...
Volume: 61Issue: 25Published at Fri, 22 Jun 2018 -
Iraq Crude Output Gets Pipeline Repair Boost
...om the current 200,000 b/d. Daura is the second largest operational Iraqi refinery after the 210,000 b/d Basra refinery – following the destruction of the 310,000 b/d Baiji plant by the Islamic State (IS) in 2014. The government is working on rehabilitating Baiji, but progress is slow. The re...
Volume: 61Issue: 24Published at Fri, 15 Jun 2018 -
Algeria: Total, Repsol Recommit But More Investment Needed
...e Algerian upstream to be attractive to IOCs, it is probably about right – Algeria spectacularly failed to attract investors in its last bid round in mid-2014 when prices were $100/B (MEES, 3 October 2014) Just four of 31 blocks were awarded. Boughezoul, in the north of the country, went to Re...
Volume: 61Issue: 24Published at Fri, 15 Jun 2018 -
Aramco Downstream Strategy: Plastic Fantastic As Sadara Park Ramps Up
...luria to realize the value of these processes.” Siluria is part-owned by Aramco after a $30mn 2014 investment by Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures (29 August 2014)....
Volume: 61Issue: 24Published at Fri, 15 Jun 2018 -
Markets Face Precarious 2019 Amid Supply Uncertainty
...The IEAs’ first oil market outlook for 2019 highlights both the uncertainties surrounding next week’s Opec meeting in Vienna and the toll that the 2014 oil price slump has taken on the group. Although the largest producers in the Opec+ agreement want to boost output, the need for unanimity wi...
Volume: 61Issue: 24Published at Fri, 15 Jun 2018 -
US Output Set For Record 2mn B/D 2018 Growth; 2019 Forecasts Trimmed On Pipeline Constraints
...ble). • NGLs output is also slated to grow by almost 600,000 b/d to 4.33mn b/d for 2018, taking total 2018 oil output to a whopping 15.12mn b/d. This smashes 2017’s previous annual record of 13.09mn b/d, whilst forecast year-on-year gains of 2.03mn b/d top 2014’s previous record of 1.75mn b/d. • But, wh...
Volume: 61Issue: 24Published at Fri, 15 Jun 2018 -
Gulf Countries Throw Jordan A $2.5bn Lifeline Amid Unrest
...financial and development aid over a five-year period (MEES, 25 January 2013). Agreements to disburse some of this aid were signed in early 2013, and some funds were actually allocated to specific development projects. But the flow of GCC aid slowed with the 2014 crash in oil prices. With the re...
Volume: 61Issue: 24Published at Fri, 15 Jun 2018 -
Qatar Embargo One Year On: Anatomy Of Resistance
...NDENSATE HAVE REBOUNDED FROM 2Q 2017 LOWS (‘000 B/D) *ESTIMATE BASED ON ANNUAL IMPORTS FOR CHINA 1Q 2013 - 2Q 2014. SOURCE: IMPORT STATS, MEES....
Volume: 61Issue: 23Published at Fri, 08 Jun 2018 -
ExxonMobil’s Rapidly-Expanding Mediterranean Presence
...erica, and shale in particular, the key focus of its spending since oil prices tanked in the second half of 2014, the same year that it opted against renewing its stake in the UAE’s Adco concession. The MENA share of its oil output has fallen from 25% in 2013 (545,000 b/d, all from Abu Dhabi and Iraq) to 37...
Volume: 61Issue: 23Published at Fri, 08 Jun 2018 -
Opec Eyes 25% Revenue Boost Ahead Of Vienna Meeting
...t at the highest levels since at least 2014 versus the Oman/Dubai average, with Arab Light raised by 20 cents to a $2.10/B premium (see p15). While the kingdom may be opting to shift oil exports into more visible markets, overall volumes have been rising for some time. After bottoming out at 8....
Volume: 61Issue: 23Published at Fri, 08 Jun 2018 -
2017’s Biggest Opec Winners
...) 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 vs 2016 20...
Volume: 61Issue: 23Published at Fri, 08 Jun 2018 -
Iran: Growing Capital Outflow Threatens Economy Ahead Of Sanctions
...timates Iran’s forex reserves fell $16.3bn between March 2016 and December 2017, compared to increases of $2.2bn in the year starting March 2015, $8.6bn in 2014 and $13.2bn in 2013. The decline in Iran’s reserves is primarily attributed to capital flight. This in turn has led to a steep depreciation in th...
Volume: 61Issue: 23Published at Fri, 08 Jun 2018 -
Crude Official Selling Prices ($/B)
...*VS ICE BRENT FROM JULY 2017 PREVIOUSLY VS BWAVE. SAUDI ARABIA RAISES ASIA OSPs FOR JUNE 2018, KEY ARAB LIGHT TO HIGHEST SINCE JULY 2014 VERSUS OMAN/DUBAI BENCHMARK ($/B) OMAN/DUBAI=ZERO...
Volume: 61Issue: 23Published at Fri, 08 Jun 2018 -
Bahrain Takes $300mn Oil Revenue Hit From Abu Safah Outage
...oduction edged up to a record 2.08bn cfd in 2017, beating 2015’s previous high of 2.06bn cfd. However, gas re-injection rose 6% to a new high of 600mn cfd, reducing the volumes of sales gas to 1.47bn cfd – below 2014’s 1.50bn cfd record. That gas reinjection levels rose to a new high despite a no...
Volume: 61Issue: 22Published at Fri, 01 Jun 2018