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Libya’s Waha Ramps Up Output To 260,000 b/d But Challenges Lie Ahead
...ports its crude, is down to 1.5mn barrels from 6mn barrels prior to Libya’s revolution in 2011, according to Mr Ammar. Storage tanks were destroyed during the fighting in 2011 and after it resumed in 2014. This is not hampering current production, said Mr Ammar, but could become a problem should output fr...
Volume: 60Issue: 48Published at Fri, 01 Dec 2017 -
Ubari Power Plant Faces Delays After Abductions
...ditional power as it suffers both scheduled and unscheduled blackouts (MEES, 22 September). The Ubari project was abandoned in 2011 after the ouster of former dictator Mu’ammar al-Qadhafi. The abduction will likely have a knock-on impact on other foreign companies mulling a return to Libya. This could fu...
Volume: 60Issue: 47Published at Fri, 24 Nov 2017 -
Kuwaiti Government Resigns As Political Dysfunction Grows
...aikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al Sabah reappointed Jabir Al Sabah as prime minister on 1 November and charged him with appointing the new cabinet. He has held the post since December 2011, and this will be the seventh cabinet he has headed in just six years. NEW OIL MINISTER COMING? Parliament on...
Volume: 60Issue: 44Published at Fri, 03 Nov 2017 -
ExxonMobil Relinquishes Fourth KRG Block, Walking Away From Al Qosh
...US major ExxonMobil tells MEES that it has relinquished its stake in the Al Qosh block in north western Kurdistan. Following last year’s relinquishment of three blocks in Kurdistan, ExxonMobil is now left with just two of the six assets it controversially signed up to in 2011 (MEES, 21 No...
Volume: 60Issue: 42Published at Fri, 20 Oct 2017 -
Libya: Another ‘Historic’ Opportunity For Peace
...14, what was arguably a further split into three ushered in by the LPA in December 2015, or the collapse in 2011 of the regime of ousted dictator Mu’ammar al- Qadhafi. Combining inclusivity with consensus will be a tough trick for the UN to pull off. HISTORIC DIVISIONS For most of the past six ye...
Volume: 60Issue: 40Published at Fri, 06 Oct 2017 -
Assad Looks To Rebuild As Syria War Enters Final Act
...ntroled output fell to 7,700 b/d in early 2016, from 387,000 b/d in Q1 2011, just before the outbreak of war. Given that oil exports accounted for 30% of revenues ($4.1bn) in 2010 and bolstered foreign currency reserves, linking fields in the east with downstream infrastructure in the west has re...
Volume: 60Issue: 39Published at Fri, 29 Sep 2017 -
Algeria To Step On The Gas: Max Revenue For Minimal Spend Amid Opec Constraints
...R project by Sonatrach and its then-partner BP, output from REB dropped to about 20,000 b/d in 2011, compared to a peak of about 85,000 b/d in early 2000. BP withdrew from the project in 2012 (MEES, 12 March 2012). Diversion of gas from REB would free up about 12mn m³/d (425mn cfd or 4.4bcm/y) ac...
Volume: 60Issue: 37Published at Fri, 15 Sep 2017 -
Libya Looks To Corral IOCs Into Activity Boost
...couraging the return to Libya of firms that prior to the 2011 Revolution were active in upstream exploration and development. Exploration successes from the four international licensing rounds held since the 2004 introduction of the EPSA-IV model have been largely disappointing. The first round yielded by...
Volume: 60Issue: 30Published at Fri, 28 Jul 2017 -
Tunisia: Oil Blockades Ease But Costs Keep Rising
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Volume: 60Issue: 25Published at Fri, 23 Jun 2017 -
Egypt Ends Forex Controls
...ntrols placed by the CBE on the movement of foreign currency after the 2011 revolution in order to limit the flight of capital. An acute shortage of foreign exchange strangled the economy in recent years and sharply reduced international reserves which fell from $36bn in 2010 to $15.5bn at end-July 20...
Volume: 60Issue: 25Published at Fri, 23 Jun 2017 -
Algeria: Government Reshuffled But Course Unchanged
...rengthened its grip on the much-feared state security service. When the tremors of the Arab Spring reached Algeria in early 2011, demonstrations of a few dozen people in Algiers were met with more than 30,000 security personnel. BOUTEFLIKA: NOT MOVING That is not to say there are not risks to st...
Volume: 60Issue: 23Published at Fri, 09 Jun 2017 -
South Sudan Looks Beyond Total For Block B
...uthern part of Sudan under the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement. As the July 2011 independence of South Sudan approached, negotiations began to find a partner to replace US firm Marathon Oil, which had a 20% stake in block B until it withdrew in 2008 under the pressure of sanctions. Interest shown in...
Volume: 60Issue: 18Published at Fri, 05 May 2017 -
Tunisia Gas Slump
...mpany adding that it did not envisage a near-term resolution to the shut-in which began 10 January. The company, previously known as Winstar, has been repeatedly hit by industrial unrest since Tunisia’s 2011 revolution (MEES, 28 May 2012). UK service firm Petrofac’s 30mn cfd-capacity Chergui field ha...
Volume: 60Issue: 18Published at Fri, 05 May 2017 -
Tunisia Awaits $2.5bn In Fresh Aid As Economy Undershoots, Energy Bill Soars
...her in the Arab Spring in 2011, Tunisia has been seen as the last best hope of an Arab democratic transition, prompting international donors to pledge financial support. TUNISIA- IMF FORECASTS: REPEAT DOWNGRADES TO PAST PROJECTIONS UNDERMINE FORECASTS OF FUTURE IMPROVEMENT ON GR...
Volume: 60Issue: 16Published at Fri, 21 Apr 2017 -
Return Of Iranian Crude Makes Big Splash In Europe
...mmission. Of this, $812mn (17% of the total) came in December thanks to a confluence of high export volumes and rising prices. By comparison, EU imports of Iranian crude in 2011 were valued at $23.5bn. Iran’s EU successes last year made it the 9th largest supplier of crude to the bloc, but it remains well do...
Volume: 60Issue: 14Published at Fri, 07 Apr 2017 -
Baghdad-Erbil Refining Deal Signals Pragmatism Winning Out
...yala provinces, most likely crossing into Iran around Naft Shah. This is where a 10bcm/year gas pipeline from Iran to power stations supplying Baghdad is meant to cross into Iraq. The deal was signed in 2011 but the project has stalled due to security concerns in Diyala province. Despite recent mi...
Volume: 60Issue: 08Published at Fri, 24 Feb 2017 -
Tunisia: Oil & Gas Slump, Tourism Collapse – Bonds To The Rescue?
...achieving a total of $2.85bn in external financing including $550mn via a sukuk. Tunisia’s economy has struggled since the 2011 Arab Spring. More democracy has meant more instability and a rise of Islamic extremism, with the key tourism and energy sectors badly hit. Tourism is a pillar of th...
Volume: 60Issue: 07Published at Fri, 17 Feb 2017 -
Total: Cyprus “Thrilling”
...xonMobil and Qatar’s QP. Even if drilling is a success, lack of progress at Cyprus’ only discovery-to-date, 5 tcf, 2011 Aphrodite, provides a cautionary tale. ...
Volume: 60Issue: 04Published at Fri, 27 Jan 2017 -
Power Plant Sabotage Threatens Libyan Oil Gains
...grained since the unseating of former leader Mu’ammar al-Qadhafi in 2011. The Libyan coastguard will seize any vessels transporting fuel without authorisation and the GNA will issue arrest warrants for smugglers via Interpol, it said. In a speech on 3 January, Mr Sanalla laid the blame for smuggling wi...
Volume: 60Issue: 02Published at Fri, 13 Jan 2017