1. BAPline Partners Form Project Company

    ...necessary and that negotiations should be directly with Russia and Gazprom.     Kazakhstan’s Eurasian Natural Resources (ENR) on 19 December started up in Pavlodar a $900mn aluminum smelter which will reach its 250,000 tons/year capacity in 2011. Construction of the plant began in 2005. ENR is...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 52
    Published at Mon, 24 Dec 2007
  2. Daelim/JGC Win EPC Contract For NCP Petchem Project

    ...hylene, propylene, polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene and 1-hexene. Construction will begin in January 2008, with project completion expected in early 2011. Commercial production is scheduled to begin in September 2011. JGC will perform the EPC services for the 1.2mn tons/year cracker, 20...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 52
    Published at Mon, 24 Dec 2007
  3. UACC Orders Eight Chemical Tankers From South Korea’s SLS Shipbuilding

    ...ght chemical tankers, with an option for an additional two 45,000 dwt IMO II chemical tankers for delivery in 2011. UACC said it aimed to develop a fleet of medium-to-long range product tankers to serve the shipping needs of the expanding oil refining and chemical industries of its home region. UA...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 52
    Published at Mon, 24 Dec 2007
  4. Caspian Services Begins Phase 1 Work On Bautino Marine Facility

    ...TIC Group sold 50% of Karazhanbasmunai to state-owned KazMunaiGaz Exploration and Production (KMG EP) earlier this year (MEES, 22 October). The oilfield has proven reserves of 363.8mn barrels. Production is around 45,000 b/d and target production is set to double by 2011. KazMunaiGaz an...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 51
    Published at Mon, 17 Dec 2007
  5. Citadel Refinery Financing Progresses, Pathfinder Banks To Be Appointed

    ...ope because it includes a coker to optimize diesel production. It is 85% owned by Citadel with Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) holding the remainder, and the two have formed a holding company, Egypt Refining Company (ERC). It will start up in 2011 producing 2.2mn tons/year of diesel (in...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 51
    Published at Mon, 17 Dec 2007
  6. SPLM Agrees To Rejoin National Unity Government As Talks Resume

    ...ke place in 2009, and the referendum on unity, scheduled for 2011.   ...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 51
    Published at Mon, 17 Dec 2007
  7. Sonatrach And Gaz De France Extend LNG Contracts To 2019

    ...eld development plan to the Algerian authorities during the summer of 2007 and production is due to start up in late 2011 (MEES, 7 May, 26 February). Khelil: Long-Term Gas Contracts May Be Scrapped Algerian Minister of Energy and Mines Chakib Khelil was quoted on 3 December by state news agency AP...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 50
    Published at Mon, 10 Dec 2007
  8. GE To Supply Compression Trains For NCP Ethylene Project

    ...evron Phillips –  SCP) ethylene cracker plant in Jubail, which will have a 1.165mn t/y capacity when it comes on-stream in 2011. The compression trains will consist of cracked gas, propylene refrigerant and binary refrigerant compressors, and are being manufactured by GE Oil & Gas at its facilities in...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 50
    Published at Mon, 10 Dec 2007
  9. NIORDC Announces Essar Exit From Bandar Abbas Heavy Oil Refinery

    ...gotiations were under way with other local and international companies for the construction of the refinery, which NIORDC aims to bring on-line in 2011 (MEES, 15 January)....

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 49
    Published at Mon, 03 Dec 2007
  10. Kuwait’s New Non-Associated Gas To Cover Medium-Term Local Demand, Says NBK

    ...tural gas production is set to begin this month at a rate of 175mn cfd, and thereafter be ramped up to 600mn cfd in 2011 and 1bn cfd by 2015. “At the moment,” the NBK report says, “Kuwait is (notionally at least) self-sufficient in natural gas, consuming all that it produces as a by-product of its cr...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 49
    Published at Mon, 03 Dec 2007
  11. BP Says New Shah Deniz Discovery ‘Potentially Significant’

    ...e fourth corridor for gas supply to Europe will be made.” Azerbaijan has forecast gas production to reach 32.41 bcm/y in 2011 (MEES, 12 November, 15 October). Shah Deniz Gas Reservoirs Source:  BP Azerbaijan. Azerbaijani gas exports to Europe would be made via the South Caucasus Pi...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 47
    Published at Mon, 19 Nov 2007
  12. Azerbaijan Gas Production Forecast To Reach 32 BCM/Year In 2011

    ...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. L No 46 12-November-2007 CASPIAN Azerbaijan Gas Production Forecast To Reach 32 BCM/Year In 2011 Azerbaijan has forecast gas production to reach 32.41 bcm/year in 2011. Of this, 15.8 bcm/y will come from the offshore Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli (ACG) oi...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 46
    Published at Mon, 12 Nov 2007
  13. 100% Kuwaiti Employment In KOC Would Leave Oil Sector Isolated From World

    ...reement on developing heavy crude oil deposits in the emirate, with a production target of 50,000 b/d by 2011, 250,000 b/d by 2015 and 700,000-900,000 b/d by 2020 (MEES, 29 October)....

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 45
    Published at Mon, 05 Nov 2007
  14. North Field Moratorium Could Extend To 2012, Says Suwaidi

    ...tablish the capacity of the field and decide whether we will want to continue upstream projects. So at this moment we are not sure which way it will go. We need to wait until 2011, 2012 before the study is finished. This is something very positive. We are trying to protect the existing projects and we’re...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 45
    Published at Mon, 05 Nov 2007
  15. Peace Deal Under Threat As SPLM Withdraws From Sudan’s Coalition Government

    ...jected the ABC’s report as “final and binding” because of its demographic implications. Local elections are due to take place in 2009. These will directly influence the outcome of the referendum on unity, scheduled for 2011, and by extension, how much of the disputed Abyei region’s oil wealth may be...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 43
    Published at Mon, 22 Oct 2007
  16. Iran Establishes High Council To Draw Up Development Plan

    ...d has asked First Vice-President Parviz Davudi to oversee its establishment. The president has said that the plan, which is to start in March 2011, should be ready in 2010 after it is approved by the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and ratified by the cabinet and parliament. Mr Ahmadinejad sa...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 42
    Published at Mon, 15 Oct 2007
  17. Foster Wheeler Awarded FEED, Management For Mesaieed Petrochemical Complex

    ...its, is scheduled for completion in 2011. ABB Lummus will supply process technology, with Basel supplying polypropylene technology....

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 42
    Published at Mon, 15 Oct 2007
  18. StatoilHydro’s Debut Marred By Hydro’s Libyan Probe

    ...d Block 146-1, both in the Murzuk Basin. In a statement, StatoilHydro said further exploration and development were under way in each area, and that as new fields were readied for production, a substantial increase in output was expected towards 2011. In addition to Hydro’s Libyan upstream as...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 41
    Published at Mon, 08 Oct 2007
  19. MOU Signed For Qatar-Bahrain Causeway

    ...r the construction of the proposed causeway to link the two Gulf states. Work on the $2-3bn project will begin within seven months, with completion scheduled for 2011. The 40km causeway will provide road and rail links between Ras Ashiraj in northwest Qatar and Askar in southeast Bahrain. The tw...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 41
    Published at Mon, 08 Oct 2007
  20. Citadel-Backed Refining Project To Seek Funding Late 07/Early 08

    ...C. It will start up in 2011 producing 2.2mn tons/year of diesel (in line with the latest Euro V specifications coming into force in 2009) and 700,000 t/y of high octane gasoline. Egypt produces a surfeit of fuel oil (now that most power operations are switching to gas) and the refinery will use th...

    Volume: 50
    Issue: 39
    Published at Mon, 24 Sep 2007