1. Qatar Gets Flexible In Bid To Adapt To Brave New LNG World

    ...ntrica 3 UK 2014 2018 DES CNOOC 2 China 2011...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 51/52
    Published at Fri, 23 Dec 2016
  2. Qatar Readies For LNG Dogfight With Rasgas/Qatargas Merger

    ...cent past. QP CEO Saad al-Kaabi says “the integration aims to create a truly unique global energy operator in terms of size, service and reliability.” As a swing supplier between key Asian and European markets, Qatar reaped the benefit of high oil and spot LNG prices from 2011 (when the Fukushima nu...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 50
    Published at Fri, 16 Dec 2016
  3. US Hikes 2017 Output Forecast As Firms Prepare To Raise Spending

    ...CEMBER*   *THE EIA FOCUSES ON THE SEVEN MOST PROLIFIC AREAS IN THE LOWER 48 STATES WHICH ACCOUNT FOR 92% OF OUTPUT GROWTH BETWEEN 2011-2014. SOURCE: EIA DPR, MEES CALCULATIONS.     PERMIAN PROMISE    Short-term, firms have understandably been attracted to the Permian Basin, due to its low co...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 49
    Published at Fri, 09 Dec 2016
  4. Suez Canal Sees Record Northbound Oil Shipments

    ...reign reserves still remain low at $23.5bn in November (after the IMF transferred part of its first tranche of $2.75bn), or about 65% of the 2010 figure of $36bn. SUEZ CANAL: NORTHERN OIL SHIPMENTS HAVE DOUBLED SINCE 2011 HITTING RECORD 2.4MN B/D IN Q3...   ...WITH SEASONAL RECORDS SET FO...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 47
    Published at Fri, 25 Nov 2016
  5. Taiwan’s LNG Imports Boosted As Government Plans To Exit Nuclear

    ...tensified in the aftermath of the Fukushima incident in Japan in 2011 – Taiwan is also vulnerable to earthquakes.  TAIWAN LNG IMPORT PRICES EDGE UP to $6.92/MN BTU in september... SOURCE: TAIWAN CUSTOMS, MEES CALCULATIONS.   ...AS IMPORT SLATE BECOMES MORE DIVERSIFIED (%)   Ta...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 46
    Published at Fri, 18 Nov 2016
  6. Korea LNG Buying Falls To Seven-Year Low In Q3

    ...ngle supplier, providing 45% of total imports in Q3, some 2.75mn tons. This is Qatar’s highest quarterly share on record: despite growing regional LNG supplies, from Australia in particular, Qatar has steadily grown its market share in South Korea since it bottomed out at 22.2% in 2011 (see table). Th...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 42
    Published at Fri, 21 Oct 2016
  7. Abu Dhabi: Has It A Future As An LNG Exporter?

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    Volume: 59
    Issue: 39
    Published at Fri, 30 Sep 2016
  8. South Sudan Crude Output Plumbs New Lows

    ...South Sudan has faced chronic instability since 2011 independence. Output and exports are down again this year amid renewed violence, whilst low oil prices have raised the share paid to IOCs, and to Sudan in transit payments. South Sudan’s oil sales fell to a three-year low of just 10...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 38
    Published at Fri, 23 Sep 2016
  9. Falling Gas Prices Give Iran Dose of Realism

    ...oduction through the injection of gas into mature fields will also eat up more gas supplies. Iran’s injected 31 bcm in 2015, well down on the peak of 35.4 bcm in 2011 before sanctions were tightened. Gas injection can be expected to rise back up to this level and Shana reported this week that injection in fi...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 37
    Published at Fri, 16 Sep 2016
  10. Iran Targets Further Trade Gains in Asia With Korea Payments Deal

    ...43mn b/d, up 28% on the same period last year. The upshot is that the region’s importing of Iranian oil this year is on track to reach levels not achieved since sanctions were ratcheted up in late 2011. China’s receipt of Iranian crude dipped in July, dragging the total amount down from June’s heights to...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 35
    Published at Fri, 02 Sep 2016
  11. Aussie LNG Boom Squeezes Qatar In Core Asian Markets Amid Lackluster Demand

    ...nerally fully utilized and renewables developments gather pace. In addition, more nuclear plants should come back online in coming years. However, how fast this will happen is a key uncertainty as atomic energy remains extremely controversial following the Fukushima nuclear accident in 2011. As things st...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 31
    Published at Fri, 05 Aug 2016
  12. Qatar LNG: More Sales To Europe But Flexibility The Key

    ...tight supply, such as following Japan’s Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011, they have been able to divert cargoes from Europe to higher-priced markets in Asia. But since 2014 less Qatari LNG has been redirected to Asia due to slow demand growth and increased supplies including from Papua New Gu...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 28
    Published at Fri, 15 Jul 2016
  13. Iran Hits The Med As Market Share Battle With Saudi Intensifies

    ...EPS Latest Spanish import data shows arrivals of Iranian crude tripled to 102,000 b/d in April (three 1mn barrel cargoes) following March’s initial 1mn barrel post-sanctions cargo. All volumes so far have been taken by Cepsa   which has been wholly-owned by Abu Dhabi state investment firm IPIC since 2011...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 26
    Published at Fri, 01 Jul 2016
  14. LNG Supply Glut To Depress Prices For Years To Come

    ...Global LNG export capacity rose by 45% between 2011 and 2015 with 90% of this coming from the US and Australia. The “massive expansion” of Australian and latterly US export capacity, particularly since 2014 “just as demand slows” means “global gas prices are set to stay under pressure” for th...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 24
    Published at Fri, 17 Jun 2016
  15. Tunisia Bags $2.9bn Loan

    ...sinesses. .    As the first country to usher in the Arab Spring in 2011, Tunisia is struggling to cope with the political and economic transition, as the tourism industry collapsed with terrorist attacks and the inflow of refugees from neighboring Libya. Since 2011 Tunisia has been an abundant source of supply of...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 21
    Published at Fri, 27 May 2016
  16. Saudi Products Records Tumble With Europe The Target Market

    ...st year hitting a record 1.09mn b/d in Q1, the third straight quarterly record (see chart). Diesel now accounts for 40% of Saudi refinery output, up from an average of 33% for 2011-13. Q1 2016 also saw record output of jet-kerosene (259,000 b/d, with a monthly record of 277,000 b/d in March), wh...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 20
    Published at Fri, 20 May 2016
  17. Suez Canal Oil Data (‘000 B/D)

    ...NORTHERN OIL SHIPMEMTS HAVE DOUBLED SINCE 2011 TO AVERAGE 2MN B/D SINCE 2Q 2014...   ...WITH SEASONAL RECORDS SET FOR EACH OF THE LAST THREE QUARTERS (MN B/D)   NORTHBOUND PRODUCTS SHIPMENTS, DIESEL IN PARTICULAR, HAVE LED THE WAY. 1.2MN B/D OF SAUDI AND UAE RE...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 20
    Published at Fri, 20 May 2016
  18. Kuwait Seeks More LNG, Strives To Hike Domestic Gas Output

    ...ns in 2011 (MEES, 8 April). Initially, LNG was considered a stop-gap solution for addressing Kuwait’s rocketing gas requirements for power generation, though it turned into a more “economic and environmental” option, KNPC CEO Muhammad al-Mutairi commented at the Fourth Kuwait Oil and Gas conference th...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 15
    Published at Fri, 15 Apr 2016
  19. Mid-East LNG Demand‘A Driving Force’ In 2015

    ...NS)…                 vs 2014     2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 mn t % NORTH AFRICA 18...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 14
    Published at Fri, 08 Apr 2016
  20. Israeli Court Ruling Pushes Leviathan Back Further

    ...de in the past seven years, caught Israel off guard, forcing lawmakers to scramble to put a regulatory framework together ensuring both that enough gas was piped to Israel and that the country could benefit from exporting its natural wealth. In 2011 the Sheshinski Committee passed regulations on new oi...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 13
    Published at Fri, 01 Apr 2016