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Middle East gas news and analysis, tenders, contracts awarded, commentary and economic data.

News

Dana Gas revenues drop 20 per cent on Kurdistan outage Subscription Required

14 May 2013, 10:35 GMT | By Mark Watts

Gross revenue declined to AED557m from AED700m in the same period last year

Lebanon announces oil and gas discoveries Subscription Required

13 May 2013, 11:49 GMT | By Kevin Baxter

Offshore fields have potential reserves of 30 trillion cubic feet of gas and 660 million barrels of oil

Aramco changes scope for $300m Wasit power cable contract Subscription Required

9 May 2013, 6:05 GMT | By Kevin Baxter

Winning contractor to provide 230kV power cables for Hasbah non-associated gas field

Kuwait yet to complete olefins cracker study Subscription Required

7 May 2013, 7:06 GMT | By Adal Mirza

Petrochemicals Industries Company plans new plant in Kuwait

Petrojet selected for Yas-Mina Zayed gas pipeline Subscription Required

6 May 2013, 9:04 GMT | By Mark Watts

Egyptian contractor Petrojet to build 45-kilometre gas pipeline in the UAE

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Analysis

Rebalancing the market: The shale gas boom in the US has wiped out the Middle East's traditional cost advantage

Shale gas threatens Gulf ambitions Subscription Required

27 March 2013, 10:10 GMT | By Kevin Baxter

Rapid expansion of petrochemicals capacity using cheaper feedstock is likely to come to an end

Graham Hoar, VP Middle East, Nexant

US shale revolution transforming gas market dynamics

19 March 2013, 12:25 GMT

Graham Hoar, VP Middle East, Nexant, discusses the impact the US shale gas revolution is having on feedstock prices and gives insight into future downstream developments in the Middle East

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Gas Supplement

Oil and gas report

Business as usual for Mena oil and gas sector

11 February 2013, 7:10 GMT | By Aaron Greenwood

The Middle East and North Africa is exploiting its hydrocarbons worth despite economic uncertainty

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Company Profiles

EMG

East Mediterranean Gas Company Subscription Required

4 September 2012, 6:33 GMT

EMG was established and registered in Egypt in 2000

Gasco

Abu Dhabi Gas Industries (Gasco) Subscription Required

4 June 2012, 7:30 GMT

Also known as Gasco, the company is a joint venture between the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, Shell, Total and Partex

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Gas Contacts

Abdul Aziz al-Ameri Subscription Required

Abdul Aziz al-Ameri is senior vice-president of major projects, Abu Dhabi Gas Industries (Gasco)

Martin Mair Subscription Required

Martin Mair is vice-president of operations, Abu Dhabi Gas Development Company

Abdulaziz al-Khayyal Subscription Required

Abdulaziz al-Khayyal is senior vice-president, industrial relations, Saudi Aramco

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Comment

LNG terminal

LNG terminal to offer flexibility

4 April 2013, 14:58 GMT

Liquefied natural gas imports will offer Riyadh a few years of breathing space to utilise its own resources

Gas

Gas find could provide lifeline for Oman

7 March 2013, 13:23 GMT

Oman’s latest gas discovery could help the sultanate avoid a looming gas supply crunch as its existing reserves go into decline

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Special Reports

Gas

Oil & Gas: GCC moves to tap complex reserves Subscription Required

23 January 2013, 14:09 GMT

The limited availability of gas in the GCC is becoming increasingly acute

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    Proven Gas Reserves

    Country Gas (trillion cm) % of world total
    Algeria 4.5 2.2
    Bahrain 0.3 0.2
    Egypt 2.2 1.1
    Iran 33.1 15.9
    Iraq 3.6 1.7
    Kuwait 1.8 0.9
    Libya 1.5 0.7
    Oman 0.9 0.5
    Qatar 25 12
    Saudi Arabia 8.2 3.9
    Syria 0.3 0.1
    UAE 6.1 2.9
    Yemen 0.5 0.2
    cm=cubic metres. Source: BP Statistical Review of World Energy. Proven reserves at the end of 2011

    Gas Production (bcm/d)

    Country 2009 2010 2011
    Algeria 79.6 80.4 78
    Bahrain 12.8 13.1 13
    Egypt 62.7 61.3 61.3
    Iran 131.2 146.2 151.8
    Iraq 1.2 1.3 1.9
    Kuwait 11.2 11.7 13
    Libya 15.9 16.8 4.1
    Oman 24.8 27.1 26.5
    Qatar 89.3 116.7 146.8
    Saudi Arabia 78.5 87.7 99.2
    Syria 5.6 7.7 8.3
    UAE 48.8 51.3 51.7
    Yemen 0.8 6.2 9.4
    bcm/d=billion cubic metres per day. Source: BP Statistical Review of World Energy. 2011 figures.

    Gas Price Index

    Source: oil-price.net

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