Egypt Conducts Seismic Survey on Suez Gulf, Western Desert
Stable production is a positive sign in a time in which oil fields annual production declined by around 20% to 25%.
Stable production is a positive sign in a time in which oil fields annual production declined by around 20% to 25%.
Iraqi crude oil cargoes contribute to the local market's fuel demands, preventing bottlenecks, Tarek El Molla, Minister of Petroleum, noted.
The Egyptian oil and gas sector managed to boost production rates during the second half of 2018 to reach 665,000 b/d of crude oil and condensates, which covers around 75% of the local market's demands.
The Egyptian oil and gas sector added 240,000 barrels per day (b/d) of crude oil to production in 2018, according to a source at the Ministry of Petroleum.
Crude oil and condensates production in Oman have exceeded more than 30 million barrels with a daily average of 1.14 million barrels in November 2018.
Egypt's natural gas production will increase to 8 billion cubic feet per day (bcf/d) by 2021, up 29% from 6.2 bcf/d currently.
Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) plans to spend around $25 billion to increase the refining capacity to 2 million barrels per day (b/d) by 2035.
The Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources is aiming to increase crude oil production by 10,000 barrels per day (b/d) by the beginning of 2019.
Egypt’s crude oil and condensates production increased to 660,000 barrels per day (b/d) in October 2018.
Saudi Aramco has signed a long-term agreement with Chinese Zhejiang Rongsheng for a supply of crude to the company’s new refinery in eastern China.