Qatar | Egypt Oil & Gas - Part 16
Shell to Shut Down Key Qatar Facility for Maintenance
Royal Dutch Shell announced its plans for a major maintenance shutdown of its Train 2 facility at its Pearl gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant in Qatar for up to two months in March 2016, reported Reuters. Deputy Country Chai...
Qatargas Announced 50% Flaring Reduction Success at IPTC
Qatargas announced that it had successfully reduced flaring emissions by more than 50 %, and was pursuing other initiatives to meet its CO2 emissions reduction goal of below 6,000mscf/year by 2017, reported Gulf Times...
Turkey’s Nuclear Reactor on Track despite Rift with Moscow
Turkey’s President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the rift between Turkey and Russia over the downing of a Russian fighter jet followed by diplomatic tension and Moscow-imposed trade sanctions on Ankara, would not ha...
Dolphin Energy Wins $863m Loan
UAE’s Dolphin Energy Ltd., an Abu Dhabi-controlled venture, providing 2cf/d of gas from Qatar to Oman and the UAE, has secured a 15-year long bank loan of $863m, reported Arabian Business. According to Trade Ara...
Expro Enters Qatar, Expands Presence in Region
International oilfield services company, Expro has entered Qatar’s market with a first five-year contract and expands its presence in the Middle East, World Oil reported. Expro specializes in well flow managemen...
Taqa to Divest Itself of its Sole US Wind Power Asset
Abu Dhabi National Energy Co., or Taqa, has filed with US energy regulators to sell its stake in the Lakefield wind power plant in the U.S. state of Minnesota, reported Reuters. The filing asks for authorisation of th...
Oman Gas, LNG Prospects Expand with Iran and Qatar
Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Zangeneh, discussed expansion of energy cooperation between Tehran and Muscat with the visiting Omani Minister of Oil and Gas Mohammed Hamad al-Rumhi, reported Press TV. Alireza Kameli,...
Qatari Power Outfit May Throw Lifeline to Malaysia Fund
1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) is nearing the sale of its power assets to a consortium including Qatar’s Nebras Power and China General Nuclear Power Holding Corp, sources told Reuters. If the deal goes throug...
