Kuwait

Kuwait’s 4mn b/d 2020 target looks unattainable with Neutral Zone fields still offline. But plans for the rest of Kuwait to hit 3.65mn b/d are achievable. Longer term, a major planned Jurassic Gas facility is to be replaced with smaller modular plants.

Kuwait opted to resume submitting data to the Riyadh-based Jodi organization this week. Until this week, the latest data was...

Kuwait Oil Company CEO Jamal Jaafar spoke exclusively to MEES on the sidelines of this week’s CWC Kuwait Oil and Gas conference. He unveiled plans for a new contract model for offshore development and how Kuwait aims to increase production without breaching Opec obligations.

Opec’s blind spot when it comes to counting its members’ output of condensate and other NGLs – 7mn b/d and...

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Kuwait plans to nearly triple its overseas refining capacity. Its delayed 200,000 b/d Vietnam refinery, slated for May start-up, is the first step.

Riyadh’s hopes of mining and processing uranium are drawing US ire.

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The Middle East IPO market dried up after oil prices fell in H2 2014. But the urgent need to generate new revenue means the sustained oil price slump is now the key driver of energy sector privatization plans across the region.