Middle East

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.

Last year’s merger of Abu Dhabi state firms Mubadala and IPIC yielded a $125bn behemoth. The dust has now settled, and Mubadala is splashing the cash.

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

With two big domestic petchems complexes operating, Aramco has ambitious plans which could expand its internationl chemicals capacity more than fivefold.

Saudi Arabia’s total oil exports surged to a record 9.25mn b/d in February as domestic demand for refined products fell...

Undeterred by the ongoing conflict, OMV has restarted production at its Habban field in the Shabwa basin in the center...

Saudi 70mn t/y petchems giant Sabic has started up two JV plants at Jubail on the Gulf coast, part of...