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The award of the al-Zour Phase 1 project shows Kuwait is making progress on doubling its power capacity by 2017. But without additional gas, keeping the air con on will continue to erode profits from oil exports.
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- Reports suggest Qatar is clear to buy Petronet LNG stake
- Tehran and Baghdad sign 25 MMcm/d interim gas deal
- Saipem fined over Nigeria work – report
- Cyprus unlikely to proceed with short-term LNG imports
- Woodside plans Leviathan payment after court ruling
- Slow progress on Pakistani section of IP pipeline, despite hype
As GTL finds its feet in Uzbekistan and the United States, Malcolm Wells, director of Malwell Corporate Projects explores the outlook for GTL.
Strict Lebanese laws for tendering could cause problems for the country’s first licensing round, but its Petroleum Administration may consider relaxing these requirements.
Hassan Rouhani’s electoral victory has given hope relations between Iran and the West may improve, and suggests there could be room for cooperation with its Gulf neighbours over their shared gas reserves.
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