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NewBase 18 February 2014 Khaled Al Awadi
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Abu Dhabi set to host leading gas sweetening event
SOGAT 2014 will take place at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC). (Image source: ADNEC)A host of international experts will be expected to gather in Abu Dhabi to debate the latest technologies used in converting sour gas into sweet gas at the upcoming Sour Gas and Advanced Technology (SOGAT) exhibition and conference .
The free-to-attend event, which will run from 23-27 March 2014 at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC), is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.
Sour gas has been in growing demand across the UAE and wider Gulf region, supporting ongoing infrastructure, power and petrochemical requirements.
This year's SOGAT will include a number of workshops on the lessons learned from sulphur plant operations, amine treatment, process optimisation, gas compression, the sulphur supply chain and the key aspects of contamination removal, with the latter workshop forming one of the key themes of the event.
The event's organiser has said that this year's event will feature new exhibitors from China, who
will complement major international process separation companies. Other new exhibitors will
showcase their expertise with process simulation tools for designing complicated refineries and
gas processing plants.
Accompanying the exhibition will be the SOGAT conference, which will be opened by Khalid
Sahouh, senior vice-president of ADCO. Close to 30 papers covering a range of sour oil and gas
technology innovations and developments will be presented at the conference, including a paper
on from the Qatari Ministry of Energy and Industry who will focus on its carbon capture plans and
its Dukhan Jaleha EOR Pilot project.
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India's OVL Gets Two Oil, gas Blocks Offshore Bangladesh www.naturalgasasia.com
ONGC Videsh (OVL), the overseas arm of India's state owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), signed Production Sharing Contract (PSC) for two shallow water oil and gas exploration blocks SS-09 & SS-04 in waters of Bangladesh, the company said Monday.
OVL along with Oil India Limited (OIL) formed a consortium (50:50) and participated in the Bangladesh Offshore Bidding Round 2012, launched by Bangladesh Government during December 2012.
“The consortium was officially notified as the winner of two shallow water blocks SS-09 & SS-04 on 20th August 2013. Subsequently, the Production Sharing Contract (PSC) was discussed and
initialed on 19th September, 2013 and the Government of Bangladesh approved the award of the blocks to OVL/OIL consortium on 3rd December, 2013,” the company said.
According to a report in local Bangladesh newspaper The Daily Star, OVL has planned an investment of $144.8 million in partnership with Bapex and Oil India.
Until the recovery of its investment, OVL will get 55 percent of the explored resources and the rest will be shared between Petrobangla and OVL, the newspaper reported. Petrobangla will get between 70 and 90 percent of the oil and condensate and between 60 and 85 percent of the gas.
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Abu Dhabi’s NDC takes delivery of Qarnin jack-up rig Press Release, February 17, 2014
Lamprell has completed construction on the jack-up drilling rig, “Qarnin”, and delivered it to Abu
Dhabi’s National Drilling Company (‘NDC’).
Completion and delivery of the jack-up rig, on time and on budget, was marked at a ceremony
held at Lamprell’s Hamriyah facility in
the UAE on 13 February. The rig will
depart the facility late February en route
to its drilling location in Abu Dhabi.
The contract for the NDC “Qarnin” rig
was signed in October 2011 and this is
the third rig in a series of six identical
rigs being built and delivered by
Lamprell to NDC. All six rigs have been
or will be designed according to the
Cameron LeTourneau Super 116E
(Enhanced) Class design.
‘Qarnin’ rig now joins its sister rigs, ‘Makasib’ which was delivered by Lamprell to NDC in July
2012 and ‘Muhaiyimat’ which was delivered in December 2012. The remaining three rigs are all
proceeding on schedule and will be delivered as planned in 2014/15.With the delivery of ‘Qarnin’
rig, Lamprell has now delivered a total of 20 new build jack-up rigs, and its eighth Super 116E
jack-up drilling unit to various clients during the last six years.
NDC Chief Executive Officer Abdalla Saeed Al Suwaidi said: “NDC’s commitment to creating
steady growth, advancing operational excellence and establishing the
highest levels of safety and efficiency have enabled it to become the
reliable Abu Dhabi based drilling services provider that it is today.”
“A modern rig fleet is essential to sustainable success and NDC launched
this major Offshore Rigs Acquisition Project to guarantee the highest levels
of reliability and ensure complete readiness to meet our clients’ present and future needs. We
would like to express our appreciation to Lamprell for their cooperation and dedication throughout
the duration of this project.”
Jim Moffat, Chief Executive Officer, Lamprell, said: ”I am pleased to announce the completion
and delivery of this third jack-up rig to NDC, on time and within budget, to
world class standards of safety and quality. The delivery of this latest rig is
testament to Lamprell’s excellent capabilities in project execution in the field
of new build jack-up rigs.This successful project delivery would not have
taken place without close teamwork and the strong relationship between the Lamprell and NDC
project and management teams. We look forward to working with NDC on the remaining three
projects which are all proceeding well and as planned.”
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Lundin spuds Balqis well in Natuna Sea (Indonesia) http://www.offshoreenergytoday.com
Lundin Petroleum AB has started the exploration drilling in the Baronang PSC, Natuna Sea,
Indonesia using the drilling rig Hakuryu 11. Balqis-01 will be followed by a sidetrack, Boni-01.
Balqis-01 is a wildcat
oil exploration well
designed to test the
hydrocarbon potential
of Tertiary sands
draped over a
prominent Basement
high. The main
objectives of the well
are Oligocene fluvial
sandstone reservoirs in
stacked four-way dip
closures.
Lundin Petroleum
estimates the Balqis
prospect to have the
potential to contain
unrisked, gross,
prospective resources of 47 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMboe). The planned total depth is 2,130
metres below mean sea level (MSL) and the drilling and evaluation is expected to take approximately 20
days.
Related: ‘Hakuryu-11′ Jack-Up Rig Waiting for Clear Sky in Vietnam
The drilling of Balqis-01 will be followed with the drilling of Boni-01 as a side track to the Balqis-01
vertical well with an offset distance from Balqis-01
(at TD) of 820 metres drilled to test a deeper
independent stratigraphic play concept. Boni-01 is
designed to test the hydrocarbon potential of early
to late Oligocene fluvial sandstone reservoirs in
stacked stratigraphic traps against a prominent
basement high. Lundin Petroleum estimates the
Boni prospect to have the potential to contain
unrisked, gross, prospective resources of 55
MMboe. The planned total vertical depth is 2,300
metres below MSL and the drilling is expected to
take approximately 5 days.
Lundin Petroleum, through its wholly owned
subsidiary Lundin Baronang BV, is the operator
and has a 90 percent working interest in the Baronang PSC. Partners are Nido Petroleum Limited with 10
percent working interest. Lundin operates five PSCs in Indonesia, namely Baronang, Cakalang, Gurita,
South Sokang and Cendrawasih VII.
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Eni to spud exploration well offshore Cyprus in August, Energy Minister says Offshore Energy Toda Staff, February 17, 2014
Italian oil company Eni will move ahead with its exploration activities offshore Cyprus, said Yiorgos
Lakkotrypis, the Minister of Energy, Commerce, Industry and Tourism in Cyprus.Lakkotrypis said that he
had had a meeting with the leadership of the Italian company ENI
during which “we discussed various issues, such as, for example,
their planning for exploratory activities in the Cypriot Exclusive
economic Zone.”
“We also discussed the issue of the Memorandum of Understanding
for the liquefaction terminal in Cyprus. The Memorandum is ready,
it has been agreed on, and there are some formalities left, such as
its approval by the Council of Ministers, so that we can proceed to its signing in the next few days,” the
Minister said.
Asked for his assessment as to what will be done on the part of Eni, Lakkotrypis said that “the initial
planning for the exploratory drilling was for the third and fourth quarters of 2014. ENI is now making a
great effort to speed up and to begin the exploratory drilling toward the end of August of 2014, something
that is very important because it will expedite the procedures for the discovery of more natural gas.”
Eni last year signed Exploration and Production Sharing Contracts with the Ministry of Commerce, Industry
and Tourism of the Republic of Cyprus, for Blocks 2, 3 and 9
located in the Cypriot deep offshore portion of the Levantine
basin, which encompass an area of around 12,530 square
kilometres, thus marking the entry of Eni in the country.
Eni was awarded the three blocks whilst leading a consortium
formed by Eni (80%, as operator) and the Korean company
Kogas (20%) in an international competitive tender (Cyprus 2nd
Offshore Licensing Round) which was completed in May 2012.
The oil & gas industry recently shown significant
attention to the Levantine Basin as it is one of the
newest exploration frontiers with giant gas potential.
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UAE pulls the plug on energy-sapping lights By Binsal Abdul Kader, Gulf News
A ban on sale of inefficient bulbs in the UAE will help save Dh668 million per year on energy bills and
carbon emissions — the equivalent to removing 165,000 cars off the road per year, authorities said
yesterday.
The ban, part of an indoor lighting standard in the UAE, will come into effect on July 1, senior officials
announced at a press conference on Monday in Abu Dhabi. The official nixing of energy-depleting bulbs
will mainly be on incandescent versions of lighting which have to be replaced by CFLs (Compact
Fluorescent Lamps), Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) and halogens.
After July 1, all bulbs have to meet
the new standard based on
environment, safety and efficiency
criteria. There is no restriction on
using existing low-standard bulbs,
whose life is almost one year. An
estimated 85 million lamps are in
use in the UAE, of which 78 per
cent about 63 million — are low-
standard ones. To implement the
new standard, the UAE will need
about Dh732 million in investments
on energy-efficient lamps, which
will be paid back within 13 months
through savings on energy bills. Although households have to spend more money on efficient lamps
initially, it will benefit them by all means in the long run, the officials said.
Of Dh668 million annual savings on power bills, approximately Dh452 million will be saved by households,
especially in emirates with higher tariff rates. The remaining Dh216 million will be saved by the
government through reduced subsidies. It is estimated that an average villa in Dubai will save
approximately Dh2,315 per year by changing its lights to energy-efficient products.
The ban will specifically target imports as there is no domestic production of lighting products at the
moment. The new standard will help reduce 940,000 CO2 emissions per year. Households contribute to 71
per cent of carbon emissions, of which 11 per cent comes from inefficient lamps. “The new lighting
standard will reduce the country’s energy consumption by 340-500MW per year, which is equivalent to not
using an average gas power station for six months,” said Rashid Bin Fahd, Minister of Environment and
Water.
This important achievement came as a result of the strong collaboration of all partners of the Ecological
Footprint Initiative, Razan Al Mubarak, Secretary-General of Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD),
said. The UAE Ecological Footprint Initiative is a public-private partnership, working to develop science-
based policy recommendations to help reduce the UAE’s carbon emissions and per capita Ecological
Footprint. The UAE has a high ecological footprint, which means a lot of resources such as energy, water,
and goods are wasted.
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The Ministry of Environment and Water, the EAD, Emirates Wildlife Society - World Wildlife Fund for
Nature (EWS-WWF), the Global Footprint Network, and Emirates Authority for Standardisation and
Metrology (Esma) are partners in this initiative.
Esma has framed the technical specifications of the standard for lighting products, which will be applicable
to CFLs, LEDs and halogens as well, a senior official told Gulf News on the sidelines of the press
conference. “One of the criteria is restriction on hazardous elements like mercury in lamps. If the level of
mercury exceeds the permitted level in CFLs, LEDs and halogens, they will not get entry to the country,”
Engineer Mohammad Saleh Badri, Director-General of Esma, said. He said Esma has a plan to dispose of
electric lamps in coordination with local authorities.
NewBase – Reasearch / commentary :-
The untapped potential of energy efficient lighting
Today a new generation of energy efficient lighting technologies can make a significant contribution to achieving our
energy and carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction targets. The International Energy Agency has calculated that, worldwide,
electrical lighting uses 19% of all electricity produced.
Two fundamental points are:
1) Three-quarters of all lighting currently installed uses older, less energy efficient technology, developed
before the 1970s – a figure based on Philips analysis of sales figures and existing lighting installations; and,
2) During the last decade there has been a
revolution in lighting technology,
especially in energy efficient solutions.
These developments, well documented by
trade media, cover all key areas of
lighting such as light sources, control gear
and luminaire optics as well as lighting
control sensors and LEDs (light-emitting
diodes).
The output of 530 power stations
Philips, the world’s leading lighting
supplier, has assessed the potential savings. Assuming an achievable 40% average saving in lighting energy
consumption, there would be running cost savings – or a business potential – worth 106 billion euros per
year. This is the equivalent of 555 million tons of CO2, or the equivalent output of 530 power stations. And
new lighting technologies not only offer energy savings, they also provide a higher quality of light.
Logically we should encourage, and indeed speed up, the switch from older lighting technology to the
technology on the market today. But current changeover and refurbishment rates are slow, for example, in
Europe they are 3% per year in street lighting and 5 to 6% per year in office lighting. These rates
demonstrate a key issue. Even if a new energy saving technology is developed, it takes almost a generation
for it to be fully adopted, and by then something better has been developed in its turn. Nor will the original
technology disappear as it will be discounted at a lower intial price.
The reality of the potential savings becomes more meaningful when viewed in the context in which lighting
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is used. In office or building lighting, for example, the difference in energy consumption between older and
newer technologies can be between 30% and 70%. This includes the use of lighting controls, which turn the
lights off automatically when nobody is present and adjust light levels in the office when natural daylight is
present. These technologies are no longer the complex technical solutions they used to be. Today simple
plug-and-play systems are available
which can save up to 70% of energy
consumed. It is a sobering fact that in
Europe only about 1% of buildings,
offices or schools use lighting controls
of any sort.
A similar picture can be found in road &
street lighting where cities and
municipalities can make very significant
savings. Old street lighting technologies
date from technology developed in the
1960s. Today new solutions, such as the
CosmoPolis system, can offer energy
savings of 50% and a far higher quality
of lighting. We can also control the light levels making dimming and presence detection a reality for even
greater savings. The same kind of energy efficiency story can also be told for retail, industrial, and hotel
lighting.
As for home lighting we have been producing the ordinary household light bulb for more than 100 years.
This uses 4 times more energy than existing compact fluorescent alternatives. Yet we still buy 12 billion of
these incandescent lamps per year worldwide. The collective cost in terms of energy and costs is huge. In
December 2006 Philips called for the replacement of incandescent light bulbs within ten years.
During the next few years, we expect to be able to announce further technology breakthroughs. LED
technology will have a greater impact in both commercial applications and the home. Already we have
domestic decorative LED light bulbs, which can replace incandescent light bulbs where only a decorative
effect is required both indoors and outdoors. Howver, the light output of these current LED light bulbs is not
yet comparable to conventional lighting.
The issue is clear, the solution is simple – just switch. But why is it not happening faster?
Barriers and solutions
The barriers include a lack of interest in new lighting technologies and an inititial investment hurdle. Firstly,
if we are to make a difference in the struggle against climate change, apathy is not going to help. Secondly,
although new lighting technologies offer major savings over their lifetime, there is an initial cost.
New legislation is needed to set minimum performance criteria for lighting. This should be supported by the
development of tax incentives to encourage new technologies or discourage older, less efficient
technologies. Local governements could adopt stricter green procurement policies and targets could be set
for CO2 per M2 of Office or km/Road. The development of new financing incentives and energy pricing
initiatives offers the potential to remove one of the largest barriers – that of higher initial investment costs –
and access the business opportunity for financial institutions or ESCOs (energy service companies) to repay
investments out of energy savings. Energy efficient lighting does provide a significant contribution to
reducing CO2 emissions in our struggle with climate change.
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Algeria: Samsung Engineering signs Algeria Timimoun gas project http://www.samsungengineering.com/mediaCenter/news/common/detail
Samsung Engineering has signed the Algeria Timimoun Field Development project worth $800 million USD with
Groupement Timimoun (GTIM), a joint venture between Sonatrach (51%), Total (37.75) and Cepsa.(11.25% )
The Timimoun Field Development project is located 800km southwest
of Algiers. Samsung Engineering is responsible for engineering,
procurement, construction and pre-commissioning on a lump-sum-turn-
key basis to build a 180km pipeline and a Central Processing Facility
(CPF) with a capacity of 177 million standard cubic feet per day
(MMSCFD). The project is expected to reach its completion in 2017.
Samsung Engineering was the only Korean company
selected for this project in the pool of top European and
Japanese EPC firms. The company has proved its
expertise in oil and gas plant projects with a strong
track record in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia and
Malaysia.
Choong Heum Park, President and CEO of Samsung
Engineering, commented: 'Our accumulated experience
in the oil and gas sector in MENA led to this
opportunity to work with Groupement Timimoun. With
our commitment to safety for the project and
environment, we will execute and complete this project
successfully and expect to deepen our footprint in
Africa.'
NewBase special Research : About Algeria Gas
Algeria’s Gas Output and New Projects Set For 2016 by Hira Shahnawaz Akhtar
Algeria’s gas output is largely dependant on the production from the field Hassi R’Mel, which has been seen to hastily decline to one-third of its previous value. The field has been neglected in terms of development expenditure and maintenance infrastructure and has consequently seen a sharp drop in production in recent years.
The history of Hassi R’Mel
Hassi R’Mel is one of the largest gas fields in the world (eighteenth largest by rank) and holds more than half of Algeria’s total gas reserves. Hassi R’Mel was discovered by the French company Total SA (ADR) (NYSE:TOT) as the operator in 1956 while production started up in 1961. Currently, the local firm Sonatrach owns a 100 percent stake in Hassi R’Mel.
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To the southeast of Hassi R’Mel is the largest oil field in Algeria, called Hassi Messaoud, and both these fields are located in the province of Hassi Messaoud. Hassi R’Mel is located in the vicinity of Hassi R’Mel village which is located 340 miles (550 kilometres) south of Algiers. The gas field is 43 miles (70 kilometres) long stretching from north to south and 31 miles (50 kilometres) wide going
from east to west.
The field holds proven reserves of about 85 trillion cubic feet (tcf). “The remainder of Algeria’s natural gas reserves come from associated fields (alongside crude oil reserves) and non-associated fields in the south and southeast regions of the country,” reports the U.S.
Energy Information
Administration (EIA).
Steep decline in Algeria’s gas output
The production from Hassi R’Mel dropped from 75 billion cubic meters (bcm) in 2008 to just 55 bcm in 2012. “The startling drop in just four years is one of the main reasons for the fall in Algeria’s gas exports in the past few years: they slid from 60 billion cu.m. in 2007 to 52 billion in 2011 and 55 billion in 2012. Already predicted at the end of 2008, the fall in Hassi R’Mel’s output can be blamed on the intense exploitation of the field some years previously,” reports Africa Intelligence.
“In the 2000s, Algeria over-exploited Hassi R’Mel’s reserves to make up for delays in development work on other Algerian fields, particularly Gassi Touil, Rhourde Nouss and also fields in the south-west, notably Tinhert, Touat, Timimoun and Reggane North. In addition, work to re-develop the field wasn’t done for fear of disrupting intensive production,” adds Africa Intelligence.
Upcoming projects in Algeria and investment
Total SA (ADR) (NYSE:TOT) is now vested in the Southwest Gas Project in Algeria, which is expected to start up by 2016. This includes Reggane Nord, Timimoun, and Touat projects and
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entails the construction of gas collection facilities, gas treatment plants and pipelines connecting this area to the Hassi E’Mel gas hub.
“The Repsol-led Reggane Nord project consists of developing six fields and is expected to reach a plateau production rate of 102 billion cubic feet (bcf) per year. The Timimoun project, led by Total SA (ADR) (NYSE:TOT) in partnership with Sonatrach and Cepsa, is expected to reach peak production of 57 bcf per year, and the Touat project, led by the France-based GDF Suez in association with Sonatrach, is projected to reach peak output of 159 bcf per year,” reports the Energy Information Administration (EIA).
Total SA (ADR) (NYSE:TOT) is also vested in the development of the new field Ahnet for the exploration of tight gas reserves. This field is expected to contribute 100 to 150 bcf and will come online by 2016 as well. Other new projects to be started up in Algeria are shown in the table below.
Table 1: Upcoming Natural Gas Projects in Algeria
These upcoming
projects will have to
compensate for the
decline in Hassi
R’Mel. However, most
of these projects are
not expected to come
online for another
couple of years which
indicates that we can
expect a drop in the
gas output of Algeria
for the next few years.
Oil pipes and flares foul the desert near Hassi-Messaoud but, along with natural
gas, the fields provide 90 per cent of the country's foreign earnings.
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Genel Energy completes pipeline from Kurdistan Region of Iraq to Turkey http://www.oilreviewmiddleeast.com/
Genel Energy has completed the pipeline infrastructure to export crude oil from the
Kurdistan Region of Iraq to Turkey
During Q4 2013, the final phase of the export pipeline infrastructure from Dohuk to Fishkabur was
completed and tied in to the Iraq-Turkey Pipeline via a new metering station within the Region.
Since then, commissioning and line-fill operations have been progressing parallelly. Test flows
commenced in December
2013 and the first oil through
the new pipeline reached
Ceyhan in Turkey in early
2014, Genel said.
Tony Hayward, chief
executive of Genel Energy,
said, "2013 was a
transformational year for
Genel. The energy agreement
between the KRG and Turkey
and the completion of the KRI
independent pipeline
infrastructure has paved the
way for steadily rising oil
export volumes from Taq Taq
and Tawke over the course of
2014." On 8 January 2014, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq announced that first export sales via the
pipeline were expected to commence in the near future, with sales volumes expected to ramp up
over the remainder of the year. Genel expects that the pipeline system will be fully commissioned
during Q2 2014 once required upgrades to pumping stations on the Region's section of the
pipeline are completed.
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