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Election year inIraq: changes ahead

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6 Executives’ Calendar

Analysis

10 MENA Gas Exports

Samuel Ciszuk examines whether theUkraine-Russia crisis will make the EU amore attractive market for MENA gasexports.

14 Iraq Elections

Iraq has started this year with impressiveexports, but what is the outlook for Iraqduring this potentially crucial electionyear?

20 Iraq Oil Exports

A look at who will control oil revenuesgenerated from exports in the KurdistanRegion of Iraq, post-election.

Exploration & Production

24 Developments

A detailed round-up of the latest E&Pnews from around the region.

Gas

30 Qatar

With Qatar developing its LNG resources,the country is now looking to open upnew markets in Europe.

32 Oman

Increased consumption highlights theimportance of natural gas production.

Petrochemicals & Refining

38 News

Conferences & Exhibitions

44 Middle East Petrotech 2014

Investment opportunities never seenbefore are now on offer locally, accordingto the organisers of the region's largestdownstream conference.

48 OTC 2014

The must-attend event for thedevelopment of offshore resourcesreturns to Texas.

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52 Alaa For Industry

An interview with AFI’s CEO, BrianO’Sullivan.

58 Hot Tapping

Pretect’s mechanical services managerfor the Middle East, Steven Hague,discusses the benefits of hot tapping andrelated safety factors.

64 Rockwell Automation

Rockwell Automation’s senior vicepresident and chief financial officer, TedCrandall, speaks to Oil Review about thegreat business potential in the region.

66 Coatings

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68 Innovations

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OUR COVER STORY this month examines the upcoming elections in Iraq. WhileIraq has emerged from a flat 2013 by posting impressive export figures, anyresulting instability may affect future project deliveries and difficult decisions willneed to be made over the control of export revenue from the Kurdistan Region ofIraq. Elsewhere in this issue, the potential regional repercussions of the ongoingconflict between Ukraine and Russia are assessed, while the industry spotlightonce again falls upon OTC in Texas and Middle East Petrotech in Bahrain.

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IT IS WITH great sadness that we have to report that David Clancy, editor of Oil Review MiddleEast, has died after a long battle with cancer. David had been with the company for

25 years providing high quality editing for Oil Review Middle East, Technical ReviewMiddle East and other magazines before them.

As a result of David's professionalism, knowledge and application, the titleshave acquired a reputation for authoritative and pertinent content.Throughout his illness, David maintained his work output, fitting it inbetween his numerous sessions of unpleasant treatment. There canbe few people who would show the same resolve. His expertise and

guidance to others and his quiet sense of humour will be sorelymissed. He leaves behind his wife, Antonia and two daughters.

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FOLLOWING THE RECENT annexationof Crimea by Russia, against the willof Ukraine and strong internationalprotests, the dependence of the

European Union (EU) on Russian energyimports is again being regarded asproblematic. The same switch inperceptions happened in the aftermath ofthe 2009 gas payment crisis betweenRussia and Ukraine, after which the EUorganised new groups and committees todeal with the security of energy suppliesand made several policy changesconcerning gas infrastructure and the overallmarket. These changes and initiativesessentially targeted supply diversificationand improved the interconnection andcompetition of local and regional Europeanmarkets.

As time passed, however, the sense ofurgency decreased and many of theinitiatives seemed to run out of politicalsteam. The 2009 gas crisis also started tobe increasingly viewed through a purely

commercial lens, with understanding for theRussian course of action rising inretrospect, particularly within the industry.This was also helped by Ukraine’s nearconstant economic problems, which mademany traders and gas market watchersmove closer to the Russian view of Ukrainebeing the problem. From that point of viewRussia’s building of pipelines bypassingEast- and Central Europe, like the NordStream subsea pipeline under the Baltic,seemed like a good enough solution toEurope’s gas security of supply conundrum.

Another reason behind the effortsrunning out of steam was pricing.Alternatives to Russian gas were scarce,with other large suppliers to Europe bypipeline not being able to deliver growthfrom mature assets, or being dogged bypolitical insecurity and sanctions, like Libyaand Iran. LNG had been touted as the otherreal near-term alternative. However, apartfrom some long-term deals struck withQatar – most of them ironically well before

the 2009 crisis – EU energy companiesstruggled to compete with Asia over theprice of LNG cargoes, particularly in theaftermath of the Fukushima nuclear disasterin Japan.

This time around there is, however,reason to believe that both EU resolve andpersistence will be much stronger. Russia’sforceful annexation of a neighbouring state’sterritory, which in addition is also widelyread in the context of an east-west powerstruggle, touches a raw nerve not only withthe political leaderships of the union, butwith the broader populations. There is asense that a watershed event has takenplace and that the continent has moved

Gas exports from the MENA region will targetnew and existing markets throughout Europe

The EU, placing a renewed emphasis on diversity of supply, could become anattractive market for MENA gas exports. Samuel Ciszuk examines whether or notAsia will continue to be the buyer of choice.

EU energy firms havestruggled to compete withAsia over LNG cargo prices


Analysis

Will Ukraine-Russia crisis affect

MENA gas exports?


away from post-cold war détente being thenorm into a new, more tense time of powerpolitics with a greater emphasis on security.

No doubt the strongest feelings willmellow with time, but there seems to be anexpectation in place already that this crisiswill be followed by others. The political andpopular psyche in the EU has also suffered.It was clear that the EU felt moreconstrained in its actions against Russia,because of its reliance on energy imports,than Russia had in its actions against theEU and Ukraine when sanctions andresponses to the Russian course of actionwere debated. It seems conventionalwisdom has interpreted the crisis in a waywhere Russia unhindered managed to reachits full objectives, while the EU had tomeasure its responses carefully in order notto risk further escalation. In short, the EUlooked weak, something it became veryaware of.

The result is that the emphasis onsupply diversity will rise even further. Betterutilisation of existing non-Russian importpipelines will come on the agenda, as wellas the construction of new ones. But whichneighbouring countries or regions havefuture gas growth to offer and where couldadditional gas be sourced in relative near-time?

The EU’s relatively large amount ofunderutilised LNG regasification facilities isnaturally drawing a lot of attention,particularly as a stop-gap or emergencysupply source, should some form of tensionor conflict with Russia cause largeshortages. Here too some problemsemerge. The current global supply situationis well balanced and the EU wouldeffectively have to outbid Asian buyers tosecure any serious amount of additionalLNG. Shortages would, in such a case justbe partly switched from Europe to Asia andthat would be very costly. In the longer run,however, significant amounts of new LNGproduction facilities are being built inAustralia, East Africa and North America.Even though demand growth numbers arein the favour of new entrants pursuingmarket shares in Asia, a supplier strategy toat least partly balance markets andexposure favours some of the future LNGsales reaching the EU, even if its prices willtend to be on the lower part of the globalprice spectrum.

Where does this leave MENA gasexporters then? The prime beneficiariesshould be the North African exporters. Theyalready have infrastructure in place, which insome cases and to some degree couldhandle increases, while future expansions inmany cases would be based on relativelyfavourable economics of scale. Alas, thecountries all have significant problemswhich might prove insurmountable. Egypt isperhaps the worst case, with political

instability meaning that efforts to liftsubsidies and thoroughly rein in domesticdemand growth will probably be pushed tothe future. Whether in North Africa or in theGulf, gas producers will need to place astrong emphasis on making theireconomies much more energy efficient,however, such policies deliver long termresults, not short term yields.

Hence, Egypt is unable to increase itsLNG exports and for the companies involvedin its LNG ventures, the falling utilisationlevels of the LNG plants mean that sellingcargoes at the highest possible price, i.e. toAsia, will become even more important,given rising production costs per unit. Libyashould in theory be able to grow its gasexports, but here too it is a long termundertaking, involving the exploration ofundiscovered reserves, as well as thereining in of flaring, through large upgradesof its oil industry. That is only possible afterthe country has overcome its currentfragmentation and been able to workthrough its constitutional and state-buildingchallenges. Only then will it be able tochannel the necessary political and

legislative concentration into developing amodern framework for investment intoupstream gas development anddownstream export infrastructure.

Algeria is in a better situation, withconsiderable underutilised export capacity inpipelines as well as in its newlyreconstructed Skikda LNG facility. Theproblem there has been the fallingupstream investment levels since politicstook another resource nationalist turnaround 2005. Today there seems to be ahealthy realisation that investment termsneed to be improved, demonstrated inrecent updates to model contracts andinvestment laws, as well as a realisationthat terms need to be geared to thetechnical and geological challenges at hand.For the long term, Algeria seems to be ableto target very exciting tight and shale gasstructures and IOCs are likely to regain trustin the country, spurred by liberalised terms.In the short-to-medium term however,export growth can only be fairly marginal,given the underinvestment of the pastdecade.

From the Arabian peninsula, only Qatarstands out as not having either theimmense security and fragmentationchallenges of Yemen, or a domestic demandsituation already eating into existing exportvolumes, like in the UAE and Oman. QatariLNG cargoes are relatively fully booked, butshould EU demand pick up, someredirections of originally Europe-boundcargoes to Asia could stop. The volumeswould not be entirely marginal, but neither

Russian troops on patrolin annexed Crimea

Better utilisation ofexisting non-Russian importpipelines will come on theagenda


Analysis


do they represent some 'silver bullet'solution for Europe. Moreover, if EU buyersin the medium run would like to securemore volumes as some of Qatar’s earliestcontracts start to expire, they would need tocompete on price with East Asian buyers. Inmost cases that looks unlikely to succeeduntil the global supply and demand balancehas had time to change more fundamentally.Oman might be able to reverse its LNGexport decline if BP gets its tight gasdevelopments underway successfully but,given the domestic need for feedstockgrowth, should not be expected.

Ironically, it is Iran and Iraq which standout as the largest potential sources ofadditional gas exports to Europe from theMENA region in the medium term. Iranalready has a pipeline connection to Turkeyfrom where gas could flow further into theEU through existing and forthcominginterconnections. Iraq lacks that, but couldtechnically within four to five years deliveron not entirely marginal volumes from theKurdistan Region of Iraq. Both countrieshave hopes for LNG export ventures in the

Gulf, but security issues, red tape, politicaldeadlock and unattractive terms have so farkept a lid on investment.

In Iran’s case, a punishing internationalsanctions regime remains the key obstacleto any upstream or downstreamdevelopment. Assuming a breakthrough innegotiations with the West about itsnuclear programme might be successfuland sanctions eased further – not by anymeans an easy task given politicaldeadlocks – one should still not expectIranian LNG capacity to be built anytimesoon.

Iran, like all its Gulf neighbours, battlesspiralling domestic demand which mightcomplicate gas allocations to expensive

LNG projects enormously. Exports throughan existing and, in the future, expandedpipeline would however be a natural priority.Like the autonomous Kurdistan Region ofIraq, there would be a large need for projectfinance, something the EU could help outwith as part of making infrastructurefunding more widely available for energyprojects under its new policies.

Gas exports to Europe from theKurdistan Region of Iraq and Iran couldbecome a reality within five years’ timeshould legal and sanctions issuesrespectively be resolved fairly soon. Apartfrom that, Europe’s ability to secure highergas imports from the MENA region looksdisappointing. Aside from Algeria and Qatar,the rest of the region will be forced todevelop gas to meet spiralling domesticneeds for some time yet. Uncertaintyremains as to whether countries will dareto launch subsidy reforms and energyefficiency initiatives quickly andcomprehensively enough to change theirdomestic supply and demand balanceswithin the coming decade. ■

Iran and Iraq are thelargest potential sources ofadditional gas supplies


Analysis

Alternative LNG exports are beingsought away from Russian sources


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IRAQ HAS HAD an impressive start tothe year, from an oil production point ofview. Crude production reached 2.85mnbpd and 3.41mn bpd in January and

February respectively, having lingered atrelatively lacklustre levels for most of2013. In fact, the production levelsachieved at the beginning of the yearwere the highest since 1979, before theIraq-Iran war.

This year's export growth had relativelylittle to do with immediate productioncapacity growth, but reflected the de-bottlenecking achieved in the southern oilterminals during drawn-out works in thesecond half of last year. The outputgrowth is even more impressive becauseit shows the potential of the south, giventhat ongoing production problems in thenorth, as well as an export boycott by theautonomous Kurdistan RegionalGovernment (KRG), has kept outputsubdued through the northern export link.

Southern oil production and exports fellin the second half of 2013, asinfrastructural expansion work at theoffshore terminals and feeder pipelines offBasra took longer than officially estimated.Work began last September and escalatedthrough October, but was not completedby the end of that month, as had beenofficially promised. Instead the worklingered on through December, with someJanuary delays being attributed to the lastparts of the project. Lengthy delays didnot surprise the market, however. Marketwatchers and traders are hardened whenit comes to Iraqi schedules, given themalaise of the post-2003 period throughto 2011-2012, when serious output growthensued. Projects continue to makeheadway in particularly southern, but alsosouth eastern Iraq, however project delaysand bureaucratic hold-ups havereappeared as a significant factor in thecountry after the first wave of relativelyeasy production gains was achieved.

OverhaulMost of Iraq’s large southern oil projects,awarded to IOCs in 2009 and 2010, sawsome very significant production capacityincreases in a two to three year periodfrom when work started, as old facilities

were overhauled, existing infrastructurede-bottlenecked and new production andinfill wells were drilled and connected toexisting infrastructure. By 2013, theimpressive output growth Iraq shown in2012 slowed considerably, as red tape-caused delays and the difficult securitysituation started to manifest itself insecond wave work on Iraq’s megafields.

That second wave of projects involvesproduction capacity gains from greenfieldproduction facilities and as such theprojects have been more exposed to theproblems of, for example, bringing skilledforeign workers, specialist material andmachinery through customs.Nevertheless, work has moved on andwhile results in the form of risingproduction should be expected to comeonstream more slowly this year and nextthan in 2012, some further growth on topof the output jump should still beexpected as export terminals were de-bottlenecked.

Imminent growthSome imminent production growth isactually expected from the more or lesstotal greenfield projects among thoseawarded, particularly in the 2010 licensinground. In August/September last year theGharraf field was brought onstream by aconsortium of Malaysia’s Petronas andJapan’s JOMEC. Shortly afterwards Shelland Petronas brought the supergiantMajnoon field onstream. Production wassomewhat curtailed however, as thecountry’s export capacity plunged by up to500,000 bpd due to the expansion works.Gharraf contributed around 35,000 bpd to

Oil production in Iraq has begun in earnest in 2014 with crude production at its highest level since theoutbreak of the Iran-Iraq war in 1979 (Image: Sergio Russo)

Following a disappointing 2013, Iraq has started this year withimpressive export numbers, but what is the outlook for Iraq. duringthis potentially crucial election year? Samuel Ciszuk reports.

Iraq elections may impact on

project deliveries

Problems bringingskilled foreign workers andspecialist machinery throughcustoms have increased


Analysis


February output, while Majnoon helped byaround 175,000 bpd, rising to 210,000 bpdin early April, according to Shell.

Going forward, Gazprom Neft is aboutto start production at its Badra field, wherea first 60,000 bpd line in the 170,000 bpdcentral gathering station was said by thecompany to be due imminently. The mostimportant addition is however thesupergiant West Qurna-2 field, whereRussia’s Lukoil reported commencingproduction on March 29. The initialproduction was 120,000 bpd in the firstmonth, rising throughout the year toaround 400,000 bpd by the end of 2014.Eventually, the field is targeting a plateauproduction of around 1.2mn bpd, makingthe 14bn barrel reservoir one of the world’slargest untapped fields, until a few weeksago.

The production capacity gains so far thisyear and in the second half of last yearmainly fed through in the February exportfigures, bringing southern exports to2.5mn bpd according to Iraq’s State OilMarketing Organisation (SOMO). Thisformed a 471,000 bpd increase overJanuary exports from the south, as well asan increase of almost 200,000 bpdcompared with the previous recentsouthern export record of April 2013. Thereported numbers included around 50,000bpd of fuel oil, however.

Khor al-AmayaIt remains to be seen whether the sorelyneeded de-bottlenecking in the south hasprovided enough room for growth. The twonew single-point mooring (SPM) buoysinstalled as part of the de-bottlenecking, aswell as the two new fixed jetties off Khoral-Amaya terminal have lifted loadingcapacity to levels Iraq might never fullyreach. However the expansion project didnot expand the whole midstream system,leaving a narrow waist around the al-Faostorage depot, where Platts recentlyestimated that pumping capacity might notbe able to exceed 115,000 barrels per hour.That would effectively cap southernexports at 2.75mn bpd until the newfacilities at al-Fao are completed, which isnot expected until the end of 2015 at theearliest.

Estimates like that encapsulate one ofthe main headaches of IOCs in Iraq. Underthe Iraqi model contracts, IOCs are

required to keep a certain pace of projectspeed and meet strict output capacitycriteria. At the same time companies are atthe mercy of slow customs and visaissuing processes, creating long waitingtimes and holding up important deliveries.In addition to that, the infrastructureprojects pursued by the Iraqi governmentthrough one of the state oil companieshave all suffered from planning problemsand spiralling delays when constructionfinally has got underway. Undertakingexpensive investment just to later be besetwith stranded production capacity, asgovernment-led trunk pipeline expansionwork has fallen behind schedule, is not anattractive proposition. IOCs have in somecases been able to improve their termssomewhat on this (and other) facts. Inmost cases the logical answer has been aslowdown of IOC investment speed amid aclear reluctance from the Iraqi Oil Ministryto pick a fight with IOCs when delayedIraqi state projects are so clearly the causeof why IOCs cannot lift production.

The inability of the state to speed up itsown projects points to a larger, overallfailure: the political paralysis of Iraq.Violence has again surged in Iraq in thepast couple of years, as the civil war inneighbouring Syria has intensified. TheSunni population has lost faith in the Shi’a-dominated government’s talk of sectarianreintegration. Meanwhile the two mainKurdish factions in the Kurdistan Region ofIraq have been locked in a tug of war withthe Iraqi government over who should havethe title to the region’s oil and gas reservesand collect the future oil export revenues.

In this atmosphere, Prime Minister Nourial-Maliki has led a coalition government asdeadlocked as the parliament itself, makingit impossible to make any headway incutting the country’s cumbersome redtape.

General electionsAhead of the upcoming general electionson 30 April, the situation looks remarkablystable. In the past four years the primeminister has been able to play divide andconquer both within the governmentcoalition and among opposition groups. Theprice – political deadlock – has hurt al-Maliki, but seemingly not as much as theother political parties, who have beenrobbed of opportunities to profilethemselves and show off political victoriesto their electorate. Meanwhile, the primeminister has been able to use theexecutive position as a platform. It shouldnot be underestimated to what degreeIraqi’s belonging to the Shi’a community –Iraq’s largest – has brought stabilitythrough political paralysis, following severalyears of unpredictable chaos.

Another price for the prime minister’sincreasingly tight grip on his position hasbeen increasing disenfranchisementamong the Sunni minority group, thesecond largest Iraqi sectarian/ethnicgrouping. This has been manifestedthrough escalating violence in the westernparts of the country as well as in the northand northwest. This could turn out to be ahefty price in the long run, however at thesame time war-wariness among thepopulation seems to limit the fallout to

Iraqi voters last went to the polls in 2010 (Image: Omar Chatriwala)

The two main Kurdishfactions have been locked ina tug of war with the Iraqigovernment


Analysis


more extremist groupings, as well as tribalgroups in the west of the country. Thatmeans that to some extent the popularsupport for Sunni militancy is not provinghigh enough for more popular rebellions tostart looking likely.

Even though al-Maliki seems to haveweakened most of the country’sopposition, he will still most likely have tocobble together a coalition governmentfollowing the elections. With al-Malikibeing the natural centre point in Iraqipolitics for the moment – even personality-wise there is no other political leader ableto challenge him for the electorate’sattentions outside the KRG. The key prizefor the other parties running seems to bethat of tipping the scales, or kingmaker, inthe forthcoming coalition-building. As hasbeen the case following the 2003 US-ledinvasion, the Kurdish parties look mostlikely to secure that place if they cancooperate.

DivisionsHowever, being divided in three for thesecond election in a row, rather than thelong-standing dual union between KDP andPUK, might water down the potentialgains. Challenger Gorran after all needs toget results, which means it will betempted to strike its own deals withgroups outside of the KRG to barterinfluence with its KRG rivals at a laterstage.

If the Kurds manage a fairly united frontand gain enough weight in the parliamentto counterbalance and pressure al-Maliki,the political deadlock and paralysis from2010-2014 could potentially be broken up.Should the opposite happen and the Kurdsfeel weakened, however, more conflictaround the country’s political set-up islikely to follow. Similarly, the strengtheningof other Shi’a groups than the PM’s Dawaparty in the elections could make thedeadlock of the past four years last, as noside might be strong enough to startunlocking large festering problems, like, forinstance, the status of the KRG-signed oilcontracts and the region’s oil exports. Withthose issued unresolved, the Kurds wouldmake sure that nothing else moved either,complicating the situation.

Deal-makingFor foreign investors in Iraq, the electionoutcome is naturally quite hard to call,given the backroom-type deal-makingwhich dominates the political system dueto the way it has been set up. The mostlikely scenario is that the incominggovernment will be able to exert a little bitmore influence through this round and thatthe degree of stalemate in the parliamentwill diminish somewhat. Expectations ofpolitical breakthroughs should bemeasured, however, particularly withregards to larger, policy-type issues.Should a limited political decision-makingeasing ensue, cutting red tape for oilprojects might be possible as many of theissues raised in themselves areuncontroversial. Still, the priority of thecabinet will not be the Iraqi investmentclimate, but remain more concerned withoverarching themes like reining in Sunnimilitancy, maintaining a grip on thecountry’s political groups and ensuring thatthere is no backsliding into militia-basedactivism and on building hard securitycapabilities. As long as oil revenues are notdisrupted in any major way, expectations ofinvestment climate proactivity may bewasted. ■

For foreign investorsin Iraq, the election outcomeis naturally hard to call


Analysis

MIDDLE EAST TUBULAR Services (METS) has been awarded a contract tocarry out inspection and machine shop services for Lukoil Middle East onits West Qurna Phase II Oilfield requirements in Iraq.The Iraq branch of the business, METS Khor Al Zubair, has entered into athree year service contract with the upstream oil company, which will seeit carry out thread and pipe body inspection on tubing from Lukoil’s site.METS regional manager Gareth McMurray said, “Between now andDecember we are looking at transporting and inspecting 7,000 joints withthreading repairs being carried out on those with damaged connections.”METS, which provides the oil and gas industry with storage, handling,logistics, repair and accessory manufacturing of oil country tubular goods(OCTG), began operations on its 52,000 sq m Basra free zone site in 2011.Other recent long-term service agreements in Iraq include both a machineshop services contract and an OCTG inspection services contract for BPIraq on its Rumailah Oilfield, which are predicted to complete in 2014 and2015 respectively. In addition to the Iraqi facility, METS runs an 88,000 sq m site in Oman’sSohar Free Zone, which started operations in 2012, and the company’sheadquarters in Hamriyah Free Zone, Sharjah, UAE.METS regional manager Gareth McMurray said, “We have large, secure,storage yards at all three of our free zone sites where we specialise in thehandling and storage of customer OCTGs.”Speaking on the Iraqi and Omani facilities, McMurray said, “Thedevelopment of the two new sites has allowed us to become moreengaged with our customers.”METS has also channelled significant investment into its UAEheadquarters where it is currently developing a new office, which thecompany predicts will be completed by the end of this year.McMurray commented that this development is a result of having taken onmore staff at the head office in order to support its growing business andnew facilities in the region.

He added that over the past 12 months METS has handled more than200,000 mt of casing and tubing and the company currently has 100,000 mtin stock across the three sites.“Each of the three sites operate on an individual P&L [profit and loss]basis and we are always looking at developing our existing services andcustomers as well as looking at new sites and ventures around the MiddleEast and Africa region,” McMurray explained.METS prides itself on utilising and developing regional talent throughsupporting local personnel development in Oman and Iraq. For example,according to McMurray, more than 60 per cent of the company’s workerson its Basra site are Iraqi national who are hired locally and trained up.He said, “By supporting local employment we believe we are helping toimprove standards of living and education, but as a company we are alsoable to learn about differing cultures and beliefs.”

METS will carry out thread and pipe body inspection for Lukoil’s tubing

Middle East Tubular Services wins Iraqi West Qurna Phase II Oilfield contract


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KURDISTAN REGION OF Iraq hadcome close to establishing its ownlarge-scale independent oil exportoperations by the end of 2013 and

started off the year in a way which mademany industry watchers expect an imminentdeal in its favour with Baghdad. It nowseems a deal before 30 April generalelections in Iraq is elusive and thebreakthrough deal could well be draggeduntil at least the second half of the year,depending on how long the governmentcoalition formation process might take. Inthe meanwhile, upstream investmentcontinues but on a subdued level, comparedwith what it should have been had all theinternational oil companies (IOCs), whomade discoveries in the region, seen theirability to monetise reserves.

The dispute between autonomousKurdistan Region of Iraq and the federal Iraqigovernment has become a fixture of post-2003 Iraq. It ultimately revolves around thequestion of how much autonomy the regionshall be entitled to. One sticking point ofoutmost importance is the title to naturalresources in the region and who shallcontrol the revenue from resourcemonetisation. The political deadlock andfeuding in Baghdad has over the pastdecade made it possible for the KurdistanRegional Government (KRG) to issue its ownoil law and attract a large number of IOCs toits considerably more stable and securejurisdiction. Exploration has been generallysuccessful, but the lack of clarity onmonetisation – as Baghdad has withheldaccess for KRG to usage of the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline to theTurkish Mediterraneancoast and marketing opportunities at theTurkish port — has meant that subsequentdevelopment investment pace has slowedmarkedly from levels which otherwise couldhave been expected.

Late last year and in the first two monthsof 2014, the situation seemed to movetowards some form of resolution. Thedétente between the KRG and Turkey someyears ago has borne fruit and today Turkishcompanies are the largest foreign investorgroup in the autonomous region. At thesame time, relations between Turkey and theIraqi government under PM Nouri al-Malikihave progressively soured. As a

consequence, Turkey has become more andmore open to the thought of allowing theKRG access to the bilateral Kirkuk-Ceyhanpipeline, which also finally happened in ameasured way during the second half of2013. Access was effectively only providedon a test-loading basis, at times whenthroughput from the Iraqi state-controlledoilfields around Kirkuk was down. KRGcompleted its own pipeline connection tothe Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline just before itscrossing into Turkish territory, but expresslyagainst Iraq’s wishes. Diplomatic efforts tomake the Iraqi side accept did not make itthough, however, which ultimately has keptTurkey from allowing the KRG free pipelineaccess. The latter would effectively shut Iraqoff from the pipe, to which the centralgovernment in Iraq stands as the counter-party and Iraq-section owner in the bilateral

treaties signed which govern the pipe andstorage/marketing facilities in Ceyhan.

The test exports have still allowed theKRG to build a small storage operation inCeyhan, although, again with reference tothe bilateral treaty governing the marketingof Iraqi crude, Turkey has not allowed theKRG’s newly founded Kurdistan OilMarketing Organisation (KOMO) to sell thecargos. In the meanwhile, small-scaleexports of KRG crude by truck into Turkeyand to another Mediterranean port inCeyhan’s vicinity, Toros. Those exports of TaqTaq crude and KhorMor condensate have onthe other hand been allowed by Turkeydespite being branded by Baghdad assmuggling. In Ceyhan, Turkey’s state pipelineoperator Botas has set aside 2.5mn barrelsof storage capacity for the KRG, which sinceJanuary 2014 has been filling upintermittently.

There was good hope a compromise dealwould have been reached in February thisyear, to pave the way for coalition-building inBaghdad following the general elections. Inexchange for Kurdish support for anotherturn as PM, al-Maliki was hoped to agree toa compromise solution, allowing the KRG tocontrol the marketing and collect paymentsfor its exports in some way. A similar hopeexisted around the 2010 general election andits long coalition-forming aftermath, howeveral-Maliki never delivered on any compromiseagreement. This obviously soured relations

Turkey has reportedly become more and moreopen to the thought of allowing the KRG access to

the bilateral Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline

Federal Iraq’s next government will play a pivotal role in deciding who willcontrol oil revenues generated from exports in Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

Baghdad to legalise regional

oil exports in 2014?

The détente betweenthe KRG and Turkey someyears ago has borne fruitand today Turkishcompanies are the largestforeign investor group in theautonomous region


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considerably, but given that al-Maliki looksunchallenged as the most likely coalitionleader in the aftermath of the upcomingelection, bridges appear to have been atleast partly mended. Still, surprise that a pre-election compromise allowing the KRGsome form of control over their oil exportswould likely have damaged al-Maliki’schances for re-election considerably, stirringnationalist passions and fears over the Kurdstaking off with the nation’s natural resourcewealth in federal Iraq.

In the past months, both sides havedemonstrated their abilities to exertpressure on each other. The Iraqigovernment has withheld the fund transfersfrom the national budget to KRG, whichform the region’s 17 per cent share of thenational economy, causing the KRG to suffera liquidity crisis and forcing a delay of salarypayments. The Kurdish factions in the IraqiParliament — the extension of the KRG inBaghdad — in return used their kingmakerposition there to hold up the passage of thenational Iraqi budget for 2014.

What strategy the KRG might have inplace to make sure that any compromisedeal agreed is delivered on this time by al-Maliki remains unclear, but there is likely to

be some strategy. Talks are reported tocontinue and to make progress, according tospokesmen and sources with insight onboth sides, at the time of writing. Memoriesof the post-2010 disappointments should befar to vivid in Kurdistan Region of Iraq, asshould the realisation in the KRG that manyof the small- and mid-size oil companieswhich entered and invested in the initialexploration work might struggle to hold onto their assets should there be nomovement on the monetisation issue. Whilethe reserves are there, a relatively largeexodus from a comparatively small playcould depress the market for some time andhave negative effects on the generalinvestment climate.

It has been mooted that a compromisebetween the KRG and Iraq over oil exportsand marketing control could be structured ina way where a ‘Kurdish office’ wasestablished within the Baghdad-controlled

State Oil Marketing Organisation (SOMO),which according to Iraqi law has a monopolyon international crude sales. Mechanisms forthe transfer of revenues to the KRG, afterthe general Iraqi share has been subtracted,could then be set up as part of the USbanking and financial oversight operationcreated to transparently handle Iraqi crudeexport revenues in the wake of the 2003US-led invasion.

Whether a deal along these crudelyoutlined principles is feasible remains to beseen, but it is likely that it would not beagreed on just ahead of the election, giventhe potential political cost of the deal infederal Iraq. For the KRG, there is always arisk that actual control over export salescould become too nominal in anycompromise and fail to give the region thefinancial autonomy it feels it requires. IOCshave, so far, voted for the KRG contractframeworks by investing there, with evensome of the supermajors active in the southof Iraq taking up acreage and farming-in todiscoveries in Kurdistan Region of Iraq, but itis interesting to note that the farming inactivity in the region seems to have slowedin the past 18 months. That is not onlyconnected to a perceived maturing of theplay from early wildcatter exuberance tomore stable project consortia, but reflectsmany of the industry’s actors being in a wait-and-see mode.

Most likely, it will take until after theelections and coalition-forming process foran eventual agreement to be presented. Ifthat does not happen before summer, thenthe deal might well prove elusive again.

Meanwhile, al-Maliki also has a fall backoption, to fan the flames of internal KRGdiscord and try to break the unity betweenthe two KRG government parties, KDP andPUK. Whether the newer Gorran party mightbecome the tool for that in this electionremains to be seen, as the opposite couldalso be true. n

Nouri al-Maliki

In exchange forKurdish support for anotherturn as PM, al-Maliki washoped to agree to acompromise solution,allowing the KRG to controlthe marketing and collectpayments for its exports insome way


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BP HAS AWARDED projects worthUS$3bn to develop gas fields in Khazzan,in north-central Oman.

The government of Oman and BP havesigned an agreement to develop Block 61,for US$16bn and to drill 300 wells, a gas-processing plant and related facilities,stated the company.

Dave Campbell, vice president ofoperations at BP Oman, said, ”We havealready started drilling our firstdevelopment well, building roads anddesigning buildings. We have also begunmobilising rigs. There are two rigs at theconcession area, and three rigs arearriving later this year.”

BP has also reportedly awarded aUS$1.2bn EPC contract to oil and gasprovider Petrofac for building the centralprocessing facility (CPF) for the Khazzangas project. The gas processing facility ispart of an overall development plan ofBlock 61 and will have a capacity toprocess one billion cubic feet (bcf) ofnatural gas per day, which is theanticipated production from gas-richKhazzan and Makarem fields in the firstphase, added reports. Campbell said thegas processing plant is expected to becompleted in 2017.

Meanwhile, Jacobs Engineering GroupInc. too bagged a contract from BP forprocess and infrastructure work on thegreen field Khazzan project.

According to the Ministry of Oil andGas in Oman, gas demand in the countryis rising 10 per cent annually. Campbellstated that the company is working on astrategy to pass on the businessopportunities to small and mediumenterprises and local contractors. BP hasalready awarded a contract for designingand building a water pipeline network toan Omani company. BP has startedrecruiting technicians for the project,who will be trained at the company’straining facility.

SAUDI ARABIA'S OIL exports hit715.72mn barrels in Q1 2014, amountingto US$77bn, according to economicexpert Fahad bin Jumaa.On the other hand, domesticconsumption during Q1 2014 stood atnearly 176mn barrels, or 20 per cent ofthe total output of the same period,added Jumaa. Earlier, Ali Al-Naimi, minister ofpetroleum and mineral resources said oilprices are experiencing a good trackrecord but did not give more details onthe situation in global oil market or SaudiArabian production policy. Jumaa said oil prices worldwide rose inmid-March and triggered with uncertainty emerging from political developments in the Crimean Peninsulaand Libya, whose daily production dropped to 250,000 bpd. Saudi Arabia has reduced its official pricing of its Arabian Light to Asian refineries by US$0.20, or anincrease of US$1.55 per barrel over Oman-Dubai index price, which is considered the lowest sinceJuly 2013, stated Jumaa. However, in the absence of any geo-political crises, oil prices in the Asianmarkets are poised to decline in the next months, he added.

FRENCH ENGINEERING COMPANY Technip haspartnered with Chinese firm HuanQiu Contracting &Engineering Corp (HQC) for a front end engineeringdesign (FEED) by Iraq's Basra Gas Company (BGC).

The FEED contract is for Ar Ratawi Natural GasLiquids (NGL) train 1 project at North Rumaila inBasra, Iraq, according to reports. The project is thefirst of the new greenfield-associated gas processingfacilities that will significantly minimise gas flaring inIraq and make more energy resources available forpower and domestic use – an NGL train withnominal feed gas capacity of 15mn cu metres per day, said Technip in a statement.

The standalone facilities will produce liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), NGL and condensatefor domestic markets, and the scope of work covers basic engineering design package of theNGL process units, utilities and the submission of an engineering procurement andconstruction (EPC) package, added the company.

Vaseem Khan, president of Technip in the Middle East, declared: “This award reflectsTechnip’s strengthened position in the Middle-East market, following several previous awards.We are proud to bring our specific technological edge and licensed innovative solutions to thedownstream industry, while leveraging our 30 years presence in the region.”

Technip’s operating centre in Abu Dhabi will execute the project, scheduled to becompleted by the end of 2014.

BP to develop gas field project in Oman

UAE-BASED LAMPRELL received a new contract award from Ensco Intercontinental GmbHfor the construction and delivery of two offshore drilling platforms for US$390mn.

The rigs are LeTourneau-designed, self-elevating Mobile Offshore Drilling Platforms of aSuper 116E (Enhanced) Class and designed to operate in water depths of up to 9.6 metreswith a rated drilling nearly 850 metres, and will also incorporate a number of Enscoproprietary features and specifications, stated Lamprell. The company added that it wouldfabricate jackup rigs in its Hamriyah yard, in the UAE. Delivery of the first rig to Ensco isscheduled to take place in Q2 2016 with the second rig being to be delivered in Q3 2016.

Ensco reportedly also has given an options to Lamprell to build two further jackups of thesame design but Lamprell has to decide within six months from the effective date of thecontract, which is valued at approximately US$390mn excluding options. Ensco added thatthe total construction cost, inclusive of commissioning, systems integration testing andproject management, of the jackups is estimated at US$430mn, or $215 million per jackup.

Technip and HQC win FEED contract for Iraqi gas company

Lamprell to construct offshore rigs for Ensco

Saudi Arabia exports oil worth US$77bn in Q1 2014

Technip’s operating centre in AbuDhabi will execute the project

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BP has already started drilling the firstdevelopment well at Block 61, Khazzan innorth-central Oman

Saudi Arabia exported 715.72mn barrels of oil in Q1 2014



SOLAR ENHANCED OIL recovery (EOR) specialist GlassPoint hasestablished a new office in Kuwait City and has appointed AbdulHussain Shehab as country chairman.

Shehab said, “Heavy oil production is an integral part of Kuwait’s2020 and 2030 strategies, and full-field steam injection projects arecurrently under development. GlassPoint offers the only solar steamtechnology which can withstand high levels of dust and sandstormsthat are common in the Gulf.”

GlassPoint can play a large part in helping the country achieveproduction goals, while reducing fuel costs and dependence on naturalgas imports, added Shehab. Thermal EOR, or steam injection, is aleading method of producing heavy oil where high-pressure steam isinjected into the reservoir, thereby making it easy to pump oil to thesurface.

Reports added that planned thermal EOR projects in North Kuwaitand the 'Neutral Zone' will require burning significant amounts ofcostly fuel oil or imported natural gas to generate steam. Instead,using the sun’s energy to produce steam could supply majority ofKuwait’s thermal EOR needs, freeing valuable gas and fuel resourcesfor higher value uses like desalination plants and power generation.

Following the success of solar EOR projects in Oman, GlassPointfeels steam is a viablealternative to natural gas, saidRod MacGregor, CEO ofGlassPoint: ”Kuwaitrepresents one of the largestmarket opportunities for solarpowered oil productionworldwide and Hussain’sexperience with its national oilcompany and internationalpartners will extend ourleadership in the region.”

GlassPoint opens office in Kuwait

The Amal project in Oman by GlassPointis a success, according to reports

INTERNATIONALENERGY COMPANIEScould begin drillingfor gas off the coastof Lebanon by theend of 2015. According to reports,Lebanese ministersmust approvedecrees that set the designated drilling areas and explain therevenue sharing mechanism by the beginning of May 2014, whichwould allow companies to start bidding. A source familiar with thebidding process added that Petroleum Administration’scooperation is essential, as the organisation would be the linkbetween companies and the government. The source added thatthe contract would cover a 25-year period and oil companies willopen offices in the country and carry out technical work at seabefore 2015. An auction to initiate the bidding process will takeplace in August 2014, stated Arthur Nazarian, energy and waterminister of Lebanon. A 3D seismic survey conducted in late 2013 across 300 sq km ofLebanese waters in late 2013 revealed nearly 707 billion cu metresof natural gas reserves, but experts believe the real extent of gasreserves will be known only when drilling begins.

Lebanon likely to begin drilling by 2015

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A CONSORTIUM LED by BP has awardeda construction and supply contract worthUS$750mn to help to develop the ShahDeniz II gas field in the Caspian Sea, inAzerbaijan.

Officials have said that the contract,for the fabrication of jackets for twooffshore platforms, pin piles and subseastructures, has been awarded to theconsortium consisting of BOS Shelf LLC,Saipem Contracting Netherlands B.V. andStar Gulf FZCO.

The scope of work includes theconstruction of two eight-legged 110metre-long single batter jackets, weighing13,400 and 12,300 tonnes includingflotation tanks, fabrication of 2,300subsea structures with a total weight of30,000 tonnes, including eight sub-seaisolation valve structures, ten flow-linetermination assemblies, 80 walkinganchors, 100 subsea tie-in piping spools,100 pipeline crossing supports, 1,000concrete mattresses and 1,000 tonnes ofcurrent transfer zone foundations, addedthe company.

Gordon Birrell, regional president forBP Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey (AGT),said, “The use of a world-class fabricationyard in Azerbaijan demonstrates the ShahDeniz consortium’s continuedcommitment to developing andleveraging local resources. This contractunderpins our plans to deploy subseaproduction technology in the Caspian Seafor the first time.”

The project is expected to becompleted by 2017, stated companyofficials. Shah Deniz — the largest naturalgas field in Azerbaijan — will reportedlyadd 16bcma of gas production to theexisting 9 bcma of Shah Deniz 1. Reportsstated that Shah Deniz II is important forEurope as it would alternatively providegas to Russia's Gazprom. Of the 16 bcmthe project is expected to produce, 10bcm would be earmarked for Europe and6 bcm for Turkey.

RUSSIAN OIL COMPANY LUKOIL Overseas has started a 2D seismic survey in Block 10 in Iraq, whichis part of a Mandatory Geologic Exploration Program. This program includes drilling an exploration inaddition to the survey. Company officials stated that it could take five years to finish, with a potentialtwo-year extension. Block 10, with a total area of 5.6 thousand square kilometers, is located in the territory of Dhi Qar andMutanna provinces, 120 km to the west of Basra. It is located close to larger oilfields like Rumailah,West Qurna and Al-Gharraf. Two thousand kilometres of seismic surveys will be completed by the BGP Inc. geophysical companywithin 16 months, stated the company. Andrei Kuzyazev, foreign projects head of LUKOIL had earlier stated that Block 10 is one of the mostattractive oilfields, as discovery of large oil reserves there was highly probable According to reports, LUKOIL Overseas was granted the right to exploration, development andproduction operations at Block 10 during the field's licensing round in June 2012. The service contract,which has a duration of 25 years with potential five year extension, was signed in November 2012.

LUKOIL Overseas will be the main operator with a 60 percent share and its partner Japanese INPEX Corp. would own40 per cent. State-run South Oil Company would be thecontract holder in Iraq, added officials. The Russian company is also developing Iraq's West Qurna-2field, one of the world's largest oilfields, with recoverablereserves estimated at 12.9bn barrels of oil. LUKoil says itplans to launch production at West Qurna-2 in early 2014.

MIDDLE EAST NATIONS Oman, UAE and Iraqhave contributed to almost 60 per cent ofupstream transactions in 2013, stated Ernst &Young's Global Oil & Gas Transactions report.

Overall transaction value increased fromUS$2.7bn to US$3.1bn in 2013, said the report.Thorsten Ploss, MENA oil and gas leader atErnst & Young, said, “Rapid-growth marketshave been the engine room of the world’seconomic growth. This provided oil and gascompanies with brighter prospects, attractingthem to invest in the Middle East to supplysuch growth."

In overall oil and gas transaction activity, the upstream sector dominated in number andoverall transaction value during 2013. The Middle East upstream transaction value saw an upwardtrend increasing from 0.8 per cent in 2011 to 1.5 per cent in 2012 and 1.8 per cent in 2013, addedthe report. “MENA oil and gas transactions are limited compared to the amount of reservesbecause NOCs [National Oil Companies] dominate the landscape,” Ploss added. He remarkedthat the outlook for oil and gas transactions is positive in 2014.

US$750 millionconstruction contract forShah Deniz gas project

ABB HAS WON a US$175mn oil and gas project, involving the installation of power generation facilities atthe Zirku oil and gas facilities in the Arabian Gulf.The order, which covers engineering, procurement and construction (EPC), was awarded by ZakumDevelopment Company (ZADCO), and booked by ABB in Q4 2013, said ABB.ZADCO reportedly plans to increase the oil production rate of the Upper Zakum field from 550,000 to750,000 bpd. The Zakum field is estimated to be the second-largest field in the Gulf and the fourth-largestin the world. This contract would reportedly improve overall energy efficiency and operational flexibilityby installing additional power generation facilities. Veli-Matti Reinikkala, head of ABB's process automation division, said, "New oil and gas frontiers requirepower and automation solutions and ABB has a unique business scope in power, automation and powerelectronics. With over 50 years of experience and more than 300 EPC projects implemented, ABB is aplayer of excellence in the oil and gas industry." Located 135km northwest of Abu Dhabi, Zirku Island is considered the main industrial base to process,store and export oil from upper Zakum, Umm Al-Dalkh and Satah fields, stated reports.

UAE, Oman and Iraq contribute 60 per cent ofoverall upstream transactions

ABB wins US$175 million EPC contract for Zirku oil and gas facility

LUKOIL to conduct seismic survey of Block 10 in Iraq

The outlook for oil and gastransaction looks positive for 2014

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The Shah Deniz platform in the Caspian Sea

LUKOIL has begun a seismicsurvey in Block 10



AUSTRALIAN OIL AND gas explorationcompany Petsec Energy has signed anagreement with AWE Limited to acquire21.25 per cent participating interest inBlock 7, in Yemen.

Block 7 is situated in Al Barqa Permit,and is about 340km east of Yemeni capitalSana'a. It is spread across 5,000 sq km andblock is operated by Australia's Oil Search.Block 7 reportedly contains Al Meashar oildiscovery, along with prospects and leadsprovided by 2D and 3D surveys, whichindicate significant oil potential.

Terry Fern, chairman of Petsec Energysaid, "The signing of this agreement is theculmination of a number of years ofstrategic planning and marks the start ofan expansion of Petsec’s portfolio of assetsinto the Middle East, with the aim ofsecuring high value assets within a regionthat is highly prospective for oil. Block 7has the potential to add significant oilreserves to the company’s resource baseand significant value to its shareholders."

Petsec will reportedly pay US$1mn forthe interest, but the deal still awaits jointventure approval and the state-ownedYemen Oil & Gas Co. Petsec will alsoreportedly replace AWE’s existing Letterof Credit with the Arab Bank; and workcapital adjustments on completion.

Accrording to reports, Al Meashar-1discovered oil in the fractured basementreservoir in 2010. It was subsequentlyappraised in early 2011 by the Al Meashar-2 well. The wells were suspended forfurther evaluation.

Since 2011, Block 7 has been in forcemajeure (that includes risks beyondreasonable control of a party, not causedby negligence, which have an adverseeffect on the party's ability to performobligations), hence preparations for aregional airborne geophysical survey weregoing on from 2013, with mobilisationplans in place for early 2014.

Petsec Energy Ltd currently producesoil and gas in the offshore shallow watersof the Gulf of Mexico and the Gulf Coastof Louisiana, USA.

KUWAIT NATIONAL PETROLEUM Company (KNPC)has awarded five Korean firms orders worthUS$7.2bn to expand capacity and improveenvironmental standards at Mina Abdullah and Minaal-Ahmadi refineries in Kuwait.In a statement, Daewoo Engineering & ConstructionCo Ltd said that it won an order for the MinaAbdullah refinery in Kuwait, as part of a JV withHyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd and Fluor Corp. Theorder is worth US$1.13bn for each company. Samsung Engineering Co Ltd said it got a separate US$1.62bn order for the Mina Abdullah refinery aspart of a JV with Petrofac Ltd and Chicago Bridge & Iron Company NV. GS Engineering & ConstructionCorp and unlisted SK Engineering & Construction Co Ltd also confirmed an order for refinery work inKuwait as part of a joint venture with Japan's JGC Corp .The third order, for the Mina Al-Ahmadi refinery, is worth around US$1.66bn for each of the threecompanies, according to GS Engineering and SK Engineering.The contracts stem from US$12bn in bids approved in February 2014, for the state-run company's CleanFuels Project. According to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy in Kuwait, overseas plant orderswon by South Korean builders rose by 42.1 per cent in Q1 from a year ago.

DUBAI-BASED SERVICE provider Drydocks World hassigned an agreement with Malta Oil & Gas Ltd tobuild two jack up drilling rigs.

The two rigs will be based on Gusto MSC CJ54-X135-A design, according to Drydocks World.

Khamis Juma Buamim, chairman of DrydocksWorld & Maritime World said, "There is a greatdemand for new offshore drilling rigs in the rapidlyevolving upstream oil & gas sector. Our strategy tocontribute to the growth of this sector has paid richdividends. Increasingly sophisticated and highlyspecialized drilling rigs are being used for deepwaterexploration and development and this is the latest requirement of the sector and we are fullygeared to meet the increasing demand.”

The company has added that the rigs are 76 metres by 76 metres and are 180.6 metreslong, intended to work in depths of up to 137 metres. The rig will be capable of drilling HPHT(high pressure high temperature) wells.

It is equipped with permanent accommodation for 150 people, a heli-deck suitable for theuse of a S61N or S92 helicopter and a retractable X-Y type cantilever carrying the drillingderrick, stated Drydocks World.

Petsec Energy acquiresportion of Block 7 in Yemen

ABB HAS BEEN awarded a software contract to manage plant operations at SadaraChemical Company in Saudi Arabia.

Under the scope of the contract, ABB would deliver shift operations managementsoftware eSOMS. This software will reportedly be implemented across the Sadaracomplex, ensuring maintenance of the facility's assets, stated ABB.

Sadara Chemical Company is a JV developed by Saudi Aramco and The Dow ChemicalCompany, worth US$20bn. The facility is reportedly one of the largest chemical facilities inthe world and is under construction.

Jens Birgersson, head of ABB’s network management business unit, said, "Software isplaying an increasingly important role in the management of operations in a range ofindustries. By automating complex processes and centralising data facilities, the systemfor Sadara will help to improve both safety and productivity.”The solution will also enableplant personnel performing maintenance inspections, operator and quality rounds, tocapture information in the field with mobile devices and synchronise it with the plant-statusdatabase, added ABB.

Drydocks World to provide drilling rigs to Malta Oil & Gas

ABB to manage plant operations at SadaraChemical Company in Saudi Arabia

Korean firms win US$7.2 billion refinery orders in Kuwait

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Overseas plant orders have risen 42.1 per cent



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ALAA ABUJBARA, CHIEF operatingofficer - commercial and shipping atstate-owned Qatargas, recentlyrevealed the company is looking to

become a leading LNG supplier to Europe.Abujbara, who was speaking at the 2014

Gastech conference in Goyang, South Korea,claimed that Qatar is looking to open upnew markets in the continent despite thepossibility of LNG prices not retainingNational Balancing Point (NBP) indexationgoing forward.

According to Abujbara, the company hasforecast that European demand foruncontracted volumes of LNG could reach150mn metric tonnes (mt) per year by2025, around 40 per cent of currentEuropean gas demand.

Qatargas has predicted that this demandwill be buoyed by economic recovery,increasing environmental regulations anddeclining regional output.

“In the longer term, Europe has a clearand strong need for significantly more LNG,and it’s going to come soon,” Abujbara said.

“The 150 million metric tonnes of LNGare going to be very challenging to bring onstream, and people need to start thinkingabout it as early as possible,” he added.

Abujbara warned that LNG prices inEurope might not retain their NBPindexation, as stronger demand fromother regions would mean that Europeanbuyers would need to compete in order tosecure volumes.

“The pricing is a minor issue… I think inthe future we are going to see a shift in themarket... it’s not going to be NBP pricinganymore,” he commented.

Abujbara did not however cite analternative indexation point when askedwhat could replace NBP.

European countries, including Germany,have sought to speed up diversification oftheir natural gas supplies.

Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, Qatar’sformer energy minister and now chairman ofthe country’s Administrative Control andTransparency Authority, recently spoke aboutQatar’s intentions to transport LNG toEurope in an address on ‘Energy Transitionand the Role of Europe’ at the annualBrussels Forum in Belgium.

“Qatar will continue along this path

supporting European economies bysupplying LNG,” he said.

Qatargas signed its first five-year supplydeal with Germany’s E.ON in 2013, whichcovers the delivery of approximately 1.5mntons of LNG annually via the Gate LNGTerminal in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Tensions between Germany and Russiaover Ukraine’s political future have propelledthe issue of energy security to the very topof the governments’ agendas and havehighlighted the need to maintain andadvance the ongoing dialogue betweenenergy consumers and producers.

Abdullah Salem El-Badri, secretary-general of OPEC, has stated that theorganisation and the MENA region as awhole will continue to help secure futureenergy supplies for consuming nations.

Qatar is placing an increasing emphasison its LNG resources in order to meet thisgrowing global demand.

The new QR5.5bn (US$1.5bn) LaffanRefinery expansion project (LR2), whichbegan construction on 1 April, willeffectively double the condensate refining

capacity of Laffan to 300,000 barrels perday, Qatargas said.

This increase will solidify the country’sunique position as the largest condensateproducer with the largest condensaterefining capacity in the world, thecompany added.

LR2 is a joint venture between QatarPetroleum, Total, Idemitsu, Cosmo,Marubeni and Mitsui. LR2, like LR1, will beoperated by Qatargas and construction workis scheduled to be completed by Q3 2016.

Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, emirof Qatar, laid the first foundation stone ofthe refinery at an inaugural ceremony alsoattended by the prime minister and interiorminister, Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser binKhalifa al-Thani; the minister of energy andindustry, Dr Mohamed bin Saleh al-Sada;and Qatargas CEO Sheikh Khalid binKhalifa al-Thani.

Al-Sada said the new refinery will createadded value and new economicopportunities by enhancing Qatar’s exportcapacity and fulfilling the long-term needs ofinternational markets. n

Qatar seeks new

LNG markets

With Qatar developing its liquefied natural gas (LNG) resources,the country is now looking to open up new markets in Europe

The Laffan Refinery is located in Ras Laffan Industrial City

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NATURAL GAS CONSUMPTION byOman’s expanding powergeneration and water desalinationsector is projected to rise to

approximately 10bn cubic metres (cu m) peryear by 2020, up from 6.7bn cu m currently,according to Oman Power and WaterProcurement Company.

The company said the 32 per centgrowth in consumption highlights the pivotalrole of natural gas as the primary fuelresource for electricity generation and waterdesalination within the main interconnectedsystem (MIS), which serves much of thenorthern half of the Sultanate.

The gas requirements in the SalalahSystem, covering large areas of DhofarGovernorate, are expected to reach 1.2bn cum by 2020, up from 0.72bn cu m currently,the firm added.

Oman’s Ministry of Oil and Gas hasreportedly committed to allocating additionalvolumes for new projects beingimplemented over the next four years.

These include plans for the procurementof independent power projects (IPPs) withcapacities of up to 3,500MW, which will beco-located at Al Suwaiq and other siteswithin the MIS.

There will also be tenders forprocurement of new independent waterprojects (IWPs) planned in Qurayyat and AlSuwaiq, as well as an IPP and IWP proposedwithin the Salalah System.

Oman Power and Water ProcurementCompany commented, “The Ministry of Oiland Gas has indicated that future gas supplyis constrained, but with assurances that thepower sector has a priority for future gas

allocations. While MOG has committed togas supply for the planned capacity additionin Salalah for 2018, and is expected soon tocommit similarly to the planned MIS plantsfor 2017 and 2018, gas availability for laterplants is not assured.”

The company said that the fuel efficiencyimprovement efforts have, meanwhile,begun to pay significant dividends.

In the main grid, efficiency improvementsin the generation fleet are expected to limitgrowth in fuel requirements to six per centper year through 2020, despite an almost 10per cent growth in electricity production.

“The installation of high efficiencygeneration turbines and desalination plantshas helped OPWP achieve a reduction in gasuse to an average of around 18.3mn cubicmetres per day, which was less than in2012,” Oman Power and Water ProcurementCompany said.

The peak daily gas consumption during2013 was 24.2mn cu m, a decrease of twoper cent from 2012.

“The full commissioning of the Sohar IIand Barka III plants in 2013 and the plannedcommissioning of the Sur IPP in 2014 areachieving significant improvement in overallgas utilisation efficiency, based on theseplants using newer, more fuel-efficienttechnology than older plants.

“Timely addition of new capacity in thefuture, and continuing dedication tooperational efficiency, will underpinsustained progress in the management ofgas demand by the power system,” thecompany added. n

Natural gas consumption is projected to rise to approximately 10bn cu m per year by 2020

An increase in consumption highlights the importance of naturalgas production in Oman

Natural gas playing‘pivotal role’

in Oman production

Oman Power andWater Procurement Companysaid the 32 per cent growthin consumption highlights thepivotal role of natural gas


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The peak daily gas consumption during2013 was 24.2mn cu m


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JORDAN’S ENERGY MINISTRY has announcedthat the LNG terminal in Aqaba will enable thecountry to meet its energy needs onceoperational in Q1 2015.Mohammad Hamed, energy minister of Jordan,said, “Work on the US$65mn terminal is going asplanned. The terminal will give independence tothe country in the energy field.”The project is expected to boost production ofnatural gas for power generation after the haltin the supplies from Egypt since July 2013,following a series of attacks against the ArabGas Pipeline in Sinai, Jordan Times reported.Hamed added that although importing LNG ismore expensive than natural gas, LNGremained 30 per cent to 35 per cent lessexpensive than diesel and heavy fuel.

The minister said Shell has recently won atender to sell LNG to the Aqaba terminal.Describing the terminal as a strategic project,Mounir Bouaziz, vice president of Shell for thecommercial region of the Middle East andNorth Africa, said that it will reduce thegovernment’s energy spending by aboutUS$500mn annually.“The terminal is a strategic infrastructure in thegas field,” Bouaziz said, adding that demand ongas is expected to double globally and it willalso surge significantly in the Middle East.By 2025, the Middle East is expected to be thesecond largest market for consumption of gasafter Asia, the vice-president said.

OMAN IS IN talks with India to buy a stake in Petronet LNG’s terminal on India’s east coast.Omani oil minister Mohammed bin Hamad Al Rumhy said, “We have not decided on the stake. It will bea small stake, about 10 per cent to 15 per cent.”

Al Rumhy added that the two sides have been engaged in talks for the past few months.Petronet LNG, India’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) importer, is currently building an LNG

terminal with an annual capacity of 14mn cubic metres (cu m) in Gangavaram, which is expected to beready by 2016.

The stake could be bought through an investment or pension fund, the minister said.Indian state-run companies Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), Indian Oil Corporation (IOC),

Bharat Petroleum and GAIL hold a 12.5 per cent stake each in Petronet LNG.French power company GDF Suez meanwhile owns 10 per cent and the Asian Development Bank

another 5.2 per cent. The rest is held by the public, insurance companies and mutual funds.According to a Wall Street Journal report, Petronet LNG would be better able to meet rising gas

demand from Indian refiners, petrochemical and power projects as a result of a deal with Oman. Theindustries in the country are currently running their plants below capacity due to a shortfall in localnatural gas output, the report added.

QATAR’S NATURAL GAS productionexceeded seven trillion cubic feet in 2013,according to Dr Mohamed bin Saleh al-Sada,the country’s minister of energy andindustry.

The figure, he said, includes 77mntonnes of LNG exported to more than 25countries, pipeline gas exports to the UAEand Oman and domestic consumption.

As the world’s largest LNG supplier,representing a quarter of global LNGsupplies, Qatar’s prominent position in theglobal energy market is set to remain for

years to come, al-Sada said in his keynoteaddress at the Brookings Doha EnergyForum 2014 from 2-3 April.

Al-Sada said Qatar is “well-placed” tomeet the increasing demand for gas.

“In Qatar, we have always beenadopting and promoting a policy ofpeaceful resolution to differences andconflicts in this region, and across theglobe. Qatar has also proved to be areliable source of energy, with a highability to meet changing and dynamicmarket situations,” he said.

New LNG terminal ‘will fulfilenergy needs of Jordan’ALSTOM HAS SECURED a US$544.5mn contract with Eni Iraq to build the 740MW Zubair

gas-fired power plant near Basra in southern Iraq.For the turnkey project, Alstom will be responsible for engineering, building and

commissioning the plant as well as supplying key equipment, including notably fourGT13E2 gas turbines.

Technical support and engineering expertise for the project will come from Alstom’spower generation headquarters in Baden, Switzerland, and its German gas turbinemanufacturing facility in Mannheim.

Steve Meszaros, senior vice president of the company’s gas business, said, “Capturingthe Zubair project is another confirmation of Alstom’s strong presence in Iraq’s gas-firedpower generation sector. As the country pushes forward with reconstruction andexpansion efforts, Alstom is yet again there to work with partners to assist in modernisingIraqi infrastructure.”

The plant will support the expansion of the Zubair oil field near Basra.

Qatar’s gas output ‘tops seven trillion cubic feet in 2013’

Alstom wins US$544.5 million Iraq contract

Oman eyes Petronet LNG stake in India

Qatar is the world's largest LNG supplier

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The project is expected toboost production of natural gas

Petronet’s LNG storage facility in Puthuvype, India


OMAN GAS COMPANY (OGC) is planningto build a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)processing plant and export facility atSalalah port, the company’s chief executivehas announced.

The complex would cost approximatelyUS$500mn and could produce up to 800tons a day of LPG (mainly propane andbutane), the vast majority of which will beconsumed in Oman, Yousuf Al Ojaili said.

“Our main focus is the local market, forend-users and to encourage newindustries,” he commented.

“We also have the option to export thesurplus, if any.”

Ojaili said he expected the design phaseof the project to be completed by early2015, with the plant commencingproduction by 2018.

Sixty per cent of the projected cost isexpected to be financed by local andinternational banks, with the rest funded bythe government of Oman, he said.

OGC, which runs Oman’s gas network,said it will use the new facility to extractpropane, butane and gas condensate fromgas flowing through the grid in the south ofthe country.

Although OGC is leaving open theoption of exporting any spare fuel, Oman'svoracious appetite for energy – including agrowing petrochemical industry – meansthe Sultanate consumes vast quantities ofLPG, industry sources said.

INTERNATIONAL ENERGY COMPANIES will be able to start drilling for gasoffshore Lebanon at the end of 2015 if the August auction date is met, ananonymous source familiar with the tender process said, according toLebanese newspaper The Daily Star.“If the ministers approve the decrees that set the number of blocks andexplain the mechanism of revenue sharing this month or early next month,then the companies will have ample time to make their bidding on 14August. If everything goes according to plan, international oil companiescan start the actual drilling at the end of 2015 or at the beginning of 2016 atthe latest,” the source said.Energy and water minister Arthur Nazarian postponed the original 10April auction date to 14 August to give companies more time to preparetheir offers.Speaking to reporters after the first meeting of the cabinet gas committee,Nazarian said he was confident about the prospects of the bidding process.“I am certain that this cabinet will issue the decrees because all partieshave the intention and good will [and] because this is in the interest ofLebanon. There is lot of work ahead of us,” he said.The source said the contract would cover a 25-year period.“If everything goes smoothly, Lebanon can start extracting gas in five yearsafter the actual drilling starts in 2015. Even before 2015, the oil companieswill open offices in the country and carry out technical work at the sea,”they said.

Former energy and water minister Gebran Bassil said 96 trillion cubic feet ofgas could be harvested from the 45 per cent of Lebanese waters surveyedby the companies.

TECHNIP, IN PARTNERSHIP with ChinaHuanQiu Contracting & EngineeringCorporation (HQC), has been awarded afront-end engineering design (FEED)contract by Basra Gas Company (BGC) forthe Ar Ratawi natural gas liquids (NGL)train project at North Rumaila in Basra,Iraq.

According to Technip, the project is thefirst of the new greenfield associated gasprocessing facilities that will significantlyminimise gas flaring in Iraq.

The project will also make more energyresources available for power anddomestic use, with the NGL train offeringa nominal feed gas capacity of 530mnstandard cubic feet per day. Thestandalone facilities will produce liquefiedpetroleum gas (LPG), NGL and condensatefor domestic markets.

The scope of work covers the basicengineering design package of the NGLprocess units, utilities and the submissionof an engineering procurement andconstruction (EPC) package.

Technip’s operating centre in Abu Dhabiwill execute the project, scheduled to becompleted by the end of 2014.

Vaseem Khan, president of Technip inthe Middle East, said, “This award reflectsTechnip’s strengthened position in theMiddle-East market, following severalprevious awards. We are proud to bringour specific technological edge andlicensed innovative solutions to thedownstream industry, while leveraging our30 years presence in the region.”

Oman plans LPG plant aimed at local market

SYRIA’S MINISTER OF petroleum and mineral resources, Suleiman al-Abbas, inaugurated amobile gas filling unit in the al-Sanamein region in Daraa recently, Syria Arab News Agency(SANA) said.

The unit has a production capacity of 600 cylinders per hour and 18,000 per day, it added.“The new gas unit will meet the demands of Daraa and some regions in Damascus

countryside and will provide new job opportunities to the citizens,” Al-Abbas said.The minister added that the Ministry will establish new units to respond to the increasing

demands for gas and oil products.Fawzi al-Falah, chairman of the al-Sanamein filling unit, clarified that the city’s gas needs

during the current conditions range between 90,000 cylinders in summer to 125,000 in winter.

Technip awarded FEEDcontract in Basra

Mobile gas filling unit inaugurated in Daraa, Syria

Gas

The facility will be located at Salalah Port

The auction date is set for 14 August


Lebanon could begin offshore gas drilling by 2015


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AS DISCUSSIONS REGARDING easingthe US sanctions on Iran continue, theIslamic republic plans to see itspetrochemical exports rise to US$12bnover the next Iranian calendar year, whichbegan on 21 March.

Hossein Shahriyari, Iran’s NationalPetrochemical Company’s (NPC) directorfor planning and developmentdepartment, announced that the country’spetrochemical sector holds significantinvestment and developmentopportunities that it plans to take harness.

“Iran will increase the value of itspetrochemical exports to the level of$12bn,” he said. “In recent years, thedomestic sales of petrochemical productshave increased considerably, and with theimplementation of the new developmentprojects, the petrochemicals productioncapacity will rise significantly.”

A report by Iran Customs Administrationreleased in January revealed that Iranexported approximately $8bn worth ofpetrochemicals in the period betweenMarch to November 2013, with China, Iraq,the UAE, and India being its key customers.

In order to take full advantage of theopportunities available in the country’spetrochemical sector and boost theproduction capacity, Iran has implementednumerous development projects.

According to NPC deputy executivemanager Mohammad Hassan Peyvandi,Iran is planning an expansion ofpetrochemical projects in the country’swestern provinces this year.

As well as the provinces Lorestan andKurdestan, the NPC is looking to the cityof Mahabad as locations to launch anumber of projects.

Peyvandi has also confirmed that thecompany will be completing the 1,500kmWest Ethylene pipeline this year, whichwill carry feedstock to petrochemicalplants in the south and north-westernreaches of Iran.

Iranian petrochemical exportsset to reach US$12 billion

Petrochemicals

The NPC wants to launch petrochemical projectsacross Iran. (Image source: ljmacphee)


GCC PETROCHEMICAL PRODUCERS areramping up research and development(R&D) funding despite a global slowdownin investments, according to an officialfrom the Gulf Petrochemicals & ChemicalsAssociation (GPCA).The need for research was the key focusof discussion at the recent Research &Innovation Summit, hosted by the GPCA.Local and international industry leadersand executives, including GPCA chairmanand CEO of SABIC Mohammed Al Mady,provided insights on the subject.Moayyed Al Qurtas, chairman of GPCA’sResearch and Innovation Committee, said,“Chemical companies in the Gulf arepioneers in the Middle East when it comes to building research and development facilities“While the region’s petrochemicals industry may spend a fraction on research comparedto global investment, the GCC has among the highest year on year growth rates in R&Dexpenditure in the world.”Petrochemicals represent the second largest manufacturing sector in the Gulf, accordingto the GPCA. The Gulf’s petrochemicals output reached US$97.3bn in 2012, a $3.2bnincrease on the previous year. The industry is also export oriented, with petrochemicalsaccounting for $52.7bn in 2012.In 2012, GCC chemical producers spent an estimated $380mn on R&D initiatives, just 0.8per cent of the global R&D spending. However, the 2012 figure also highlighted a 30 percent growth in investments as GCC petrochemicals producers spent $266mn on R&D in2011. With global R&D expenditure rising by just 10 per cent in the same period, it is clearto see the Gulf’s increasing focus on this sector.GCC petrochemical companies have already stepped up efforts in developing R&Dfacilities with Tasnee and SABIC launching products development research centres in therecent past. Sipchem in Saudi Arabia, and Borouge in the UAE, are also set to open theirown facilities in the near future.“Moving forward, petrochemical research centres focusing on the performance productsare set to become more common in the GCC,” Qurtas added.

Boost in R&D for GCC petrochemical market

Chairman of GPCA’s Research and InnovationCommittee, Moayyed Al Qurtas

IN VIEW OF the rising demand forpetrochemicals exports, the UAE’s Jebel Aliport is set to welcome a new US$850mnterminal which will boost its annual containerships handling capacity by 27 per cent.Officials will open the modern third terminalfacility for container ships by July and planfor it to be fully operational by the end of 2014. Considering the upcoming Dubai Expo 2020and the 2022 Word Cup in Qatar, as well asthe ever-growing energy demand in andaround the Gulf, the rate of petrochemicalexports from the UAE port is increasing.DP World’s senior vice-president andmanaging director Mohammed Al Muallem said, “We are gearing up to expand our containershandling capacity because exports of petrochemicals are on the rise and import deliveries [intothe Gulf] are also expected to increase as infrastructure projects are taken up for the Dubai Expoand football world cup in Qatar.”The UAE’s polymer output has tripled over the last five years and reached an estimated 25mn mt in 2012.Al Muallem commented, “We saw a three per cent growth in container ships volume handled at theport last year and the traffic is rising in tandem with the jump in petrochemicals output in the region.”He added that port development contracts worth more than $36bn and $30bn of industrial,petrochemical and infrastructure projects are currently being implemented in the GCC countries.

New US$850 million Jebel Ali port terminal to feedgrowing petrochemical demand

Jebel Ali port is launching a third US$850mnthird terminal (image source: RmontalbanA)

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KUWAIT NATIONAL PETROLEUMCompany (KNPC) is set to issue threekey construction tenders for its new615,000 barrels per day (bpd) Al Zour oilrefinery next month.According to KNPC’s manager of therefinery project Khaled al-Awadhi, threesignificant tenders are due in May. Thesewill be for the main and secondaryprocess units, and a utilities and offsitepackage.Having chosen the successful bids bythe end of 2014, KNPC plans to signcontracts by the first quarter of 2015. With an estimated to cost KWD 4bn(US$14.2bn), Al Zour is expected to beup and running by late 2018 or early2019, producing oil products such asdiesel, kerosene, naphtha, and low-sulphur fuel, which will be used for bothexports and domestic power.The new refinery project is part of theOrganisation of the Petroleum ExportingCountries’ (OPEC) KWD 30bn(US$107bn) development plan and, onceoperational, will see Kuwait’s totalrefinery capacity increased to 1.45mnbpd and will mean it can shut down itsoldest refinery Shuaiba, whichprocesses approximately 200,000 bpd.This follows news that KNPC recentlyannounced three internationalcompanies won a combined US$12bncontact to revamp two existing oilrefineries in Arabic state. Theconsortium is led by Japanese JGCCorporation, which won a bid to carryout US$4.8bn of work at the Mina AlAhmadi refinery.Meanwhile contracts were awarded togroups led by UK’s Petrofac and US-based Fluor Corporation for US$2.7bnand US$3.4bn respectively to work onthe 270,000 bpd Mina Abdullah refinery.The contracts were expected to befinalised in April 2014, and following theupgrade work both refineries areexpected to produce cleaner-burningfuels and increase production to reach acombined capacity of 800,000 bpd.

MOHAMMED AL MADY, chairmanof the Gulf Petrochemicals andChemicals Association (GPCA) andvice president and CEO of SABIC,has highlighted the importance ofinnovation for the GCC’spetrochemicals and chemicalsindustry.Al Mady made a speech calling forinnovation within the sector on theclosing day of the GPCA’s inauguralResearch & Innovation Summit inDubai from 12-13 March 2014.“The Middle East and particularlythe GCC is facing increasingpressure to secure employment forfuture generations… Recenthistory has proved that entrenched competitive advantages can fade and that there is little mercy forthose who do not get new ones,” Al Mady told delegates.“Innovation has, therefore, become a must to deliver advantages, primarily in technology,” he added.Noting that the Gulf “started late in the innovation game”, Al Mady said the region’s chemicals industryneeds to find ways to gain an edge over its competitors.“Going forward, the hunger for innovation, technological or otherwise, is here to stay. Today the thinktanks for innovation or even for smart practices in technology acquisition remain mostly in other parts ofthe world. The seed of an idea I would like to leave with you is that, if something is critical for our futurecompetitive advantage, we should master it,” Al Mady continued.According to the GPCA, the GCC’s petrochemical industry has already made significant progress in thefield of innovation, with 733 patents granted in 2012, a 36 per cent growth year-on-year.Regional spending on research and development, however, lags behind Japan, China, the US and the EU,with the GCC spending only 0.8 per cent of the US$49bn global investment in this area, the association said.Dr Ernesto Occhiello, executive vice-president - technology and innovation at SABIC, commented,“Innovation has to be with the whole company, it cannot just be left with the research department…Recruitment is the most important thing management can do; how to develop them and how to find them.”Moving forward, industry experts have predicted that GCC plastics producers will be at the forefront ofinnovation within the petrochemical industry, the GPCA said.Plastics, also known as polymers, account for almost a fifth of the GCC’s petrochemicals portfolio.According to GPCA estimates, the region’s polymer capacity sits at 23.8mn tons, or 18.4 per cent of theGulf’s 129.2mn ton petrochemical production. During the summit, the GPCA released the Innovation in the Chemical Industry report, which wasprepared in collaboration with international consultancy group Stratley.

QATARGAS HAS ANNOUNCED that the combined refining capacity of Ras Laffan Refinery1 (LR1) and Ras Laffan Refinery 2 (LR2) will make Laffan Refinery the largest condensatefacility in the world.Salman Ashkanani, CEO of Refinery Ventures at Qatargas, said that LR2 is expected toprocess 71,000 bpsd of naphtha, 60,800 bpsd of kerosene, 27,000 bpsd of gasoil and 2,406cu/m of LPG, including butane and propane, once completed in Q3 2016.The engineering, procurement, supply, construction and commissioning (EPSCC) contractswere awarded in April 2013 to a joint venture of japan based-Chiyoda Corporation andTaiwanese CTCI Corporation.According to Ashkanani, LR2, along with other projects, will strengthen the country’s capacityto meet increasing demand for transport fuels, especially Jet A-1 (low sulphur jet fuel). Apipeline is currently under construction from the refinery to the Hamad International Airport.Besides major refinery products, Qatargas said that LR-related projects such as the dieselhydrotreater will also produce low sulphur diesel to serve the local market. Oncecompleted by April 30 this year, it will process 54,000 bpsd of diesel for domestic use.Like LR1, all LR2 products will be hydro-treated to reduce sulphur content. It was alsodesigned for zero water disposal, that is, no wastewater into the sea, the company added.The LR2 shareholders includes Qatar Petroleum with 84 per cent, Total with 10 per cent,Idemitsu and Cosmo each carrying two per cent, and Marubeni and Mitsui holding one percent each.

Kuwait to issue key tenders for Al Zour refinery project

Qatari refinery set to become world’s largest

Calls for innovation in GCC petrochemicals industry

Petrochemicals

The new project will allow Kuwait to shut down itsShuaiba refinery (Image source: Ken Doerr)

Mohammed Al Mady, chairman of the Gulf Petrochemicals andChemicals Association (GPCA) and vice president and CEO ofSABIC (Image source: World Economic Forum)



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THE GCC PETROCHEMICALSindustry is an area of significantinvestment opportunities forIndian investors, with the Gulfregion finalising projects worthUS$450bn in 2014 alone,according to Doha Bank groupCEO Dr. R Seetharaman.Speaking at a presentation toIndian industry professionals inDoha recently, Seetharamansaid that Qatar, UAE, andKuwait are expected toimplement projects worth morethan $70bn, $85bn and $70bnrespectively, this year.“The GCC is expected to attract $57bn into the petrochemicalindustry over the next five years,” he commented. “India andthe GCC nations can harness a strong energy relationship byextending their partnership to manufacture value-addedproducts such as refining, petrochemicals, plastics, fertilizersand pharmaceuticals.”The presentation discussed the strong trade relationship thatalready exists and should continue to develop between Indiaand Qatar, which is currently the largest supplier of LNG to theSouth Asia republic.He said, “There is a large market for Qatar’s LNG, oil andpetrochemical sectors in India.”According to the CEO, the trade between the GCC countries andIndia increased by eight per cent in the 2012-13 financial year.He explained, “Imports of GCC from India increased by 13 percent in 2012-13 when compared to the previous year to $51bn.Exports of GCC countries to India increased by six per cent in2012-13 when compared to previous year to $108bn.“India and GCC identified sectors like oil and gas, fertiliser andinformation technology as key areas of cooperation.”

India to harness investment potential of GCC

Petrochemicals

Doha Bank group CEO Dr. R Seetharaman


ITALY’S MAIRE TECNIMONT haswon a deal worth US$1bn todevelop facilities for apetrochemical complex locatedat the Suez Canal in Egypt.The company said that the Tahrircomplex project, which it willshare on a 50-50 per cent basiswith Dutch group Archirodon NV,had an estimated value ofbetween $1.7bn and $1.95bn.According to the agreement signed with Egypt’s privately-ownedCarbon Holdings, Maire Tecnimont will build utilities and offsitefacilities for the complex, and this is expected to boost the northAfrica country’s annual export by more than 25 per cent.Dubai contractor Drake & Scull International is also expected tocontribute to the project.An unnamed industry analyst said, “It’s good news since thecontract falls in Marie Tecnimont’s core business.”According to industry reports, in 2013 oil, gas and petrochemicalsgenerated almost 80 per cent of Maire Tecnimont’s revenues.

Maire Tecnimont awarded Egyptiandevelopment contract

(Image source: Glenn Euloth)


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Middle East Petrotech 2014

Date: 19-21 MayVenue: International Exhibition &Convention Centre, Bahrain


Petrotech 2014

THIS YEAR’S OVERALL theme for the9th Middle East Refining &Petrochemicals Conference &Exhibition, better known as Middle

East Petrotech, is 'Downstream value-chainintegration opportunities'. The region’spremier get-together for all downstreamindustry operators – with an associated tradeexhibition that featured more than 120company participants last time - takes placein Bahrain’s International Exhibition &Convention Centre from 19-21 May. Thisyear’s combined events have been designedas a natural follow-on from the ongoingoverall Petrotech theme of 'Valueenhancement' and the previous conference’sspecific focus on 'Creating value'.

In support of such local investmentactivity, the regional downstream industryassociation GPCA has pointed out that totalall-forms petrochemical capacity within theGulf region is currently being raised fromless than 78mn to 113mn tonnes per annumby the end of 2015.

Again under the patronage of theKingdom’s prime minister, HRH Khalifa binSalman Al Khalifa, all of this year’s Petrotechevents are being organised by ArabianExhibition Management (AEM), part of theAllworld Exhibitions group that also arrangesthe complementary GEO and MEOStechnical conferences in Bahrain. With

strong regional support, especially fromSaudi Arabia, the Petrotech series itself hasbeen running successfully on the islandsince 1996.

Executive committee chairman OmarBazuhair of Saudi Aramco, a leadingparticipant at both this year’s conference andthe preceding Downstream IntegratedIndustrialisation Forum taking place on 18May, said, “Over the past 18 years Petrotechhas grown to become a major internationalevent for delegates and exhibitors from allaround the world. Deliberately positioned tohighlight the region’s lucrative and fast-growing business environment.

"Investment opportunities have reachedlevels never seen before in any part of theworld. Spending in the region, including

investment incentives, is budgeted aroundUS$1 trillion over the next five years. Theprojects available for revenue sharing areastonishing."

The main three-day conferenceprogramme this year will focus on what isdescribed as “high-impact technicalexchange for value creation”. Presentershave been carefully selected for theirindustry knowledge, and to shareindividual application success storiesregarding the enhancement ofdownstream facilities' assets. Bothtechnology and service providers from theregion and overseas will be introducingproducts that have enabled theircustomers to minimise ownership costswhile maximising value within this key

Petrotech 2014 will once again be held under the patronage of the Kingdom’s prime minister, HRHKhalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa

Full downstream package

available at Petrotech“Astonishing” investmentopportunities never seenbefore in any part of the worldare now on offer locally,according to the organisers ofthe region's largestdownstream conference.

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value-enhancing sector of the Gulf’s oiland gas industries.

The three complementary anddetailed topic themes being followed thisyear will be:

Technologies transfer and utilisation –covering the latest advances in relevantprocess technologies, catalyst management,maintenance issues, inspection procedures,HSE and other related innovations.

Plant reliability – identifying lost-profitopportunities, how to optimise/minimiseoperating costs, risk mitigation, corrosionmanagement, equipment criticality, asset-use strategy, use of predictive maintenancetools, and ensuring workforce competence.

Plant optimisation – reviewing the latesttechnologies such as instrumentation,monitoring and control systems that canimprove the management of the productstream overall.

Among the detailed discussion sessionsthat will be components of the introductoryDownstream Integrated IndustrialisationForum on 18 May will be:• A panel session discussing investment

opportunities – product mix;• Another on opportunities in downstream

and energy development, and services;• A third on financing mechanisms; and• A final panel discussion covering specific

regional government incentives

The ensuing main conference itself will provide:• Technical presentations (three simultaneous

streams) on downstream value chainintegration and opportunities, sub-themedas technology utilisation, processoptimisation, and plant reliability - all takingplace on 19 May

• The same three streams covering newbusiness and entrepreneurship issues (20 May)

• A repeat procedure on the morning only of21 May, covering HR issues (specificallybehaviour and process safety)

Presenters at most of these sessions willbe drawn principally (but not exclusively)from both the Saudi Arabia and Bahrainitself; the Saudi economy and planningminister, HE Dr Muhammad Al Jasser andfinance minister (also in charge of Oil & GasAffairs), HE Shaikh Ahmed bin MohammedAl Khalifa, as well as the CEO of SaudiAramco Khalid Al Falih, will all be taking partin the introductory plenary session.

Bapco’s deputy chief executive in chargeof refining and marketing, Ebrahim Talib andthe chief economist of Bahrain’s EconomicDevelopment Board will address the panelsessions. Details of who will be at therostrum and when at the main Petrotechconference can all be found on the eventwebsite. A couple of complementaryworkshops on safety issues related to value-chain optimisation (specifically processmanagement and neurosafety) are beingoffered on a free-to-attend basis for allregistered conference delegates on the 19and 20 May respectively.

Business lead generation, brand exposure,networking opportunities, abundant customercontact and excellent opportunities to gaugemarket reaction to new products and services– Middle East Petrotech 2014 has all these onoffer for the benefit of managers of IOCs,NOCs and downstream processors as well astechnology proprietors and petrochemicalengineers.

As AEM said, it all adds up to “the idealplace to generate real-time market feedback onnew and existing products and services”. ■

www.mepetrotech.com


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Offshore Technology Conference (OTC)

Date: 5-8 MayVenue: Reliant Park, Houston, US


OTC 2014

ONE OF THE world’s largest tradeshows returns to Houston from5-8 May. Founded back in 1969and always held during the first

week of May, the 2014 OffshoreTechnology Conference (OTC) will beanother mega-event, with a huge range ofproducts, services and technologies beingcovered.

No less than 13 world-scale technicalNGOs - such as the American Associationof Petroleum Geologists, the Society ofPetroleum Engineers and the InternationalPetroleum Technology Institute - work co-operatively to develop the technicalprogramme. The highly detailed conferenceschedule alone runs to tens of pages, fulldetails of which are all convenientlydisplayed on the OTC website(www.otcnet.org/2014) so that relevantfields can be quickly located and theinformation can be filtered depending onthe user's areas of interest.

High standardsThis all-embracing programme is puttogether collectively by a complex networkof technical committees whose task it is tomake sure that OTC’s very high standardsare always maintained. So finely focussed

is the scheduling of papers that eachindividual presentation is allocated just 20,strictly controlled minutes, allowing for thehandover of the rostrum and thechangeover of the audience in the halls.Every technical time-slot iscomprehensively described on the

website; conference delegates are able topick and choose which sessions to attendand between sessions can visit a selectionof the 2,500-plus exhibits alongside in theReliant Park Center (including an outdoordisplay area for large items).

Just as handy as reference points at thefour-day gathering are the longer 'specialevents' that are a key part at every editionof OTC. These tend to be put on by oil andgas majors and other key players in theindustry, generally covering much widertopics that are sometimes of an unusualnature. So 'America’s energy renaissance'is featured on the first day this year,followed by 'Commercial use of NASA’s

OTC was founded an impressive 45 years ago

Global industry focus

returns to Texas

The special eventscover much wider topicsthat are sometimes of anunusual nature

The world’s foremost event forthe development of offshoreresources in terms of drilling,E&P and environmentalprotection opens shortly inTexas. OTC includes a must-attend conference forengineers and scientists.


neutral buoyancy laboratory' the day after, then 'Watermanagement offshore'. Few other oil and gas conferences spreadthe net this wide. Once again the extensive range on offer can bechecked on the website.

This year there will be a series of 12 Spotlight on NewTechnology Awards (see page 50 for full details), celebratingsuccess by mostly well-known names (especially those workingin oilfield service companies) in terms of innovations that haveproven to be effective and which are already having a significantimpact on the performance of the industry.

Distinguished Achievement AwardsA smaller range of Distinguished Achievement Awards, specificallyfor individuals rather than organisations, will be running alongsidethe technology awards at OTC 2014. The brief for these isunusually wide; technological, humanitarian, environmentalachievements, and those displaying special leadership qualities,are all eligible.

Like many of the world's major technical oil and gas events, afocused attempt is always made at OTC to reach out toundergraduates (and even younger students) of the host countryby answering their career enquiries.

The reasons to attend a huge event like OTC are manifold.First, only the most knowledgeable and experienced professionalsfrom all over the world get to speak at any OTC event.Representatives of suppliers and products and services from over120 countries can be consulted within just four days, all on a veryconvenient and well serviced single site.

Global connectionsHouston is one of the busiest and best connected airports in theworld. Visitors will undoubtedly meet many colleagues from theMENA region too. Finally, the OTC sponsors themselves investback in the industry, using their revenues to benefit theirmembers (many of who are based in the Gulf) from trainingprogrammes and various forms of technical informationdissemination.

The 'OTC papers online' service, covering 10,000-plus itemscollected over the lifespan of the event, can now be accessed viathe multi-society OnePetro library.

“To promote and further the advance of scientific and technicalknowledge of offshore resources and environmental matters” hasbeen the overall objective of OTC for over more than 40 years.This year’s huge get-together will be no exception. Readersshould also note the biennial offshoot, OTC Asia, that waslaunched in Malaysia in 2012 and repeated in Kuala Lumpur inMarch this year (www.otcasia.org). n

www.otcnet.org/2014

Exhibitors will include leading companies from across the MENA region


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THE OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGYConference (OTC) has announced the 12technologies that will receive itsprestigious 2014 Spotlight on NewTechnology Awards. OTC takes place from5 to 8 May in Houston with the awards setto be presented at 4pm on 5 May in theReliant Centre Rotunda Lobby. TheSpotlight on New Technology Awards - aprogramme for OTC exhibitors - showcasethe latest, industry-leading exploration andproduction hardware and software.

"Our Spotlight Award winners embraceOTC’s mission to advance technicalknowledge of offshore operations andenvironmental matters," said SpotlightAward Committee chair, Moe Plaisance."Thanks to their pioneering spirit, offshoreE&P will continue to play a key role insupplying the world with energy in asustainable manner."

Winning technologies had to meet fivecriteria. They had to be less than two years’old, innovative enough to revolutionise theoffshore E&P industry, proven through full-scale application or successful prototype

testing, they had to have a broad appeal forthe industry and had to provide significantbenefits that reached beyond existingtechnologies.

"I congratulate this year’s SpotlightAward recipients for helping the industryreduce risk and increase productivity inever-more extreme conditions," said OTC2014 chairman, Ed Stokes. "Cutting-edgetechnologies like these are always ahighlight of OTC, as they demonstrate theingenuity and forward thinking that is

advancing the industry to new levels ofsafety, productivity, and efficiency."

The winners for 2014 were:

• Baker Hughes – LaunchPRO™ WirelessTop Drive Cement Head

• FMC Technologies – Iso™ Pump• FMC Technologies – Offshore Loading

Arm Footless• GE Oil & Gas – SeaLytics™• GE Oil & Gas – Zenith GFI™ Ground

Fault Immune ESP Monitoring System• Geoservices, a Schlumberger Company

– FLAG Fluid Loss and Gain DetectionService

• Halliburton Drill Bits and Services –TDReam™ Tool

• SBM Offshore – Very High PressureFluid Swivel

• Schlumberger – Seismic Guided DrillingPore-Pressure Prediction Ahead of the Bit

• Weatherford – CasingLinkTM• West Production Technology AS (Part of

WeST Group) – SwarfPak Technology• WesternGeco – IsoMetrix Marine

Isometric Seismic Technology

OTC announces 2014 Spotlight on New Technology Award winners

Last year’s Spotlight on New TechnologyAward winners

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SAUDI ARABIA'S ALAA For Industry (AFI) has added furtherproduct lines to its portfolio. As the oil and gas service andengineered product specialist celebrates its 30th anniversary,AFI has expanded its range, which already includes hydraulic

systems, seals and gaskets and loading arms. The company alsospecialises in power transmission products including electric motors,pulleys, diesel engines and many other lines.

"We are now supplying Ingersoll Rand products, including their airwinches," Brian O'Sullivan, AFI's CEO told Oil Review. "Our peopleare now certified to do the repair and overhaul of all of these airwinches for drilling activities. We have also recently added acomplete line of SKF Bearings to our product line."

O'Sullivan went on to explain how the partnership with IngersollRand would help to speed up repairs and reduce downtime.

"These air winches are mainly utilised in drilling operations,either in the BOP handling systems or using the Man Rider to liftpeople to the top," he said. "There was no repair and certificationfacility in Saudi Arabia so the winches had to go overseas to berepaired. For the oil industry, the cost is not the issue but it's thetime. That's why we started up our workshop and decided ourtechnicians would be certified.

"I expect a lot from that activity because there will be 138drilling towers operational this year in Saudi Arabia, land rigs.They're drilling holes everywhere at the moment in Saudi Arabia,especially for gas. Plus they are also developing the deep seadrilling off the Jeddah coast."

O'Sullivan said that AFI's 30th year would see further growthacross many sectors, with the company looking to increase itsinvolvement in the railway and nuclear power sectors. He was alsokeen to speak about AFI's work with the mining, aluminium andphosphate industries, and the company's involvement with Maadenand Alcoa's new vertically integrated aluminium complex, which willreportedly be the largest and most efficient in the world.

"Technical staff from Maaden came to us to see what kind of helpwe could give them during the installation at the start of the phaseof their plans here," he said. "We are fully partnered and 80 per centof the equipment utilised in the plans, the rolling mill and the smelterare Parker products and we are the strategic partners of Parker. Wehave a lot of supply and maintenance contracts with Maaden. It'salso a very interesting industry."

For any company to endure for three decades is a major feat,especially in such a competitive business environment as SaudiArabia. AFI, which is headquartered in Dammam, employs around1,200 people across 18 offices, 14 of which are in Saudi Arabia andfour overseas. O'Sullivan said that the company's continuing successwas down to a variety of factors.

"Every day is new for us," he explained. "We know all of thecompanies, and we know what people are looking for and whenthere's a shortage in Saudi Arabia, they are happy that they can talkto a party who has all these contacts. Plus we have the supply chain,we have the import chains of course, so we can act quickly becausewe don't deal with sub-dealers and we have direct contacts with ourfactories in Europe and in the US."

AFI started as a distributor for hydraulic components and seals in

Dammam in 1984 and has since grown and opened new branches inRiyadh and Jeddah. The company opened its first overseas branch inBahrain in 1993 and continued its global expansion by openingfurther branches in Kuwait, Qatar, and the US.

To support its customers, AFI has also established serviceworkshops in branches like Riyadh, Jeddah, Jubail and Yanbu. Theworkshops are fully equipped with the latest machinery which iscapable of repairing a variety of hydraulic equipment. n

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Oil Review spoke to Brian O’Sullivan, CEO of Alaa For Industry, about theSaudi Arabian company’s new lines and future plans within the region.

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CTS SPECIALISES IN the field of tank seals,internal floating roofs, dome ro ofs and otherproducts and systems for atmospheric storagetanks. Managing director of CTS, Gert vanMeijeren has written an introduction to externalfloating roof tanks. To read the full article, go towww.cts-tank.com/downloads.

For decades external floating roofs haverepresented the preferred way of storinghydrocarbons as crude oil, gasoline, and manyrelated products stored before or after refining.The design is based on having an open topcircular tank shell, where inside a steel roof isfloating in direct contact with the product stored.

Tank seals are used to seal the annular space,primarily to reduce the emission and evaporativeloss from the stored product and to maintain theproduct integrity by reducing the amount of (rain)water that can enter the tank. A good rim seal alsohelps to centre the roof in the tank and will preventbuilt up of excessive corrosion on the tank shell.There are various seal designs available. Selectingthe right seal material and making regularinspections of seals on external floating roofs isextremely important. Typically tank seals aredivided in primary seals, and secondary seals. Aprimary seal is installed in the area between thefloating roof and the tank shell, and represents thefirst barrier against product evaporation. As theprimary seal is either in direct contact with theproduct or in contact with saturated productvapours present at the product surface it has todeal with this exposure. A secondary seal is asecond barrier against product evaporation, and isusually installed on top of the primary seal, buttypically independent from this primary seal bybeing rim mounted. The following are the mostcommon types of primary seals: shoe plate seals(CTS1), compression plate seals (CTS20 andCTS30), foam filled seals (CTS7). It should be notedthat shoe plate seals and compression plate sealsrepresent well over 90 per cent of the primaryseals in service worldwide.

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SURAJ LIMITED IS a manufacturer andexporter of stainless steel seamless andwelded pipes, tubes and ‘U’ tubes andlarge diameter welded pipes. Certified asan ISO-9001, 14001, BS OHSAS 18001,Suraj's products come in a variety of sizes,grades and specifications to meetcustomer requirements. Made fromaustenitic, ferritic, duplex and super duplexstainless steel, the company's pipes andtubes are manufactured and tested understrict supervision and meet ASTM, ASME,DIN, NFA, JIS standards.

Suraj produces welded tubes and pipesranging from six millimetres outer diameter(OD) to 1,016 mm OD and from 0.6 mm to25 mm thick. Its seamless products rangefrom six to 323.9 mm OD and 0.8 to 25mm in thickness. Pipes can be produced upto 12 m in length and tubes up to 30 m.

Suraj, which is based in India, has astrong global presence and serves morethan 70 countries, covering the EU, Gulf,South East Asia, the US and Latin America.

The company specialises in tubing forheat exchangers, heating elements, surfacecondensers, evaporators, digesters,instrumentation tubing, LP/HP heaters andfluid piping and its products can be appliedin a multitude of sectors including: oil andgas, petrochemicals, refining, food,pharmaceuticals, fertilisers, brewing, sugarand ship building.

Suraj also holds certificates for quality inaccordance with AD2000 MERKBLATT W0and Pressure Equipment Directives [PED]97/23/EC from TUV Nord and offersmaterials under all national and internationalthird party inspection. Suraj also has its ownlaboratory to for various tests includingHydro tests, Eddy Current, PMI, IGC, UT, RTand spectrochemical analysis. Suraj Limitedwas formed in 1960 and is a Government ofIndia recognised export house.

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OPERATORS ACROSS THE globeuse hot tapping for either plannedor emergency maintenance orrestoration of pressurised

systems. It is the method of making aconnection into an existing pipe or vessel,which is still under pressure or live. It ismostly used for installation of additionalbranches allowing supply to and from otherareas of plant, provision of monitoring pointsfor temperature probes or to create entrypoints for line-stop equipment.

Across the various sectors that hot tapsare used they can be performed on a varietyof materials including ductile and cast iron,carbon steel, stainless steels and alloys,plastics, asbestos, cement and reinforcedconcrete. It can be carried out on linescontaining product at a maximum pressureof 100 bar and temperatures up to 371°C.

A key benefit of hot tapping is thatimplementation of modification or repair to aproduction facility can be executed withoutthe need for time consuming and expensiveshutdowns. The fact that the operation isperformed while the pipeline is live adds theadditional bonus of maintaining productionlevels throughout the process. It also does

not disrupt pressure, temperature or supplyto other areas in the plant. Due to thesevarious advantages hot tapping and lineplugging services are increasingly in demand.

As with any operation at an oil and gasfacility, safety is a key consideration. Hottapping of fuel lines in particular pose a riskof explosion or fire. For a fire or explosion totake place fuel, heat and oxygen must bepresent. The proven procedures deployed byPretect are designed to eliminate such risk.Sound experience of the company’stechnicians boosts the client’s confidencewhen considering signing on Pretect forpipeline intervention solutions.

During its initial operational years, as

RBG Middle East, Pretect provided limitedhot tapping service available for pipelinesoperating at a lower pressure and from 0.5”to 12” in diameter, the service beingdelivered as a support function to thecompany’s in-situ machining discipline.Following the restructuring and rebranding ofthe company, it made significantinvestments towards expanding its hottapping capabilities and now also offersadditional line-plugging solutions. At presentPretect is the largest independent pipelineintervention resource service provider inQatar and through on-going regionalexpansion the company aims to establish asimilar position across other GCC countriesand the wider Middle East region.

Equipped with highly experienced andtrained technicians along with an array ofresources like pipeline intervention fittingssupply, live line welding services, pipecutting and bolting services Pretect is ableto provide clients with turnkey solutions totailor their pipeline intervention needs. Inaddition to standard hot tapping operationsPretect has developed and appliedsuccessful bespoke solutions with clients tocomplete complex intervention problems.

Implementation ofmodification or repair to aproduction facility can beexecuted without the needfor time consuming andexpensive shutdowns”

Steven Hague, Pretect’smechanical services managerfor the Middle East, discussesthe benefits of hot tapping andthe safety factors surroundingits implementation.

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Honghua Golden Coast Equipment FZE (Honghua Dubai), registered in Jebel Ali Free Zone in Nov of 2006, is one of the sole corporations of Honghua Group in China(listed in Hongkong stock market in 2008). The total area of the workshop for Honghua Dubai is about 21,000m2, including 2800m2 workshop (owning lathe, boring machine, milling machine, plate shearing machine, welding machine and other equipments), 500m2 warehouse and a 17,000m2 commissioning yard.

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The company’s multi-disciplined pipelineintervention technicians undergo regulartraining programmes that have beendeveloped by Pretect with over 25 years ofspecialised experience. This means that thecompany is also able to provide training tothird party and clients’ personnel in safeapplication of pipeline Intervention services.

Experience in providing complexsolutions using proven Factory AcceptanceTesting (FAT) processes has enabled Pretectto develop tooling and methodology toundertake hot tapping on refractory linecolumns where critical metering points haveto be installed to measure environmentalimpact of exhaust gases. Pretect is able toexecute this process with perfect cut holesthat require no expensive repairs to theinternal grout covering.

Pretect has also successfully developed a45° lateral tapping process on pipelines formetering system installation. The companyprovides relevant resources to maintain safeworking and operational conditions forclients to undertake valve replacement orpipeline modifications while ensuring thereis no loss to production as well as minimaleffect on the environment.

Through its joint venture companyTechnical Field Services Iraq (TFSI) Pretect isengaged in several high profile hot tappingcampaigns and projects to support operatorsthere in modernisation and repair of criticalpipeline systems to ensure that productionis not affected, there is no loss of revenue tothe Iraqi economy nor is there any negativeimpact on the environment.

Line PluggingThrough its mechanical division, Pretecthas provided many major critical lineplugging isolations for several major plantoperators to allow modifications to beexecuted without shutdown or loss ofproduction in a safe and controlledmanner.

What is it used for?6 Installation of additional branches allow-

ing supply to and from other areas ofplant

6 Provision of monitoring points for temperature probes, etc.

6 Provide entry points for line-stop equipment

What are the advantages?6 Can be performed without the need to

shut down the plant6 Avoid loss of production or supply to

other areas in the plant6 Avoid disruption to flow, pressure or

temperature In addition to conventional line pluggingtechniques Pretect has designed andmanufactured on line valve change toolslonger than 5m in length in order toenable clients to change valves on a line

without requiring a shutdown or weldingfittings of the plugging. This can be usedon pipes up to 12” in diameter containingpressure up to 8 bar.

Cryogenic ServicesPretect is continually developing itspipeline intervention services portfolio tomeets its clients’ needs and now providesalternative pipe freeze isolation services.In the oil and gas sector this is used at oiland gas risers and advantages are that itallows for isolation without modificationrequired to the pipe and the pipe is in thesame condition after the freeze.

Pipe freezing is a method used fortemporary isolation of a line where thecontent of the pipe is frozen to form asolid plug. This was originally developedas a last resort method of isolation wherewooden boxes were constructed aroundthe pipe and then filled with dry ice.Modern pipe freezing methods use liquidnitrogen at -196°C.

Pretect’s long-term objective is toincrease its hot tapping and line pluggingcapacity to handle pipe size ranges up to48” in diameter with potential expansioninto Polyethylene (PE) pipeline pluggingtechniques. ■

Hot tapping set up


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Clients can undertakevalve replacement or pipelinemodifications while ensuringthere is no loss to production”


The Timberland PRO® WaterproofRigmaster Wellington has beendesigned for professionals working inthe oil and gas industry to deliver thecomfort, protection and durabilityneeded to withstand the demandingconditions of the MENA region.

The Rigmaster Wellington's featuresinclude Timberland PRO® exclusiveanti-fatigue technology which featuresmolded, inverted cones that support,collapse and return in key pressurezones. This provides higher energyreturn and results in all-day standingcomfort; Cast-Bond™ construction for adurable mechanical bond that increasesoutsole flexibility; breathable,waterproof linings which combat heatstress and wick moisture away from thefoot, keeping the wearer's foot cooland dry; a unique 'finger-grip' pull-onsafety feature for ease of entry andrelease; and an ergonomic safety toefor protection and a superior fit.

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KAZAKH CONTRACTOR MULTICORR hasentered the Passive Fire Protection (PFP)sector as an applicator for various assetowners in Kazakhstan, after company ownerGabit Utkelbayev reviewed all the mechanicalPFP rigs available in the market and opted toinvest in Graco’s XM PFP rig. Utkelbayev explained, "After studying the olddesign of mechanical machines, Multicorr didnot want to be a ‘me-too’ company. We wantedto be the first intumescent applicator inKazakhstan who could offer our current andfuture customers complete ratio assurancewith total job accountability – somethingGraco’s product gives us with its reportingfeatures."Kazakhstan’s Tengiz region is home to the sixthlargest oil field reserves in the world and thecompany has targeted facilities on the field inwhich to provide its Passive Fire Protection(PFP) solution. Operators have perceived the XM PFP’s ADM(Advanced Display Module) as very easy tounderstand, which led Multicorr paint site

supervisor Galibekov to state, "My cell phone ismore difficult to understand than thismachine’s display. We understood its operationand learnt its functions very quickly."Before starting the on-site application,Multicorr received intense applicator trainingfrom the material supplier International Paints.The distributor, Gateway, trained Multicorr’s

applicators on the use and maintenance of theXM PFP rig with Graco personnel. The Chartek products (Chartek 1709/Chartek 7)were successfully tested with Graco’s XM PFPrig, meeting the required equipment standardsset out in the Chartek application manuals andthe International Paint Application Engineersand Certifiers.

KELLER AG HAS introduced a rangeof pressure transmitters for use inhazardous areas and pressuretransmitters for gas and dustatmospheres.

The intrinsically safe transmittersoffer measurement ranges ofbetween 0.2 bar and 1,000 bar andcan be used for measurements of alltypes in areas subject to explosionhazards in Group II (Gas), and as perthe relevant ATEX Directive.

Common features of all Y-linepressure transmitters include a verylow temperature error, withcorrespondingly high measurementaccuracy.

The range of envisaged operatingtemperatures can be divided into asmany as 120 sections with a width of1.5 kelvin (272°C), thanks to theintegrated temperature sensor andan additional digital circuit.

During factory calibration, amathematical model is used to calculate individual compensation values for TK zero point and TKamplification for each of these sections, with the values then stored in the transmitter. Duringoperation these values are fed into the analogue signal path according to the temperature, withoutreducing the 2 kHz signal processing dynamic.

Keller’s X-line pressure transmitters (Series 30) also offer microcontroller-based electronicevaluation to ensure maximum accuracy and each transmitter is gauged across the entire pressureand temperature range. The data is then used to calculate a mathematical model that enablescorrection of all reproducible errors.

The range includes models with internal seals, as well as fully-welded and flush front-sealedversions that measure pressure in absolute or barometric terms, or relative to ambient pressure.Various threads are available for the pressure connection, and different plugs and cables can beused for the electrical connection.

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WE EXPECT TO seesignificantly higherrates of growth in theMiddle East than the

average of the global automation marketsover the next five to 10 years,” said TedCrandall, Rockwell Automation senior vicepresident and chief financial officer. “Ourgoal is to take advantage of that broadly.”

Providing industrial automation, power,control and information solutions tocustomers in more than 80 countries acrossthe world, Rockwell Automation currentlycredits the Middle East for 20 per cent of itsglobal business, while the US still holds themajority at 50 per cent.

However the company’s plan to investheavily in and around the Gulf could see allthat change.

In a relatively all-encompassing approachto the region, Rockwell Automation islooking to invest in the oil and gas sector butwithout neglecting the business potential ofother popular industries, such asinfrastructure, chemicals, water and wastewater, and consumer products.

Speaking to Oil Review Crandallexplained, “The Middle East has been andwill continue to be an important source ofgrowth not only for oil and gas, but forsecondary industry investment.”

Looking at the business globally,however, he confirmed, “A large portion ofour out market growth has come fromprocess industries with oil and gas probablybeing the largest of those, representingabout 12 per cent of our total revenue.”

Expanding its portfolio into the digitaloilfield with new technology is just one wayin which Rockwell Automation is activelybuilding on its business. The automationprovider formally announced its plannedpurchase of digital oilfield solution providervMonitor during ADIPEC 2013.

On the subject Rockwell Automationpresident for Europe, Middle East & AfricaHedwig Maes commented, “The fact thatwe have done an acquisition quite recentlywith vMonitor has strengthened ourcapabilities in the oil and gas sector from atechnology point of view.”

By widening its portfolio RockwellAutomation has added another feather to itscap and hopes it can provide regional clients

with a more effective end-to-end service.As well as expanding the services it can

offer its customers, the global automationcompany is working to build on its currentclient base and move into new regionswithin the Middle East.

“We want to expand our footprint into anumber of countries,” said Maes. “Thelargest one in that case is of course SaudiArabia, that’s one area we want to furtherdevelop our capabilities.”

He added that Qatar, Oman, and Kuwaitare also key countries where RockwellAutomation sees significant businesspotential and plans to expand its company’sactivity.

Rockwell Automation has developed

relationships with local universities in manyparts of world. While it has a connectionwith the Istanbul Technical College, investingand tapping into the Middle Eastern youngtalent is something the company intends toroll out more widely over the coming years.

“We would like engineering studentscoming out of school to be familiar withRockwell products so when they’reemployed in our customer’s companiesthey’re familiar with our products and thatbecomes a very natural choice,” explainedCrandall.

“We also work with universities toensure that we’re getting access to the topstudents to recruit into our business.”

With plans already in action to expandboth its portfolio of services and range ofclients, as well having acquired a newcompany and intentions to invest in theMiddle East’s graduates, it is safe to sayRockwell Automation is serious about thegrowing business potential the region holds.

Crandall concluded, “The Middle Easttoday is a small part of our business, but apart we think which has great growthopportunities.” ■

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COATINGS PLAY A vital role invarious oil and gas industryapplications and coatingtechnologies are always

advancing at a fast pace. Several leadingcompanies have revealed their latestcoating-related innovations, includingVersaperm, which is a leader inhydrocarbon permeability measurementtechnology.

Hydrocarbons are exceptionally good atleaking or 'permeating' through coatings,materials and valves. Although this isusually a problem, it is also the basis forapplications such as fuel cells or removinghigher hydrocarbons from gas streams. Inboth cases accurate measurement isessential. Versaperm has developed awide range of accurate equipment formeasuring permeability across manydifferent applications.

Versasperm can produce results in aslittle as 30 minutes in some cases, incontrast with the days or weeks thatconventional gravimetric testing can take.Measurement techniques include flameionisation, catalytic combustion, infrared,photoionisation, mass spectrometry,capacitive, coulometric, electrochemical,electrolytic, gas chromatography,impedance, infrared, paramagnetic,pressure measurements semiconductorand thermal conductivity.

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meters achieve accuracies typically in theparts per million range, (parts per billionwith some gasses). The system is idealfor use on most coatings, materials,membranes, containers, films, laminatesand components. It is suitable for generaltesting as well as QC, lab anddevelopment work. Versaperm also offersa permeability laboratory service forcompanies that need to test samples onan irregular basis. (225)

Dow, meanwhile, demonstrated itslatest innovations at the recent 2014American Coatings Show and Conference(ACS), held at the Georgia WorldCongress Centre in Atlanta, Georgia. DowCoating Materials (DCM) displayed itsproducts including Formashield™ 12100% Acrylic Binder, a first-of-its-kindwaterborne binder that offers activeformaldehyde removal from ambient airwhen painted on the walls of a room,Rhoplex™ EZ Clean 1500 AcrylicEmulsion, a binder with advanced stainbeading technology that makes it fast andeasy to clean up tough liquids, andEvoque™ Pre-Composite PolymerTechnology.

Dow Consumer and IndustrialSolutions (DC&IS) highlighted AMP™ 95Multifunctional Neutraliser Technology,which offers benefits throughout thecoating lifecycle.

LIMO has launched its Activation Line

300 Laser System, which can heat andcool functional layers with thicknesses ofjust a few hundred nanometers, doing sowith energy-efficiency and precision andwithout damaging the substrate below.Targeted heating of coatings and surfacescan create an optimal surface in justmilliseconds. Germany-based LIMO iscurrently contemplating the developmentof using a laser source for surface heatingthat involves a special application of theActivation Line 300, the most powerful L³LIMO Line Laser source.

"Imagine that a surface with afunctional layer only a few micrometersthin is to be heated to over 1000°C," saysDipl.-Ing. Dirk Hauschild, Director of Thin-Film Activation at LIMO LissotschenkoMikrooptik GmbH in Dortmund. "And thinkabout doing this with a substrate that isalready destroyed at 500°C.”

The layers that are to be optimised areoften composed of small particles ormolecules which lose their desiredproperties and structural size just a fewseconds after the processing temperaturehas been reached. Here, there is ademand for fast and targeted heating andcooling. This challenge can be met withthe use of an in-line high-temperatureprocess that provides targeted surfaceheating in a matter of milliseconds, andthe Activation Line 300 was specificallydesigned to fill this need. ■

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UAE-BASED SCAFFOLDING and accesssolutions provider Technical AccessServices (TAS) has released its new Eco-Deck, which it states that its customerswill find more economic and efficient.

Designed for the oil and gas, as wellas power and construction industries, thealuminium decking system promisesquicker, more efficient assembly thanksto the fact it consists of just two parts —panel and prop.

TAS managing director Craig W Millersaid, “It’s an advanced aluminiumsupport system and because it’saluminium it’s easier to construct, it’seasier to erect physically, and obviouslyit’s very high quality.”

Eco-Deck’s design has allowed forsignificantly more space below andamong the decking, which in turn can beused for more storage or simply morespace around on the site while thestructure it is supporting cures.

TAS is only eight years old but alreadyhas more than 800 personnel, officesacross the UAE, and Miller is confident inthe company’s ability to provide quality,safe, and technical scaffolding solutions.

Although the company is experiencinga push towards construction work, the oiland gas sector still makes up the bulk ofits business at approximately 70 per cent.

The biggest of its clients in that field isLamprell, based predominately in HamriyahPort, Sharjah, UAE, where it worksprimarily on rig repair and new builds.

When asked about the company’smain priority Miller was quick to underlinethe importance of safety. “Our safetyrecord is exemplary and we justexpanded our safety department,"commented Miller.

He added, “Our safety record isexcellent, our technical ability is excellentand that’s how we sell.”

TAS has big plans for the future of thecompany. Plans are already under way tomove beyond the UAE and open a newoffice in Singapore by the end of 2014.

EUROPEAN SPECIALIST CABLE manufacturer TratosCavi hopes to expand in the Middle East.Dr Maurizio Bragagni, the CEO of Tratos Cavi, spokeabout the company’s plans for expansion at the TratosOpen Day, which took place in March at theGoldsmith’s Centre in London, UK.Currently involved in a number of discussions withfirms in the Middle East, Tratos Cavi is aiming toestablish a joint venture (JV) company to serve theregion, including the oil and gas sector, Bragagni said.“There are two of three negotiations in the area todevelop a joint venture to produce products in theMiddle East,” he commented.“This is a company that will be built specifically to serve the local market,” Bragagni added.Although unable to reveal specific details about the JV negotiations, the CEO added that Tratos Caviwas hoping to share its knowledge with other companies in the region.“What we are now hoping for at a company like Tratos Cavi is to be able to transfer know-how,”he commented.Tratos Cavi has previously supplied specialist cables to projects such as Gasco’s third Natural GasLiquids (NGL) Train Project in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi, for which it provided US$1.37mn worth ofinstrumentation cables.According to Bragagni, Tratos Cavi currently conducts 15 per cent of its business in the Middle Eastbut is “looking to expand to meet demand for special products” in the region.To keep up with this demand for specialised products, continuous research and development (R&D) isnecessary for both Tratos Cavi and the cable manufacturing industry as a whole, Bragagni said.

INTEGRATED TURNKEY SUBSEA andoffshore solutions provider Unique SystemFZE and authorised dealer has introducedDIVE MK2 underwater gauge from CygnusInstruments in the Middle East region.

Cygnus has pioneered the digital multipleecho technique. The technique has long sincebeen the industry standard for accuratemeasurement of material thickness.

The new DIVE MK2 underwater gaugecomes handy with a number of key features.It has a super bright AMOLED display,updated topside and reporting software and the introduction of twin crystal probes to assistin taking measurements on highly attenuated materials such as cast iron, measuring linkthickness of anchor chains and on particularly heavily corroded steel. The bright AMOLEDdisplay aids both the diver and his camera for easy viewing even in the poorest visibility. Theoperation of the gauge is simple with only two buttons for easy navigation of the menus.

A completely new feature is the added flexibility of single echo mode where twin crystalprobes can be used. This feature is useful on uncoated surfaces that have extreme front faceand back wall corrosion making measurements in multiple echo difficult to achieve. Having thecapability of using DIVE in single echo mode means twin crystal probes can be used. In somemeasuring situations this can offer advantages where there are no protective coatings. Heavycorrosion as some times found on sea defences and harbour pilings can be challenging in orderto obtain measurements in multiple echo modes. It is also useful for attenuative materials suchas cast iron found in water and sewage outfall pipes and round bar such as anchor chain links.

Graham Haines, sales director at Cygnus Instruments, said, “The ability of the diver towear DIVE on his arm or wrist is a big advantage. Having a free hand when diving offersobvious advantages and together with the 2.8-inch quarter VGA colour display, it makesviewing so much easier by both the diver and support engineers on the surface via the diver’scamera. The AMOLED display not only gives much better viewing, it also offers an A scandisplay which helps verify true back wall readings in difficult measuring applications. In data-logging mode DIVE can store up to 5,000 measurements together with each measurement Ascan for future analysis should the need arise. The top notch features that the DIVE MK2 hasto offer backed by our renowned partner Unique System will help the product reach out tomany of the customers in the Middle East market.”

Technical AccessServices releases newscaffolding solution

Unique System FZE launches Cygnus DIVE MK2 in the Middle East

Tratos Cavi plans expansion in the Middle East

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Technical Access Services' new Eco-Deck

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SUPPLIER OF OILFIELD services,products, technology and systems tothe oil and natural gas industry, BakerHughes has announced the introductionof the EasyReach extended-reach coiledtubing (CT) service. The companydeveloped the service in response tothe growing number of long horizontalwells and the need to be able toservice them confidently using CT.Comprised of advanced simulationsoftware, a lubricant specificallydesigned for down-hole conditions anda field- proven fluid hammer tool, theservice can help increase the lateralreach of CT beyond the limits ofconventional CT systems. This holisticapproach helps to reduce risk andimprove well economics while enablingoperators to reach total depth (TD) inextended reach laterals.

The EasyReach service provides morepredictable performance duringcleanouts, acidizing, stimulations andother applications in long horizontalwells. The proprietary CIRCA™ modelingsoftware is a key component in how thecompany designs and executes theservice. With this advanced modelingtool, Baker Hughes can deliver a solutionto address a well’s unique profile andchallenges, using the hammer tool,lubricant or both.

The EasyReach hammer toolperiodically interrupts fluid flow tovibrate the tool and generate tractionforces to pull the tubing deeper into thewell. These periodic pulses also reducefriction and delay the onset of helicalbuckling and lockup. The EasyReachlubricant is engineered to provide moreconsistent performance in extremeenvironments, including HP/HT. It helpsto reduce mechanical friction withimproved sliding efficiency and higherrates of penetration.

The new lubricant’s performance hasbeen confirmed in a series of field trials.

FOTECH SOLUTIONS, THE linear asset monitoring technology specialists, demonstrated its innovativeHelios Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) technology at Oil & Gas West Asia Conference 2014(OGWA) in Muscat, Oman, held 31 March 2014 to 2 April 2014.Fotech Solutions explained how Helios DAS improves operations for down hole applications with real-time monitoring of hydraulic fracturing, production monitoring, well integrity testing and other life-of-well applications. The company also showcased its LivePIPE monitoring system that enables real timedetection of threats or leaks to oil and gas pipelines.Chris Shannon, CEO, Fotech Solutions, said, “Several recent reports have highlighted the growing gapbetween capital investment into oil and gas production and actual recovery rates. For producersaround the world clearly this disparity cannot be sustained. The oil and gas industry urgently needsnew tools that can provide high-quality real-time intelligence to inform and accelerate decision makingat every stage of the extraction process to improve exploration and maximise production.“DAS is a breakthrough technology that has the potential to make significant gains in the efforts tomaximise recovery. Monitoring is key to maximising oil and gas extraction, and at Fotech we arefocused on developing DAS-based engineering tools that facilitate live decision-making in explorationand production operations and deliver real benefits and value to operators in the field.”Helios DAS from Fotech converts an optical fibre, up to 40km long, into tens of thousands of individualand real-time vibration sensors. Real time detection of the vibrations caused by acoustic disturbanceat each point along the fibre enables engineers to ‘visualise’ and record what’s going on down hole, inreal time, with greater clarity than ever before. As such, Helios DAS provides data and interpretativetools that have not been possible until now to improve the efficiency of oil and gas exploration,production and delivery.

HONEYWELL HAS UNVEILED its latest ultrasonicflowmeter, the USM GT400 Ultrasonic Flowmeter, which isdesigned to benefit companies producing natural gasthrough its improved accuracy of pipeline metering.

The new model measures the volume of gas at everystage of its journey from the plant to the customer, whichaccording to Honeywell is a valuable attribute consideringthat the volume of gas is metered for billing purposes.

Tony Tielen, vice-president of Honeywell ProcessSolutions’ Engineered Field Solutions division, said, “As thenatural gas industry continues expanding, companies havea tighter margin of error when it comes to lowering operatingand capital costs, improving uptime and reducing risks.”

The USM GT400 achieves improved metering accuracy due to its key features, such asmulti-path measuring technology, field-proven electronics, sophisticated diagnostics, and auser-friendly interface.

Additionally thanks to its direct-path technology with six measuring paths on three levels,Honeywell’s new flowmetre can provide its users with stability during flow perturbations.

Baker Hughes introducesextended-reach coiledtubing service

INTERGRAPH HAS ANNOUNCED that Saipem, the leading engineering, procurement, projectmanagement and construction company, will standardise on Intergraph® SmartPlant® andSmartMarine® Enterprise engineering solutions. The agreement includes Intergraph next-generation3D design software Smart™ 3D.Smart 3D is used for both onshore plant design and offshore and ship design. Smart 3D is the industry’smost advanced and most productive next-generation 3D design system on the market, offeringnumerous unique capabilities including automated, rule-based design. Users can reuse FEED or olddesigns with different catalogues and specifications by leveraging Smart 3D’s unique rule re-use, tagrenaming and specification interchange. Also, enhanced 3D interoperability capabilities enable the useof 3D data from multiple foreign CAD systems in conjunction with native Smart 3D models.SmartPlant/SmartMarine Enterprise is an integrated solutions suite that provides full design,construction, materials and engineering data management capabilities needed for the creation, safeoperation and maintenance, and capital Project Life Cycle Management (cPLM) of process, power,offshore and shipbuilding projects.

Honeywell launches new ultrasonic flowmeter

Saipem signs deal to standardise on IntergraphSmartPlant Technology

Fotech Solutions showcases Helios DAS technology atOGWA 2014 in Oman

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YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION hasintroduced the second edition of SMARTDAC+(R)GX and GP series paperless recorders. Withthese new versions, all GX series panel-mountedrecorders and GP series portable recorders willcomply with the FDA 21 CFR Part 11 guidelines,and accommodate an increased number ofinputs. In addition, a new graphics displayfunction is available as an option.Major markets for the GX series includeproduction plants in industries such as oil andgas, iron and steel, petrochemicals, chemicals,electrical equipment and electronics. For theGP series, they include R&D units in industriessuch as consumer electronics, automobiles,semiconductors, and new energy; universities;and research institutes.

Applications include acquiring, displaying, andlogging data such as temperature, voltage,current, flow rate, and pressure.Recorders are used on production lines and byR&D personnel in various industries. Today,Yokogawa is one of the world’s top suppliers ofrecorders.A shift from paper recording systems to digitalrecording systems is currently underway, andthese digital devices are often used onnetworks. There is also an increased demandfor touch-panel user interfaces like those foundon mobile devices and the capability tocentrally handle a larger number of inputs fromdevices spread out over a wide area. Toaccommodate such needs, Yokogawaannounced the release of its GX and GP seriesrecorders in October 2012.SMARTDAC+ stands for smart data acquisitionand control. In addition to the GX series and GPseries paperless recorders, the introduction ofother products series as well as input modulesfor a variety of signal sources and outputmodules for control applications is planned forthe SMARTDAC+ system, thereby supporting awide range of data-gathering controlapplications such as production processmonitoring and performance evaluation.

INDUSTRY TECHNOLOGY FACILITATOR (ITF) has announced thatit is working with Tullow Oil to establish a comprehensive, globalwells and completions reliability database. The company is alsourging more operators to join the project.The aim of the joint industry project is to tackle efficiency andsafety issues associated with well integrity through the creationand management of a global library of well data. This will provideusers with accurate and reliable information about a broaderrange of well types than is currently available.It will allow wells to be constructed using factual reliabilityinformation, thereby allowing accurate assumptions to be madein relation to a number of conditions such as mean time to failurefor completion components, prediction of workover orintervention requirements, flow assurance, scaling, corrosion andtendency for hydrate formation.The initiative is being spearheaded by Simon Sparke, group headof well integrity for Tullow Oil. Sparke said, “Over time this will develop into a vast library of wells and their associated parts, so thata range of interrogations can be carried out to identify which components provide the most reliableoperating efficiencies and under what operating circumstances. I hope that existing databases can beknitted together into the new package to provide a significantly more powerful tool.”

DNV GL HAS established a joint industryproject (JIP) to develop methods forreducing the risks and lifetime cost of steelwire ropes for sub-sea lifting applications,using an integrated systems approach.Fourteen industry players have alreadysigned up and more partners are welcomed,especially oil and gas operators, said Inger-Lise Tangen, project manager at DNV GL.

The partners are namely Bridon, DMTGmbH & Co. KG, DOF Management,Farstad Shipping AS, GC Rieber ShippingASA, Heerema Marine ContractorsNederland SE, Huisman Equipment BV,National Oilwell Varco (NOV), Redaelli, RollsRoyce Marine AS, Saipem, Technip UKLimited, Teufelberger Seil Ges.m.b.H. and W.Giertsen Services AS.

“Frontier areas have emerged as seriousattractions for oil and gas operators in recentyears,“ Elisabeth Tørstad, CEO of DNV GL,said. “Over half of the industry executiveswe interviewed said they expect sub-seatechnologies to absorb the strongestinvestment this year, to support explorationinto new or challenging environments.

“Operating in these areas requiresleading-edge technologies and newknowledge. Industry collaboration is evenmore important here where the technicalchallenges are complex and the riskexposure may be higher. This JIP is,therefore, very timely.”

The rapidly growing number of sub-seafield developments worldwide will demandgreater focus on safe execution of sub-sealifting operations, both in the installation

phase and throughout the lifetime of thefield. High safety levels will be even moreimportant going into deeper and ultra-deepwaters, lifting larger and heavier equipmentand more complex and expensive structures.

“This is why DNV GL in cooperation withthe industry has established a JIP with theaim of developing a recommended practice(RP) for integrity management of steel wireropes used for sub-sea lifting applications,”explained Inger-Lise Tangen, projectmanager, DNV GL.

The new methods for integritymanagement of steel wire ropes will formthe basis for documentation of the safetyand reliability of integrated systemsaccording to DNV-OS-E407. The project willinclude relevant issues related to systemintegration, monitoring, conditionassessment, inspection, maintenance,lubrication, production, etc.

Yokogawa releases newversion of SMARTDAC+(R)GX/GP Series paperlessrecorders

Joint effort to improve integrity assessment ofsteel wire ropes for sub-sea lifting applications

ITF and Tullow Oil to tackle well integrity and improve safety together

A number of different factors can influence theintegrity of a steel wire rope

Innovations

Yokogawa’s new SMARTDAC+(R)GX/GP Series paperless recorders

Simon Sparke, group head ofwell integrity for Tullow Oil



BESTOBELL VALVES, PART of thePresident Engineering Group (PEGL),attended the Gastech 2014 exhibition inSouth Korea recently and had a greatresponse from visitors across theglobe. The company showcased itscryogenic valves, which are alreadywidely used for industrial gas, LNGmarine and land-based LNG applicationsacross the world.

This included demonstrating itsDN100 Globe Valve with pneumaticactuator and its DN25 Miniature NeedleGlobe Valves, which had a cut-outsection enabling visitors to see theinside arrangement of the valve and itsinnovative bonnet and flange design.

Bestobell was joined on its stand byits agent Samgong Trading, whichrepresents the company on the marineside of the business in South Koreaand Ntech-I, which covers the industrialgas sector in South Korea onBestobell’s behalf. The company wasalso able to take visitors to view someof its valves in use at a nearby Ntech-Ifacility and to see some of Bestobell’sdevelopment projects which arecurrently undergoing tests.

The exhibition was also anopportunity for Bestobell to reveal itsnew Marine product catalogue, whichreceived a great response. In addition, avideo on the stand demonstrated tovisitors the history of Bestobell and gavean overview of its factory in Sheffield.

Duncan Gaskin, sales director forBestobell Valves, said: “Gastech was agreat opportunity for us to enhance ourrelationships with existing customers inthis region and to discuss new projectswith them. It was exciting to be inSouth Korea, a country renowned forbeing at the forefront of LNGdevelopment and to be able todemonstrate our expertise in valvetechnology for LNG applications.”

The Gastech exhibition bringstogether energy professionals workingin the natural gas and LNG industries.Held every 18 months, the exhibitionoffers exhibitors the chance to shareexpertise, negotiate directly withsuppliers, discuss the latest advances inLNG technology and find solutions thatare right for their business.

The next Gastech will be held inSingapore from 27-30 October 2015, inassociation with Singapore InternationalEnergy Week at the Singapore EXPO.

SCHLUMBERGER HAS ANNOUNCED that it has acquired Rock Deformation Research (RDR), a UK-based company specialised in geological software development and structural geology consultancyfor the oil and gas industry.By integrating with the Petrel E&P software platform and Studio E&P knowledge environment, RDR’sStructural and Fault Analysis module provides users with tools to reduce risk and quantify uncertainty,while Studio Advisor enables Petrel platform users in process standardisation and competencydevelopment.Uwem Ukpong, president, Schlumberger Information Solutions, said, “The acquisition of RDR will allowus to provide our customers with an integrated solution to address fault and structural geologicalexploration and development challenges.“RDR’s technology and expertise complements our Petrel-based geological modeling and geologydomain knowledge. As our industry goes through a significant crew change with young professionalsfilling the gap of retiring experienced staff, Studio Advisor provides software-guided workflows thatimprove decision-making processes and enhance knowledge sharing and best practices.”Professor Rob Knipe, founder and chairman, RDR, added, “As a Schlumberger company, we will beable to further the mainstream adoption of our software and continue to develop advanced explorationand development solutions by leveraging Schlumberger technology and development expertise.” Core software product development and consulting services will continue to be in Leeds, UK.

CGG HAS SIGNED an exclusive agreement withBaker Hughes Incorporated to include theformer’s RoqSCAN technology in its shalereservoir evaluation services as part of theShale Science Alliance

RoqSCAN is a real-time, fully portable,quantitative and automated rock properties andmineralogical analyzer. Developed byRobertson, a CGG company, and Carl ZeissMicroscopy Limited, RoqSCAN delivers highlyquantitative compositional and texturalmineralogical data from drilling cuttings orcore pieces, revealing the mineralogical DNAof the reservoir. This service can be providedat the wellsite during drilling operations, orlater in core stores, field offices andlaboratories.

The companies said that the agreementfurther strengthens the strategic relationshipbetween the two companies, which isdesigned to help operators better understandshale plays and predict “sweet spots” basedon the combination of seismic attributes andaccurate wellbore measurements.

Derek Mathieson, vice-president, strategyand corporate development for Baker Hughes,said, “RoqSCAN is the latest addition to a suiteof reservoir characterisation services offered byBaker Hughes.

“The data provided by RoqSCAN significantly improves the real-time evaluation of laterals,thereby allowing operators to deploy more efficient and effective completion strategies.”

“RoqSCAN acts as an innovative bridge, delivering important geologic information to ourintegrated geoscience offering with Baker Hughes and providing a ground truth for ourpredictive reservoir models. It allows us to properly characterize the geological factorsbehind the sweet spots and optimize the completion design and fracturing to maximiseproduction and reduce costs in these capital-intensive shale play operations. This exclusiveagreement strengthens our ties with Baker Hughes and offers an exciting opportunity todemonstrate the value of RoqSCAN and the benefits of our Shale Science Alliance to theindustry,” added Sophie Zurquiyah, senior executive vice-president of CGG’s Geology,Geophysics & Reservoir Division (GGR).

Bestobell Valves showcasesnew valves at Gastech 2014 in South Korea

Baker Hughes to incorporate CGG’s technology inshale reservoir evaluation services

Schlumberger acquires Rock Deformation Research

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CGG’s RoqSCAN


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..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... ناريزح/وينوي

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انييف............................................................................... رفحلا يلواقم داحتال يلودلا رمتؤملا...............٩١ ـ٨١

................................................................................................................................................................................................................ لوليأ/ربمتبس

ليبريإ........................................................................................................................ زاغلاو طفنلل ليبريإ ضرعم...............٤ ـ١

ةرهاقلا................................................................................................. ةقاطلل ةرهاقلا رمتؤمو ضرعم...............٩ ـ٦

....................................................................................................................................................................................يناثلا نيرشت/ربمفون

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www.tratos.eu

Case study: Jasmine (UK)

£5 million supplied to ConocoPhillips

for specialist fire resistant cables

for Phase 1 of the Jasmine development

in the Central North Sea

Tratos has been producing cables for use in the oil and gas industry

for over 40 years. We provide cables and services for a large variety

of onshore and offshore operations, including umbilical cables.

We are now entering the Aberdeen market with a new sales office.

London Office - Tratos Ltd - 10 Eagle Court, London, EC1M 5QD, UK - tel. +44 (0)203 5534 810 - e-mail: [email protected]

Aberdeen Office - Tratos Ltd - Nigg Kirk Road Aberdeen, AB12 3DF, UK - tel. +44 (0)845 413 9990 - e-mail: [email protected]


رخصلا زاغ هقـقـح يذـلا حاـجـنـلاةدـحــتملا تاــيالوــلا � يتــيزــلاليغشتلا تاكرش عفد ،ةيكيرم�ا

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