Qatar LNG Tankers Start Returning To The Gulf

LNG tankers belonging to Qatar’s Nakilat shipping firm are beginning to return to the Gulf in preparation for the resumption of Qatari LNG exports following the US-Iran MoU. Kpler data shows a number of empty Qatari LN...

Eastern Med 3+1 Initiative, Progress At Last?

The latest meeting of the Eastern Mediterranean 3+1 framework in Houston on 11 June produced more concrete outcomes than any previous gathering, with the four countries launching a new energy center, agreeing a cooperati...

New Pipeline System Planned For Syria

The Syrian Petroleum Company (SPC) plans to build a new heavy crude oil pipeline system linking oil fields in the northeast to the country’s Banias oil terminal on the Mediterranean. The company issued an Engineering, ...

Syria Tenders For New Refinery

Syrian Petroleum Company (SPC) issued a tender on 14 June for a new 210,000 b/d refinery at Furqlus, near Homs. Future expansion plans include integrating a petrochemicals plant. The project was first announced last year...