TURKEY - Local Market Trends.
Turkish energy consumption has grown exponentially. A major turning
point was between 1985, when energy consumption was 28.6m toe, and 1986
as demand rose to 39.3m toe. Since then energy demand has . . .
TURKEY - Turkey's Energy Base Resumes Expansion; New Power
Projects Emerge.
Strong economic recovery since the second quarter of 2003 has
allowed the energy base in Turkey to expand at a rapid pace. This has
followed recession from late 2000 and the most severe economic . . .
TUNISIA - Mohammed Nouri Jouini.
The Minister of Development & International Co-operation since
August 2003, Jouini was interviewed on various issues by MEED and this
was issued on June 24, 2005. Not much has changed since then. . . .
TUNISIA - Mohammed Ben Hassouna Ghannouchi & The
Government.
The PM since Nov. 17, 1999, Ghannouchi is a prominent economist.
Until then, he was minister for international co-operation and foreign
investment, a powerful portfolio which oversees Tunisia's . . .
TUNISIA - Afif Chelbi.
The Minister of Industry, Energy & Small and Medium Entreprises
since the cabinet was reshuffled in November 2004, Chelbi has succeeded
Fethi Merdassi who had served as minister of industry and . . .
TUNISIA - Tunisia's Decision Makers.
For the energy sector and the country's hydrocarbons, the
decision making system in Tunisia is quite simple. There are laws for
this sector under which technocrats in charge function efficiently. . . .
TUNISIA - The Bizerte Refinery.
Built in 1962 by Snamprogetti of the ENI group, the Bizerte
refinery is owned and run by STIR. The plant often operates at more than
its 35,000 b/d capacity. The refinery processes crude oils from . . .
TUNISIA - Tunisia's Oil Refining Sector Is
Expanding.
Tunisia has to import a major part of its requirements of petroleum
products. The country has one refinery, with a capacity of 35,000 b/d,
and this sector has not seen changes for decades. But now . . .
TUNISIA - The Economic Base.
Tunisia's President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali laid out bold
goals to put his north African country into economic over-drive on March
20, 2006, as it celebrated 50 years of independence from France. . . .
TUNISIA - Maghreb/Europe Power Links.
Tunisia, like fellow Maghreb countries, is being linked to
Europe's power grid. The last section of this link, a connection
between Tunisia and Libya through a 700 km high voltage line, . . .
TUNISIA - The Power Sector.
There are over 2.5m power clients in Tunisia. Per capita
consumption of electricity exceeds 1,095 kWh/year. STEG, in charge of
the power sector in terms of planning, policy execution . . .
TUNISIA - The Gas Market.
Town gas was introduced to Tunis in 1870 by the French colonial
authorities, but it was on a very small scale. The first gas
distribution system was built in 1955, as the small Jebel . . .
TUNISIA - The Domestic Market.
Energy consumption of energy in Tunisia this year is to amount to
9.6m t/yoe, compared to 5.7 million t/yoe in 1998. The share of oil in
total energy use has fallen from 61.7% in 1997 to 53.1%, and . . .
TUNISIA - The Tunisian Energy Base.
With the domestic market having shifted from oil to natural gas at
a rapid pace, the share of gas in Tunisia's energy mix is 46% - a
level kept since 2006. Tunisia's energy base has grown in pace . . .
SYRIA - Proposed Integrated Refining & Petrochemicals Complex
At Deir Ez-Zor.
After years of discussions with Russian and Chinese companies, the
Ministry of Oil & Mineral Resources on Dec. 27, 2005, announced that
it had signed an MoU with "a Russian company" to have an . . .
SYRIA - The Noor Project.
Noor in early 2007 had announced that its 140,000 b/d refinery plan
was to be part of a project to include a network of gasoline retail
stations. It said the refinery was to be built in Abu . . .
SYRIA - Planned Expansions & Cost Obstacle.
Speaking on the sidelines of an OAPEC conference in Doha, Qatar,
Syrian Oil and Mineral Resources Minister Sufian Allaw in late 2007 said
the government was going ahead with plans for three new oil . . .
SYRIA - The Downstream Sector.
Syria's oil refining system has a combined capacity of 240,000
b/d. It consists of two plants, one in Banias with a capacity of 130,000
b/d and another in Homs with a capacity of 110,000 b/d. Both . . .
SYRIA - Crude Oil Pricing.
Sytrol's monthly official pricing of Syrian Light and the
heavier crudes is pegged against Dated Brent (BFO). But Syrian Light has
become less attractive to Mediterranean refiners because of its . . .
SYRIA - Iraq-Syria Pipeline Accord.
During a visit to Damascus, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari
was on Dec. 12, 2007, quoted as saying the Syrian and Iraqi governments
had agreed to accelerate efforts to re-activate this . . .
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