Source: AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesAug.自存倉 19--QATAR TO INSTALL ENERGY-SAVING DEVICES AT MOSQUES, PUBLIC SCHOOLS: The Qatari cabinet is set to float soon tenders to install energy- and water-saving devices in mosques and government schools across the country to help rationalise and reduce the consumption of these resources, the Peninsula has reported. The government expects the new devices to help lower electricity and water consumption in mosques and government schools by 37 percent and 4 percent, respectively.ARAMCO INTRODUCES NEW SPECS FOR FUEL TRUCKS: Saudi Aramco has introduced new conditions for outsourced tanker vehicles to use aluminium tanks, in addition to other safety requirements to be implemented by 2014, Arab News has reported. The switch will be implemented in phases. The first stage of the transition will apply to contractors who transfer fuel products to the company's distribution outlets, and in a later stage, other contractors who supply the commodity to national companies such as Saudi Electricity Co will be included in the decision, which will be extended to involve fuel stations located on highways.OMAN INCREASED POWER OUTPUT 6.6 percent: Oman's National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) has said the country's electricity production rose 6.6 percent to 9,428.1GW per hour at the end of May 2013 from 8,840.6GW during the same period in 2012, Muscat Daily has reported. The sultanate's total electricity production rose 6 percent to 8,974.6GW per hour.LEBANON'S POLITICAL IMPASSE FRUSTRATES OIL FIRMS : International oil firms are frustrated by the failure of Lebanese politicians to form a cabinet to designate the offshore gas and oil blocks for exploration, The Daily Star has reported. The government has launched the first licensing round last May, with the blocks available for bidding scheduled to be announced June 30, however the failure of prime minister-designate Tammam Salam to form a new cabinet to approve the blocks has stalled the process."This frustration prompted some of the firms to withdraw their prequalification bidding, and I am afraid others may do the same if the political crisis continues," an executive of a major oil industry company was quoted as saying by the daily on condition of anonymity.AUSTRIA'S OMV TO FOCUS ON IRAQ: Central Europe's biggest oil company, OMV has said it is shifting its focus to exploration and production in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, as well as the Black Sea and North Sea, Bloomberg has reported. The Austrian oil and gas giant said its second-quarter profit dropped 29 percent, as production fell in Libya and its gas-trading unit incurred losses. Production fell 2.6 percent to 297,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day in the second quarter, after fields came to a standstill in Libya due to violent attacks on the oil industry, the firm said.OIL PIPELINE BOMBING HALTS IRAQI OIL FLOW THROUGH TURKEY: Iraqi oil officials have said a bomb attack has halted the flow of crude oil through a pipeline running from Iraq's Kirkuk oil fields to the Mediterranean port of Ceyhan in Turkey, Reuters has reported. "Attackers planted a roadside bomb near a section of the pipeline," one official said. The 900km pipeline has been bombed by militants around 30 times since the start of the year, said the oil ministry. The attack took place at around 0100 GMT on Friday near the al-Shura a迷你倉新蒲崗ea 60km to the south of the city of Mosul. Repair work would be complete in around 48 hours, according to the officials.IRAQI SAYS LAWS PREVENT GIVING INDIA SPECIAL PRICING FOR CRUDE: Iraqi deputy prime minister for energy, Hussain al-Shahristani has said the country's laws prevent the government from offering India any special price on its oil exports, PTI has reported. "Our laws do not allow us to offer any special pricing to anyone. We can sell crude only at the existing market- determined prices," al-Shahristani said in Mumbai.FIVE NEW FIRMS SELECTED BY IRAQ FOR NASSIRIYA BID: Iraq's oil ministry has said it has selected five additional international oil companies to bid for the development of its Nassiriya oil field and the construction of a new 300,000 barrels per day refinery, Reuters has reported. The companies are France's Maurel et Prom, Russia's Rosneft, Essar UAE India, South Korea's GS Engineering & Construction Corp. and India's ONGC Bangalore, the ministry said. The project is part of plans to expand the country's downstream operations.OMAN HAS AN ESTIMATED 50BN BARRELS IN OIL RESERVES: The Omani oil and gas ministry has said the sultanate's potential oil reserves are estimated at 50bn barrels, of which 5bn are ready for production, Muscat Daily has reported. The non-Opec member's oil production over the past few years amounted to 7bn-8bn barrels, said undersecretary of the ministry, Nasser al Jashmi.SHELL SHUTS DOWN EGYPT OFFICES: Royal Dutch Shell has said it has closed its offices in Egypt for the next few days and restricted business travel there after at least 525 people were killed in a security crackdown, Reuters has reported. Shell gave no details on how many staff were affected by the closures nor where the offices were located. "To ensure the safety and security of our staff, Shell offices in Egypt are closed for business today and into the weekend and business travel into the country has been restricted. We will continue to monitor the situation in Egypt," a company spokesman said.JORDAN TO RAISE ELECTRICITY PRICES ON 'SOME SECTORS' FROM TODAY: Jordan's Electricity Regulatory Commission (ERC) has said no Jordanian household will see an increase in electricity prices this year, but new power tariffs on some sectors will go into effect today, Jordan Times has reported. The tariffs will be raised over the course of five years to bring the state-owned National Electric Power Co (NEPCO) to cost recovery, said ERC president, Mohammad Hamed. Official figures estimate NEPCO's losses by the end of 2012 at JD1.158bn while aggregate losses since 2007 are estimated to amount to JD2.336bn.EGYPT STRUGGLING TO FUND FUEL IMPORTS: Egyptian petroleum ministry is facing difficulties trying to finance needed fuel imports required to operate power stations, Ahram has reported, citing an unnamed ministry official. The ministry suffers liquidity problems preventing it from covering the cost of importing petroleum products, as it is owed EGP151bn (around $21.6bn) by other governmental bodies, the official said. The ministers of petroleum, finance, and electricity will meet in the coming days to discuss how to finance the government's fuel imports, said the official.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 AME Info (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) Visit AME Info (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) at .ameinfo.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉出租
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