Massive shale gas reserve found in Turkey’s northwestern Bursa province - DAILY SABAH

30.9.2017

A massive reserve of shale gas has been discovered in Turkey's northwestern Bursa province, the head of the Turkish Mining Development Foundation said.

Speaking at the International Energy Raw Materials and Energy Summit (INERMA), Güven Önal said on Saturday that the Göynük district of Bursa is home to 'a few billion tons' of shale gas.

Önal said that the Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration is still researching the reserves which include layers of shale gas and hydrocarbon.

Russian Gas Deliveries to Turkey Soar in September - MOSCOW TIMES / BNE INTELLINEWS

Sep 29, 2017 — 15:24
Ben Aris

Putin’s ultimate goal seems to be to win over Turkey from the West's sphere of influence

Russo-Turkish relations are back in rude health – almost. And nowhere is that clearer than in Russian gas deliveries to Turkey. They have soared in the past month.

Gazprom will set a record for natural gas deliveries to Turkey this year with deliveries having already surged 48 percent in September from a year earlier, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller told reporters on Sept. 28.

"We are happy that deliveries of gas to Turkey are growing this year. Comparing the period from Jan. 1 to date with the like period of 2016, supplies to the Turkish market rose 24.3 percent," Miller was cited by the state-run news agency TASS as saying. "It means Gazprom will probably set an all-time high record of gas supplies to the market of Turkey as of 2017 year-end."

Energy ministry aims for LNG by 2020 - CYPRUS MAIL

September 29, 2017

Evie Andreou

The government aims to bring liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Cyprus by 2020 for cheaper and cleaner energy, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Energy Stelios Himonas said on Friday.

Speaking at a press conference in Limassol, on LNG, Himonas said that studies carried out under two programmes will contribute to the realization of the country’s energy goals and the arrival of natural gas in Cyprus.

Turkey backs Iraq on oil after Kurdish vote - OIL & GAS JOURNAL

HOUSTON, Sept. 28, 2017

The government of Turkey said it will deal exclusively with the Iraqi government on oil exports after voters in the semiautonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq supported independence in a controversial referendum.

Assurance from Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim of support for Baghdad followed threats before the vote to close the pipeline that carries crude oil from Iraqi Kurdistan across Turkey to Ceyhan on the Mediterranean.

About 72% of eligible voters participated in the Sept. 25 referendum, which supported negotiations leading to separation from Iraq by nearly 93%.

Yildirim told Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi in a Sept. 28 telephone conversation that Turkey would deal only with Iraq on exports and that Iraq had “support of his country for all decisions,” according to press reports.

Gas flow from Tamar field resumes - GLOBES

27 Sep, 2017 11:29
Sonia Gorodeisky

The Israel Electric Corp. and private electricity producers are counting the cost of the six day halt in natural gas supplies.
After being shut down for six days, the supply of natural gas from the Tamar reservoir was resumed this morning, and the platform's normal activity is taking place, the Tamar partnership announced today.

The reservoir is currently supplying half of the maximum amount it produces at normal times. The amount of gas flowing from the platform to the shore will be increased gradually over the next 24 hours until it reaches the maximum amount, while maintenance work is continuing at the same time.

Last Thursday, with the beginning of planned maintenance work on the Tamar reservoir, a malfunction occurred that caused a shutdown of the platform and a halt in the flow of gas to the economy. A crack was discovered in one of the pipes connected to the ventilation pipe, requiring a shutdown of the platform pending a complete repair of the malfunction. The option of soldering the crack was considered, but Noble Energy decided to replace the entire damaged part, a safer, but lengthier, option. The cracked part was specially produced in Houston, Texas and flown to Israel.

Cyprus Presidential Candidate: We could build a pipeline from Aphrodite to Damietta- EGYPT OIL & GAS

Wednesday, 27th September 2017

Mariana Somensi

Academics from Egypt, Greece, and Cyprus promoted a roundtable in Cairo on September 25th to discuss ways of enhancing the countries’ cooperation in the natural gas market. The discussion, which tackled innovative ideas to translate the tripartite partnership into synergies and common projects, counted with the special participation of the presidential candidate and president of the Democratic Party of Cyprus, Nicholas Papadopoulos, Egypt Oil & Gas reports.

Egypt- Petroleum Minister looks into expanding Midor refinery with Italian Technip - MENAFN - DAILY NEWS EGYPT

September 26, 2017 2:15:08 PM 

Minister of Petroleum Tarek El Molla and Chairperson of Technip Marco Villa, an Italian project management and construction company, looked into the expansions of the Middle East Oil Refinery (Midor) and the project to establish a new complex for fuel oil hydrogenic cracking in the Assiut petroleum refinery, according to a report issued by the Ministry of Petroleum on Tuesday.

The expansion project of Midor aims to increase its refining capacity from 115,000 barrels to 175,000 barrels per day.

The minister pointed out that it is necessary to adhere to the schedule agreed upon for the implementation of the two projects as well as placing them on the production map for their significance in securing the supply of fuel to the local market and in limiting imports.

Egypt inks 83 oil, gas deals with foreign firms in 4 yrs: Molla - EGYPT TODAY

Mon, Sep. 25, 2017

CAIRO – 25 September 2017: Foreign firms have entered in 83 agreements for oil and gas exploration and production with the Ministry of Petroleum since the June 30 Revolution of 2013, Minister of Petroleum Tarek el-Mola said.

During the minister’s meeting with the French Chamber of Commerce in Egypt, Mola highlighted that this number is a record in the history of the petroleum industry in Egypt.

The confidence of foreign investors in the Egyptian economy increased after seeing the economic reforms carried out by the government, the minister said.

Mola added that the new strategy for developing mineral resources was prepared by the Ministry of Petroleum with the aim of benefitting the Egyptian economy as much as possible from these resources.

Construction of TANAP's Marmara leg begins - DAILY SABAH

September 24, 2017

The 19 kilometer-long sea section - the most important leg of the Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline Project (TANAP), which will carry Azeri natural gas to Europe via Turkey - is being built in the Marmara Sea.

Natural gas pipes are being laid at the bottom of the sea by a specially equipped vessel. The 153-meter-long Panamanian vessel, named "Sapurakencana 1200" and weighing 32,504 gross tons, has started laying pipes on the shore of Kemer village in the district of Biga in Çanakkale Province. Thus, the first sea connection of TANAP on land has started.

Tamar partners say gas shutdown will not have major sales impact - REUTERS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017 / 10:03 AMReporting by Ari Rabinovitch; editing by Jason Neely

JERUSALEM, Sept 24 (Reuters) - A shutdown at Israel’s Tamar natural gas field caused by a cracked pipe is not expected to have a significant impact on quarterly revenue, and the problem will likely be resolved this week, the partners behind the project said on Sunday.

The stoppage, however, will take a toll on the country’s power stations, which have been forced to turn to more expensive fuels to generate electricity.