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Aging oil fields can turn the Arabian peninsula into a powder keg / Åldrande oljefält kan förvandla Arabiska halvön till en krutdurk

August 29, 2014

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(English can be found as a new blogg) Om man studerar världens oljeresurser och oljeproduktion är Arabiska halvön centralt för studierna. Där i Saudiarabien finns Ghawar, världens största konventionella oljefält, men också många andra gigantiska oljefält. Sedan 1950-talet och framåt har oljan från den Arabiska halvön varit helt avgörande för den ekonomiska tillväxten i den […]

The Gudrun oilfield now on stream

August 21, 2014

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The Gudrun oilfield on the Norwegian continental shelf was discovered in 1975 but it is only now that they are beginning to produce oil from the field. The reason is that it is a very complex field. Grudrun yields both oil and gas and they calculate that the combined reserves are 185 million barrels of […]

OPEC’s 165th meeting: ”Everybody is happy”

August 18, 2014

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On 11 June OPEC held its 165th meeting in Vienna and the organisation’s 12 members decided to maintain its production volume of 30 millon barrels of oil per day (Mb/d). The meeting is reported in the OPEC Bulletin 6/14. They also decided to extend Abdalla Salem El-Badri’s term as general secretary of OPEC until the […]

Shell’s profitability from fracking can be questioned / Shells lönsamhet från fracking kan ifrågasättas

August 14, 2014

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Activity has been low at my Aleklett’s Energy Mix blog during the summer. However, now it is time to get busy again. Oil & Gas Journal is one of the journals that I regularly follow and today their daily reportage includes an article with the title,” Shell reshuffles US shale assets in two major deals”. They […]