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Oman Ras Markaz Oil Terminal to Start by QR2 of 2022
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The crude storage terminal at Ras Markaz in the Wilayat of Duqm, Al Wusta Governorate, assumes
significance as a vital project undertaken by Oman Tank Terminal Company (OTTCO) due to its
strategic location in the vicinity of nascent markets in Asia and Africa.
The project seeks to manage and maintain an integrated network of tanks for different types of energy
derivatives in the Sultanate of Oman, notably in Duqm.
Ard Van Hoof, CEO of OTTCO, said that the company has clear-cut vision aimed to provide high-level
storage services for liquid and gas products, including renewable energy products. OTTCO boasts an
infrastructure that is capable of meeting the requirements of the local and international markets.
The Ras Markaz Oil Storage Project is owned 100% by the government, represented by OTTCO, said
Eng. Salim Marhoon Al Hashmi, Director-General of the project, which, he said, began to be
implemented in August 2019.
Al Hashmi pointed out that the Special Economic Zone at Duqm (SEZAD) granted OTTCO a 40-year
usufruct rights to set up an oil storage facility at Ras Markaz with effect from the date of signing the said
contract on 5 July 2017.

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Al Hashmi told Oman News Agency (ONA) that the Raz Markaz agreement provides for a storage
capacity of 26.7 million barrels of oil in the first phase. The company will increase its capacity in tandem
with the growth of demand from investors, said Al Hashmi.
The project consists of two streams: The first caters to maritime business. It is completed and it
comprises an import-export floating station situated 7 kilometres from the beach, in addition to two
42-inch pipelines, Al Hashmi explained. He
added that the second stream (80% over)
features a variety of civil tasks, mountain
demolishing, oil pumping systems, water
treatment, installing tanks, building a
power grid and adding associated
systems.
The infrastructure of the first phase of the
oil storage project is ready to operate by
the second quarter of 2022, said Al
Hashmi.
He added that Ras Markaz station has
been connected via an 80-km pipeline
and that the facility constitutes a source
of supplies for Duqm Refinery, where 8
mega tanks are dedicated for the
purpose.
The project has a construction area of 10
square kilometres, while the total area
stands at 40 square kilometres, which
means the facility has a storage capacity
of 200 million barrels of oil.
The floating terminal can receive very
large crude carriers (VLCC) from around the world and it has been connected with four main stations
to pump crude upwards, said Al Hashmi.
The Sultanate of Oman is currently leaning heavily on Mina Al Fahal for the export of crude oil, so
the Ras Markaz station will add a strategic dimension to outbound crude export, said Al Hashmi,
adding that the facility’s existence outside the Strait of Hormuz area will encourage many investors
to store oil there and engage in import, export and oil blending operations.
Al Hashmi said that OTTCO envisages making Ras Markaz the largest oil storage facility of its kind
the Middle East and a global hub in the Arabia Sea and Indian Ocean zones. The project will
generate 130 direct and indirect jobs, 90 of which will be occupied during the period of operation,
said Al Hashmi, noting that more employment opportunities will be provided as the facility’s capacity
keeps expanding.
Al Hashmi said that OQ Group and Aramco company of Saudi Arabia had signed a memorandum
of understanding for the storage of their products at Ras Markaz, besides exploring other areas of
cooperation related to the import, procurement, production and storage of crude and petroleum
products at Duqm Refinery and Ras Markaz.

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Egypt: SDX Energy completes drilling at MSD-21 well at West
Gharib concession … Source: SDX Energy
AIM-listed SDX Energy, the MENA-focused energy company, has announced the completion of
drilling at the MSD-21 infill development well on the Meseda field in its West Gharib
concession, Egypt (SDX: 50% working interest).
MSD-21 encountered the primary top Asl Formation reservoir at 4,040ft MD (-3,251ft TVDSS) and
reached a TD of 4,740ft. The well encountered 62.3ft of good-quality, net oil pay sandstone, with an
average porosity of 21.3% in the Asl Formation reservoir. MSD-21 will now be tied-in to the existing
facilities and flow tested.
MSD-21 is the first well in a fully-funded, 12-well development campaign on the Meseda and Rabul
oil fields in the West Gharib concession, Egyptian Eastern Desert. The development drilling
campaign is aimed at growing production from current rates of c. 2,100bbl/d to c. 3,500 - 4,000bbl/d
by early 2023.
The rig will now move to the next well in the campaign, MSD-25, which is expected to spud in early
to mid-January 2022.
Mark Reid, CEO of SDX, commented:
'The logs from MSD-21 are encouraging and the well will now be connected to our
infrastructure and flow tested. We will update the market in the coming weeks on
production rates.
With YTD Q3 2021 netback of US$35/bbl at US$68/bbl Brent, West Gharib is currently
a very high margin asset in our portfolio and MSD-21, and subsequent wells, will boost
the production and cashflow from these fields in the coming months. I look forward to
updating the market further as the campaign progresses.'

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The U.S. exported slightly more petroleum than it imported in
the first half of 2021 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Petroleum Supply Monthly
From December 20 through December 30, Today in Energy will feature some of our favorite articles
from 2021. Today’s article was originally published on September 17.
Our Petroleum Supply Monthly trade data show that the United States exported more crude oil and
petroleum products than it imported during the first half of 2021 by 120,000 barrels per day (b/d), or
less than 1% of combined crude oil and petroleum product exports and imports.
The United States was a net importer of crude oil and petroleum products (imported more than it
exported) in the first of half of each year until the first half of 2020, when the United States became
a net exporter (exported more than it imported) by 432,000 b/d of crude oil and petroleum products.
This year marks only the second time the United States has been a net total petroleum exporter in
the first half of the year. The United States has been a net exporter of petroleum products alone
since 2011.
The United States exports more refined petroleum products than it does crude oil. Petroleum
product exports averaged 5.5 million b/d in the first half of 2021, up from 5.3 million b/d in the first
half of last year.

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Exports of petroleum products include motor gasoline, distillate, and propane exports. Both imports
and exports of select petroleum products mainly consumed as transportation fuels—distillate fuel
oil, motor gasoline, and jet fuel—altogether decreased in 2020 compared with 2019.
Propane exports increased in response to more demand for propane in Asia and less demand for
propane in the United States. Propane now surpasses distillate fuel oil as the most prevalent U.S.
petroleum product export by volume. In the first half of 2021, both imports and exports of petroleum
products increased above their levels in the first halves of 2020 and 2019.
The United States imports more crude oil than it does petroleum products. The United States was
a net importer of 2.9 million b/d of crude oil in the first half of 2021. Net imports of crude oil have
decreased in the first half of every year since 2017, primarily reflecting increasing U.S. exports of
crude oil since the end of the U.S. crude oil export ban in 2015.
Gross U.S. crude oil exports in the first half of 2021 averaged 3.0 million b/d, down from 3.2 million
b/d in the first half of last year. This decrease was the first time exports decreased since the end of
the export ban in 2015 and was likely driven by lower crude oil production,
which decreased substantially in 2020 because of economic responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gross U.S. crude oil imports also fell, decreasing from 6.2 million b/d in the first half of 2020 to 5.9
million b/d in the first half of 2021.

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Oil prices slip after China cuts import quotas
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Oil prices eased on Thursday after the world's top importer China cut the first batch of crude import
allocations for 2022, offsetting the impact of U.S. data showing fuel demand had held up despite
soaring Omicron coronavirus infections.
Oil prices pared earlier gains after China, the world's top crude importer, lowered the first batch of
2022 import quotas to mostly independent refiners by 11%. "Market sentiment weakened on worries
that the Chinese government could take stricter actions against the teapots," a Singapore-based
analyst said, referring to the independent refiners.
Global oil prices have rebounded by between 50% and 60% in 2021 as fuel demand roared back to
near pre-pandemic levels and deep production cuts by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting
Countries and its allies (OPEC+) for most of the year erased a supply glut. read more
U.S. Energy Information Administration data on Wednesday showed crude oil inventories fell by 3.6
million barrels in the week to Dec. 24, which was more than analysts polled by Reuters had
expected.
Gasoline and distillate inventories also fell, versus analysts' forecasts for builds, indicating demand
remained strong despite record COVID-19 cases in the United States. Oil prices also drew support
from steps taken by governments to limit the impact of record high COVID-19 cases on economic
growth, such as easing testing rules. read more
OPEC+ will meet on Jan. 4 to decide whether to continue increasing output in February. Saudi
Arabia's King Salman said on Wednesday the OPEC+ production agreement was needed for oil
market stability and that producers must comply with the pact.
Oil price special
coverage

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The Energy world –Dec -31 -2021
U.S. LNG exports grew to record highs in the first half of 2021
Energy Information Administration (EIA), based on data from the U.S. Department of Energy’s LNG Monthly,
From December 20 through December 30, Today in Energy will feature some of our favorite articles
from 2021. Today’s article was originally published on July 27. U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas
(LNG) continued to grow in the first six months of 2021, averaging 9.6 billion cubic feet per day
(Bcf/d).
This average marks an increase of 42%, or 2.8 Bcf/d, compared with the same period in 2020
(according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s LNG Monthly reports and our estimates for June
2021, based on shipping data from Bloomberg Finance L.P.). During the summer months of 2020,
U.S. LNG exports fell to record lows, but they set consecutive record highs
in November and December.
U.S. LNG exports increased in the first half of this year as international natural gas and LNG spot
prices increased in Asia and Europe due to cold weather.
Rising global LNG demand once COVID-19 restrictions began to ease, as well as continuous
unplanned outages at LNG export facilities in several countries (including Australia, Malaysia,
Nigeria, Algeria, Norway, and Trinidad and Tobago), also contributed to increased U.S. LNG
exports.
In Asia, colder-than-normal winter temperatures led to increased demand for spot LNG imports.
Natural gas demand in the spring continued to rise amid low post-winter inventories, which

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contributed to unseasonably high natural gas prices. The high prices prompted a higher demand for
more flexible LNG supplies, particularly from the United States.
In Europe, natural gas storage inventories were also low following a cold winter. Increasingly hot
temperatures in May and June and greater natural gas demand from the electric power sector
contributed to high natural gas spot prices.
Europe’s natural gas spot prices have historically been lower than prices in Asia; however, this year,
Europe’s natural gas prices are tracking Asia's spot LNG prices more closely to attract flexible LNG
supplies from around the world to refill storage inventories.
The U.S. Henry Hub natural gas benchmark and U.S. LNG spot market prices have been lower than
prices for international natural gas and spot LNG this year. This price difference has supported
record volumes of U.S. LNG exports.
U.S. LNG exports also increased because of new export capacity added in 2020. The final
liquefaction units were commissioned at Freeport, Cameron, and Corpus Christi LNG, and the
remaining small-scale units were placed in service at Elba Island LNG. The new units increased
total U.S. LNG export capacity by a combined 2.7 Bcf/d for a total peak capacity of 10.8 Bcf/d.
Similar to 2020, Asia remained the top destination for U.S. LNG exports from January through May
in 2021, accounting for 46% of the total. Asia was followed by Europe, which had a five-month
average share of 37%. Exports to Latin America also increased, particularly to Brazil, which is
experiencing its worst drought in more than 90 years.

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In June, U.S. LNG exports declined slightly, mainly as a result of maintenance on several pipelines
that deliver natural gas to U.S. LNG export facilities. Yet, we expect LNG exports to remain at high
levels in the remaining months of this year in our Short-Term Energy Outlook.
U.S. natural gas production will establish a new monthly record high in 2022
In our December Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), we forecast that U.S. dry natural gas
production will increase from 95.1 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in October 2021 to 97.5 Bcf/d by

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December 2022, a new record high. The previous monthly record of 97.2 Bcf/d was set in November
2019.
In early 2020, COVID-19-associated declines in demand resulted in a corresponding natural gas
price decrease and reduced drilling. As a result, monthly natural gas production declined to a low
of 87.3 Bcf/d in May 2020.
Dry natural gas production in the United States has generally risen since then, with a brief exception
in February 2021, when winter weather substantially reduced natural gas production in Texas.
Our forecast for U.S. natural gas production growth includes expected output from natural gas-
directed drilling activity as well as natural gas production associated with crude oil production
(associated gas).
In both the Haynesville region (mainly in Texas and Louisiana) and the Appalachia Basin (mainly in
Pennsylvania and West Virginia), increased drilling activity and greater output per well have led to
more natural gas production in recent months, according to metrics compiled in our Drilling
Productivity Report.
Associated natural gas production has also increased as producers have completed wells that were
previously drilled but uncompleted (DUC wells).
The number of natural gas-directed rigs—rigs drilled primarily in natural gas-bearing formations—
decreased throughout 2019 and the first half of 2020, based on data from the Baker Hughes
Company.
By late August 2020, the natural gas-directed rig count had fallen to 68 rigs, the fewest in Baker
Hughes’s data series, which dates back to 1987. The number of natural gas-directed rigs has since
increased to 102 in mid-November 2021.

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Rig counts are considered a leading indicator of newly drilled wells, but increases in drilling
efficiency (the number of new wells each rig can drill) and new-well production have complicated
the relationship between rig counts and eventual production.
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Khaled Al Awadi is a UAE National with over 30 years of experience in the Oil & Gas
sector. Has Mechanical Engineering BSc. & MSc. Degrees from leading U.S.
Universities. Currently working as Technical Affairs Specialist for Emirates General
Petroleum Corp. “Emarat “with external voluntary Energy consultation for the GCC
area via Hawk Energy Service, as the UAE operations base. Khaled is the Founder
of NewBase Energy news articles issues, an international consultant, advisor,
ecopreneur and journalist with expertise in Gas & Oil pipeline Networks, waste
management, waste-to-energy, renewable energy, environment protection and
sustainable development. His geographical areas of focus include Middle East,
Africa and Asia. Khaled has successfully accomplished a wide range of projects in
the areas of Gas & Oil with extensive works on Gas Pipeline Network Facilities &
gas compressor stations. Executed projects in the designing & constructing of gas
pipelines, gas metering & regulating stations and in the engineering of gas/oil supply routes. Has drafted &
finalized many contracts/agreements in products sale, transportation, operation & maintenance agreements.
Along with many MOUs & JVs for organizations & governments authorities. Currently dealing for biomass
energy, biogas, waste-to-energy, recycling and waste management. He has participated in numerous
conferences and workshops as chairman, session chair, keynote speaker and panelist. Khaled is the Editor-
in-Chief of NewBase Energy News and is a professional environmental writer with more than 1400 popular
articles to his credit. He is proactively engaged in creating mass awareness on renewable energy, waste
management and environmental sustainability in different parts of the world. Khaled has become a reference
for many of the Oil & Gas Conferences and for many Energy program broadcasted internationally, via GCC
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