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Kuwait Researchers Forecast Global Conventional Crude Oil Production Will Peak in 2014; New Multicyclic Hubbert Model

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Scientists from Kuwait University and Kuwait Oil Company are forecasting that world conventional crude oil production will peak in 2014—almost a decade earlier than some other predictions. World crude oil production model. Credit: ACS, Nashawi et al. Click to enlarge. Their study is in published the ACS journal Energy & Fuels.

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Kuwait Petroleum, Sinopec in $9B refinery joint venture in China

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The Chinese government recently granted final approval for a joint venture project between Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) and China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec), one of the world’s largest refiners, to build a world-class refinery and petrochemical complex in south China.

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EIA: At least 9 new refinery projects to come online before end of 2023 in Asia and Middle East; 2.9 MMb/d

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More recently, the 615,000 b/d Al Zour refinery in Kuwait—the largest in the country when it becomes fully operational—began initial operations earlier this year. The 400,000 b/d Jizan refinery in Saudi Arabia reportedly came online in late 2021 and began exporting petroleum products earlier this year.

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EIA: New refineries will increase global refining capacity in 2022 and 2023; China leads

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More recently, the 615,000 b/d Al Zour refinery in Kuwait—the largest in the country when it becomes fully operational—began initial operations earlier this year and the facility’s operators expect to increase production through the end of 2022.

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Polestar hits 2021 sales target of 29,000 vehicles, up 185% y-o-y

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In the first half of 2022, Polestar plans to add Spain, Portugal and Ireland to its European market footprint, and enter the Middle East with presence in the UAE, Kuwait and Israel. Polestar increased its global presence from 10 to 19 markets in 2021, with growth in Europe and Asia Pacific.

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Tokyo Electric signs equity and additional LNG offtake agreements with Chevron for Wheatstone Project

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In 2011, Chevron, together with Apache Energy and Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (KUFPEC), signed a binding sales and purchase agreement (SPA) to deliver up to 3.1 Located at Ashburton North, 7.5 MTPA and a domestic gas plant. MTPA to TEPCO for a period of 20 years.

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IEA: non-OPEC oil supply tops 43 mb/d for first time in decades; global demand to reach 92.4 mb/d in 2014

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Renewed disruptions in Libya and smaller drops in Nigeria, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Venezuela more than offset higher output in Iran, Iraq and Angola. Year-on-year, November supplies rose by 810 kb/d, as a 1.9 mb/d surge in non-OPEC liquids and OPEC NGL more than offset a 1.1 mb/d drop in OPEC crude.