Energy

A move to bring the marketing and sales side of Qatar’s chemical, fertiliser and polymer operations under one umbrella is an indication of the country’s plans to build a larger and more vibrant downstream petrochemicals sector, which is expected to see increased revenues from plans to more than double production by 2020.

Después de años de producción petrolera en declive, varias compañías petroleras que operan en el Perú han formado una nueva organización para solicitar que el presidente Ollanta Humala realice cambios en el marco regulatorio del sector para fomentar una mayor inversión. La Sociedad Peruana de Hidrocarburos (SPH), establecida en marzo y compuesta por 16 empresas de la industria petrolera local, espera que las reformas legislativas sirvan para revertir un patrón de declive, y tal vez convertir al país en un exportador neto de crudo en el largo plazo.

Plans to consolidate Turkey’s position as an energy transit bridge appear to have suffered a setback, with a major project to connect the Black Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean put on hold by both the Turkish government and one of the scheme’s key investors, though for different reasons.

Des projets ambitieux visant la diversification du bouquet énergétique marocain prennent de l’ampleur avec l’arrivée prochaine dans le sud du pays du deuxième plus grand parc éolien en Afrique.

As evidenced by the constant hum of diesel generators across the country, electricity in Nigeria is a big issue, with low generating capacity having long hampered growth. However, sizable progress has been made over the past month to reverse this trend, with reforms to Nigeria’s power sector underway and efforts to almost double electricity production by the end of 2013 boding well for consumers.

Solar energy looks set to play a growing role in Oman’s energy mix as the Sultanate moves to address the two-fold challenge it faces of meeting rising demand for electricity while reducing state support for the power sector.