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UAE: Environmental protection a priority in Abu Dhabi industries
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The Emirate of Abu Dhabi has seen a considerable increase in environmental protection
expenditures and revenues, field surveys conducted by the Statistics Centre - Abu Dhabi, SCAD,
revealed.
The SCAD 'Annual Environment Survey', covered five key sector groups - construction,
transportation and storage, services, trade and industry - to measure environmental protection
expenditure in Abu Dhabi.
One of the key findings of the survey was the use of natural gas as an energy resource to conduct
economic activities. The Emirate of Abu Dhabi's total energy consumption for the five sectors during
2018 accounted for 1,659,010 Billion British Thermal Units, BBTU. Natural gas accounted for 89.7
percent of this total, reaching 1,488,449 BTTU.
Water and wastewater usage figures showed increases in consumption within the Emirate,
particularly in the industry sector, with total water consumption reaching 15,831 million cubic metres
in 2018, compared to 12,622 million cubic metres in 2017. SCAD attributed the rise in water usage
to rapid economic and agricultural development, along with sharp population increase within the
emirate.
The statistics centre noted that while seawater consumption - used mainly for cooling purposes in
process industries and power plants - increased by 25.5 percent, 89 percent of the seawater utilised
was discharged back into the sea.
Such high demand has lead to the reliance on non-conventional water resources, SCAD explained,
noting the use of desalinated water, treated wastewater, and the reuse of treated wastewater. Worth
noting was the 41 percent increase in the industrial sector's use of treated wastewater.
Waste, considered not only an environmental problem but also an economic hindrance, was also a
focal point in the SCAD environmental survey, with waste management added as a category in
economic activities and practices. According to SCAD, waste management refers to the collection,
transfer, sorting, treatment and disposal of waste materials produced by human and economic
activity, with the aim of reducing their effect on the environment, health and landscape.

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SCAD recorded a total of 9.8 million tonnes of waste in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, with industrial
and commercial waste generating the highest rate of 36 percent.
Despite this, efforts by industry partners and organisations have lead to environmental protection
activities expenditures in Abu Dhabi reaching some AED2.8 billion.
Impacts on overall revenues were reduced with the optimal utilisation of resources such as selling
of waste materials and recycling, SCAD noted, adding that total amount of revenues attained for the
industrial sector alone reached AED117 million.
The statistics centre added that waste management costs incurred reduced to AED340 million
across all five sectors in 2018 compared to AED700 million in the previous year.

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Iraq seeks bids for Jordan 2.25 BMPD oil pipeline JV project
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The Iraqi Ministry of Oil has invited bids from top construction firms for a joint Jordanian oil pipeline
project following the completion of the prequalifying process.
The ministry said the pipeline inside Iraq will be installed according to the engineering, procurement,
construction and financing contract (EPCF) model, while in Jordan it will be executed under the
build–own–operate–transfer (BOOT) system, reported The Jordan Times, citing a senior Iraqi
Ministry of Oil statement.
The Phase One of the project will see installation of a 700-km-long pipeline with a capacity of 2.25
million barrels within the Iraqi territories (Rmeilah-Haditha),
The Phase Two involves construction of a 900-km pipeline in Jordan between Haditha and Aqaba
with a capacity of one million barrels, it stated.
Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister for Energy and Minister of Oil Thamir Ghadhban said the ministry had
earlier formed a team to prepare legal contracts, address financial issues and oversee technical
standards for implementing the project, said the report.
The deadline for submitting the bids has been set at May and the winning bidder will be announced
by the end of 2020, it stated.
The ministry will then review the offers and select the company that will "be instrumental in serving
the public interest and achieving the ministry's goals", it added.

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Denmark sources record 47 pc of power from wind in 2019
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Denmark sourced almost half its electricity consumption from wind power last year, a new record
boosted by steep cost reductions and improved offshore technology.
Wind accounted for 47 per cent of Denmark’s power usage in 2019, the country’s grid operator
Energinet said on Thursday citing preliminary data, up from 41 per cent in 2018 and topping the
previous record of 43 per cent in 2017.
European countries are global leaders in utilising
wind power but Denmark is far in front of nearest
rival Ireland, which sourced 28 per cent of its
power from wind in 2018 according to data from
industry group WindEurope. Across the
European Union, wind accounted for 14 per cent
of consumption last year, the group says.
The higher proportion of wind energy in Denmark
last year was partly due to Vattenfall starting
operations at the Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm
in the North Sea in August.
Overall, Denmark’s wind parks produced 16 TWh of electricity in 2019, up from 13.9 TWh in
2018 and 14.8 TWh in 2017. Generation was largely boosted by Vattenfall’s 407-MW Horns Rev 3
offshore wind complex in the North Sea, which was commissioned in the summer.
While 2019 was considered "an average wind year” by Wind Denmark’s CEO Jan Hylleberg, the
contribution of new offshore wind capacity is expected to help the country meet 50% of its electricity
consumption with wind power during 2020 or by 2021. This will happen with the completion of the
600-MW Kriegers Flak offshore
project, he added.
The average settlement price for
wind power in 2019 amounted to
DKK 0.265 (USD 0.0396/EUR
0.0355) per kWh, down from DKK
0.303/kWh in 2018. In spite of the
decrease, the price was higher
than in the 2014–2017 period,
Wind Denmark said.

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Oil Soars as U.S. Killing of Iran General Stirs Fear of Conflict
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Oil surged toward a 3 1/2-month high as attention turned to Iran’s threatened retaliation for the U.S.
airstrike that killed the Islamic Republic’s top general.
Brent futures rose 3.5% on Friday, the highest since the attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities in
September. The airstrike near Baghdad airport killed Qassem Soleimani, the Iranian general who
led the Revolutionary Guards’ Quds force. The U.S. intends to send “thousands of additional” troops
to the Middle East amid rising regional tensions, CNN reported, citing an unidentified U.S. defense
official.
“This is a seismic event in the region,” said Jason Bordoff, a former Barack Obama administration
official who now works for Columbia University. “This is how U.S.-Iran tit-for-tat spirals out of control.
Iran’s response will be severe and deadly. And certainly may include escalating attacks on energy
infrastructure.”
Iran’s foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in an interview with state TV said the Islamic
Republic’s response to the U.S. killing the country’s top military commander will come “at any time
and by any means.”
Oil price special
coverage

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Prices eased somewhat as swelling U.S. gasoline and diesel inventories offset the biggest crude
decline since June. The Energy Information Administration also reported record-high crude exports,
which pulled Gulf Coast stocks down by the most ever. Stockpiles in the region often decline at
year-end as companies manage tax exposure.
The EIA report couldn’t have pushed prices up more than what the Middle East attacks triggered,
said Rob Thummel, managing director and portfolio manager at Tortoise, a Kansas firm that
oversees more than $21 billion in assets. “From here on the market will be watching for disruptions
to global supply.”
The rally also drew selling from oil producers looking to lock in higher prices, something that typically
happens in the first quarter, according to a person familiar with the matter. Several million barrels
were sold for specific contracts as well as in time spreads, the person said.
Brent crude for March settlement rose $2.35 a barrel to $68.60, after rising as much 4.9% earlier.
The global benchmark’s bullish options bias was the biggest since early November while the
December 2020 contract was at the widest premium to December 2021 since October 2018.
West Texas Intermediate for February delivery added $1.87 to settle at $63.05 a barrel, after
advancing as much as 4.8%.
While no oil installations or production were affected, targeting one of Iran’s most powerful generals
ratchets up tension between Washington and Tehran, heightening fears of an armed confrontation
that could pull in other countries. Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, vowed that “severe
retaliation” awaits the killers of Soleimani.
Tensions have been building after an Iran-backed Iraqi militia stormed the American embassy in
Baghdad to protest deadly U.S. airstrikes earlier this week.

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Oil Caps Strongest Year Since 2016 on OPEC Cuts, Trade Truce
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Oil in New York capped its biggest annual increase since 2016, as OPEC’s production cuts
tempered supplies while a trade pact between the U.S. and China buoyed the outlook for demand.
West Texas Intermediate futures fell 1% Tuesday yet climbed 34% this year as OPEC and its allies
cut production and a trade deal between Washington and Beijing neared.
With hedge funds’ net-bullish bets at a seven-month high, even protesters storming the American
embassy in Iraq, OPEC’s second-biggest producer, couldn’t support prices on the final trading day
of the year.
“The U.S.-China trade war was in the driver’s seat when we entered 2019 and remains there as we
exit the year,” said Vandana Hari, founder of industry consultant Vanda Insights in Singapore.
Prices initially picked up on Tuesday as dozens of Iraqi militiamen and their supporters stormed the
U.S. Embassy complex in Baghdad to vent their rage over deadly American airstrikes against an
Iranian-backed force.
The U.S. had launched air strikes on five bases in Iraq and Syria used by an Iranian-backed militia
as a warning to Tehran over its aggressive moves in the region, the State Department said. The
attack heightened concerns of destabilization in Iraq, which pumps nearly 5 million barrels of oil
each day, or roughly 5% of global supplies.
Iran, which the U.S. blamed for September’s strike on Saudi Arabia and earlier attacks on oil
tankers, said this week that it detained a ship carrying smuggled fuel near the Strait of Hormuz.

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“The market is looking past the Iraq developments at this stage, as it is unlikely that there will be an
impact on supply in the near term,” says Bart Melek, head of global commodity strategy at TD Bank
in Toronto. “Any attempt by Iran to disrupt Iraq supply is not a factor at this time.”
Oil markets have faced a tumultuous year, with much of WTI’s gains coming in its first few weeks.
Prices saw their steepest one-day loss in four years on Aug. 1 after President Trump threatened to
impose more tariffs on China, then soared the most in more than a decade in September when key
oil facilities in Saudi Arabia were disabled in a missile attack.
WTI for February delivery fell 62 cents to $61.06 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Prices advanced by about $16 a barrel this year.
Brent for March settlement fell 67 cents to $66.00 a barrel on London’s ICE Futures Europe
exchange. The commodity ended the year 23% higher, posting the biggest annual gain since 2016.
In 2020, oil prices are likely to remain in check as OPEC+ production cuts are offset by higher output
from other countries and a mixed outlook for demand, analyst forecasts show. Nevertheless, prices
are seen climbing in the middle of the year amid stronger emerging-market consumption.

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U.S. crude oil production in October rose to a record of 12.66 million barrels per day (bpd) from a
revised 12.48 million bpd in September, the U.S. government said in a monthly report. The pace of
growth is expected to slow in 2020.
China’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), which tracks economic trends in the manufacturing and
service sectors, was unchanged at 50.2 in December from November, just above the 50-point mark
separating growth from contraction.
Investors were nervous about the Middle East, where thousands of protesters and militia fighters
gathered outside the U.S. embassy in Baghdad to condemn U.S. air strikes against Iraqi militias.
Security guards inside the U.S. embassy fired stun grenades at protesters. The U.S. ambassador
and staff were evacuated due to security concerns.
“Considering that Iraq is the second-largest OPEC producer with production around 4.6 million
barrels per day, market participants may add a risk premium to oil tension if tensions last for longer,”
UBS oil analyst Giovanni Staunovo said.
“That said, we need to see if the latest protests spread also in the south of the country, where most
of the crude is exported.”

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On Tuesday, data from industry group the American Petroleum Institute showed U.S. crude oil
stocks fell by 7.8 million barrels in the week to Dec. 27, compared with analysts’ expectations for a
draw of 3.2 million barrels.

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NewBase Special Coverage
The Energy world - Special Jan- 02-2020
U.S. petroleum exports exceed imports
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Petroleum Supply Monthly
From December 23 through January 3, Today in Energy will feature a selection of our favorite
articles from 2019. Today’s article was originally published on December 5.
In September 2019, the United States exported 89,000 barrels per day (b/d) more petroleum (crude
oil and petroleum products) than it imported, the first month this has happened since monthly
records began in 1973.
A decade ago, the United States was importing 10 million b/d more petroleum than it was exporting.
Long-running changes in U.S. trade patterns for both crude oil and petroleum products have resulted
in a steady decrease in overall U.S. net petroleum imports.

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Net petroleum trade is calculated as total imports of crude oil and petroleum products less total
exports of crude oil and petroleum products. Although the United States currently imports more
crude oil than it exports, it exports more petroleum products than it imports, resulting in net total
petroleum exports.
Increasing U.S. crude oil production, which rose from an average of 5.3 million b/d in 2009 to 12.1
million b/d in 2019 (through September), has resulted in a decrease in U.S. crude oil imports from
an average of 9 million b/d in 2009 to 7.0 million b/d in 2019 (through September). The decrease in
U.S. crude oil imports also corresponded with a decrease in the number of sources the United
States imported crude oil from.
In December 2015, the United States lifted restrictions on exporting domestically produced crude
oil. Since then, U.S. crude oil exports have been the largest contributor to U.S. petroleum export
growth; U.S. crude oil exports have grown from 591,000 b/d in 2016 to 2.8 million b/d in 2019
through September.
Despite increasing exports of crude oil, however, the United States remains a net importer of crude
oil. The United States continues importing primarily heavy high-sulfur crude oils that most U.S.
refineries are configured to process, and more than 60% of U.S. crude oil imports come from
Canada and Mexico.

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At the same time, U.S. refineries responded to increasing domestic and international demand for
petroleum products (such as distillate fuel, motor gasoline, and jet fuel) by increasing throughput.
Gross inputs into U.S. refineries rose from an annual average of 14.6 million b/d in 2009 to 17.0
million b/d through the third quarter of 2019, and they have regularly set new monthly record highs.
The increase in refinery production of petroleum products has outpaced the increase in U.S.
consumption, contributing to an increase in petroleum product exports. The United States has gone
from net petroleum product imports of 698,000 b/d in 2009, to net petroleum product exports of 3.2
million b/d so far in 2019.
In the first nine months of 2019, the United States exported 1.4 million b/d of distillate, 1.1 million
b/d of propane, and 864,000 b/d of motor gasoline, the three largest petroleum product exports.
Although seasonal monthly import and export patterns may result in month-to-month changes
between net imports and net exports for some products such as motor gasoline, the United States
has been a net exporter of several products on an annual basis.

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The United States has been a net exporter of distillate and residual fuel since 2008, a net exporter
of hydrocarbon gas liquids and jet fuel since 2011, and a net exporter of motor gasoline since 2016
on an annual basis.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Petroleum Supply Monthly
The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) had
anticipated that the United States would transition to net petroleum exports on a monthly basis in
September 2019. In the most recent STEO, EIA forecast that U.S. net petroleum exports will
continue to increase, averaging 751,000 b/d in 2020. If realized, the United States would be a net
petroleum exporter for the first time on an annual basis.

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compressor stations . Through the years, he has developed great experiences
in the designing & constructing of gas pipelines, gas metering & regulating
stations and in the engineering of supply routes. Many years were spent
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