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Bahrain Oil and Gas Report Q1 2012
Business Monitor International, Jan 2012, Pages: 56
Business Monitor International's Bahrain Oil and Gas Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, oil and gas associations, government departments and regulatory bodies with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on Bahrain's oil and gas industry.
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Bahrain has a far smaller oil and gas resource base than its neighbours, but is a leading regional refined products exporter. Over the coming decade, the country may begin importing LNG, but will also boost both oil and gas production. Bahrain will continue to generate revenue from the Abu Saafa field, which is shared with Saudi Arabia, but will also continue importing Saudi crude oil to feed the Sitra refinery, which may be expanded. Despite the political unrest in the first half of 2011, Bahrain has not fallen in BMI's risk-reward ratings as the country remains open to foreign investment.
BMI highlights the following trends and developments in Bahrain’s oil and gas sector:
- BMI sees Bahraini oil production rising to as much as 90,000 barrels per day (b/d) by 2021, in line with efforts to boost output at the mature Bahrain field. Oil consumption is expected to grow to as much as 60,000b/d.
- Both oil and gas reserves are expected to decline in the period 2011-2021, pending new discoveries. Oil reserves are expected to fall to 111mn bbl by 2021, with gas reserves falling to around 80bcm.
- Gas production and consumption are likely to grow in tandem to just under 20bcm by 2021.
- Risks to BMI's forecasts hinge on final approval being granted for the expansion of the Sitra refinery and a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal to feed growing gas demand.
Bahrain’s dependence on oil prices leads to high volatility in the country’s export revenues. BMI's assumptions of slower growth in China, a faltering recovery in the US and a worsening eurozone debt crisis, clearly pose a threat to global oil demand. BMI assumes OPEC basket oil prices will fall from US$101.90 per barrel (bbl) in 2011 to US$97.50/bbl in 2012, thus creating downside risk to Bahrain’s macroeconomic outlook.
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