L'Arabie Saoudite

[Paulad]

L'Arabie Saoudite qui cut plus que nécessaire sa production. L'entreprise nationale qui cherche à s'ouvrir vers le monde. Le pays qui cherche à obtenir le nucléaire
... il y a de quoi se poser des questions

[mobar]

Ce sont leurs petro dollars qui leur permettent de fantasmer sur ces sujets
Et les pétro dollars, c'est nous qui les leurs fournissons
On essaie bien d'en récupérer une partie en leur vendant des bricoles d'Airbus Helicopters ou de Thales, mais ça ne suffit pas à épuiser le magot!
Alors l'Oncle Sam va leur vendre du nuke!
Pas une bonne idée, non plus

[energy_isere]

Le ministre de l'Énergie de l'Arabie saoudite déclare qu'une importante découverte de gaz aurait été faite en mer rouge.
Pas plus de détails pour le moment.

Saudi's Falih says large quantities of gas discovered in the Red Sea

CAIRO, March 7 (Reuters)

Large quantities of gas have been discovered in the Red Sea, Saudi state news agency SPA quoted energy minister Khalid al-Falih as saying.
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https://www.reuters.com/article/saudi-o ... CY?rpc=401

[energy_isere]

L'Arabie Saoudite continue à diminuer ses exportations de pétrole et suit les décisions de l'Opep.

Saudi Arabia Continues To Cut Crude Oil Exports

By Tsvetana Paraskova - Mar 18, 2019

Saudi Arabia’s crude oil exports continued to fall at the start of this year after OPEC’s largest producer started to aggressively cut oil supply in December last year to prevent another glut, while the Kingdom signals that further cuts are coming.

According to data by the Joint Organisations Data Initiative (JODI) database, which collects self-reported figures from 114 countries, Saudi crude oil exports dropped to 7.254 million bpd in January, down from 7.687 million bpd in December 2018.

During the last month of 2018, OPEC’s de facto leader and the cartel’s key ally Russia realized their preemptive production ramp-up to meet a steep Iranian export shortfall would create another glut if they don’t implement another round of cuts, which they did, starting in January.

Saudi Arabia’s crude oil exports plunged by nearly 550,000 bpd to 7.687 million bpd in December, down from a two-year high in November, as the Kingdom started to limit supply after the U.S. granted waivers to eight Iranian customers and the market swung into oversupply.

In November, Saudi Arabia’s crude oil exports had jumped by 534,000 bpd month on month to 8.24 million bpd—the highest level in two years after the Saudis boosted supply to the market to offset supply losses from Iran with the return of the U.S. sanctions on Tehran’s oil industry.

Last week, Saudi Arabia signaled that it is determined to do ‘whatever it takes’ to rebalance the market and support oil prices by keeping its April crude oil exports at below 7 million bpd, despite requests for more than 7.6 million bpd of Saudi oil from its customers. The lower allocations by Saudi Aramco for April will also mean that the Kingdom’s oil production will be “well below 10 million bpd” in April, a Saudi official told Reuters.

In an interview with the Financial Times in February, Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said that the Saudis would cut production to around 9.8 million bpd in March, some 500,000 bpd below the commitment in the OPEC+ deal. Al-Falih also said that Saudi Arabia would be cutting its crude oil exports to near 6.9 million bpd this month, slashed from the November high of 8.2 million bpd.

By Tsvetana Paraskova for Oilprice.com

https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News ... ports.html

Et puis, non Phyvette et d'autres, ils ne font pas ça pour planquer leur Peak oil national.

[phyvette]

Et puis, non Phyvette et d'autres, ils ne font pas ça pour planquer leur Peak oil national.

En même temps quand ils passeront leur pic de production, je ne m'attend pas a recevoir un faire-part d'Aramco pour me prévenir.

[energy_isere]

Les US s'intéressent à d'éventuels futurs réacteurs nucléaires en Arabie Saoudite.

American firms approved to work on six Saudi Arabia nuclear projects

Trump administration has reportedly green-lit eight applications to provide 'initial nuclear work' for projects in Saudi and Jordan

American companies have reportedly been given permission to work on six nuclear energy projects in Saudi Arabia and two in Jordan, according to a member of President Donald Trump’s cabinet.

Reuters reported that Energy Secretary Rick Perry confirmed during a Senate hearing that the Trump administration had approved six applications to deliver “initial nuclear work” in Saudi Arabia, and an additional two requests to work in Jordan.

The American Energy Department approved 37 of the 65 applications it had received since 2017.

Quoting Perry, the Reuters report – cited by Construction Week's sister title Arabian Business – added: “What I'm really concerned about […] is that if the United States is not the partner with Saudi Arabia, (or) for that matter Jordan, [then the countries] will go to Russia and China for their civil nuclear technology.

“We've got a history of non-proliferation, and nobody in the world will do it better than us."

According to Reuters, the approvals were first reported by The Daily Beast, prior to which they had not been revealed. Perry had said that the companies involved in the approvals process wanted to secure proprietary information.

Saudi Arabia is backing clean energy sources, such as nuclear power, amid efforts to grow its economic revenue streams as part of its Vision 2030 mandate.

Crown Prince HRH Mohammed bin Salman unveiled plans in November 2018 to build Saudi Arabia’s first nuclear research reactor, one of several project announcements during his visit to the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology at the time.

The Crown Prince laid the foundation stone for the nuclear research project, according to Saudi Arabia’s state news agency, SPA.

https://www.constructionweekonline.com/ ... r-projects

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L'AIEA demande à Riyad une « clause de sauvegarde » pour son premier réacteur nucléaire

AFP parue le 05 avr. 2019

Le directeur de l'Agence internationale de l'énergie atomique (AIEA), Yukiya Amano, a déclaré vendredi avoir demandé à l'Arabie saoudite de conclure une "clause de sauvegarde" pour garantir que le matériel nucléaire destiné à son premier réacteur atomique ne soit pas détourné à des fins militaires.

Des images prises par satellite du chantier du réacteur, en périphérie de Riyad, ont récemment alimenté le débat à Washington, où l'opposition démocrate critique l'empressement de Donald Trump à approuver des projets nucléaires dans le royaume pétrolier.

Mais le patron de l'agence de l'ONU chargée de surveiller les activités atomiques des États, de passage dans la capitale des États-Unis, a assuré que le projet n'avait rien de secret, l'Arabie saoudite ayant prévenu l'organisme basé à Vienne dès 2014.

Il a toutefois ajouté que l'AIEA aimerait désormais aller au-delà de l'accord qui la lie à Riyad, prévu pour les pays qui n'importent que de faibles quantités de matériel nucléaire.

"Nous avons proposé à l'Arabie saoudite de l'abroger et de le remplacer par une véritable clause de sauvegarde complète", a dit à des journalistes Yukiya Amano. Cette clause vise à préciser les modalités de coopération avec l'AIEA dans le cadre du Traité de non-prolifération nucléaire. "Ils n'ont pas dit non, ils n'ont pas dit oui, ils y réfléchissent. Nous attendons", a-t-il ajouté. "Pour l'instant, ils n'ont pas le matériel" nucléaire en question, "donc il n'y a aucune violation".

Selon lui, les Saoudiens pourraient commencer à en importer "d'ici la fin de l'année", même s'il a relevé que les projets nucléaires subissaient souvent des retards.

Le secrétaire américain à l'Énergie Rick Perry a déclaré la semaine dernière que les États-Unis avaient donné leur feu vert à des entreprises américaines pour qu'elles puissent travailler sur six projets nucléaires en Arabie saoudite. Il a assuré que Washington s'engageait à garantir que les Saoudiens ne puissent pas retraiter le combustible usé pour fabriquer des bombes atomiques.

Mais des élus démocrates se sont dits inquiets que l'administration Trump soit en train d'approuver trop vite ces projets d'énergie nucléaire civile, bien que le royaume n'ait pas cherché à passer un accord dit de la Section 123, aux termes duquel un pays s'engage à faire un usage pacifique de la technologie.

Le puissant prince héritier saoudien Mohammed ben Salmane a prévenu par le passé que son pays pourrait chercher à se doter de la bombe si l'Iran parvenait à la développer de son côté.

https://www.connaissancedesenergies.org ... ire-190405

[energy_isere]

L'Arabie Saoudite serait en train de construire un tout petit réacteur nucléaire experimental. Ils auraient fait ça avec des Argentins.

Saudi Arabia's first nuclear reactor nearly finished, sparking fears over safeguards
Riyadh has so far resisted international watchdog’s requests to accept a strict inspection regime

Julian Borger in Washington
Thu 4 Apr 2019

Saudi Arabia is within months of completing its first nuclear reactor, new satellite images show, but it has yet to show any readiness to abide by safeguards that would prevent it making a bomb.

The reactor site is in the King Abdulaziz city for science and technology on the outskirts of Riyadh. The site was identified by Robert Kelley, a former director for nuclear inspections at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), who said it was very small 30-kilowatt research reactor, not far from completion.

“I would guess they could have it all done, with the roof in place and the electricity turned on, within a year,” said Kelley, who worked for more than three decades in research and engineering in the US nuclear weapons complex.

The satellite photos show that a 10-metre high steel tubular vessel, which will contain the nuclear fuel, has been erected, and construction work is under way on the surrounding concrete building.

Kelley said the main practical purpose of the research reactor would be to train nuclear technicians, but it also marked the crossing of a nuclear threshold. Before inserting nuclear fuel into the reactor, Saudi Arabia would have to implement a comprehensive set of rules and procedures, including IAEA inspections, designed to ensure no fissile material was diverted for use in weapons – something it has so far avoided.

The reactor has been designed by an Argentinian state-owned company, Invap SE.

“This reactor should be operational by the end of the year roughly,” Rafael Mariano Grossi, Argentina’s envoy to the IAEA, confirmed. “It depends on a number of factors. Invap is in charge of design. They are directing all the operations. But the local engineering is being done by the Saudis.”

The emergence of the satellite images, first published by Bloomberg, comes in the midst of a struggle between the Trump White House and Congress over the sale of nuclear technology to Riyadh, after it emerged that the US department of energy had granted seven permits for the transfer of sensitive nuclear information by US businesses to the Saudi government
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/ ... safeguards

[energy_isere]

L'Arabie Saoudite annonce qu'elle va lancer des appels d'offre pour 2 réacteurs nucléaires en 2020.

Saudi plans to invite bids for nuclear power project in 2020
The world’s top oil exporter wants to diversify its energy mix

Reuters 07 April 2019

Saudi Arabia plans to issue a multi-billion-dollar tender in 2020 to construct its first two nuclear power reactors and is discussing the project with U.S. and other potential suppliers, three sources familiar with the plans said.

The world’s top oil exporter wants to diversify its energy mix, adding nuclear power so it can free up more crude for export. But the plans are facing Washington’s scrutiny because of potential military uses for the technology.

Saudi Arabia, which aims to mine for uranium, says its plans are peaceful. But Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said in 2018 the kingdom would develop nuclear arms if Iran did.

U.S., Russian, South Korean, Chinese and French firms are in talks with Riyadh to supply reactors, a promising deal for an industry recovering from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

“Saudi Arabia is continuing to make very deliberate steps forward although at a slower pace than originally expected,” one of the sources familiar with the plans told Reuters.

Saudi officials previously said they aimed to select a vendor in late 2018, which then slipped to 2019. The sources said the tender would now be issued in 2020.

Two sources said the project was proceeding slowly partly because the kingdom was still in discussions with all potential suppliers rather than narrowing them down to a short list.

The plans have also been delayed by strained ties with Washington, which criticised Riyadh after the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the kingdom’s Istanbul consulate in October, a source familiar with the talks said.

Riyadh needs to sign an accord on the peaceful use of nuclear technology with Washington to secure the transfer of U.S. nuclear equipment and expertise, under the U.S. Atomic Energy Act. U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry said last week that the negotiations which began in 2012 were continuing.

The source said Washington has also been seeking to convince Riyadh to sign the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Additional Protocol on extra safeguards for verifying nuclear technology is used for peaceful applications. The kingdom has so far resisted, the source added.

The fate of these negotiations could determine whether Riyadh reaches a deal with U.S. firms, the source said.

WORKSHOPS

Saudi Arabia, which sent a “request for information” (RFI) to nuclear vendors in 2017, is holding workshops with vendors from five nations as part of the pre-tender process, one source said, adding that this was expected to last 12 to 15 months.

The King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (KACARE), tasked with developing the nuclear programme, has brought in an executive from oil giant Saudi Aramco to help manage the pre-tender consultancy process, two sources said.

The Energy Ministry, overseeing the project, and the kingdom’s international press office did not respond to Reuters requests for comment.

KACARE has in the past said the kingdom was considering building 17.6 gigawatts of nuclear capacity by 2032, requiring about 16 reactors. But the sources said the focus for now was on the first two reactors and a potentially smaller programme.

Neighbouring UAE is building a nuclear power plant, the first in a Gulf Arab state. Iran, across the Gulf, has a nuclear plant in operation and has been locked in a row over its nuclear ambitions with the United States.

Saudi Arabia, which has long vied with Iran for regional influence, has said it will not sign any deal with the United States that deprives the kingdom of the possibility of enriching uranium or reprocessing spent fuel in the future, both potential paths to a bomb.

South Korea’s state-owned Korea Electric Power Corp (KEPCO), Russian state nuclear group Rosatom, French utility EDF, state-run China National Nuclear Corp and U.S. Westinghouse have expressed interest in the Saudi project.

https://gulfbusiness.com/saudi-plans-in ... ject-2020/

[energy_isere]

Le ministre de l'Énergie de l'Arabie saoudite déclare qu'une importante découverte de gaz aurait été faite en mer rouge.
Pas plus de détails pour le moment.

L'Arabie saoudite le dit à nouveau et pretend même exporter du gaz dans 6 ans.
Toujours pas de preuves.

https://oilprice.com/Energy/Gas-Prices/ ... Years.html

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Saudi Oil Exports Fall Below 7 Million Bpd In February

By Tsvetana Paraskova - Apr 18, 2019

Saudi Arabia continued to slash its oil exports as this year progressed, with February crude shipments dropping by 227,000 bpd from January to just below 7 million bpd, as the Kingdom is determined to rebalance the market in its effort to support oil prices.
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https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News ... ruary.html

[energy_isere]

Appel d'offre cette année en Arabie Saoudite pour 850 MW d'eolien.

https://www.evwind.es/2019/04/29/saudi- ... city/66958

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Augmentation régulière de la production de gaz en Arabie Saoudite



Source https://www.forbes.com/sites/judeclemen ... 501065f5fc

[energy_isere]

Saudi Aramco signe un agrément préliminaire pour acheter 5 millions de tonne annuel de gaz liquéfié du terminal de Port Arthur encore en développement.

Il semblerait que ce ne soit pas pour les besoins de l'Arabie saoudite, mais pour faire du trading avec.

Saudi Arabia wants to buy tons of American natural gas

By Matt Egan, CNN Business May 22, 2019

Saudi Arabia has placed a huge bet on American natural gas.

In a sign of shifting energy fortunes, Saudi Aramco announced a mega preliminary agreement on Wednesday to buy 5 million tons of liquefied natural gas per year from a Port Arthur, Texas export project that's under development.

If completed, the purchase from San Diego-based Sempra Energy (SRE) would be one of the largest LNG deals ever signed, according to consulting firm Wood Mackenzie.

Aramco, Saudi Arabia's crown jewel, would also inject a cash infusion into the Port Arthur development in exchange for a 25% stake.

"This is a major statement about the Saudis entering the LNG market and about how price competitive the outlook is for US gas," said Ira Joseph, head of gas and power at S&P Global Platts.

Although the agreement calls for Saudi Arabia to purchase LNG from the United States, Joseph said it's unlikely the fuel would end up being used to meet the kingdom's vast electricity needs. More likely, Aramco will try to sign up buyers in South America and Europe for the LNG.
"We expect Saudi Aramco will use this volume to establish a global portfolio as it seeks to become a global gas player," Giles Farrer, Wood Mackenzie's research director, wrote in a report.

Saudi investment offsets trade war headaches
Aramco is the world's largest oil company and owns America's largest refinery, which is also located in Port Arthur. But Aramco is just beginning to build its LNG footprint.
"We see significant opportunities in this market and we will continue to pursue strategic partnerships which enable us to meet rising global demand for LNG," Amin Nasser, Aramco's CEO, said in a statement.

The shale revolution has made the United States the world's largest producer of natural gas, a title it's held since 2009 after surpassing Russia.

There's so much natural gas that much of it is being turned into LNG, a super-cooled form of the fuel that it can be transported by ship overseas. China and other developing nations have turned to LNG as a cleaner alternative to coal.

The support from deep-pocketed Saudi Arabia could offset trade war headwinds facing America's US LNG industry.
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https://edition.cnn.com/2019/05/22/busi ... index.html

[energy_isere]

Arabie saoudite: Ineos s'associe au gigantesque projet pétrochimique de Total et Saudi Aramco

AFP parue le 03 juin 2019

Le géant britannique de la pétrochimie Ineos a annoncé lundi qu'il allait investir 2 milliards de dollars en Arabie saoudite, dans le cadre d'un gigantesque projet de Total et Saudi Aramco pour la construction d'un complexe pétrochimique de 9 milliards de dollars.

Il s'agira du premier investissement majeur au Moyen-Orient pour cette entreprise basée à Londres et présidée par le milliardaire Jim Ratcliffe, qui a multiplié dernièrement les acquisitions et mis sa marque en avant via d'importants partenariats dans le sport. "Ineos annonce aujourd'hui la signature d'un protocole d'accord avec Saudi Aramco et le français Total, afin de construire trois usines dans le cadre du projet de complexe Jubail 2 en Arabie saoudite", a expliqué le groupe britannique dans un communiqué.

Les géants pétroliers saoudien et français travaillent à ce vaste projet de 9 milliards de dollars, dont la décision finale d'investissement doit encore être prise et dont le démarrage est prévu en 2024. Saudi Aramco et Total doivent investir à eux deux 5 milliards de dollars du total, les 4 milliards supplémentaires devant provenir de partenaires dont Ineos qui va donc fournir 2 milliards.

Ineos précise que ses trois usines lui permettront de renforcer ses capacités de production de divers produits dont l'acrylonitrile, utilisé dans les matières plastiques.

Avec ce premier investissement important dans cette région, "Ineos aura accès à des matières premières et sources d'énergie à prix compétitif, servies par des infrastructures en bon état, ce qui nous permettra de mieux servir nos clients au Moyen-Orient et divers marchés en Asie", a souligné le groupe britannique.

Bâti à coup d'acquisitions par son fondateur Jim Ratcliffe, Ineos est devenu un géant de la pétrochimie et a dernièrement dévoilé de nouveaux investissements - notamment 3 milliards d'euros pour construire une usine de gaz à Anvers en Belgique, un milliard de livres dans plusieurs projets énergétiques au Royaume-Uni et diverses dépenses en Chine et aux États-Unis.

Un directeur d'Ineos, Tom Crotty, a été interrogé lundi matin par la BBC sur l'opportunité pour le groupe d'investir en Arabie saoudite après l'assassinat de l'opposant saoudien Jamal Khashoggi. Ce dernier, qui collaborait au Washington Post, a été assassiné en octobre 2018 au consulat de son pays à Istanbul par des agents venus de Riyad. M. Crotty a répondu croire "au changement en Arabie saoudite". "C'est le bon moment pour nous d'y aller car nous pensons que c'est en investissant sur place que nous allons soutenir le processus de changement et de modernisation en Arabie saoudite", a-t-il affirmé.

https://www.connaissancedesenergies.org ... usd-190603