Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
03ABUDHABI4790
2003-10-28 10:41:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Abu Dhabi
Cable title:
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM LOOKING AT 2ND QATAR GAS
null Diana T Fritz 03/20/2007 04:06:45 PM From DB/Inbox: Search Results Cable Text: CONFIDENTIAL SIPDIS TELEGRAM October 28, 2003 To: No Action Addressee Action: Unknown From: AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 4790 - ROUTINE) TAGS: EPET, ENRG, ECON Captions: None Subject: OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM LOOKING AT 2ND QATAR GAS DEAL Ref: None _________________________________________________________________ C O N F I D E N T I A L ABU DHABI 04790 SIPDIS CXABU: ACTION: ECON INFO: POL P/M AMB DCM Laser1: INFO: FCS DISSEMINATION: ECON CHARGE: PROG APPROVED: CDA: RALBRIGHT DRAFTED: ECON:OJOHN CLEARED: NONE VZCZCADI165 RR RUEHC RUEHDO RUEHDE RUCPDOC RHEBAAA DE RUEHAD #4790 3011041 ZNY CCCCC ZZH R 281041Z OCT 03 FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 2228 INFO RUEHDO/AMEMBASSY DOHA 1014 RUEHDE/AMCONSUL DUBAI 3503 RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC RHEBAAA/DEPT OF ENERGY WASHDC
C O N F I D E N T I A L ABU DHABI 004790
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR NEA/ARP, INR/EC, EB/ESC/IEC/EPC
USDOE FOR INT'L AFFAIRS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/28/07
TAGS: EPET ENRG ECON TC
SUBJECT: OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM LOOKING AT 2ND QATAR GAS
DEAL
(U) Classified by CDA Richard Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B)
and (D). This contains business proprietary information
C O N F I D E N T I A L ABU DHABI 004790
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR NEA/ARP, INR/EC, EB/ESC/IEC/EPC
USDOE FOR INT'L AFFAIRS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/28/07
TAGS: EPET ENRG ECON TC
SUBJECT: OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM LOOKING AT 2ND QATAR GAS
DEAL
(U) Classified by CDA Richard Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B)
and (D). This contains business proprietary information
1. (C) On October 27, David Scott, General Manager of Oxy
of Abu Dhabi (protect) told Econchief that Occidental
Petroleum, along with the UAE Offsets Group and other
consortium partners, was in the initial stages of a large
gas to liquids (GTL) project with Qatar. The consortium
has signed an MOU with the GoQ and is currently engaged in
technology testing in the U.S. According to Scott, if the
project goes forward it will be the second largest GTL deal
in the world at 120,000 barrels of liquids a day and would
draw from Qatar's North Field. He suggested that his
company would decide early next year whether to continue
with the project. (Note: Occidental Petroleum, the UAE
Offsets Group and Total are partners in the Dolphin Energy
project to bring gas from Qatar to the UAE.)
2. (C) Scott also expressed concern that Oxy's UAE partners
could have problems obtaining visas to go to the U.S. to
participate in the project and in the briefings.
Albright
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR NEA/ARP, INR/EC, EB/ESC/IEC/EPC
USDOE FOR INT'L AFFAIRS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/28/07
TAGS: EPET ENRG ECON TC
SUBJECT: OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM LOOKING AT 2ND QATAR GAS
DEAL
(U) Classified by CDA Richard Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B)
and (D). This contains business proprietary information
1. (C) On October 27, David Scott, General Manager of Oxy
of Abu Dhabi (protect) told Econchief that Occidental
Petroleum, along with the UAE Offsets Group and other
consortium partners, was in the initial stages of a large
gas to liquids (GTL) project with Qatar. The consortium
has signed an MOU with the GoQ and is currently engaged in
technology testing in the U.S. According to Scott, if the
project goes forward it will be the second largest GTL deal
in the world at 120,000 barrels of liquids a day and would
draw from Qatar's North Field. He suggested that his
company would decide early next year whether to continue
with the project. (Note: Occidental Petroleum, the UAE
Offsets Group and Total are partners in the Dolphin Energy
project to bring gas from Qatar to the UAE.)
2. (C) Scott also expressed concern that Oxy's UAE partners
could have problems obtaining visas to go to the U.S. to
participate in the project and in the briefings.
Albright