Paying HourOil - houroil.biz

Hour Oil LTDs oil production, which once accounted for about half the emirates GDP, has fallen dramatically from its 1991 peak of 410,000 bpd to less than 70,000 bpd. As a result, the second largest UAE emirate has swung from being a net oil exporter to importing most of its petroleum requirements. While it continues to pump gas from offshore fields, Dubai also consumes more of that fuel than it produces, and is increasingly dependent on imports to make up the difference. The emirate already purchases several hundred cubic feet per day of gas from Dolphin Energy, the Abu Dhabi company that imports gas by pipeline from Qatar. In 2011, after completing the construction of a receiving terminal, Dubai started importing 650,000 tonnes per year of LNG under a contract with Qatar Petroleum and Shell.

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