{"id":6472,"date":"2017-11-03T15:38:37","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T15:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=6472"},"modified":"2017-11-03T15:45:59","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T15:45:59","slug":"china-poly-plans-ethiopia-gas-exports-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/china-poly-plans-ethiopia-gas-exports-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"POLY-GCL  Plans Ethiopia Gas Exports By 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>POLY-GCL\u00a0has hinted that it plans to start gas exports from the Calub and Hilala fields by 2019 through the 700 kilometre Ethiopia-Djibouti pipeline according to Petroleum Minister Motuma Mekassa.<\/p>\n<p>The two fields which have a combined estimated deposits of 4 trillion cubic feet of liquid natural gas (Calub 2.7TCF and Hilala 1.3TCF) and 13.6 million barrels of associated liquids.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Calub-gas.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6473 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Calub-gas-300x216.jpg?resize=300%2C216&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Calub-gas.jpg?resize=300%2C216&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Calub-gas.jpg?resize=100%2C72&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Calub-gas.jpg?resize=480%2C345&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Calub-gas.jpg?w=492&amp;ssl=1 492w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Calub field which was discovered in 1973 has 11 wells which are productive with two reservoirs Adigrat with condensate gas and Calub with dry gas.Possible production being considered possible include LNG, GTL and CNG with various liquid products from the condensate being benzene, diesel oil, jet fuel and LPG.<\/p>\n<p>Motuma has further revealed that the company plans to export 3 million cubic meters of LNG per year which is expected to rise to 6 million cubic meters in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The exports are destined for Asia according to Motuma although details on the exact country were not provided.<\/p>\n<p>The Djibouti Ethiopia pipeline is being constructed by US firm Black Rhino a subsidiary of Blackstone and a South African-based firm at a cost of $1.55 billion and is due for completion in 2018. Djibouti also plans to build a liquefaction plant at its port.<\/p>\n<p>China POLY Group and GCL Group have been long term partners and co-founded POLY-GCL Petroleum Group Holdings Limited to develop the oil &amp; gas project in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.<\/p>\n<p>Acquire the Ethiopia Upstream Overview from OilNews Kenya at $50. Contact our team sales@oilnewskenya.com or +254724684368<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POLY-GCL\u00a0has hinted that it plans to start gas exports from the Calub and Hilala fields by 2019 through the 700 kilometre Ethiopia-Djibouti pipeline according to Petroleum Minister Motuma Mekassa. The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/china-poly-plans-ethiopia-gas-exports-2019\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":6474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[6526,6060,6522,6098,809,6523,6527,6524,1428,6525,6521],"class_list":["post-6472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","tag-adigrat","tag-calub","tag-china-poly","tag-cng","tag-ethiopia","tag-gcl-group","tag-gtl","tag-hilala","tag-lng","tag-motuma-mekassa","tag-poly-gcl","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Calub-Gas-Field.jpg?fit=386%2C511&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-1Go","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7894,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/ethiopia-gas-exports-near-as-parliament-approves-crossborder-gas-pipeline-through-djibouti\/","url_meta":{"origin":6472,"position":0},"title":"Ethiopia Gas Exports Near as Parliament Approves Crossborder Gas Pipeline through Djibouti","author":"","date":"January 2, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Ethiopia\u2019s House of People\u2019s Representative (HOPR) has approved an agreement that was signed by the government and its neighbor Djibouti for the construction of 767 kilometer gas pipeline from the Ogaden area to the Red Sea. The pipeline to be constructed by the Chinese firm Poly-GCL Petroleum Group Holdings Limited\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top News","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/top-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Calub-Gas-Field.jpg?fit=386%2C511&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":12685,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/ethiopia-poly-gcl-kicked-out-of-ogaden-basin\/","url_meta":{"origin":6472,"position":1},"title":"ETHIOPIA: POLY-GCL Kicked Out of Ogaden Basin","author":"","date":"September 22, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Chinese explorer POLY-GCL has had its operations licence in Ethiopia's Ogaden basin canceled according to Ethiopia\u2019s Minister of Mines and Petroleum, Takele Uma. This follows the company's failure to meet a list of conditions set out by the Ministry in March in which the government warned lack of compliance would\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Countries&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Countries","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/countries\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Ethiopia-Asset-Map.png?fit=984%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Ethiopia-Asset-Map.png?fit=984%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Ethiopia-Asset-Map.png?fit=984%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Ethiopia-Asset-Map.png?fit=984%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":575,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/humanitarian-crisis-for-ogaden-living-near-ethiopias-oil-fields\/","url_meta":{"origin":6472,"position":2},"title":"\u2018Humanitarian Crisis\u2019 for Ogaden Living Near Ethiopia\u2019s Oil Fields","author":"Samuel Kamau Mbote","date":"February 24, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"[twitter-follow screen_name='oilnewskenya'] Story by Inter Press Service News Agency New allegations of scorched earth evictions of the Ogaden people have raised concerns that a lack of benefit sharing could escalate instability in the region and reinforce separatist tensions as foreign energy companies prepare to extract oil and gas from troubled\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News by others&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News by others","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/news-by-others\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/ethiopia460x276.jpg?fit=460%2C276&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5850,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/ethiopia-oil-and-gas-sector-overview\/","url_meta":{"origin":6472,"position":3},"title":"Ethiopia Oil and Gas Sector Overview","author":"","date":"April 5, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Ethiopia sedimentary basins are located between old and new discovery areas in the Middle East (Yemen), the East Africa Rift System (Kenya),the Melut and Muglad basins (Sudan and South Sudan). Sedimentary basins cover more than 30 percent of the entire country and the known basins include: Ogaden basin, The Abay\/Blue\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top News","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/top-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Petroleum-Concession-Map-Ethiopia.png?fit=613%2C465&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Petroleum-Concession-Map-Ethiopia.png?fit=613%2C465&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Petroleum-Concession-Map-Ethiopia.png?fit=613%2C465&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2897,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/mozambique-lng-boost-real-gdp-800-20-years-standard-chartered\/","url_meta":{"origin":6472,"position":4},"title":"Mozambique LNG to boost Real GDP by 800% in 20 years \u2013 Standard Bank","author":"","date":"May 8, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Mozambique liquefied natural gas, (LNG) stands to transform the country and entrench it as a leading player in the global LNG industry.\u00a0 Developing these reserves and scaling up the currently planned LNG facility to its potentially multi-train capacity, will establish Mozambique as one of the largest exporters of LNG, a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top News","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/top-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/mozambique_flag.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/mozambique_flag.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/mozambique_flag.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/mozambique_flag.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/mozambique_flag.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5444,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/east-african-oil-gas-market-2015-2025-report\/","url_meta":{"origin":6472,"position":5},"title":"East African Oil &#038; Gas Market 2015-2025 &#8211; Report","author":"","date":"December 3, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Report focuses on Upstream Exploration & Development and Midstream Infrastructure Capex in Tanzania, Mozambique, Kenya, Uganda, with Special Focus on Rapidly Emerging Countries Ethiopia, South Sudan & Somalia Visiongain's comprehensive new 262 page report reveals that the East African oil & gas market will see capex of\u00a0$4.19bn\u00a0in 2015, including spending\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top News","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/top-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/East-Africa-Map.jpg?fit=783%2C376&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/East-Africa-Map.jpg?fit=783%2C376&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/East-Africa-Map.jpg?fit=783%2C376&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/East-Africa-Map.jpg?fit=783%2C376&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6472"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6477,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6472\/revisions\/6477"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}