US embassy cable - 03ABUDHABI4790

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OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM LOOKING AT 2ND QATAR GAS DEAL

Identifier: 03ABUDHABI4790
Wikileaks: View 03ABUDHABI4790 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Abu Dhabi
Created: 2003-10-28 10:41:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: EPET ENRG ECON TC
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
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Cable 
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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                                                   
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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 
 
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 

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