Middle East / Africa
Country profile: Bahrain
| Location: | Middle East, archipelago in the Persian Gulf, east of Saudi Arabia |
| Climate: | arid; mild, pleasant winters; very hot, humid summers |
| Terrain: | mostly low desert plain rising gently to low central escarpment |
| Size: | 665 sq. km total (Land area: 665 sq. km ) |
| Population: | 718,306 |
| Languages: | Arabic, English, Farsi, Urdu |
| Government: | constitutional monarchy |
| Capital city: | Manama |
| Legal system: | based on Islamic law and English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| Currency: | Bahraini dinar (BHD) |
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Country profile
Bahrain is comprised of a group of small islands in the energy-rich Persian Gulf. The country’s economy is highly dependent on the oil sector, with oil revenues amounting to about two-thirds of total government revenues. While Bahrain is a net exporter of oil, it is the smallest Middle East oil producer by volume, and unlike other Gulf states, Bahrain exports refined petroleum products rather than crude oil.
Domestically, the vast majority of Bahrain’s total energy consumption comes from natural gas, with the remainder supplied by oil. Hydrocarbons also provide the foundation for Bahrain’s two major industries: refining and aluminum smelting. With demand for energy rising and domestic production falling, Bahrain will become increasingly dependent on oil and gas imports unless it can increase domestic production.
Energy production and consumption
| Oil | Gas | |
| Production: | 184,000 bbl/day (2007 est.) | 10 billion cu m (2005 est.) |
| Consumption: | 31,000 bbl/day (2005 est.) | 10 billion cu m (2005 est.) |
| Exports: | 235,500 bbl/day (2004 est.) | |
| Imports: | 216,300 bbl/day (2004 est.) | |
| Reserves: | 118 bbl (2007 est.) | 88 billion cu m (1 January 2006 est.) |
| Major fields: |
Bahrain - recent news
| 04 Nov 24 |
Bahrain: Petrofac awarded contract by Bapco Upstream to enhance its production in Bahrain Petrofac has been awarded a multi-million-dollar, two-year contract by Bapco Upstream (formerly Tatweer Petroleum) to further enhance its production in Bahrain. |
| 06 Jun 24 |
Bahrain: Weatherford awarded drilling services contract with Bapco Energies Weatherford International has been awarded a new five-year contract with Bapco Upstream, a subsidiary of Bapco Energies, in Bahrain to deliver Directional Drilling and Logging While Drilling Services, replacing the current Drilling Services contract that Weatherford was awarded in 2015. |
| 03 May 24 |
Bahrain: Masdar and Bapco Energies to develop up to 2GW of wind projects in the Kingdom of Bahrain Masdar, the UAE’s clean energy powerhouse, has signed an agreement with Bapco Energies, the integrated energy company leading the energy transition in the Kingdom of Bahrain, to jointly explore the development and investment in wind projects in the Kingdom with a capacity of up to 2 gigawatts (GW). |
| 04 Mar 24 |
Bahrain: TotalEnergies and Bapco Energies join forces in petroleum products trading At a meeting in Bahrain, the foundations were laid for cooperation between TotalEnergies and Bapco Energies, under which TotalEnergies will support Bapco Energies in optimizing its Sitra refinery, which is currently being upgraded, and in trading of its petroleum products. TotalEnergies will bring its global oil and feedstock supply capacity, as well as its refining and trading expertise. |
| 21 Sep 21 |
Bahrain: Petrofac awarded EPCC contract in Bahrain Petrofac has been awarded a new multi-million dollar contract by Tatweer Petroleum to support their gas distribution network project in Bahrain. The Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Commissioning (EPCC) scope of work includes high pressure gas pipelines and fibre optic cabling. |
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