Bahrain energy report

• Institutions & Energy Policy

  Bahrain is an island nation in the Persian Gulf, located between the Qatar peninsula and the north eastern coast of Saudi Arabia

  The Ministry of Electricity and Water Affairs supervises the electricity sector, renewables, and energy efficiency.

  The Ministry of Oil oversees the hydrocarbon sector.

• Energy Companies

  Oil:

  Nogaholding, the Oil and Gas Holding Company, is the business and investment arm of NOGA.

• Energy Supply

  Gas:

  Gas production has remained stable since 2014 (15 bcm in 2018). Before it had increased rapidly between 2004 and 2014 (5%/year).

• Energy Prices

  Gas:

  In 2015, the Government decided to raise the price of natural gas sold to companies (from US$2.25 to US$2.5 per million BTU) in order to cut fuel subsidies, which has been a major strain on the State budget. The price of natural gas will be increased by 25 cents on 1 April of each year until reaching US$4 per MMBtu in 2021.

• Energy Consumption

  Per capita energy consumption reached 9.3 toe in 2018, while electricity consumption per capita was 17 MWh.

  Total energy consumption has increased slightly since 2014 (0.4%/year) to 14.3 Mtoe in 2018.

  Graph: CONSUMPTION TRENDS BY ENERGY SOURCE (Mtoe)

  

• Issues & Prospects

  Gas:

  Bahrain faces gas supply difficulties which restrain its industrial production (especially aluminium), while the gas consumption in the power sector keeps increasing. The recently commissioned LNG regasification plant and the start of commercial operations in the short-run of a gas storage facility should improve the situation in 2020.

• GENERAL OVERVIEW
• INSTITUTIONS AND ENERGY POLICY
• ENERGY COMPANIES
• ENERGY SUPPLY
• ENERGY PRICES
• ENERGY CONSUMPTION
• ISSUES AND PROSPECTS
• DATA TABLES
• ABBREVIATIONS
• GLOSSARY

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Below is a list of the Bahrain energy market report graphs:

• GRAPH 1: CO₂-energy Emissions (MtCO₂)
• GRAPH 2: Installed electric capacity by source (2018, %)
• GRAPH 3: Gross power production by source (TWh)
• GRAPH 4: Power generation by source (2018, %)
• GRAPH 5: Gasoline & diesel prices (US$/l)
• GRAPH 6: Gas prices for industry (US$c/kWh GCV)
• GRAPH 7: Consumption trends by energy source (Mtoe)
• GRAPH 8: Total consumption market share by energy (2018, %)
• GRAPH 9: Final consumption market share by sector (2018, %)

In the Bahrain energy market report you will find the following tables:

• Economic Indicators: Annual historical data including population, GDP growth, imports and exports, inflation rate, energy security and efficiency indicators, CO₂ emissions.
• Supply Indicators: Historical data including oil and gas reserves, electric and refining capacity, energy production, power production and external trade. All are detailed by energy source.
• Demand Indicators: Historical data including consumption per inhabitant, consumption trends, total consumption by energy source, final consumption by energy source and sector, and electricity consumption by sector.
• Energy Balances: Single table displaying the overall energy industry balance per annum, also graphically displayed by energy sub-segment.

The Bahrain energy market data since 1990 and up to 2018 is included in the Excel file accompanying the Bahrain country report.
It showcases the historical evolution, allowing users to easily work with the data.

Key Data included in the excelsheet:

• Economic indicators: Annual historical economic indicators, energy security, energy efficiency and CO₂ emissions.
• Supply indicators: Annual historical reserves, capacity, production and external trade (imports(+) exports(-) balance).
• Demand indicators: Annual historical consumption per capita, consumption trends, total consumption, final consumption (per energy and per sector) and electricity consumption total and per sector.
• Energy Balance: total and per energy.
• Bahrain Energy Prices: In addition to the analysis provided on the report we also provided a data set which includes historical details on the Bahrain energy prices for the follow items: price of premium gasoline (taxes incl.), price of diesel (taxes incl.), price of electricity in industry (taxes incl.), price of electricity for households (taxes incl.), price of natural gas in industry (taxes incl.), prices of natural gas for households (taxes incl.), spot price of Brent and CO₂ emissions (from fuel combustion).