Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 40

3-Oct-2011

Bahrain

Bahrain Braced For Increase In Domestic Gas Price

Bahrain is set to increase natural gas costs for local consumers, in order to narrow the gap between domestic and international market prices, Bahraini Minister of Oil and Gas Affairs and Chairman of the National Oil and Gas Authority (NOGA) 'Abd al-Husain ʹAli Mirza told MEES. This follows an announcement by Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) on 21 September that the cost of powering its...