Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 20

18-May-2009

REGIONAL/GCC

Gulf Oil Exporters Most Vulnerable To Decline In Oil Prices, Says S&P

Bahrain and Saudi Arabia are the countries most vulnerable to a fall in oil prices, according to the report Oil Price Vulnerability Rankings: Strongest To Weakest, published by Standard & Poors Rating Services (S&P). The study provides a relative ranking of oil exporting countries vulnerability to falls in the global price of oil, taking into account...