Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 15

8-Apr-2011

MENA Revolt Less Radical Than Claimed

With fighting continuing in Libya and with other MENA regional governments working to contain unrest, the Centre for Global Energy Studies (CGES) annual seminar on 5 April assessed the threats to Middle East energy investment from the geopolitical crisis. David Knott reports from London.

CGES Chairman Shaikh Zaki Yamani, formerly oil minister of Saudi Arabia, observed that the unrest in the MENA region...