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Syria Eyes Post-Conflict Gas Gains, But Bottlenecks Loom Large
...asts considerable hydropower, though its current status remains unclear (see table). Along with massive territorial losses, the flight of key staff, and chronic shortages of gas and liquid fuel feedstock, this led power output to collapse by almost two-thirds between 2011 and 2016 (see chart). Bu...
Volume: 62Issue: 01Published at Fri, 04 Jan 2019 -
Assad In From The Cold As GCC Countries Hit The Road To Damascus
...The United Arab Emirates reopened its embassy in Damascus on 27 December – the strongest signal yet that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s GCC rivals have resigned themselves to reestablishing relations with the long-maligned leader. The UAE closed its embassy in 2011 as it cut ties with Da...
Volume: 62Issue: 01Published at Fri, 04 Jan 2019 -
Saudi-Iran Fracas Ratchets Up Regional Tension, Oil Output Likely To Rise
...s on fire on 6 January. However, neither the protests nor security crack-down have as yet been on the same scale as in 2011. It was for his alleged role in orchestrating these 2011 Shia protests that Shaikh Nimr was arrested in 2012 and sentenced to death in 2014. REGIONAL SUPPORTERS WEIGH IN...
Volume: 59Issue: 01Published at Fri, 08 Jan 2016 -
Libyan Security From Bad To Worse As IS Trashes Oil Facilities
...ternationally recognized government in Baida, citing security concerns. Capacity at the terminals has been significantly eroded during the conflict that has followed the removal of former leader Mu’ammar al-Qadhafi in 2011. LIBYA: KEY OIL INFRASTRUCTURE KNOWN THREAT The IS threat to oil fa...
Volume: 59Issue: 01Published at Fri, 08 Jan 2016 -
South Sudan Turns To China As Warring Parties Prepare To Renew Hostilities
...out 160,000 b/d, down from 200,000 b/d pre-conflict. This appears to represent the first new deal with a foreign oil firm since independence in 2011, though in 2012 Juba signed a bilateral agreement with Oslo to receive support to develop its largely underdeveloped petroleum industry. The su...
Volume: 58Issue: 01Published at Fri, 02 Jan 2015 -
Syria Rewards Russia With Offshore Exploration Deal
...terest in offshore exploration but with little success. In March 2011 – on the eve of the ongoing war – Syria offered almost all its exclusive economic zone to exploration, split into three blocks of around 3,000 sq km (MEES, 4 April 2011). This followed a failed 2007 bid round. But a flurry of major re...
Volume: 57Issue: 01Published at Fri, 03 Jan 2014