1. 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: 59
    Issue: 01
    Published at Fri, 08 Jan 2016
  2. 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: 59
    Issue: 01
    Published at Fri, 08 Jan 2016
  3. Iran’s Rohani: A Mid-Term Report

    ...cession has returned, and attributed it to the continuation of international economic sanctions and the decline in annual oil export revenues from $119bn in 2011 to an estimated $25bn in 2015 – the lowest in 10 years. Subsequently, in a scenario that appeared suspiciously pre-arranged and intended to pr...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 01
    Published at Fri, 08 Jan 2016