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‘The Opportunities Are Massive’: The Risks & Rewards Of Operating In Libya
...mbined production capacity of about 250,000 b/d (see map). A decade of near-continuous instability following the ouster of Gaddafi in 2011 has not done the country’s all-important oil sector any favors. The resulting fighting, mismanagement and forced shutdowns have left infrastructure in ta...
Volume: 65Issue: 02Published at Fri, 14 Jan 2022 -
Power Plant Sabotage Threatens Libyan Oil Gains
...grained since the unseating of former leader Mu’ammar al-Qadhafi in 2011. The Libyan coastguard will seize any vessels transporting fuel without authorisation and the GNA will issue arrest warrants for smugglers via Interpol, it said. In a speech on 3 January, Mr Sanalla laid the blame for smuggling wi...
Volume: 60Issue: 02Published at Fri, 13 Jan 2017 -
MEES Analysis: Bid Round Offers Century Old Acreage
...illing two dry wells in 2011. Ganope’s previous bid round offered 20 exploration blocks – 11 of which were in the Western Desert – in December 2012. But, amid the then prevailing uncertain investment climate and bureaucratic delays, definitive exploration agreements have only been signed for two, bo...
Volume: 58Issue: 02Published at Fri, 09 Jan 2015 -
Egypt Eases Forex Rules
...fect. It supersedes other circulars issued since the 2011 revolution which restricted transfers abroad to a maximum of $100,000 once in a life time only, on account of “the situation in the country.” The new circular will no doubt help Egyptians in acquiring their foreign exchange needs. But the av...
Volume: 57Issue: 02Published at Fri, 10 Jan 2014 -
Iran Oil Ministry Refutes Export Plunge
...l, oil products and condensate. According to Mr Kateb, for the next Iranian year (21 March 2013-20 March 2014) the Oil Ministry has reportedly forecast exports of approximately 1.5mn b/d, significantly lower than 2011’s 2.2mn b/d. The International Energy Agency (IEA) in its latest monthly oi...
Volume: 56Issue: 02Published at Fri, 11 Jan 2013 -
Kuwait Oil Minister Pushes Refinery Expansion Despite Political Attacks
...rliament cancelled it.” The parliamentary questions suggest that the new parliament may continue the investigations started by previous parliaments into Shell’s $800mn consultancy deal with state-owned upstream firm KOC to help develop northern Jurassic gas fields (MEES, 8 August 2011), and the ca...
Volume: 56Issue: 02Published at Fri, 11 Jan 2013