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New Syria Seeks ‘Jordanian Gas’ To Alleviate Power Shortages
...s flows via the AGP in 2011 – was in a condition to accept renewed flows. POWERSHIPS: NETWORK HURDLES Ç Should the ‘Jordanian gas’ option fail to materialize, Mr Shaqrouq says an alternative is to hire one or more floating power plants, potentially operated by Turkish fi...
Volume: 68Issue: 03Published at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 -
Tunisia Set For Crude Output Boost
...s been a key characteristic of Tunisian democracy since the 2011 revolution. Several IOCs have quit the country amid social unrest, a rapid turnover of governments and a difficult business environment (MEES, 14 December 2020). And those that remain can’t be too enthusiastic about the immediate fu...
Volume: 64Issue: 03Published at Fri, 22 Jan 2021 -
Oman At The Crossroads As New Sultan Takes The Reins
...at increasingly threaten the country’s outlook. Problems started during the 2011 ‘Arab Spring’ when protests rocked Oman, resulting in two deaths amid a security clampdown (MEES, 7 March 2011). Muscat responded by ratcheting up government spending 26% to OR13.48bn ($35.2bn) in 2012, with spending gr...
Volume: 63Issue: 03Published at Fri, 17 Jan 2020 -
‘The New Tunisia’: A Work In Progress
...uzid on 17 December 2010. Snowballing protests ultimately ended the 23-year rule of strongman ruler Zine El Abidine Ben Ali on 14 January 2011. Seven years on, Tunisia is one of the ‘freest’ countries in the Arab world. But you can’t eat freedom. Lack of progress on the key socio-economic factors th...
Volume: 61Issue: 03Published at Fri, 19 Jan 2018 -
Tunisia’s Loss, Algeria’s Gain
...% of its gas demand, up from 40% as recently as 2011. ‘Import reliance’ hit a record 73% in August. Tunisia’s spending on oil imports is not surprisingly up by even more than spending on gas: not only has output collapsed but international oil prices are around 20% higher year-on-year. The co...
Volume: 61Issue: 03Published at Fri, 19 Jan 2018 -
The Plan: Boost SMEs; The Reality: Boost The State Payroll
...ound 50% of government spending, the figure is only topped by the Palestinian Authority in the Mena region (a region which in turn spends way above the global average). Since 2011, collective bargaining by public sector unions “has led to several exceptional pay increases to respond to social te...
Volume: 61Issue: 03Published at Fri, 19 Jan 2018 -
Libya: IS Attacks Continue, As Does Uncertainty Over Unity Government
...cording to Mr Sanalla, down from more than 600,000 b/d in March 2015, and 1.6mn b/d prior to 2011. The 155,000 b/d Brega port and the 150,000 b/d Hariga port, near Tobruk, are among only three operational export terminals in the country. The third is the Mellitah terminal in the northwest. Me...
Volume: 59Issue: 03Published at Fri, 22 Jan 2016 -
Saudi-UAE: The Start Of A Beautiful Relationship?
...rial campaign against the forces of the late Mu’ammar al-Qadhafi in Libya in 2011, became a more visible player in the Libyan civil war last year. When the US inadvertently revealed that UAE fighters had bombed Islamist rebels in Libya from bases in Egypt, it signaled the emergence of a new player in th...
Volume: 58Issue: 03Published at Fri, 16 Jan 2015 -
Egypt: Sisi In The Wings As Arab Spring Challenges Remain Center Stage
...re voting for a new constitution, the third in three years. Since the demonstrations in Tahrir Square ushered in the end of Husni Mubarak in February 2011 the country has been in turmoil, and its population has repeatedly been asked to choose or legitimize a successor regime. With no improvements to...
Volume: 57Issue: 03Published at Fri, 17 Jan 2014 -
Tunisian Democracy Faces Economic Headwinds
...nuary 2011 ouster. But tensions have since risen with the assassination of two opposition politicians at the hands of radical Islamists, and the party was accused of tacit support for religious hardliners. After months of tense negotiations, Mr Larayedh agreed to step down, and his ministers will be re...
Volume: 57Issue: 03Published at Fri, 17 Jan 2014 -
Zawiya Ups Libya Exports
...lonel Gaddafi from power in 2011. Output recovered remarkably quickly in the aftermath of the conflict, and briefly touched pre-war levels before the strikes at terminals and oil fields shut in the bulk of oil production from July 2013. Libya’s key eastern export terminals remain shut, with strikers lo...
Volume: 57Issue: 03Published at Fri, 17 Jan 2014 -
In Amenas Attack Highlights Algeria’s Vulnerability To Saharan Instability
...pressed their “full support for the government and people of Mali.” Certainly the alliance of al-Qaeda-linked Islamists and Tuareg rebels that seized control of northern Mali in early 2012 had their insurgency massively boosted by the flow of illicit arms from Libya’s 2011 conflict but this appears to be th...
Volume: 56Issue: 03Published at Fri, 18 Jan 2013 -
New Saudi Eastern Province Governor Appointed
...ea is at the epicenter of the Saudi oil industry and home to Ghawar, the world’s biggest oil field, the kingdom’s biggest oil processing center at Abqaiq, and Ras Tanura, location of its biggest refinery and export terminal. In 2011, King ‘Abd Allah sent troops to put down a Shi’ite-led pro-democracy mo...
Volume: 56Issue: 03Published at Fri, 18 Jan 2013