1. Dubai Maintains Fiscal Budget Stimulus Despite Debt Woes

    ...in a better financial position in 2011 because most of its commitments on infrastructure projects would have been met. The statement also provided details of allocations to the following major sectors in 2010: Dh17.45bn ($4,751mn), or 49% of the total budget for the economic sector, in...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 03
    Published at Mon, 18 Jan 2010
  2. Qatar Eyes LNG ‘Mega-Train’ Finishing Line

    ...mpleted and commissioned by June of this year and Train 7 hopefully by September.” The mega-trains require up to a couple of months to go up to full capacity. There are concerns full production at Train 7 might slip into 2011 (MEES, 30 November, 2009). But “a delay of a month or two is not a big de...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 03
    Published at Mon, 18 Jan 2010
  3. EIA Sees Tightening Of World Oil Market In 2010-11

    ...untries themselves should “begin to show significant oil demand growth in 2011 in response to improving economic conditions.” It said economic growth in the OECD was projected to double from 1.2% in 2010 to 2.7% in 2011. It added that while compliance with oil production cuts by OPEC members has we...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 03
    Published at Mon, 18 Jan 2010
  4. Turkmenistan Awards Contracts For South Yolotan Gasfield, But Output Questions Remain

    ...ount to 6 bcm/y and that by December 2010 it plans for as much as 15 bcm/y to be moving through the pipeline. By December 2011, CNPC plans for annual shipments to reach 30 bcm and during 2013-14, the full contract volume of 40 bcm/y is scheduled to be met. Meanwhile, in the course of this, Ka...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 03
    Published at Mon, 18 Jan 2010
  5. Iran’s Inflation Falls Further To 13.5% In December

    ...nual payments as per the table below:   Year Debt Repayment ($Bn) 1388 (2009-10) 8.201 1389 (2010-11) 3.788 1390 (2011-12) 2.206 1391 (2012-13) 1.913 1392 (2013-14) onwards 5.467   ...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 03
    Published at Mon, 18 Jan 2010
  6. Saudi Economy Will Grow By 3.9% In 2010, According To Banque Saudi Fransi

    ...2009 to SR203.74bn ($54.3bn). According to BSF forecasts, claims on the private sector by Saudi banks should rise 8% in 2010, from 2.1% in 2009. A fuller credit recovery is expected to unfold in 2011 as private sector appetite becomes more robust. Private sector claims next year are likely to ri...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 03
    Published at Mon, 18 Jan 2010
  7. Iraq’s TSC And PSC Agreements – A Good Deal For Iraq?

    ...an planned to be operating in 2011. Facilities, pipelines, storage and ports are not yet developed to serve the huge planned oil production. I agree they are not the major issue, which is that the call on Iraq’s crude oil is likely to require much more modest production than the mooted development pl...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 03
    Published at Mon, 18 Jan 2010