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Conference Debates Options For EU Gas Import Pipelines
...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIV No 5 31-Jan-2011 CASPIAN Conference Debates Options For EU Gas Import Pipelines Theodoros Tsakiris reports from Vienna. Germany’s former Vice-Chancellor and Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer made a plea to the 2011 European Gas Conference, wh...
Volume: 54Issue: 05Published at Mon, 31 Jan 2011 -
Regional Turmoil Hits Financial Markets
...gion as uncertain political situations will likely remain in focus through 2011,” said JP Morgan in a 26 January update on its recommendations for sovereign paper in the region. It noted that spreads on Tunisia’s dollar denominated bond, which matures in 2012, are 138 bps (basis points) wider on th...
Volume: 54Issue: 05Published at Mon, 31 Jan 2011 -
CGES Calls For OPEC To Produce More Crude In Face Of Tightening Fundamentals
...yadh needs an average basket price of $83/B, CGES said. Without more oil from OPEC crude prices will continue to rise during 2011, which along with rising agricultural and mineral prices, will push inflation rates up, “risking the imposition of higher interest rates on economies that are still st...
Volume: 54Issue: 05Published at Mon, 31 Jan 2011 -
Crude Oil Formulas/Posted Prices
...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIV No 5 31-Jan-2011 OPEC/OIL PRICES Crude Oil Formulas/Posted Prices ($/B) Iran (+ / - Adjustment Factor; $/B) 2011 2010 Feb Jan Dec Nov Oct Sep Au...
Volume: 54Issue: 05Published at Mon, 31 Jan 2011 -
KMG Reports ‘Signs Of Hydrocarbons’ From N-Block Well
...lf of 2011. Mr Kabyldin also announced on 25 January that KMG has decided to freeze the development of the Kazakhstan Caspian Transportation System (KCTS) until 2018, when the second phase of Kashagan’s oil production is expected to come on stream. “We are planning to build the oil terminal [at th...
Volume: 54Issue: 05Published at Mon, 31 Jan 2011 -
Egypt Plans To Offer Some 18 Licenses In 2011 Bid Rounds
...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIV No 5 31-Jan-2011 EGYPT/EAST MEDITERRANEAN Egypt Plans To Offer Some 18 Licenses In 2011 Bid Rounds Egypt is expected to offer licenses for exploration and development in around 18 concessions during 2011, according to recent remarks made by...
Volume: 54Issue: 05Published at Mon, 31 Jan 2011 -
Iran Reduces Emergency Fuel Additives Production At Petrochemical Plants
...pand its gasoline production capacity by 10mn liters/day (62,900 b/d) before the end of the current Iranian year (21 March 2010 – 20 March 2011) and would start inaugurating a new major refinery unit every month of 2011 starting from February. “Later in this year we will become self-sufficient th...
Volume: 54Issue: 05Published at Mon, 31 Jan 2011 -
Yildiz Visits Iran To Discuss Energy Investments
...tentially by September 2011, into the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSOE) grid. Following his meeting with Mr Yildiz, Mr Namjou noted that “a comprehensive road-map will be drawn for the two countries’ cooperation in the energy sector, which will be the pillar for Ir...
Volume: 54Issue: 05Published at Mon, 31 Jan 2011 -
Kuwait’s 2011-12 Draft Budget Projects Higher Revenue And Lower Deficit
...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIV No 5 31-Jan-2011 KUWAIT Kuwait’s 2011-12 Draft Budget Projects Higher Revenue And Lower Deficit The Kuwaiti draft budget for 2011-12, which starts on 1 April, is projecting total revenue of KD13,445mn ($48,133mn), up 38.3% over the pr...
Volume: 54Issue: 05Published at Mon, 31 Jan 2011 -
Oman’s Economic Growth Forecast To Hit 5% In 2011, IMF Says
...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIV No 5 31-Jan-2011 oman Oman’s Economic Growth Forecast To Hit 5% In 2011, IMF Says Real GDP growth in Oman is projected to rise further to around 5% this year, after posting growth figures of 1.1% and 4.1% in 2009 and 2010 respectively, the IM...
Volume: 54Issue: 05Published at Mon, 31 Jan 2011 -
IMF Trims MENA Growth Forecast For 2011
...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIV No 5 31-Jan-2011 REGIONAL IMF Trims MENA Growth Forecast For 2011 While the IMF marginally increased its forecast for world growth to 4.4% for this year, it trimmed predictions for MENA from the levels it reported in its October 2010 Wo...
Volume: 54Issue: 05Published at Mon, 31 Jan 2011 -
Samba Forecasts 6% GDP Growth For GCC Economies In 2011
...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIV No 5 31-Jan-2011 REGIONAL/GCC Samba Forecasts 6% GDP Growth For GCC Economies In 2011 Although the global economy enters 2011 in a state of some uncertainty, the outlook for the GCC economies remains positive, with regional real GDP gr...
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DEWA Plans To Add 2GW Of Generating Capacity In 2011
...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIV No 5 31-Jan-2011 UAE DEWA Plans To Add 2GW Of Generating Capacity In 2011 Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) will complete the Substation M Project at Jebel Ali in 2011, with a capacity to generate 2gw of electric power and de...
Volume: 54Issue: 05Published at Mon, 31 Jan 2011 -
Political Comment (31 January 2011)
...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIV No 5 31-Jan-2011 POLITICAL COMMENT Political Comment (31 January 2011) The turmoil unleashed by the revolution in Tunisia has metastasized to Yemen and, more crucially, Egypt. Lebanon's new prime minister has the backing of Hi...
Volume: 54Issue: 05Published at Mon, 31 Jan 2011 -
Competitiveness And Saudi Petroleum Policy
...d raising their productivity, and cost reduction. Global Economy At the request of the agency organizing this forum, I will address today the global oil market in 2011 and touch upon three main points: the global economy, the oil market and the Kingdom’s petroleum policy. I will start with th...
Volume: 54Issue: 05Published at Mon, 31 Jan 2011 -
North Africa’s Largest Project Financing Eyes Finishing Line
...TK) contract and is scheduled for completion in 2014 (MEES, 24 August 2009). It was originally due on stream in 2011 at a cost of $2.25bn (MEES, 26 January 2009, 30 June 2008)....
Volume: 53Issue: 05Published at Mon, 01 Feb 2010 -
Gazprom To Buy 2 BCM Of Azerbaijani Gas In 2011
...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIII No 5 1-Feb-2010 CASPIAN Gazprom To Buy 2 BCM Of Azerbaijani Gas In 2011 Russian state gas monopoly Gazprom on 21 January announced that it will purchase 2 bcm of natural gas from Azerbaijan during 2011, twice th...
Volume: 53Issue: 05Published at Mon, 01 Feb 2010 -
NIOC Executive Warns Of Skills Shortage In Iranian Oil Industry
...more than 500,000 b/d over the next five years. Mr Zyghami said ICOFC was working to bring two oil fields and two gas fields on stream by the end of the next Iranian year (21 March 2010 – 20 March 2011), with combined production capacity of 45,000 b/d of oil and 15mn cmd of gas....
Volume: 53Issue: 05Published at Mon, 01 Feb 2010 -
NIGC To Start Storing Gas In April
...pacity of 540mn cu ms and is scheduled for completion in 2011. Sofregaz, a subsidiary of Gaz de France, won the original tender to develop the facility in 2002 but left the project in 2007 (MEES, 15 June 2009)....
Volume: 53Issue: 05Published at Mon, 01 Feb 2010 -
IMF Revises Upward Its Forecasts For Economic Growth
...andards, whereas in many emerging and developing economies, activity is expected to be relatively vigorous, largely driven by buoyant internal demand. The IMF expects Middle Eastern economies to grow by 4.5% in 2010 and 4.8% in 2011, a slight increase from October 2009 projections. The rebound of co...
Volume: 53Issue: 05Published at Mon, 01 Feb 2010