1. IMF: Praise, $2bn For Egypt

    ...rong remittances, while unemployment has declined to its lowest level since 2011.” A combination of “the authorities’ fiscal consolidation efforts and high nominal GDP growth” means Egypt’s public-debt-to-GDP ratio “declined markedly” from 103.2% for 2016-17 to 92.6% for 2017-18 and a forecast 86...

    Volume: 62
    Issue: 06
    Published at Fri, 08 Feb 2019
  2. Egypt: Increased Gas Availability Boosts Petchems Producers

    ...eat.” GEOPOLITICAL RISK   Methanex faced a baptism of fire in Egypt. On 26 January 2011 it announced the plant’s start up: four days later it withdrew staff as protests against President Mubarak escalated. Mubarak was overthrown the following month but instability continued. Whilst oil and gas in...

    Volume: 61
    Issue: 06
    Published at Fri, 09 Feb 2018
  3. Shell Sees Qatar’s Pearl GTL Plant Offline For ‘A Couple Of Months’

    ...jacent 120,000 b/d NGLs and ethane plant take around 1.6bn cfd of gas from Qatar’s giant North Field. The combined GTL/liquids project reached full commercial production at end-2012, following start-up of the first GTL train in early 2011 and the first commercial cargo of gasoil in June 2011. The co...

    Volume: 60
    Issue: 06
    Published at Fri, 10 Feb 2017