1. Bulgaria Ratifies Nabucco Agreement, Hungary Gets Serious On South Stream

    ...cision is due to be made in the last quarter with construction to begin in 2011 (MEES, 14 December 2009). The project has been delayed by a failure to secure gas supply agreements, although Azerbaijan and Iraq appear to be the most likely future suppliers at this time. Last December, RWE said it hoped to si...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 06
    Published at Mon, 08 Feb 2010
  2. US Senate Passes Further Sanctions Against Iran

    ...nopec is developing two catalytic crackers at the Hormuz and Abadan refineries, which are both scheduled for completion in 2011. On 2 February US Director for National Intelligence Denis Blair told the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence that “Iran has made contingency plans for dealing with future ad...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 06
    Published at Mon, 08 Feb 2010
  3. World Bank Expects MENA Economies To Show 4.4% Growth By 2011

    ...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIII No 6    8-Feb-2010 REGIONAL World Bank Expects MENA Economies To Show 4.4% Growth By 2011 The economies of the Middle East and North Africa are ex...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 06
    Published at Mon, 08 Feb 2010
  4. GE Secures $200mn Turbines Contract For GASCO’s Habshan 5 Gas Plant

    ...2011. Habshan 5 will have four gas processing trains, with a total capacity of 2bn cfd of gas. “Habshan 5 is an important part of GASCO’s plan to increase overall gas processing capacity to meet growing natural gas demand,” said Senior Vice-President of GASCO’s Major Projects group 'Abd al-'Aziz al...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 06
    Published at Mon, 08 Feb 2010
  5. Political Comment (8 February 2010)

    ...to a confrontation between Mr Maliki and his Shi'a allies in the Iraqi National Alliance  (formerly the United Iraqi Alliance)  and their Sunni and secular opponents that could threaten the legitimacy of the elections, and with it American plans to withdraw from Iraq by the end of 2011. Ah...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 06
    Published at Mon, 08 Feb 2010
  6. A Tentative Forecast For Iraq’s Oil Production 2010-20

    ...enario is indicative: Iraqi Oil Production (Mn B\D) 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2.7 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.5 7.8 These figures are based on achieving the plateaus in the giant fields in the first licensing round as we...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 06
    Published at Mon, 08 Feb 2010