1. Iraq Crude Exports: Slow January Highlights Systemic Vulnerabilities

    ...ptember 2017. Exports from the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region also fell – to just 350,000 b/d according to data intelligence firm Kpler – pointing to total Iraqi exports of just 3.66mn b/d.  Federal exports can often be volatile in the winter months when bad weather can impede loadings from Basra, an...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 06
    Published at Fri, 07 Feb 2020
  2. Kuwait Oil Sector Risks Being Left Behind

    ...oduction capacity of 3.15mn b/d in its 2017-18 Annual Report, but the firm subsequently stated in December that capacity was languishing at just 3.0mn b/d. This was especially galling given that KOC had brought online 120,000 b/d of light oil from its Jurassic reserves between January 2018 (MEES, 19 Ja...

    Volume: 62
    Issue: 06
    Published at Fri, 08 Feb 2019
  3. Sudan, South Sudan Claim Oil Production Boon, But How Much?

    ...most all crude exports from the Sudans, gives no indication of an uptick in volumes. 2018 imports from South Sudan, at 68,000 b/d, were level with 2017, whilst numbers for both Q4 and December were below the 2018 average (see chart).  In a broader context, any increase in crude production is a ma...

    Volume: 62
    Issue: 06
    Published at Fri, 08 Feb 2019
  4. Saudi War Aims Stumble (Again) In Fragmented Yemen

    ...With Salih dead and UAE-backed forces attacking Aden, Yemen is ungovernable. The harder Saudi Arabia pushes for military victory, the more it jeopardizes a settlement.  On 2 December 2017, long-time strongman and former president Ali Abd Allah Salih abandoned his Houthi allies and called fo...

    Volume: 61
    Issue: 06
    Published at Fri, 09 Feb 2018
  5. Iran’s Post Sanctions Success Threatened By Trump Storm Clouds

    ...y 2017 has long been flagged up as of crucial importance as it is the date Iranians go to the polls to decide whether President Hassan Rohani will serve a second term. Hardliners opposed to Mr Rohani’s efforts to open up will be looking to unseat him. But one development that was certainly not given mu...

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