1. Saudi Arabia: How Long Will Its Buffers Last If Oil Prices Stay Low?

    ...at comes at the expense of oil prices – the policy which won out at OPEC’s November meeting (MEES, 28 November 2014). In this context, Saudi Arabia’s high reliance on petroleum for export earnings and budget revenues has brought the sustainability of its external and fiscal positions under the sp...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 09
    Published at Fri, 27 Feb 2015
  2. Algerian Gas Faces Three Challenges

    ...e Galsi pipeline which was due to be built to carry gas directly to north western Italy is on hold – it was planned to be operational in 2014 but its financing is not yet decided. The decline in European need for more gas and the ample room for more throughput in the two pipelines which carry Al...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 09
    Published at Fri, 01 Mar 2013