EU Crude Imports By Origin & Grade 2011-2015 (‘000 B/D)

Iran, Iraq & Saudi Step Up Battle For Market Share In Asia And Europe

...ked imports from Iran in February. Korean imports of 267,000 b/d were the highest since 2011. For March, the key increment is the 6mn barrels of Iranian crude (just under 200,000 b/d) which has arrived, or is set to arrive in EU ports (see graph p9).  4: EU IMPORTS OF KRG CRUDE* RISE EIGHTFOLD IN 20...

MEES Special Report: Jihadist Instability In North Africa And Beyond

...se of IS in Libya, which since the fall of Mu’ammar al-Qadhafi in 2011 has been characterized by lawlessness and division. “Further instability in Libya and the ongoing absence of a unity government or unified security could plunge the country into a further crisis which would impact Europe in se...

Libya Oil Production Falls Further

...tput. Power shortages since the 2011 revolution have presented a recurrent impediment to output (MEES, 17 May 2013)....

Total: Adco Boosts Oil Output But Gas Lower On Yemen conflict

...wars. In Syria the firm produced 218mn cfd of gas in 2011 – making it Total’s third biggest MENA province: it has produced nothing there since. In Libya, Total’s oil output collapsed to 20,000 b/d in 2011 with the ‘revolution’ and again in 2014 and 2015 as instability grew: current (and 20...

Majors Have Another Year To Forget In The Middle East

...ay, allowing Qatar to open up a 0.36bn cfd lead as the company’s largest source. This is the biggest gap since 2010, when Qatari volumes were 1.27bn cfd more than US contributions. Qatari volumes rose for the first time since 2011, but were unable to prevent a fourth consecutive drop in annual global ga...

Jordan’s Fiscal Situation Grim, Debt Nears 100% Of GDP

...rdan’s $32bn end-2015 stock of public debt, a full $7bn is due to accumulated Nepco losses. All in all a conservative estimate would be that Jordan will add at least 5% of GDP to its national debt in 2016, and likely somewhat more. This follows a five-year period corresponding with the “Arab Spring” (2011...