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Algeria Keeps Oil Spending Flat, Extends Exploration Search Offshore
...cences on several fields in June 2016. The two firms earlier, in April 2011, agreed to partner on the development of unconventional resources, particularly shale gas. Offshore exploration in Algeria is not a new idea. State oil licensing authority Alnaft has talked about tendering offshore blocks for ye...
Volume: 60Issue: 13Published at Fri, 31 Mar 2017 -
Rosatom Starts Work On New Iran Nuclear Plant, Cementing Russia’s Mena Presence
...pear motivated by more than just economics, with the Russian firm looking to expand its regional reach – and that of Russia – and Iran opting for a prestige project. The plant is located where Rosatom completed the Mena region’s first and, so far only, nuclear plant in 2011, the 1GW Bushehr-1 pl...
Volume: 60Issue: 13Published at Fri, 31 Mar 2017 -
Hungary’s Mol - Mena Profile: No More Chasing Barrels
...scal and political stability,” Dr Gaso says. Certainly this stability is an enviable asset in comparison to Mol’s other Mena experiences. Its difficulties in Kurdistan are nothing in comparison to having had to pull out of Syria due to the civil war there and EU sanctions imposed in 2011 (MEES, 10 Oc...
Volume: 60Issue: 13Published at Fri, 31 Mar 2017 -
Egypt Reserves Up Again As Cairo Pockets World Bank Cash
...Egypt’s foreign currency reserves rose by a further $200mn last month to stand at $26.6bn at the end of February, their highest level since 2011 (see chart). And reserves will likely have risen further during March with Egypt’s receipt of the second $1bn tranche of a $3bn World Bank loan. Th...
Volume: 60Issue: 13Published at Fri, 31 Mar 2017