1. Iraq Asks IOCs To Slash Spending As Export Revenues Halve

    ...sra Oil Company official told Reuters. In the short term, this will limit the dues Baghdad owes to Iraq’s foreign operators. But, as happened after the 2014 oil crash, it will also significantly hinder much-needed oil and gas investment. Especially if as in late-2014 and early-2015, the government st...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 14
    Published at Fri, 03 Apr 2020
  2. Firms In The KRG: How Low Can They Go?

    ...cluding Total, Exxon and Chevron, as well as Rosneft and Gazprom – work in Iraqi Kurdistan, the biggest producers (Kurdish firm Kar aside) are a collection of small-to-medium sized foreign independents whose fates are largely tied to revenues derived from Kurdish oil. And for that reason, the 2014-17 in...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 14
    Published at Fri, 03 Apr 2020
  3. Egypt Cuts Oil Import Bill As Refineries Up The Pace

    ...ypt, it is fuel oil demand that has fallen the furthest: from a peak of 196,000 b/d in 2014 and 2015, when the country’s gas shortage was at its most severe, to just 76,000 b/d for 2019, by far the lowest figure in Jodi data stretching back to 2002 (see chart 2). Overall, the near 160,000 b/d fall in...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 14
    Published at Fri, 03 Apr 2020
  4. Saudi Economy: Modest Diversification Efforts Face Bleak Outlook

    ...ckage aimed primarily at protecting small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), but implementing this alongside budget cuts will be a delicate balancing act. As of end-February Riyadh also had $497bn foreign reserves to turn to. This is almost $250bn below their August 2014 peak and reserves look set to so...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 14
    Published at Fri, 03 Apr 2020
  5. Neutral Zone Exports Resume

    ...me since 2014 (MEES, 28 February) and volumes will be heading to Asia.  ...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 14
    Published at Fri, 03 Apr 2020