1. Qatar’s Record 2010-11 Budget Targets Infrastructure Growth

    ...tput To Hit 77Mn Tons/Year By 2011 Qatar’s Prime Minister Shaikh Hamad bin Jasim Al Thani estimated 2010-11 GDP growth at 16%, at an investment forum in Paris on 25 March. He confirmed that Qatar expected to boost its LNG production to 77.4mn tons/year by 2011, from the current 56mn t/y level. Qatar’s fo...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 15
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  2. EIA Forecasts 2010 Demand Growth At 1.5Mn B/D, 1.6Mn B/D For 2011 As Economy Recovers

    ...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIII No 15   12-April-2010 EIA Forecasts 2010 Demand Growth At 1.5Mn B/D, 1.6Mn B/D For 2011 As Economy Recovers The Energy Information Administration (EIA) of...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 15
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  3. Russia’s Transneft Claims Bulgaria Delaying Burgas-Alexandroupolis Pipeline Project

    ...to operation 2010, but that date has been moved back to an unlikely 2011. Last February, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called for the Bulgarian government to provide a concrete statement on whether it was interested in building the pipeline (MEES, 1 March, 22 February). Bulgaria is re...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 15
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  4. Russia To Deliver Second Batch Of Fuel Rods To Bushehr Plant In 2011

    ...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIII No 15   12-April-2010 IRAN Russia To Deliver Second Batch Of Fuel Rods To Bushehr Plant In 2011 Yury Olenin, President of Russia’s state-owned nuclear fu...

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  5. Laffan Condensate Refinery Inaugurated, Expansion Work Expected In 2011

    ...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIII No 15   12-April-2010 QATAR Laffan Condensate Refinery Inaugurated, Expansion Work Expected In 2011 The Laffan Refinery, the first condensate pr...

    Volume: 53
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  6. SABIC And Celanese Sign Agreement For $400Mn POA Plant

    ...dustrial city, with construction expected to begin in 2011. “The new facility will boost SABIC’s position in the performance chemicals industry as an important part of its 2020 strategic plan,” SABIC said. The facility is expected to come on stream by 2013, and use methanol feedstock produced by IBN SINA. PO...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 15
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  7. Saudi Inflation Rate Expected To Stabilize In 2010, Says Samba

    ...ough excess capacity in the global economy to suggest that inflation among Saudi Arabia’s trading partners will remain weak for the next year at least. Samba expects consumer price inflation to hold at an average 4.5% in 2010, before gathering pace to 5% in 2011-12. Sharp increases in prices will be ge...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 15
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  8. Political Comment (12 April 2010)

    ...ferendum on independence in the south in January 2011 ‒ remains to be seen. Netanyahu Pulls Out Of NSS At the signature of the START 2 treaty in Prague on 8 April, US President Barack Obama was at pains to emphasize "America's commitment to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) as a cornerstone of ou...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 15
    Published at Mon, 12 Apr 2010