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Syria: Oil Products Shortage Heightens Damascus ‘Post-War’ Challenges
...tbreak of war in 2011, and even with hostilities now at a relatively low ebb, economic hardships are continuing to take a massive toll. In particular, a shortage of oil products –gasoline, diesel, LPG and fuel oil – has triggered a nationwide crisis and the government in Damascus is scrambling to save fa...
Volume: 62Issue: 18Published at Fri, 03 May 2019 -
South Sudan Looks Beyond Total For Block B
...uthern part of Sudan under the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement. As the July 2011 independence of South Sudan approached, negotiations began to find a partner to replace US firm Marathon Oil, which had a 20% stake in block B until it withdrew in 2008 under the pressure of sanctions. Interest shown in...
Volume: 60Issue: 18Published at Fri, 05 May 2017 -
Tunisia Gas Slump
...mpany adding that it did not envisage a near-term resolution to the shut-in which began 10 January. The company, previously known as Winstar, has been repeatedly hit by industrial unrest since Tunisia’s 2011 revolution (MEES, 28 May 2012). UK service firm Petrofac’s 30mn cfd-capacity Chergui field ha...
Volume: 60Issue: 18Published at Fri, 05 May 2017 -
Global Military Spending Up In 2015, Saudi Arabia In Third Position
...litary operations have until recently not been a major focus for armed military forces in the Middle East region,” says James Hackett, senior fellow for defense and military analysis at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. “But since 2011, there has been a tendency for some re...
Volume: 59Issue: 18Published at Fri, 06 May 2016 -
Saudi Reshuffle: Is The Stage Set For An Oil Change?
...re accused of plotting to kill the Saudi ambassador a few years back, a revelation that pushed already tense relations between the two regional powers to a new low in 2011. Should the change lead to a harder line in dealing with Iran, it would complicate Mr Naimi’s task of trying to try to hold an al...
Volume: 58Issue: 18Published at Fri, 01 May 2015 -
Damascus Cash Crunch As Crude Below 10,000 B/D
...oduction of 385,000 b/d before the start of the uprising in March 2011. However, if the government figures are to be believed, output is actually up slightly on the 2014 average of 9,330 b/d, while the average for the first quarter of 2014 stood at 13,000 b/d (MEES, 9 May 2014). Gas production has fa...
Volume: 58Issue: 18Published at Fri, 01 May 2015 -
Egypt: A Revolution Undone
...EGYPT Egypt: A Revolution Undone This week’s mass death sentences against political opponents have made it obvious that the army has reversed the course set by the 2011 revolution. But the military leadership has inherited the problems that ended Mubarak’s rule, and it is cr...
Volume: 57Issue: 18Published at Fri, 02 May 2014 -
MENA Security Deterioration Sounds Oil Investment Alarm
...insurgency campaign and the KRG could have been motivated just as much by a desire to send a political message to Baghdad. “The Kurds had no pressing security rationale to mobilize,” explains Dr Knights. “The last time the Kurds screened Kirkuk - in February 2011 - Arab Haweiji tribes were about to...
Volume: 56Issue: 18Published at Fri, 03 May 2013 -
Syria: At The Crossroads
...sponding on behalf of the president and want to offer a prompt response to your question: ‘Has the Asad regime - or Syrian elements associated with, or supported by, the Asad regime - used chemical weapons in Syria since the current conflict began in March 2011? ...Our intelligence community does as...
Volume: 56Issue: 18Published at Fri, 03 May 2013