1. Israeli Finance Ministry Estimates State Entitlement For Gas Resources At $5.3Bn

    ...the government’s 2011 financial report, the first time that the state has included an estimate for its expected revenues for oil and gas discoveries. Israeli Business daily Globes reported on 10 May that the estimate is based on proven reserves and did not include Leviathan, which is not yet co...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 20
    Published at Mon, 14 May 2012
  2. Egypt Resumes Gas Exports To Jordan

    ...mited quantities are being exported on a trial basis to ensure the safety of the pipeline following the completion of maintenance work on the pipeline, which was recently bombed for the 14th time since February 2011. The Gasco head added that the gas flow could rise to 200mn cfd depending on operational an...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 20
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  3. Qatar’s 2012-13 Budget Will Exceed Previous Year’s Spending

    ...TAR   Qatar’s 2012-13 Budget Will Exceed Previous Year’s Spending Qatar’s 2012-13 budget will be larger than the 2011-12 budget, the Qatari Minister of Economy and Finance Yusu Kamal said last week. The fiscal year in Qatar normally starts at the beginning of April, but the 2012-13 budget has been de...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 20
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  4. Petro Rabigh II Petrochemical Project Waits For Sumitomo Green Light

    ...oject is already behind schedule. A study on its viability was supposed to be completed towards the end of 2010 and an FID was originally meant to be made by the end of last year. This would have allowed the sponsors to start seeking financing this quarter (MEES, 31 October 2011). With the delay it se...

    Volume: 55
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  5. Syrian Pound Down 45% On Black Market, Says IMF

    ...ria   Syrian Pound Down 45% On Black Market, Says IMF The value of the Syrian pound has slumped by 45% on the “black or parallel” market and 25% on the official market, and the stock market has fallen by 40% since the beginning of the uprising in March 2011, the Deputy Managing Director of the IMF Ne...

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  6. Socar Turkey Buys Additional 10% In Petkim

    ...oducts to Turkey’s domestic market and to Europe. Petkim has a 26% share of the Turkish petrochemicals market. The new plant will also generate electric power that will feed into the Turkish power grid (MEES, 11 July 2011).  ...

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  7. Dubai Power Plans In Flux, Abu Dhabi Approves Another IWPP

    ...lar (MEES, 3 October 2011). DEWA recently said it was seeking consultancy services for construction of a 10mw solar power plant. The DSCE’s policy is to cut energy use by 40% from a ‘business as usual’ scenario. But critics suggest that energy savings will be especially difficult to implement given th...

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  8. Two Sides Of The Iraqi Coin

    ...G on 20 January 2004. T Uqaili: ‘One Hundred Days in The Iraqi Oil Industry’, MEES, 27 June 2011. MEES, 12 March 2012. K al-Mehaidi: ‘Oil Contracts of Kurdistan Province Compared to Contracts of the Ministry of Oil’, Iraq Oil Forum (in Arabic), 23 March 20...

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  9. OPEC Holds Outlook Steady In A Volatile Market

    ...r 2011 oil demand growth are broadly unchanged at around 1.4mn b/d. A minor downgrade to projected OPEC NGL supply growth largely cancelled out a 65,000 b/d upgrade to non-OPEC supply trajectory to leave estimates for growth in the demand for OPEC crude in 2011 fairly steady from last month’s re...

    Volume: 54
    Issue: 20
    Published at Mon, 16 May 2011
  10. Ma'aden Seeks Financing As Saudi Petchem Giants Plan Market Approach

    ...llion dollar integrated aluminum project. Others will follow suit this year, hoping to take advantage of considerable domestic bank liquidity. But the $20bn Saudi Aramco/Dow petrochemical complex at Jubail II is not expected to make a move until end 2011/early 2012, and the Saudi Aramco/Sumitomo PE...

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  11. IEA Reduces Demand Growth Forecast On Persistent High Prices

    ...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIV No 20 16-May-2011 IEA Reduces Demand Growth Forecast On Persistent High Prices The International Energy Agency (IEA) has reduced its global oil demand growth forecast for 2011 to 1.3mn b/d, citing persistent high prices and weaker IMF pr...

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    Published at Mon, 16 May 2011
  12. EIA Trims Oil Demand Outlook, Reduces Forecast For OPEC Production

    ...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIV No 20 16-May-2011 EIA Trims Oil Demand Outlook, Reduces Forecast For OPEC Production The Energy Information Administration (EIA) of the US Department of Energy has reduced its forecast for 2011 global oil demand but raised its expectations fo...

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  13. Crude Oil Formulas/Posted Prices

    ...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIV No 20 16-May-2011 Crude Oil Formulas/Posted Prices ($/B) Iran (+ / - Adjustment Factor; $/B) 2011 2010 Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan Dec No...

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  14. Nabucco Announces Further One-Year Delay, Construction Now To Start In 2013

    ...s expected in the second half of 2011, for at least one year. He said that construction of the pipeline could start in 2013 with the aim of transporting its first gas volumes in 2017. Yet this may not be the last postponement for the project since Mr Mitschek observed that “the ‘open season’ pr...

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    Issue: 20
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  15. Majlis Approves 2011-12 Iranian Budget

    ...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIV No 20 16-May-2011 IRAN Majlis Approves 2011-12 Iranian Budget The Iranian parliament on 9 May approved the budget bill for the Iranian year 1390, which started on 21 March, with total expenditure of IR5,083 trillion ($484bn at $1=IR...

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  16. Government Allocates Further $600Mn To Persian Gulf Star Refinery

    ...mpleted in 2011, but Mr Zeighami said the company expects the first train of the plant will not be finished for a further two and a half years. He said the refinery, which will comprise three 120,000 b/d capacity trains, is only 40% complete and has been delayed by international sanctions....

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  17. Jordan Announces Price Increases In Some Petroleum Products

    ...e Jordan Refinery Company (JPRC). The latest price list will apply until 31 May. Product Prices Effective 2 May 2011 (Fils/Liter, Unless Otherwise Stated)                                      2011 2010 Pr...

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  18. Kuwait Reports $23Bn Actual Budget Surplus In 2010-11

    ...l revenue also increased to KD1.466bn ($5.3bn) from the projected figure of KD1.103bn ($4.0bn). Over the past years Kuwait has consistently understated its oil revenue by assuming a low oil price in the budget ($43/B in 2010-11) and overstating its expenditure. The draft budget for 2011-12 has pr...

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    Issue: 20
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  19. OPWP Projects Oman Power Demand Will Near 3.5GW By 2017

    ...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIV No 20 16-May-2011 oman OPWP Projects Oman Power Demand Will Near 3.5GW By 2017 Average demand for electricity in Oman is projected to increase from 1.924gw in 2011 to 3.464gw by 2017, an average growth rate of about 9% per year, according to...

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  20. Qatar Banks Continue To Register Strong Growth Rate, Says QNB

    ...mpound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 30% between March 2007 and March 2011 to reach QR577.2bn ($158.6bn – see chart). “Total assets of the Qatari banking sector increased by 18.4% year-on-year as of March 2011, compared to March 2010 and by 21.0% as of March 2010, compared to March 2009,” said the ba...

    Volume: 54
    Issue: 20
    Published at Mon, 16 May 2011