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Oman Achieves $1.17bn Surplus for Q1
...ffers to pay down debt.” 2022’s annual surplus of $2.98bn saw Oman end the run of 13 consecutive deficits stretching back to 2009 (MEES, 23 December 2022). The consecutive budget deficits meant debt levels have ballooned in recent years, especially after the 2014 oil price crash. Debt surged from 4....
Volume: 66Issue: 21Published at Fri, 26 May 2023 -
Saudi Reaps Rewards Of Oil Price Boom
...a whole. The surge in oil prices following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February has caused Saudi monthly oil export revenues to jump above $30bn for the first time since 2014. The kingdom’s flagship Arab Light crude grade averaged $113/B in March amid the fallout from the conflict, pu...
Volume: 65Issue: 21Published at Fri, 27 May 2022 -
Oman’s Finances Surge To Largest Surplus In Eight Years
...Oman recorded a $923mn budget surplus for Q1 2022, the largest surplus since 1Q 2014. Oil exporters around the region are notching up multi-year high budget surpluses, but the move into the black is especially notable for Oman which was struggling to achieve budget surpluses even in the pr...
Volume: 65Issue: 21Published at Fri, 27 May 2022 -
Algeria’s Export Revenue Buffeted By US Shale Hurricane
...trade present an additional challenge for Algeria at this critical juncture. OIL OUTPUT DOWN Algeria’s oil output (crude plus condensate) has fallen every year since 2014 to just 1.515mn b/d (1.041mn b/d crude, 474,000 b/d condensate) for 2018, the lowest since 2003 (see chart). Pr...
Volume: 62Issue: 21Published at Fri, 24 May 2019 -
IMF $5.4bn Loan To Iraq Offers Relief For IOCs
...eling by the plunge in oil prices since mid-2014. Oil sales constitute more than 90% of government revenue and in 2014 amounted to $84.3bn from production of 3.3mn b/d. Yet despite output surging to 3.98mn b/d last year, the largest rise in Opec, oil takings collapsed to just 42.7mn b/d (see chart, p2...
Volume: 59Issue: 21Published at Fri, 27 May 2016 -
KRG Hit By Economic Strains And Falling Output At Key Field
...st 72,000 b/d. Taq Taq remains a key export field for the KRG, the largest producer after just Tawke and output from “Khurmala” – a grouping operated by Kurdish firm KAR that includes fields in federal Iraq taken over by the KRG in 2014. Its poor performance is therefore a significant blow to the re...
Volume: 59Issue: 21Published at Fri, 27 May 2016 -
IMF Warns Of Precarious Fiscal Outlook For Oman
...th the sultanate. Increased spending, particularly in response to social demands over the four years to 2014, has pushed the country’s breakeven oil price to $108/B in 2014, the IMF says. Based on an average oil price of $58.1/B for the year, the IMF has forecast Oman’s overall fiscal de...
Volume: 58Issue: 21Published at Fri, 22 May 2015 -
Orpic Seals $0.9bn Financing For $7bn Projects Program
...ternational and national lenders (MEES, 9 May 2014). Orpic held a groundbreaking ceremony for the SRIP project last June, at which Orpic chief Musab al-Mahruqi said the aim of the project – which will add 81,000 b/d to Sohar’s current 116,000 b/d crude processing capacity and more upgrading capacity – is to...
Volume: 58Issue: 21Published at Fri, 22 May 2015 -
Sisi Promises Economic Reforms
...vying an additional 5% tax on all individuals whose income exceeds E£1mn ($140,450). The minister said Egypt could stand to save 20% on its energy bill in 2014-15 by reducing energy subsidies – a process which would continue over the coming three to five years. Smart Cards Egypt is planning to...
Volume: 57Issue: 21Published at Fri, 23 May 2014 -
IMF: Cyprus On Target
...nances on 17 May. The IMF says that Cyprus’ program remains on track, and that “fiscal targets for the first quarter of 2014 were met with considerable margin, reflecting better-than-projected revenue performance and prudent budget execution.” The recession in 2015 is expected to be less severe than in...
Volume: 57Issue: 21Published at Fri, 23 May 2014 -
Yemen Seeks $500Mn Loan From IMF
...s said. But in its 21 May MENA update, the IMF projects lower real GDP growth of 4.4% in 2013, rising to 5.4% in 2014. Reduced oil output is set to tip Yemen’s current account into a deficit of over 4% of GDP this year, the IMF predicts, with the country needing a wholly unrealistic average price of...
Volume: 56Issue: 21Published at Fri, 24 May 2013 -
Lebanese Officials Upbeat Despite Warnings
...ency explained that in addition to the war in Syria, the downgrading in outlook reflects Lebanon’s already high debt burden in 2013 and 2014, political instability and limited economic growth. Moody’s added that the prolonged civil war in Syria has adversely affected investment, trade and tourism in Le...
Volume: 56Issue: 21Published at Fri, 24 May 2013