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Qatar Q1 Export Flows Normalize As LNG Spot Markets Cool
...gan supplying Bangladesh in 2018 under a 15 year contract to 2033 which was signed in 2017 (MEES, 30 June 2017). This follows previous deals for NFE volumes from 2026, including a 15-year 2mn t/y agreement in November with ConocoPhillips to supply Germany (MEES, 2 December 2022), and a massive 4m...
Volume: 66Issue: 22Published at Fri, 02 Jun 2023 -
Qatar Gets Post-Embargo Boost As Exports To Saudi Resume
...fferences remain between the two sides, but no winners had emerged since the onset of the embargo on 5 June 2017 (MEES, 9 June 2017) and bringing an end to this public rift was ultimately a pragmatic decision. With the embargo having forced a reshaping of regional trade links, a return to the pre-2017 st...
Volume: 64Issue: 22Published at Fri, 04 Jun 2021 -
Lebanon-Sonatrach Fuel Scandal Lays Bare Energy Sector Corruption
...ddy and Raymond Rahme, who have a variety of business interests – including alleged ties to the Barzani family in Iraqi Kurdistan. Around 2017, the firm emerged as a heavyweight in the Lebanese products sector, suspiciously underbidding in several gasoil and gasoline contracts – an oil trader te...
Volume: 63Issue: 22Published at Fri, 29 May 2020 -
Iran’s Banking Sector: Dark Days Loom
...ghtening of sanctions from 2012, the last year in which oil revenues were above $100bn. ASTRONOMICAL SUMS Freshly-released Central Bank of Iran (CBI) figures for the 2017-18 fiscal year (which ended on 20 March), published this week, pegs end-year bad loans at an astronomical 1,300 trillion ri...
Volume: 61Issue: 22Published at Fri, 01 Jun 2018 -
Saudi Looks To Pop Deficit With Fizzy Drinks Tax
...T IN 2021 AT CURRENT* RATE OF DRAWDOWN (SAMA NET FOREIGN ASSETS, $BN END-PERIOD) *JAN-APR 2017. SOURCE: SAMA, IMF, MEES....
Volume: 60Issue: 22Published at Fri, 02 Jun 2017 -
Iraq Oil Takings Up
...erage monthly earnings of around $4.7bn in 2017, while this falls to about $4.57bn when factoring in lower oil prices in the second half of the year (see chart). This results in total annual earnings of $54.8-56.8bn over the course of the year, up from $43.71bn last year but well down on 2012’s high wa...
Volume: 60Issue: 22Published at Fri, 02 Jun 2017 -
KNPC Seeks Ideas, Finance For Refinery Projects
...out how the loan should be structured. CFP SCHEDULE Work on the CFP began in March, with a view to completion in late 2017. KNPC chief executive Muhammad al-Mutairi told reporters recently that he now expects the revamped refineries to be fully operational by the end of 2018. The ageing Sh...
Volume: 58Issue: 22Published at Fri, 29 May 2015 -
Morocco Solar Funds
...ergy (Masen) awarded the 200MW Noor 2 and 150MW Noor 3 projects to ACWA and Spain’s Sener with a view to 2017 start-up. Masen also plans to build a 50MW solar photovoltaic (PV) unit at the site – Noor 4. ACWA says the debt part of the package will be “entirely financed by Masen” with funds from the Af...
Volume: 58Issue: 22Published at Fri, 29 May 2015