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Kuwait: Another Cabinet, Another New Oil Minister
...med had been a political outcast since 2011 when he was forced to resign under the threat of parliamentary questioning over allegations of corruption in contracts worth $900mn. This, amongst other factors, led to the whole cabinet resigning (MEES, 5 December 2011). Sheikh Ahmed had been involved in...
Volume: 66Issue: 25Published at Fri, 23 Jun 2023 -
Rising Gulf Tensions Cast Spotlight Back On Iran’s Nuclear Capabilities
...wever, are uranium upgrading plants at Natanz and Fordow (see table). Bushehr-1 was started up in 2011 after a much-delayed gestation and suffered teething problems before commercial operation was declared in September 2013 (MEES, 10 October 2014). Russia’s Atomstroyexport provides uranium enriched to...
Volume: 62Issue: 25Published at Fri, 21 Jun 2019 -
Tunisia: Oil Blockades Ease But Costs Keep Rising
...MBERS 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Ja...
Volume: 60Issue: 25Published at Fri, 23 Jun 2017 -
Egypt Ends Forex Controls
...ntrols placed by the CBE on the movement of foreign currency after the 2011 revolution in order to limit the flight of capital. An acute shortage of foreign exchange strangled the economy in recent years and sharply reduced international reserves which fell from $36bn in 2010 to $15.5bn at end-July 20...
Volume: 60Issue: 25Published at Fri, 23 Jun 2017 -
Libya Dreams Of 1Mn B/D End-Year Output
...cal refineries, with the balance exported. Libya’s plans to boost refining capacity to 1mn b/d from the current (theoretical) 380,000 b/d (see table), halted by the security collapse since 2011. “We had a good plan. We had a workshop in April 2012, we invited all Libyan experts and carried out a fe...
Volume: 58Issue: 25Published at Fri, 19 Jun 2015 -
Yemen Oil Minister Replaced As Fuel Crisis Deepens
...e midst of a days-long blackout that followed, locals set tires and cars alight across the city, in what was in effect, a replay of the 2011 demonstrations that accompanied the Arab Spring. Roadblocks were also set up on a number of the city’s main roads, bringing economic activity to a virtual st...
Volume: 57Issue: 25Published at Fri, 20 Jun 2014 -
Iraq Fractures As North Falls To ISIS And Kurds Extend Their Reach
...dress Sunni demands and frustrations and his crackdown on protests that have been ongoing since the departure of US troops in 2011 made Iraq’s Sunni heartland fertile ground for the ISIS advance. Sunni tribes in the western province of al-Anbar have been protesting peacefully since early 2013. They de...
Volume: 57Issue: 25Published at Fri, 20 Jun 2014 -
Cautious Optimism Reigns Supreme Following Election Of Rohani
...cently as in June 2011 (see graph 2). This decline – which could continue should the Western sanctions machine carry on in its current vein – has forced Iran into storing up to 30mn barrels of its crude oil at sea, according to London-based EA Gibson Shipbrokers, as sanctions prevent Iran from im...
Volume: 56Issue: 25Published at Fri, 21 Jun 2013