1. Iraq: Another New Gas-Focused Bid Round – Can It Attract Major Interest?

    ...cluding in Saudi Arabia). The structure includes two LR6 blocks on offer: North and South Rutbah. Elsewhere in Anbar, the Akashat block lies on the Syrian border. A 2011 map from Cambridge Carbonates shows indications of previous drilling activity near the block which is believed to have eight leads th...

    Volume: 66
    Issue: 25
    Published at Fri, 23 Jun 2023
  2. 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: 66
    Issue: 25
    Published at Fri, 23 Jun 2023