1. Iran’s Upstream Opening: The Foreign Firms That Stand To Lose

    ...is fact, in 2011 the former president even went so far as to say: “Thank God the enemies put sanctions on us… As soon as they told us ‘We won’t sell gasoline to you,’ we started producing gasoline inside the country, and in fact moved towards utmost self-sufficiency.” But this notion of self-su...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 26
    Published at Fri, 27 Jun 2014
  2. Sonelgaz Generating Capacity Up 2GW In 2013, But Finances ‘Fragile’

    ...this total. He noted that Sonelgaz invested a total AD409bn ($5.2bn) in 2013, an increase of 77.5% over 2012, of which almost half was allocated for power generation.. Sonelgaz Financial Results (Ad Bn)   2011 2012 20...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 26
    Published at Fri, 27 Jun 2014
  3. Algeria Heading For Oil Output Drop

    ...line later than envisaged. BP’s expansion of In Salah has been pushed back after the attack on the In Amenas fields by Islamist terrorists in 2011, and no new deadline has been given. GDF Suez’s Touat project is now scheduled to come online in late 2016, a year later than envisaged. Total’s initial de...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 26
    Published at Fri, 27 Jun 2014
  4. Turnout At Libyan Elections Disappoints

    ...5mn Libyans were registered to vote, less than the 2.8mn eligible in 2012. Killings Continue The same day, Salwa Bugaighis, a well-known human rights activist who had played a big role in the peaceful protests that preceded the armed struggle against Gaddafi in 2011, was killed in her house in Be...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 26
    Published at Fri, 27 Jun 2014
  5. Mideast FDI: ‘Bleak’ Prospects Amid Post-Arab Spring Instability-UN

    ...litical and social upheavals following the 2011 Arab Spring continue to weigh down economic activity and deter potential investors. This comes despite an overall upturn in global economic conditions, and FDI, over the past year. Global FDI inflows rose 9% to $1.45 trillion last year, but for the MENA re...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 26
    Published at Fri, 27 Jun 2014
  6. Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)

    ...12 2011 WTI 105.84 106.50 105.32 101.90 102.02 98.56 97.54 98.03 94...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 26
    Published at Fri, 27 Jun 2014