1. Saudi Electricity Taps China For $1.5bn, Takes Expansion Funding To $33bn

    ...shore up its finances is also growing, and quickly. SEC’s outstanding government loans increased by 112% from SR18.15bn ($5.03bn) in 2011 to SR39.99bn ($10.66bn) in 2015. SEC is owned 74% by the Saudi government, 7% by state petroleum firm Saudi Aramco, and 19% by private investors. Given the gr...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 27
    Published at Fri, 08 Jul 2016
  2. Egypt Finally Pays Off $7bn Debt To Qatar, Backer Of Previous Islamist Government

    ...ections that followed the February 2011 ‘revolution’ that overthrew longtime dictator Husni Mubarak. Almost from the start – through a combination of economic incompetence and a lack of support from the financial establishment – Mr Mursi’s government presided over an economy on life support. The country on...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 27
    Published at Fri, 08 Jul 2016
  3. Abu Dhabi Streamlining Creates $135bn Energy Fund With Global Reach

    ...rgest investments is Spanish firm CEPSA, which it has wholly owned since 2011. Primarily a refining company with three refineries totaling 528,000 b/d of capacity (and actual 2015 throughputs of 434,000 b/d)it lurched to a $1.15bn loss in 2015, more than twice the $465mn loss the previous year. Of 2015 ne...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 27
    Published at Fri, 08 Jul 2016
  4. Iran: Payments Start Flowing But Fear Factor Remains

    ...ese were tightened further in 2011 which led its roughly $420bn economy to shrink by about 9% in the two-year period that ended in March 2014, according to the IMF. From then until January 2016, when sanctions were broadly lifted in return for nuclear curbs, Iran’s ability to continue trading oil pr...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 27
    Published at Fri, 08 Jul 2016