1. Qatar Looks To Bolster Share Of Taiwan LNG Market

    ...Australia edged out longtime number one Qatar as top LNG supplier to global number five importer Taiwan for the first half of 2021. Qatar has been top in Taiwan for every year since 2011. But its lead over Australia narrowed from 2.3mn tons for 2018 to just 0.4mn tons for 2020. For 1H 20...

    Volume: 64
    Issue: 27
    Published at Fri, 09 Jul 2021
  2. Egypt Raises Power Prices, Waiting on Fuel Prices

    ...vels (see chart 1). For March, household electricity use was 4.62TWh, the lowest March use since 2013 while the previous month’s 4.33TWh was the lowest February figure since 2011. Egypt power demand typically peaks in the sweltering summer months. 1: EGYPT HOUSEHOLD POWER USE FELL TO A MULTI-YEAR LO...

    Volume: 64
    Issue: 27
    Published at Fri, 09 Jul 2021
  3. Sparks Fly As Saudi-Emirati Economic Competition Intensifies

    ...latively recent development. Bilateral relations between the neighbors have traditionally been more fraught, and it was arguably the start of the ‘Arab Spring’ in 2011 which caused their geopolitical priorities to converge. The relationship then deepened with the rise to power of Saudi Arabia’s Crown Pr...

    Volume: 64
    Issue: 27
    Published at Fri, 09 Jul 2021
  4. GCC Rig Count Stuck At 10-Year Low Levels For 1H 2021

    ...e higher than the 9-year quarterly low seen in Q4 last year (see chart 1 and MEES, 18 December 2020). As such the average figure of 184 for 1H 2021 was the lowest half-year figure since 1H 2011. 1: THE GCC RIG COUNT AVERAGED JUST 184 FOR 1H 2021, THE LOWEST HALF-YEAR FIGURE IN 10 YEARS AND LI...

    Volume: 64
    Issue: 27
    Published at Fri, 09 Jul 2021