1. Israel’s Delek Drilling Eyes $2.5bn Leviathan RBL Facility

    ...so has around 26% (22% directly, 3.8% indirectly – see chart) of 11.9tcf Tamar which it is obliged to sell by end-2021 under a 2016 anti-trust ruling (MEES, 19 August 2016). The firm’s only other significant assets are 30% of Cyprus’ undeveloped 4.1tcf  2011 Aphrodite discovery (MEES, 26 June), and th...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 29
    Published at Fri, 17 Jul 2020
  2. Bahrain’s Troubled Banking Sector Set For Turbulent Times

    ...Once seen as the Middle East’s banking center, Bahrain’s financial sector is in terminal decline. Seeking to finance its budget deficits, Manama has increasingly turned to its banks and their credit profiles are now inescapably intertwined. Since the outbreak of the Arab Spring in 2011, Ba...

    Volume: 61
    Issue: 29
    Published at Fri, 20 Jul 2018