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Syria: Why Are Foreign Firms Creeping Back?
...ly up-and-comer on the crude front with plans to increase production further from 24,000 b/d at Block 26 but was forced to leave in 2011 (MEES, 18 May 2018). Whilst nobody can fault Gulfsands’ keenness to return to Syria, the swarm of activity beginning to form around Syria’s oil sector certainly me...
Volume: 68Issue: 30Published at Fri, 25 Jul 2025 -
Cairo Wary But Silent As Ethiopia Fills Contentious Dam
...ates.” Instead, Egypt proposed the replacement of the article with “…not to adversely affect the water security and current uses and rights of any other Nile Basin state.” While six countries (Ethiopia, Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya) did sign the CFA between 2010 and 2011, Kenya’s pa...
Volume: 67Issue: 30Published at Fri, 26 Jul 2024 -
Kuwait’s Emir Appoints Eldest Son As PM
...nister portfolio. In 2011, when a regular MP, al-Ghanim organized the grilling of Sheikh Ahmed Al Fahad over allegations of corruption in contracts worth $900mn. This, amongst other factors, led to the cabinet resigning. The allegations extended to court cases in the United Kingdom and Switzerland an...
Volume: 65Issue: 30Published at Fri, 29 Jul 2022 -
Libya Looks To Corral IOCs Into Activity Boost
...couraging the return to Libya of firms that prior to the 2011 Revolution were active in upstream exploration and development. Exploration successes from the four international licensing rounds held since the 2004 introduction of the EPSA-IV model have been largely disappointing. The first round yielded by...
Volume: 60Issue: 30Published at Fri, 28 Jul 2017 -
International Donors Provide Fresh Funds For Countries Hosting Syrian Refugees
...nflict in 2011. Existing infrastructure and utilities in these host countries are incapable of coping with the influx of millions of Syrian refugees and new resources are urgently needed to put in place the basic minimum facilities. While aid has already been pledged by the international community to...
Volume: 59Issue: 30Published at Fri, 29 Jul 2016 -
Dubai In Unwelcome Headwinds
...ported this week that property prices in Dubai have fallen by around 25% since their most recent peak in 2014, but remain above their 2011 trough. However, the IMF reports that the quality of the real estate loan portfolio is significantly better than prior to the 2009 crash. Overall, Dubai, in...
Volume: 59Issue: 30Published at Fri, 29 Jul 2016