1. Iran’s Energy Sector: Lots Of Bluster But Limited Progress

    ...at under the Gazprom MoU, “it was decided...to jointly implement a project to supply gas to Oman and Pakistan.” This is a reference to two gas export pipeline projects that have long been planned by Iran but which have gone nowhere. For Oman, a deal was inked in 2014 for Iran to export up to 10 bc...

    Volume: 65
    Issue: 31
    Published at Fri, 05 Aug 2022
  2. Tunisia At The Crossroads

    ...2014. Mr Essebsi won Tunisia’s first free presidential election and his Nidaa Tounes party took the most seats in the legislative elections. Nidaa Tounes formed a coalition with the Ennahda party (alongside two others) which sought to tackle deep socioeconomic challenges. In 2016, the co...

    Volume: 62
    Issue: 31
    Published at Fri, 02 Aug 2019
  3. Iraq Crude Revenues Head For 10-Year Low

    ...vember 2015 and April this year – the average of 3.25mn b/d for the first seven months of 2016 is up 300,000 b/d on the same period a year earlier, and almost 800,000 b/d on January-July 2014. But monthly revenues have averaged $3.16bn so far this year, the lowest since 2006, and if replicated over th...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 31
    Published at Fri, 05 Aug 2016
  4. Syria: Territorial Disintegration Looms As Conflict Enters New Stage

    ...e year averaged 9,934 b/d, according to Syrian Oil Minister Sulaiman al-‘Abbas, virtually unchanged from the 2014 average of 9,330 b/d. This puts crude production at a mere 2.4% of the 385,000 b/d Syria was producing before the start of the uprising in March 2011. Gas production in the first ha...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 31
    Published at Fri, 31 Jul 2015