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Washington’s Obsession With Syrian Oil: What’s It All About?
...Donald Trump is fixated on oil fields in Kurdish-controlled areas of Syria, and has finally found a US firm to ‘develop’ them. But is it anything more than a political play? Since the beginning of Syria’s civil war in 2011, supporters of President Bashar al-Assad’s government have often po...
Volume: 63Issue: 33Published at Fri, 14 Aug 2020 -
Libya Power Expansion Going Nowhere, Blackouts Continue
...e 2011 revolution, capacity was 7.1GW, according to IEA estimates. Things have also been far from plain sailing at Libya’s key ongoing power project, the 640MW Ubari plant in Libya’s remote southwest. As with a planned plant in Tobruk (awarded to Greek firm Mytilineos), this is designed to use ga...
Volume: 61Issue: 33Published at Fri, 17 Aug 2018 -
Politics And Prices Stifling East Mediterranean Gas Hopes
...rdan to a lesser extent), but history shows that any deal to send Israeli gas to Egypt or vice versa is at best risky. Egypt’s former oil minister Sameh Fahmi was sentenced to 15 years in jail in 2012 for his role in the 2005 deal to send Egyptian gas to Israel, which was terminated following the 2011 ou...
Volume: 59Issue: 33Published at Fri, 19 Aug 2016 -
Pressure Eases As Yemen Secures Long-Awaited Loan
...y oil and gas infrastructure has been regularly targeted by Islamic militants and tribesmen alike, since the start of anti-government protests in 2011. The protests, and the eventual ouster of President Salih the following year, left a power vacuum in the state that militants have since been looking to...
Volume: 57Issue: 33Published at Fri, 15 Aug 2014