Egypt Gas Exploration Focus Shifts East As Output Record Nears

...UCHES 6BN CFD IN JUNE, JUST SHY OF DECEMBER 2011’S RECORD 6.22BN CFD SOURCE: JODI, EGYPT OIL & GAS, MEES.   JORDAN: THE COMEBACK?   Egypt last week signed a deal to resume gas exports to Jordan, ostensibly from early next year. A 9 August statement from Jordan’s energy ministry sa...

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...

Oman: Oil Prices Bolster Economy, For Now

...nual statbook does not provide unemployment figures, nor use the term ‘unemployment’ once. Sultan Qaboos managed to quell considerable upheaval in 2011-12 during the Arab Spring; conditions have since grown worse. And with oil prices a far cry from the $105/B days of 2011-2013, throwing money at th...

Spain 2Q18 Crude Imports (‘000 B/D): Highest Volumes, Share From Middle East Since Q4 2011; Iran June Volumes Highest Since 2011