1. Aramco Advances Jazan Plans With $8bn Gas-To-Power Deal

    ...e IGCC. INDUSTRIAL HEART  Aramco began building the Jazan refinery and terminal in 2014 as the “industrial heart” of government’s Jazan Economic City (JEC) project. JEC’s purpose is to “stimulate manufacturing and industry in the kingdom’s southwest” and “place Jazan as a commercial and in...

    Volume: 61
    Issue: 33
    Published at Fri, 17 Aug 2018
  2. Oman: Oil Prices Bolster Economy, For Now

    ...ternational observers are nonetheless troubled by the underlying economics—a fact reflected in rating agencies’ decision to downgrade Oman’s economic outlook several times following the 2014 oil price crash (MEES, 24 November 2017). S&P rates Oman as ‘junk’ status. Unlike fellow GCC members, Oman’s more mo...

    Volume: 61
    Issue: 33
    Published at Fri, 17 Aug 2018