1. UAE Moors 2nd FSRU As It Looks To Take Advantage Of Cheap LNG

    ...duce the imperative to bring fields online. Spot LNG prices in East Asia fell from around $14/mn BTU in the first half of 2014 to around $5.5/mn BTU currently, as more liquefaction capacity has come onstream (MEES, 17 June), and demand growth has faltered. Prices were recently bolstered partly by above av...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 33
    Published at Fri, 19 Aug 2016
  2. GCC Fiscal Reforms: Long Overdue And A Long Road Ahead

    ...th petrodollars only a couple of years ago, times have certainly changed for the Gulf countries. Between June 2014 and February 2016, the international oil price plunged by 70% and the IMF forecasts that GCC states’ oil export earnings will fall by $300bn in 2016. This is in line with MEES ca...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 33
    Published at Fri, 19 Aug 2016
  3. IMF Loan To Egypt Will Need To Be Supplemented With Serious Reforms

    ...more than a decade (see p16). Egypt has cut its spending on petroleum subsidies by 23% from E£71.5bn in 2014-15 to E£55bn in 2015-16, with a further cut to E£35bn projected in the 2016-17 budget, according to state-oil firm EGPC.  ...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 33
    Published at Fri, 19 Aug 2016