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Oman: Fitch Upgrade
...scat is looking to streamline its debt portfolio having “prepaid the remainder of the pre-export financing facility taken out in 2017 ($1.3bn) and repaid a maturing $3.6bn loan from China.” The Fitch upgrade follows that of S&P which upgraded Oman to ‘BB’ with a stable outlook in April 2022. ...
Volume: 65Issue: 33Published at Fri, 19 Aug 2022 -
Qatar Exports To GCC At Multi-Year High
...the embargo, and only reluctantly agreed to end it, Qatari exports to the emirates were never halted and continued at around $250-400mn each quarter due to the UAE’s dependence on piped Qatari gas (see chart 1). Now, exports to the UAE have topped $1bn for the first time since 1Q 2017 – the la...
Volume: 64Issue: 33Published at Fri, 20 Aug 2021 -
Kuwait Slashes 2018-19 Deficit Thanks To Higher Oil Prices
...port Blend crude averaged $68.6/B over the year to March 2019, up almost $14/B from the 2017-18 average of $54.7/B. As a result, oil revenues rose 29% to $60.8bn. Oil revenues were some 38% higher than the budgeted $44bn figure which was based on a conservative $50/B oil price assumption (see ta...
Volume: 62Issue: 33Published at Fri, 16 Aug 2019 -
Oman: Oil Prices Bolster Economy, For Now
...om a nearly balanced budget in 2013 to consecutive deficits of $12.03bn, $13.76bn, and $9.76bn from 2015 to 2017. This saw Oman’s public debt balloon from $3.96bn at end-2014 to $28.96bn at end-2017. And while this equates to only about 40% of GDP (the equivalent of, say, Sweden or Australia), in...
Volume: 61Issue: 33Published at Fri, 17 Aug 2018 -
Oman Hits Record Gas Output In July
...rst seven months of 2018 . 2018 is likely to break records for the sultanate’s gas sector, with total ‘production’ on track to hit 45.24bcm compared with 40.91bcm in 2017, a solid 10.5% increase. Oman does not give production figures because the National Centre for Statistics and Information in...
Volume: 61Issue: 33Published at Fri, 17 Aug 2018 -
Qatar: $15bn For Turkey
...erican pastor Andrew Brunson. Ankara responded with tariffs of its own on cars, cigarettes and alcohol. Qatar’s pledge is scant on details: Qatar, which benefitted from Turkey’s support during the June-2017 economic blockade (MEES, 9 June 2017), already promised to invest up to $20bn into the Turkish ec...
Volume: 61Issue: 33Published at Fri, 17 Aug 2018 -
Saudi Cuts Deficit, But Only Thanks To Higher Oil Price
...also some 26% less than the SR198bn ($52.8bn) figure in the original 2017 budget (MEES, 6 January). The improvement is thanks to the 62.7% (SR82.1bn) increase in H1 oil revenues versus a year earlier. Saudi Arab Light crude averaged $50.4/B in H1 2017, up 38.4% on the H1 2016 price of $36...
Volume: 60Issue: 33Published at Fri, 18 Aug 2017 -
IMF Loan To Egypt Will Need To Be Supplemented With Serious Reforms
...though the country had not received any grants since last year. Mr Garhy for his part, noted that the negotiations with the IMF should be seen in conjunction with the government’s growth and reform plan for the periods 2016-17 and 2017-18, as well as that for Egypt’s 2030 vision. He acknowledged the ma...
Volume: 59Issue: 33Published at Fri, 19 Aug 2016 -
Iran Struggles To Reduce Cash Subsidies Outlay
...at those whose annual income exceeds IR350mn ($10,000) are classified as being in high income brackets and should be removed from the list by the end of the current fiscal year ending on 20 March 2017. Mohammad Nobakht, head of the Management and Planning Organization, argued then that the $10,000 cu...
Volume: 59Issue: 33Published at Fri, 19 Aug 2016 -
Iraq ‘Below Investment Grade’ Ahead Of Bond Issue
...2016, although it will remain large and another more substantive IMF program is likely in 2016, while a small deficit is forecast for 2017. The agency adds that the Iraqi government has cleared $9bn in payment arrears to international oil companies (IOCs) that were run up in 2014. REFORM PLAN AP...
Volume: 58Issue: 33Published at Fri, 14 Aug 2015