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Qatar Export Revenues Surge Above $12bn
...As Europe’s gas crisis rumbles on, gas exporters are cashing in. Qatar’s export revenues topped $12bn in July for the first time since early 2014 and the gains could keep coming. Qatar’s export revenues jumped to $12.18bn in July, driven largely by its gas sector, enabling a mammoth $9....
Volume: 65Issue: 35Published at Fri, 02 Sep 2022 -
Egypt: IOC Receivables Edge Lower In 1H 2020
...id off, with Egypt’s Council of Ministers on 19 August approving a settlement of the dispute. No details were given. Egypt’s overall receivables figure peaked at over $6bn in 2014. Key offshore gas producers Eni, BP and Shell have not reported receivables figures since 2016 – though Eni’s 1H re...
Volume: 63Issue: 35Published at Fri, 28 Aug 2020 -
Saudi Electricity Borrows $2.4bn
...d capex funding. SEC’s biggest year for lending from the financial market was 2016, when it raised $5.13bn, although its largest deal was a $13.2bn Ministry of Finance ‘soft loan’ in 2014 (see table and MEES, 26 January 2018). SEC’s need for capex will likely be reduced by its decision to pursue in...
Volume: 63Issue: 35Published at Fri, 28 Aug 2020 -
Algeria Halves Trade Deficit, Thanks To Higher Oil Prices
...tal exports, though this would be the lowest share since the turn of the millennium. Based on year to date figures and the current oil futures price, MEES estimates that for 2018 as a whole Algeria will earn $42.2bn in export revenues, up 17% on 2017’s $35.2bn and the highest figure since 2014 wh...
Volume: 61Issue: 35Published at Fri, 31 Aug 2018 -
Egypt Plans VAT At 13% From 1 October
...scal reform program began in July 2014 with a reduction in energy subsidies – since when oil prices have collapsed greatly helping Cairo achieve this goal (see chart) – and the levying of taxes aimed at slashing the budget deficit, which rose to 11.5% of GDP in fiscal 2015-16. A 14% VAT rate was ex...
Volume: 59Issue: 35Published at Fri, 02 Sep 2016 -
Jordan Gets IMF Boost
...ojected $2.7bn this year from $3.3bn in 2015 and $5.5bn in 2014. DEFICIT UP, AID DOWN Jordan posted a budget deficit of JD291mn ($410mn) in the first half of 2016, up from JD223mn ($329mn) in 1H 2015, with the country hit by a fall in foreign grants to JD241mn ($340mn) from JD295mn ($41...
Volume: 59Issue: 35Published at Fri, 02 Sep 2016 -
The Only Way Is Down For Algeria’s Trade Balance
...0). Brent - which is of a similar quality and trades within a similar price range to Algeria’s Saharan Blend export grade – has averaged $48/B for August so far, some $9/B or 15% down on the average July price and less than half the average 2014 Saharan Blend price of $99.68/B. MEES analysis ex...
Volume: 58Issue: 35Published at Fri, 28 Aug 2015 -
Saudi Arabia Advances Stock Market Opening
...rket participants – can criticize the regulatory framework and suggest modifications. This framework is therefore likely to be amended in light of the feedback the CMA receives in the three-month period ending on 20 November 2014. The CMA regulations published on its website on 21 August stipulate th...
Volume: 57Issue: 35Published at Fri, 29 Aug 2014