1. South Sudan Crude Output Plumbs New Lows

    ...South Sudan has faced chronic instability since 2011 independence. Output and exports are down again this year amid renewed violence, whilst low oil prices have raised the share paid to IOCs, and to Sudan in transit payments. South Sudan’s oil sales fell to a three-year low of just 10...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 38
    Published at Fri, 23 Sep 2016
  2. Saudi ‘Low Cost’ Market Share Policy Remains Unfinished Business

    ...llapsed from 1.54mn b/d in 2010 following the 2011 revolution. It was just 260,000 b/d last month, although recent developments have enabled it to climb back up to 390,000 b/d (MEES, 16 September). Nigeria’s output has fallen 460,000 b/d since January due to attacks from the Delta Avengers group. The la...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 38
    Published at Fri, 23 Sep 2016
  3. Aramco Output Policy Under Scrutiny Ahead Of Algiers

    ...rst time the kingdom has managed this since 2011, after the 400,000 b/d Petro Rabigh refinery reached full capacity in October 2010. Saudi Arabia’s newest refineries have been configured to maximize gasoline and diesel output with an eye to exporting to Europe. IEA figures show Saudi products exports to...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 38
    Published at Fri, 23 Sep 2016
  4. Tunisia: Output Slides, Firms Look For The Door Amid Instability

    ...e January 2011 ‘revolution’ that kicked off the Arab Spring. In many ways Tunisia’s experiment in democracy has been an admirable success – certainly compared to its neighbors Libya and Egypt. But not in terms of oil and gas output. The frequency and intensity of strikes has got worse this year. Ga...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 38
    Published at Fri, 23 Sep 2016
  5. Egypt Struggles To Raise Money For Imf ‘Bilateral Financing’

    ...mewhat from $39.1bn for 2014-15 to $37.6bn for 2015-16 due in part to sustained low oil prices. •  With the rise in the current account deficit, Egypt’s foreign exchange reserves remain under pressure. The $16.6bn end-August figure is less than half their level before the January 2011 revolution....

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 38
    Published at Fri, 23 Sep 2016