1. Iran Prepares For Israel Retaliation

    ...ound 130,000 b/d of condensate from Assaluyeh and Kangan further south in Bushehr province.  Since their re-imposition in 2018, US sanctions have upended Iran’s customer base and sunk its oil exports from more than 2.5mn b/d in 2017 to less than 1mn b/d in 2019 and 2020, before steadily increasing to...

    Volume: 67
    Issue: 41
    Published at Fri, 11 Oct 2024
  2. One Year After Elections, Iraq Finally Gets PM Nominee

    ...tober 2017). While Mr Sudani’s links to Mr Maliki may point to difficulties on the horizon, he has also served as Chairman of the Energy Committee of the Iraqi-Saudi Coordination Council. This could bode well for Iraq’s previous efforts to attract Saudi energy investment (MEES, 22 July). WHAT NE...

    Volume: 65
    Issue: 41
    Published at Fri, 14 Oct 2022
  3. Turkey’s East Med Drilling Campaign: Politics By Other Means

    ...le in the wider region. The 2017 collapse of internationally-mediated talks in the Swiss resort of Crans Montana to unite ethnically divided Cyprus also provided a fig leaf for stepping up activity in Cyprus’ waters. LITTLE OFFSHORE EXPERIENCE          Until its recent acquisitions of dr...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 41
    Published at Fri, 09 Oct 2020
  4. Turkey Ups Cyprus Ante By Drilling South Of The Island

    ...sitant to restart talks after the failure of a summit in the Swiss resort of Crans-Montana in 2017. Turkey’s actions could be the catalyst that pushes the Greek Cypriots to get back to the table, with Ankara looking unlikely to back off until a solution is found....

    Volume: 62
    Issue: 41
    Published at Fri, 11 Oct 2019
  5. Turkey Deployment To Reshape Syria Conflict

    ...fineries or ‘exported’ to regime-held areas. Estimates of current output from the Kurdish-held region vary. But MEES puts current production at 60,000 b/d. SDF operations against Islamic State militants saw Kurdish forces take nearly the entire east bank of the Euphrates in the second half of 2017. The ar...

    Volume: 62
    Issue: 41
    Published at Fri, 11 Oct 2019
  6. Egypt, Ethiopia Hit Dam Deadlock

    ...uld prove to be a blessing in disguise, giving Ethiopia and Egypt time to come to a compromise. Slated to be complete in July 2017, the most recent delay came in April last year when Ethiopia’s newly elected Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed launched investigations into key projects awarded by his pr...

    Volume: 62
    Issue: 41
    Published at Fri, 11 Oct 2019
  7. KRG: Russian Oil Firms Ensure Kremlin’s Tacit Support

    ...cure more than 80,000 b/d of crude to send through a re-opened Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline. And as that crude can currently find its way to market via the Kurdish pipeline, is it worth the expense? Iraq’s economy is in rough shape and on track for a 2017 budget deficit in excess of $20bn (MEES, 8 Se...

    Volume: 60
    Issue: 41
    Published at Fri, 13 Oct 2017