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Qatar Petroleum Chief Consolidates Energy Sector Grip With Cabinet Seat
...nounced a cabinet reshuffle on 4 November in which QP CEO Saad Sherida al-Kaabi was appointed Minister of State for Energy Affairs. Mr Kaabi has replaced Minister of Energy and Industry Muhammad al-Sada who had held the post since January 2011 (MEES, 24 January 2011). As minister, he will have “overall re...
Volume: 61Issue: 45Published at Fri, 09 Nov 2018 -
Lebanon: Can New President Get The Country Moving?
...abs to Lebanon, with detrimental effects on growth. Latest IMF statistics show that Lebanon’s real GDP growth in 2011-12 averaged 4.6%, but has slumped to 1% in 2015 and 2016, and is projected to rise to 2% in 2017. This low projection for 2017 could be slightly higher if indeed the election of a pr...
Volume: 59Issue: 45Published at Fri, 11 Nov 2016 -
Militia Shuts Key Libyan Terminal, Deepening Rift Between Rival Regimes
...om the Bahr Essalam and Wafa fields and, when operational, oil from the Elephant field. Gas exports via the Green Stream pipeline from Mellitah to Italy have been consistently between 600-800mn cfd in 2015. This compares to a high of 909mn cfd in 2008 and a low of 215mn cfd in 2011. ...
Volume: 58Issue: 45Published at Fri, 06 Nov 2015 -
Political Comment (2 November 2012)
...March 2011 – such as the US, France and Turkey – appear to be having second thoughts. But the harsh reality is that it may already be too late, and that Syria, like the egg Humpty Dumpty in the English nursery rhyme, is already broken beyond repair. Unless Mr Asad can bomb his own ci...
Volume: 55Issue: 45Published at Fri, 02 Nov 2012