1. Dana Gas Signs Up To Syrian Gas Development Plan

    ...e fields that make up the South Middle Area Gas Project. There are a number of other nearby gas fields that could also be included in the agreement, with Syria having announced the discovery of the 47bn m³ (1.66tcf) Qara field in 2011 shortly after it started producing 0.6mn m³ (21mn cfd ) from the Sa...

    Volume: 68
    Issue: 46
    Published at Fri, 14 Nov 2025
  2. Saudi Arabia Wary of Iraq’s New Iran-Backed Leader

    ...nure of Mr Maliki were fraught as the longest serving post-2003 PM got closer to Tehran after the US forces withdrew from Iraq in 2011. Only his ousting in the aftermath of the 2014 fall of Mosul to ISIS paved the way for active diplomacy between Baghdad and Riyadh. Mr Sudani has praised the ki...

    Volume: 65
    Issue: 46
    Published at Fri, 18 Nov 2022
  3. Heightened Political Tensions Threaten Libya’s Oil Ambitions

    ...gures. At stake is the stability of a country which has been enveloped in almost constant chaos since the 2011 revolution. For the oil sector, a return to political division, or even war, would crush hopes of boosting oil production. GADDAFI’S RETURN  Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of former ru...

    Volume: 64
    Issue: 46
    Published at Fri, 19 Nov 2021
  4. Iran Ups Geopolitical Stakes With Nuclear Advances

    ...at is expected to take six years. The Bushehr-2 plant will be built by Russia’s Rosatom, under a 2014 agreement between Moscow and Iran for the construction of four new 1GW plants at Bushehr. Rosatom completed the Bushehr-1 reactor in 2011, generating electricity from fuel rods supplied by Ru...

    Volume: 62
    Issue: 46
    Published at Fri, 15 Nov 2019
  5. Iran’s Oil Export Prognosis: Is The Market Too Blasé?

    ...5,000 b/d volumes were at their highest level since 2011 putting Spain second only to Italy among European buyers. But volumes had already fallen to 100,900 b/d for September as sanctions loomed. But, unlike number one EU buyer Italy or number four Greece, Spain neither applied for nor was granted a ‘wa...

    Volume: 61
    Issue: 46
    Published at Fri, 16 Nov 2018
  6. Iran: Geneva Deadlock Breeds Talk Of Further US Sanctions

    ...tput and exports nosedive as sanctions have been ratcheted up over the past 18 months. Iranian crude oil output was just 2.68mn b/d in October (MEES, 8 November), down close to 900,000 b/d on its 2011 average of 3.59mn b/d; crude exports have averaged just over 1.1mn b/d over the first nine months of...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 46
    Published at Fri, 15 Nov 2013