1. Egypt’s Midsize Gas Producers: Output Down But Receivables Down Too

    ...ich saw production average 148mn cfd during the first nine months of 2021, down 45% from 2017’s 270mn cfd. Output was just 137mn cfd (28,100 boe/d including liquids) for Q3 with the firm guiding a further fall to just 127mn cfd for Q4 (see chart 1). Though output is set to fall yet further in the fi...

    Volume: 64
    Issue: 46
    Published at Fri, 19 Nov 2021
  2. Tunisia Struggles To Cash In On Democracy

    ...the revolution, growth slumped to average less than 2% since 2013, though the 2.7% figure (annualized) for 1H 2018 is a modest improvement on 2016’s 1.0% and 2017’s 1.9%. That said, most experts reckon that growth of at least 5% will be needed to make a serious dent in unemployment. On the se...

    Volume: 61
    Issue: 46
    Published at Fri, 16 Nov 2018
  3. Gulf SWFs Overhaul Their Strategies For A ‘Lower For Longer’ World

    ...lling roughly $60bn of its dollar reserves in the second quarter of 2015 alone.     According to the most recent figures available, SAMA’s net foreign reserves fell to a new six-year low of $485bn at the end of September (MEES, 3 November). The reserves fell $50.6bn in the first nine months of 2017...

    Volume: 60
    Issue: 46
    Published at Fri, 17 Nov 2017
  4. Egypt IMF Loan Brings Short-Term Relief, But Uncertainties Lie Ahead

    ...ans to tap the international bond market for $2.75bn by the end of the year and can expect better terms after securing the IMF loan. Mr Kojak says Egypt is targeting 4-5% growth in 2017-18, rising to 6% over the medium-term which would help to reduce unemployment, projected to fall to 11-12% in 2017...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 46
    Published at Fri, 18 Nov 2016
  5. Algeria Raises $5.1bn In Bonds, Taps ADB For $1bn

    ...e 2017 draft budget which is being debated in parliament – with current expenditure down 9% and capital spending down 31% in real terms. The draft budget also envisages a rise in the price of subsidized gasoline and diesel (MEES, 14 October). Mr Baba Ammi says that the government has yet to de...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 46
    Published at Fri, 18 Nov 2016
  6. Jordan Budgets For Ambitious 2016 Spending, Revenue Hike

    ...14 and JD520mn in 2015, and that Jordan will receive a further JD460mn in 2016 and JD400mn in 2017. But the draft 2016 budget omits a tranche of the $1.25bn originally pledged by Qatar after the latter failed to honor its pledge in the past year. Mr Tuqan blames this shortfall for the near doubling of...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 46
    Published at Fri, 13 Nov 2015