1. Iran’s Subsidy Reform: RIP

    ...ants to individual consumers on the basis of need was found impractical, and everyone in a family was given the same amount of cash (MEES, 20 June 2011).         Unhappy about the government’s undue haste in raising prices much faster than provided for in the law, dissatisfied with uniform mo...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 51
    Published at Fri, 14 Dec 2012
  2. IIF Projects 3.5% Drop In Iran’s GDP In 2012

    ...IRAN   IIF Projects 3.5% Drop In Iran’s GDP In 2012   Iran’s GDP in 2012 is expected to shrink by 3.5% from a positive growth of 1.2% in 2011, the Washington-based Institute of International Finance (IIF) has said in a report on the MENA region. The IIF noted that we...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 51
    Published at Fri, 14 Dec 2012
  3. Federal Oil And Gas Law: Viability, Coherence And Functioning Perspectives

    ...tween the federal and Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) delegations held in Baghdad in the last days of October 2011 resulted in an agreement to base their discussions over the federal oil and gas law on the February 2007 version. Detailed assessments of the February 2007 draft of the law have be...

    Volume: 54
    Issue: 51
    Published at Mon, 19 Dec 2011
  4. OPEC Communiqué: 160th Meeting Of The OPEC Conference Concludes

    ...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIV No 51 19-Dec-2011 OPEC Communiqué: 160th Meeting Of The OPEC Conference Concludes Vienna, Austria, 14 December 2011 The 160th meeting of the Conference of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) convened in Vienna, Au...

    Volume: 54
    Issue: 51
    Published at Mon, 19 Dec 2011
  5. OPEC Communiqué: 158th (Extraordinary) OPEC Meeting Concludes

    ...State and Government held in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in November 2007. Having reviewed the oil market outlook, including the overall demand/supply projections for the year 2011, the conference observed that the increase in the annual average oil demand in 2011 is likely to be lower than in...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 51
    Published at Mon, 20 Dec 2010
  6. Energy Security Ties Between East Asia And Central Asia: Power Games Or Partnership

    ...ina pipeline plan fell off the table around 2003 due, perhaps, to the intervention by Japan. The Kazakh-China oil pipeline construction started in September 2004. The first phase was completed in December 2005 (960km), and the total pipeline will be completed by 2011, stretching over 3,000km. Cu...

    Volume: 49
    Issue: 51
    Published at Mon, 18 Dec 2006