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Saudi Government Unveils Record Expansion-ary Budget
...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIII No 52 27-Dec-2010 SAUDI ARABIA Saudi Government Unveils Record Expansion-ary Budget Sustained high crude oil prices this year have provided Saudi Arabia with the impetus to hike 2011 budgeted expenditure 7.4% to a record SR580bn ($15...
Volume: 53Issue: 52Published at Mon, 27 Dec 2010 -
New Iraqi Cabinet Emerges, But Oil Uncertainties Remain
...bari and Deputy Prime Minister Roz Shaways. The Kurds have not accepted any new positions, in the hope of forcing a breakthrough on an oil deal, MEES understands. On 18 December, Kurdish deputies walked out of a parliamentary session to approve the 2011 budget after a clause was inserted – sources say by...
Volume: 53Issue: 52Published at Mon, 27 Dec 2010 -
Cyprus And Israel Sign Accord To Delimit East Mediterranean Waters
...tween October 2011 and October 2013 (MEES, 8 November) and depending on the results at Leviathan, Cypriot officials have said that date could be moved forward (MEES, 13 December). Also, the Delek Group has an option to join Noble in Block 12, which it has yet to exercise. Noble Energy was awarded th...
Volume: 53Issue: 52Published at Mon, 27 Dec 2010 -
CGES Says Prices Driven By Fundamental Factors, More OPEC Crude Needed
...ey are inside,” CGES said. “Calculations by the CGES suggest that while OECD commercial stock cover remains high, the cover provided by commercial oil inventories globally has fallen by two days since the start of 2Q10.” It said without more OPEC oil, global stock cover will continue to fall in 2011...
Volume: 53Issue: 52Published at Mon, 27 Dec 2010 -
Crude Oil Formulas/Posted Prices
...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIII No 52 27-Dec-2010 OIL PRICES/OPEC Crude Oil Formulas/Posted Prices ($/B) Nigeria (Dated Brent + / - Adjustment Factor; $/B) 2011 2010 Jan Dec Nov Oct Se...
Volume: 53Issue: 52Published at Mon, 27 Dec 2010 -
Dragon Oil Completes Infrastructure Upgrade On Cheleken Block
...tronas’s reserves of 150 bcm, could be available for export to Europe by 2011 if Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan reach an agreement on construction of a 200km Trans-Caspian pipeline (MEES, 29 November)....
Volume: 53Issue: 52Published at Mon, 27 Dec 2010 -
CBJ Raises Minimum Capital Requirement for Banks
...the kingdom. In an announcement made that day, the newly appointed CBJ Governor Faris Sharaf directed those banks whose capital levels did not meet the new requirements to suggest ways on how to recapitalize to reach the target levels before the end of the first quarter of 2011. The decision, th...
Volume: 53Issue: 52Published at Mon, 27 Dec 2010 -
S&P Sees Qatar’s 2022 World Cup Funded Without Significant Sovereign Debt Hike
...a lower, although still substantial, surplus in the government’s budget at above 7% of GDP in 2011-13,” Mr Marchand added. Additional moderate borrowing is possible as has already occurred via government guarantees, according to S&P....
Volume: 53Issue: 52Published at Mon, 27 Dec 2010 -
Crédit Agricole Sees Two-Speed Recovery In 2011, Favoring Oil Producers
...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIII No 52 27-Dec-2010 REGIONAL Crédit Agricole Sees Two-Speed Recovery In 2011, Favoring Oil Producers Most oil exporters in the MENA region will experience higher GDP growth in 2011, with oil importers likely facing declines as a result of de...
Volume: 53Issue: 52Published at Mon, 27 Dec 2010 -
Saudi Annual Inflation Rate Remains Unchanged at 5.8%, Says SAMA
...untries have begun rising again. Inflation however, is expected to remain low, and in single digits. Analysts polled by Reuters have forecast average Saudi inflation figures of 5.3% and 5.1% for 2010 and 2011 respectively – still considerably lower than the record high of 11.1% in the summer of 2008. Mo...
Volume: 53Issue: 52Published at Mon, 27 Dec 2010 -
SABIC Board Recommends Distribution Of Dividends For 2H10
...ril 2011. “The total recommended dividends to shareholders for 2010 is SR10.5bn ($2.8bn) at SR3.5 ($0.93)/share,” SABIC said in a statement on the company website. For the first half of 2010, SABIC has already approved the distribution of SR4.5bn ($1.2bn) to shareholders at SR1.5 ($0.40)/share....
Volume: 53Issue: 52Published at Mon, 27 Dec 2010