Petchems To Dominate MENA 2016 Downstream After 2013-14 CDU Boost

...PC to speed up plans to expand refining capacity and in particular upgrading. While Egypt is pushing a number of large and small-scale refining projects, investment momentum is still rebuilding after a lull from 2011 until last year. In 2016 only one Egyptian project is scheduled for co...

Iran Seeks To Reclaim Former Markets In 2016

...mpeting directly for buyers with their medium and heavy sour crude grades in Europe, which imported 595,000 b/d of Iranian crude on average in 2011, the last full year before the European embargo was implemented. In Asia, Iran’s largest market even before sanctions (see chart, p16), the impact of this ti...

The MENA Region’s Vulnerability: A Geo-Economic Outlook

...portunities of success for all participants. But that will require a decisive, collective political will on the part of the prevailing leadership, and moves towards the inclusion of Morocco and Jordan have largely stalled since mooted in 2011. Otherwise, the alternative is, quite simply, bleak.  UN 2015 HU...

Libya: No More Than A Glimmer Of Hope

...Foreign powers hope a nascent peace deal in Libya will be a prelude to concerted action against IS. But the omens for success do not look good. As Libya approaches five years since the uprising began that culminated in the removal of long-time leader Mu’ammar al Qadhafi in 2011, there has be...

Importers Of Iranian Crude 2011-2015 (MN B/D)