1. The Image Of GCC Oil Policy In The Western Media

    ...imi was named by the Financial Times as the energy personality for 2014 ‘for the fact that he has done nothing,’7  which itself is a policy decision.  GEOPOLITICS AND OIL POLICY There is also an inclination by some of the western media to frame Saudi oil policy within a geopolitical framework. Un...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 17
    Published at Fri, 24 Apr 2015
  2. Saudi Refining Push Exposes Strategic Shift Away From Crude Exports

    ...amco 550,000 Petro Rabigh 1990 Saudi Aramco (37.5%), Sumitomo Chemical 425,000 Jubail (Satorp) 2014 Saudi Aramco (62.5%), Total 40...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 15
    Published at Fri, 10 Apr 2015
  3. Iraq’s Management of its Natural Gas Potential - INES Revisited

    ...veloping the country’s own natural gas potential had been effectively halted. Even now, in 2014, utilization of Iraq’s natural gas, excluding Kurdistan, is around the same as it was in 2003. Since 2011 two contracts costing Iraq around $720mn have been signed to build two pipelines to import around 1.6bn cf...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 16
    Published at Fri, 18 Apr 2014
  4. International Oil Market Developments

    ...t seen for three decades. Nobody speaks now of peak production.   •  The continued increase in global demand from emerging countries, and its continued decline in the industrialized OECD countries. In 2014, the consumption of industrialized countries will, for the first time in the history of...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 17
    Published at Fri, 26 Apr 2013
  5. Cyprus Bail-Out Terms Signal Huge Policy Shift For Eurozone Bank Resolution

    ...idelines set in Frankfurt. The Eurogroup hopes that the SSM will begin operations in 2014. Furthermore, transactions - account opening and money transfers - will in future be subject to much greater scrutiny, removing one of the competitive advantages which Cyprus held over most Eurozone countries, where su...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 16
    Published at Fri, 19 Apr 2013
  6. Iran’s Economy Facing a Challenging Year

    ...deed seem to indicate that the new Persian year (March 2013-March 2014) is likely to witness—apart from unforeseen political crises related to the June 2013 presidential election or other events - a combination of anemic growth, double-digit inflation, near record unemployment, multiple exchange ra...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 14
    Published at Fri, 05 Apr 2013
  7. Condensate Expansion East Of Suez Boosted By Increased Gas Development

    ...tlook, 2010-15 ('000 B/D) 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Iran 624 686 729 783 807 873 Iraq 92 142 167 219 285 319 Kuwait 87 92 105 110 114 11...

    Volume: 53
    Issue: 16
    Published at Mon, 19 Apr 2010
  8. New Forces In The International LNG Market: Consequences For Middle East LNG Exporters

    ...ar 2014,” held on 17 February in Tehran, Iran. Mr Frisch, a Norwegian chartered engineer and economist, has worked over the past 30 years with Statoil, Phillips Petroleum and Mobil. He established the British-based consultancy Morten Frisch Consulting (MFC) in 1990, and was appointed a senior adviser to...

    Volume: 45
    Issue: 13
    Published at Mon, 01 Apr 2002