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Libya: Symptoms Of A Failed State
...shed hundreds to the streets this week across key parts of the war-torn country. The overthrow of long-time leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 marked the beginning of a series of conflicts that has gradually led to a deep fragmentation of Libya. As a result, the ability of the ‘state’ to cater for the ba...
Volume: 63Issue: 35Published at Fri, 28 Aug 2020 -
IAEA Inspectors Return To Iran Sites Amid US Threats
...ternationally until US President Donald Trump unilaterally resumed sanctions in May 2018 – lost patience with Iran over the access issue and adopted a resolution calling for Tehran to “fully cooperate” with the IAEA (MEES, 19 June). Iran began its foray into nuclear power in 2011 with the operation of a 1GW re...
Volume: 63Issue: 35Published at Fri, 28 Aug 2020 -
Syria Gas Pipeline Blast
...a Jordan until 2011. The route is now used (in part) to supply Israeli gas to Jordan in the opposite direction (MEES, 1 November 2019). Syria’s gas sector has played a crucial, if oft overlooked, role in President Bashar al-Assad’s successful war effort. The government has managed to keep most ga...
Volume: 63Issue: 35Published at Fri, 28 Aug 2020 -
Qatar’s Oryx GTL Train 2 Offline Until 2Q21
...oject. However, its development cost trebled from $6bn at project go-ahead in 2006 to $18.5bn at project completion in 2011, while ramp-up to full capacity took a year longer than anticipated (MEES, 16 August 2013). Despite the problems experienced at Qatar’s two GTL plants, nearby Oman has designs to...
Volume: 63Issue: 34Published at Fri, 21 Aug 2020 -
Tunisia’s Oil Industry Faces Existential Crisis
...nce the 2011 Tunisian Revolution. If there is a potential upside it is that two smaller firms, Mazarine Energy and Panoro Energy, have both shown to be willing underdogs. Led by former Shell engineer Edward van Kersbergen, Mazarine came from nothing to produce upwards of 2,000 boe/d and ev...
Volume: 63Issue: 33Published at Fri, 14 Aug 2020 -
Washington’s Obsession With Syrian Oil: What’s It All About?
...Donald Trump is fixated on oil fields in Kurdish-controlled areas of Syria, and has finally found a US firm to ‘develop’ them. But is it anything more than a political play? Since the beginning of Syria’s civil war in 2011, supporters of President Bashar al-Assad’s government have often po...
Volume: 63Issue: 33Published at Fri, 14 Aug 2020 -
Egypt’s Debts To IOCs Again On The Rise
...rther investment as it did in the years following the 2011 revolution. Egypt has turned again to the IMF for $8bn, bagging $2.8bn via a rapid financing instrument (RFI) and the initial $2bn of a hastily-arranged $5.2bn Stand-by Arrangement (MEES, 12 June). This saw the country’s foreign reserves ri...
Volume: 63Issue: 32Published at Fri, 07 Aug 2020