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Syria Eyes Major Players for Offshore Blocks
...prus has yet to start producing gas despite discovering the Aphrodite field in 2011. He estimated that it would take 6-8 years before any gas can be produced and even that timeline could prove overly optimistic. ...
Volume: 68Issue: 51/52Published at Fri, 19 Dec 2025 -
Kuwait’s New Emir Criticizes Political Divisions
...so suffered a leadership vacuum of late, with the government accused by MPs of filling high-level vacancies based on loyalties rather than merit. The new Emir criticized recent pardons granted to opposition figures, including former MPs who were involved in the 2011 storming of parliament, in ad...
Volume: 66Issue: 51/52Published at Fri, 22 Dec 2023 -
Libya’s Legal Battle To Recover Billions In Overseas Assets
...termine the exact value of the country’s assets. FROZEN BILLIONS In the immediate aftermath of the 2011 popular protests and Gaddafi’s violent response, leading up to his eventual demise in October that year, the international community rushed to freeze Libyan assets that could fu...
Volume: 66Issue: 50Published at Fri, 15 Dec 2023 -
Kuwait’s Cabinet Looks Ahead To A Troublesome 2024
...position figures, including former MPs who were involved in the 2011 storming of parliament (MEES, 5 December 2011). On 27 November, the cabinet signed-off on Emiri pardons that granted amnesty to Kuwaiti citizens who were jailed, stripped of citizenship or criminally indicted for state-security and te...
Volume: 66Issue: 50Published at Fri, 15 Dec 2023 -
Libya’s Gas Export Dreams Face Hard Reality
...art 1). The figure is dangerously close to 2011’s all-time low of 215mn cfd when production and exports were shut in for long periods during that year’s revolutionary turmoil. Libya’s sales gas output rose marginally last year to 1.2mn cfd, but this is still more than 20% below 2010’s record of 1.55mn cf...
Volume: 65Issue: 48Published at Fri, 02 Dec 2022 -
Tunisia Lays Out Roadmap
...me day that marked the beginning of the Tunisian Revolution which ousted former ruler Zine El Abidine Ben Ali one month later in January 2011. A roadmap had been a key demand of many political and civil society organizations since the president’s move to suspend parliament and assume executive po...
Volume: 64Issue: 50Published at Fri, 17 Dec 2021 -
Libya’s Road To 2mn b/d: Stability Is Key
...y topic dominated discussions above all others: the need for stability. “If stability can be granted, I think Libya can move ahead very quick,” says Wanis Elruemi, country manager for Eni which is Libya’s top foreign producer. The fall of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 and the subsequent fr...
Volume: 64Issue: 48Published at Fri, 03 Dec 2021 -
Shell Return To Libya?
...sets in Libya and quit its exploration acreage in 2012 citing “disappointing” results from an “extensive seismic and drilling campaign” (MEES, 4 June 2012). It was drilling its fifth exploration well out of a planned 18 when revolution hit in early 2011. Shell did however make a point of stressing that th...
Volume: 64Issue: 48Published at Fri, 03 Dec 2021 -
Kuwait’s New Parliament Faces Major Economic Headwinds
...rving oil minister since 2011. 1: KUWAIT HAS STRUGGLED TO ELIMINATE BUDGET DEFICITS AMID LOW OIL PRICES ($BN) B=BUDGETED DEFICIT. ^AMENDED FROM ORIGINAL BUDGET. SOURCE: KUWAIT MINISTRY OF FINANCE, MEES. 2: KUWAIT EXPORT REVENUES ARE GRADUALLY REBUILDING FROM OIL PRICE COLLAPSE ($BN...
Volume: 63Issue: 50Published at Fri, 11 Dec 2020 -
Jordan Gas Trade: Hello Israel, Bye-Bye LNG?
...rtainly did keep Amman from the brink: when Egyptian gas supplies dwindled in 2011, Jordan had to import and burn costly oil products (mainly diesel) in its power fleet just as oil prices exceeded $100/B – forcing the state firm Nepco to incur over $7bn in debt (MEES, 31 May 2019). But even with the st...
Volume: 63Issue: 49Published at Fri, 04 Dec 2020 -
Lebanon Creeps Toward Economic & Political Abyss
...ttle to help the low growth climate, which in fairness was partly due to the war in neighboring Syria. A whopping 77% of government spending since 2011 has gone toward three items (see chart 2): government salaries (33%), payments on the interest of the government’s now $91bn debt (32%), and su...
Volume: 62Issue: 51-52Published at Fri, 20 Dec 2019 -
Libya’s NOC Forced To Shut In Key El Sharara Field
...vel given the seemingly unending instability rocking the country since the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. With national output at five-year high levels, El Sharara operator Repsol as of early November, was eying a Q4 rebound from the Q3 average of 280,000 b/d (MEES, 9 November), which was do...
Volume: 61Issue: 50Published at Fri, 14 Dec 2018 -
Qatar Shines Spotlight On OPEC Divisions As It Ends 57-Year Membership
...tween 2009 and 2011 while maintaining its Opec membership. Yes, the benefits of continued Opec membership for Qatar are limited, but this has held true for years. Why opt to leave now? Because the GCC rift has eroded Qatar’s voice within Opec and therefore the benefits that it derives from me...
Volume: 61Issue: 49Published at Fri, 07 Dec 2018 -
Libya’s Waha Ramps Up Output To 260,000 b/d But Challenges Lie Ahead
...ports its crude, is down to 1.5mn barrels from 6mn barrels prior to Libya’s revolution in 2011, according to Mr Ammar. Storage tanks were destroyed during the fighting in 2011 and after it resumed in 2014. This is not hampering current production, said Mr Ammar, but could become a problem should output fr...
Volume: 60Issue: 48Published at Fri, 01 Dec 2017 -
Kuwaiti Opposition Gains Further Threaten Government Energy Policy
...me. Government was dissolved following the election and the Emir will appoint a new prime minister shortly. Shaikh Jabir Al Sabah has held the post since December 2011 and his reappointment remains the likeliest option. The premier will then be asked to form the new government. A key barometer will be wh...
Volume: 59Issue: 48Published at Fri, 02 Dec 2016 -
The Political Implications Of Iraq’s Mosul Offensive
...OCKS Baeshiqa is also one of six blocks in disputed areas where the KRG controversially awarded US major ExxonMobil production sharing agreements (PSAs) in 2011, along with the nearby al-Qush to the north west (see map and MEES, 21 November 2011). Slap bang between al-Qush and Baeshiqa is the Jabal Ka...
Volume: 59Issue: 48Published at Fri, 02 Dec 2016 -
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...
Volume: 58Issue: 52Published at Wed, 23 Dec 2015 -
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...
Volume: 58Issue: 52Published at Wed, 23 Dec 2015 -
Libya: Fragile Peace Leaves Many Questions Unanswered
...volved in fighting in Libya since the ousting of Muammar al-Qadhafi in 2011. A political agreement is a crucial part of securing a lasting peace in Libya, but the two governments have far from complete control over the patchwork of militias involved in the conflict, whether or not they have declared al...
Volume: 58Issue: 51Published at Fri, 18 Dec 2015 -
South Sudan Oil Output Hike Remains A Distant Prospect
...mpletely. Oil production in South Sudan in 2015 has averaged about 148,000 b/d, according to figures from the Ministry of Petroleum, Mining and Industries, down from about 220,000 b/d before the outbreak of civil war in December 2013, and more than 400,000 b/d prior to South Sudan’s independence in July 2011...
Volume: 58Issue: 50Published at Fri, 11 Dec 2015