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Lebanon’s Ailing Economy: Will The Music Stop in 2019?
...de? Wracked by political deadlock and a refugee crisis from neighboring Syria, Lebanon’s economy has sputtered along for the better part of the last decade. GDP growth has averaged a paltry 1.7% since 2011 as the country has racked up a series of bumper budget deficits. Despite slogging onward, the co...
Volume: 61Issue: 51-52Published at Fri, 21 Dec 2018 -
Kuwait: Politics Is Back
...The events of November 2011 continue to overshadow politics in Kuwait to this day. Hundreds of protestors stormed the National Assembly building on 16 November 2011 over alleged corruption among parliamentarians. These events forced the resignation of prime minister Nasser al-Muhammad al-Sa...
Volume: 61Issue: 51-52Published at Fri, 21 Dec 2018 -
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: New 2.5GW Plant Powers Economic Growth
...w been overtaken by Australia (see p16). Qatar’s hosting of the 2012 Cop-18 climate talks was widely ridiculed given that the emirate has one of the highest per capita carbon footprints in the world (MEES, 5 December 2011). Hopes that Qatar’s hosting of the event would spur it on to making major im...
Volume: 61Issue: 50Published at Fri, 14 Dec 2018 -
Libya’s Oil Storage Woes
...tput. Elsewhere, any export terminal shut-in would lead storage tanks to drink up crude to ship another day. But not in Libya. Years of fighting since the 2011 revolution have left storage infrastructure crippled (MEES, 7 September). NOC chief Mustafa Sanalla said ahead of this week’s Opec meeting th...
Volume: 61Issue: 49Published at Fri, 07 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 -
Algeria Set For $5bn 2018 Trade Deficit: As Good As It Gets?
...l prices. At the start of the 2000s Algeria’s conservative budget assumptions meant the country racked up trade surpluses even when crude was $25-30/B (see chart 3). But the country posted a series of blowout budgets from 2011 as Algiers distributed largesse on the back of $100/B-plus crude in a bi...
Volume: 61Issue: 49Published at Fri, 07 Dec 2018