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Will Trump’s Mediation Finally Resolve The Egypt-Ethiopia Dam Dispute?
...naissance Dam (GERD) (MEES, 12 September 2025), US President Donald Trump has waded back into the 15-year dispute over Nile water security, offering to mediate between Ethiopia and the downstream states of Egypt and Sudan. Ethiopia broke ground on the $5bn megaproject in 2011, while Egypt was busy qu...
Volume: 69Issue: 05Published at Fri, 30 Jan 2026 -
Trump Intervention Throws Iraqi Politics Into Disarray
...d then supported his crackdown on Shia militias during his first term in office. But after the US military withdrawal in 2011 he drew closer to Iran, while the rise of the Islamic State during his second term further tarnished his reputation in Washington. While Iraq’s Sunnis publicly opposed a Ma...
Volume: 69Issue: 05Published at Fri, 30 Jan 2026 -
Kurdish Hopes Of Autonomy In New Syria Unravel
...ants in Deir Ezzor. Prior to the 2011 civil war, Omar processed gas from fields operated by the Al-Furat Petroleum Company (AFPC), a consortium made up of the Syrian government, Shell, CNPC and India’s ONGC. AFPC’s largest field was Omar and Youssef Qablawi, CEO of the Syrian Petroleum Company (SPC), sa...
Volume: 68Issue: 23Published at Fri, 23 Jan 2026 -
Morocco Looks To Renewables In Western Sahara Recognition Powerplay
...rst wind project which started up in 2011. It has since been joined by Saudi Arabia’s Acwa Power – Riyadh is a longstanding ally of Rabat and has long accepted Morocco’s control over Western Sahara – and Italy’s Enel. Meanwhile French national champion Engie (formerly Gaz de France) partners Mo...
Volume: 68Issue: 05Published at Fri, 31 Jan 2025 -
New Syria Seeks ‘Jordanian Gas’ To Alleviate Power Shortages
...s flows via the AGP in 2011 – was in a condition to accept renewed flows. POWERSHIPS: NETWORK HURDLES Ç Should the ‘Jordanian gas’ option fail to materialize, Mr Shaqrouq says an alternative is to hire one or more floating power plants, potentially operated by Turkish fi...
Volume: 68Issue: 03Published at Fri, 17 Jan 2025 -
‘The Opportunities Are Massive’: The Risks & Rewards Of Operating In Libya
...mbined production capacity of about 250,000 b/d (see map). A decade of near-continuous instability following the ouster of Gaddafi in 2011 has not done the country’s all-important oil sector any favors. The resulting fighting, mismanagement and forced shutdowns have left infrastructure in ta...
Volume: 65Issue: 02Published at Fri, 14 Jan 2022 -
Libya’s Oil Revenues Plummet To $6bn In 2020
...ED BETWEEN 2011-17 DUE TO LACK OF NOC DATA. INCLUDES GAS EXPORT REVENUE, PRODUCTS SALES, ROYALTIES AND TAX. ^KPLER. SOURCE: OPEC ASB, CBL, NOC, KPLER, MEES. 2: LIBYA’S 2020 OIL & GAS INCOME ($BN): NOC STOPPED TRANSFERRING FUNDS TO CBL IN SEPT, LEAVING $2.1BN FROZEN IN THE LIBYAN FOREIGN BA...
Volume: 64Issue: 04Published at Fri, 29 Jan 2021 -
Tunisia Set For Crude Output Boost
...s been a key characteristic of Tunisian democracy since the 2011 revolution. Several IOCs have quit the country amid social unrest, a rapid turnover of governments and a difficult business environment (MEES, 14 December 2020). And those that remain can’t be too enthusiastic about the immediate fu...
Volume: 64Issue: 03Published at Fri, 22 Jan 2021 -
Oman At The Crossroads As New Sultan Takes The Reins
...at increasingly threaten the country’s outlook. Problems started during the 2011 ‘Arab Spring’ when protests rocked Oman, resulting in two deaths amid a security clampdown (MEES, 7 March 2011). Muscat responded by ratcheting up government spending 26% to OR13.48bn ($35.2bn) in 2012, with spending gr...
Volume: 63Issue: 03Published at Fri, 17 Jan 2020 -
Iran: Exports Edge Up But Outlook Remains Bleak
...UTERS REPORTS. GREECE NOV18 FIGURE IS ALSO AN ESTIMATE. **BONDED STORAGE IN DALIAN, CHINA (ESTIMATES BASED ON DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SHIPPING ARRIVALS IN CHINA AND OFFICIAL CHINA IMPORT STATS). ^^FRANCE, AUSTRIA INCLUDED IN 'OTHER EU' FOR 2011, 2012. SOURCE: NATIONAL IMPORT STATISTICS, REUTERS, BLOOMBERG, ME...
Volume: 62Issue: 04Published at Fri, 25 Jan 2019 -
Libya Halves 2018 Budget Deficit But Remains Hostage To Oil And Conflict
...Libya recorded its highest revenues in five years in 2018 on the back of a leap in oil prices and six-year high oil output. But it is no closer to exiting its now eight-year ‘transition’ to normality: its destiny, as always, remains tied to oil. Libya entered its revolutionary year of 2011...
Volume: 62Issue: 04Published at Fri, 25 Jan 2019 -
Syria Eyes Post-Conflict Gas Gains, But Bottlenecks Loom Large
...asts considerable hydropower, though its current status remains unclear (see table). Along with massive territorial losses, the flight of key staff, and chronic shortages of gas and liquid fuel feedstock, this led power output to collapse by almost two-thirds between 2011 and 2016 (see chart). Bu...
Volume: 62Issue: 01Published at Fri, 04 Jan 2019 -
Assad In From The Cold As GCC Countries Hit The Road To Damascus
...The United Arab Emirates reopened its embassy in Damascus on 27 December – the strongest signal yet that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s GCC rivals have resigned themselves to reestablishing relations with the long-maligned leader. The UAE closed its embassy in 2011 as it cut ties with Da...
Volume: 62Issue: 01Published at Fri, 04 Jan 2019 -
‘The New Tunisia’: A Work In Progress
...uzid on 17 December 2010. Snowballing protests ultimately ended the 23-year rule of strongman ruler Zine El Abidine Ben Ali on 14 January 2011. Seven years on, Tunisia is one of the ‘freest’ countries in the Arab world. But you can’t eat freedom. Lack of progress on the key socio-economic factors th...
Volume: 61Issue: 03Published at Fri, 19 Jan 2018 -
Tunisia’s Loss, Algeria’s Gain
...% of its gas demand, up from 40% as recently as 2011. ‘Import reliance’ hit a record 73% in August. Tunisia’s spending on oil imports is not surprisingly up by even more than spending on gas: not only has output collapsed but international oil prices are around 20% higher year-on-year. The co...
Volume: 61Issue: 03Published at Fri, 19 Jan 2018 -
The Plan: Boost SMEs; The Reality: Boost The State Payroll
...ound 50% of government spending, the figure is only topped by the Palestinian Authority in the Mena region (a region which in turn spends way above the global average). Since 2011, collective bargaining by public sector unions “has led to several exceptional pay increases to respond to social te...
Volume: 61Issue: 03Published at Fri, 19 Jan 2018 -
Total: Cyprus “Thrilling”
...xonMobil and Qatar’s QP. Even if drilling is a success, lack of progress at Cyprus’ only discovery-to-date, 5 tcf, 2011 Aphrodite, provides a cautionary tale. ...
Volume: 60Issue: 04Published at Fri, 27 Jan 2017 -
Power Plant Sabotage Threatens Libyan Oil Gains
...grained since the unseating of former leader Mu’ammar al-Qadhafi in 2011. The Libyan coastguard will seize any vessels transporting fuel without authorisation and the GNA will issue arrest warrants for smugglers via Interpol, it said. In a speech on 3 January, Mr Sanalla laid the blame for smuggling wi...
Volume: 60Issue: 02Published at Fri, 13 Jan 2017 -
Libya: IS Attacks Continue, As Does Uncertainty Over Unity Government
...cording to Mr Sanalla, down from more than 600,000 b/d in March 2015, and 1.6mn b/d prior to 2011. The 155,000 b/d Brega port and the 150,000 b/d Hariga port, near Tobruk, are among only three operational export terminals in the country. The third is the Mellitah terminal in the northwest. Me...
Volume: 59Issue: 03Published at Fri, 22 Jan 2016 -
Saudi-Iran Fracas Ratchets Up Regional Tension, Oil Output Likely To Rise
...s on fire on 6 January. However, neither the protests nor security crack-down have as yet been on the same scale as in 2011. It was for his alleged role in orchestrating these 2011 Shia protests that Shaikh Nimr was arrested in 2012 and sentenced to death in 2014. REGIONAL SUPPORTERS WEIGH IN...
Volume: 59Issue: 01Published at Fri, 08 Jan 2016