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JBIC Hikes Funding To MENA Region
...rgest amounts in 2010 (the fiscal year ends 31 March 2011) were provided to UAE, Egypt, and then Saudi Arabia (see table). In addition to general loan and investment commitments, in 2010 the Japanese export credit agency (ECA) also provided buyer’s credit and bank-to-bank loans. This comprised $200mn fo...
Volume: 54Issue: 47Published at Mon, 21 Nov 2011 -
More EU Sanctions On Syria
...ntures operating in Syria to cut production. Another smaller producer in Syria, INA of Croatia, reported last week that its Syrian partner had not paid a monthly installment for September which was due at the end of October. But independent American company IPR said that during the third quarter of 2011...
Volume: 54Issue: 47Published at Mon, 21 Nov 2011 -
Shams 1 Solar Project Set To Start By 3Q12, Masdar Says
...ptember 2010). Masdar Launching Seychelles’ First Wind Farm By Year-End Meanwhile, the Seychelles’ ambassador to the UAE Dick Patrick Esparon recently told UAE state news agency WAM that Masdar is set to inaugurate the Seychelles’ first wind farm by the end of 2011. Mr Esparon said the project – be...
Volume: 54Issue: 47Published at Mon, 21 Nov 2011 -
Political Comment (21 November 2011)
...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIV No 47 21-Nov-2011 Political Comment (21 November 2011) The Arab League has suspended Syria's membership and is threatening Damascus with economic sanctions and political and diplomatic isolation (Russia and Iran excepted). Meanwhile do...
Volume: 54Issue: 47Published at Mon, 21 Nov 2011 -
Iraq’s Challenges On Its Path Toward A World Class Gas Industry
...mpany and the Ministry of Oil. He retired in early 2011 and is now an independent oil and gas advisor. Historic Background Of Iraq’s Gas Sector No attempts were made by foreign companies to utilize associated gas when oil production started in Kirkuk in the 1930s, and then in Basra in the early 19...
Volume: 54Issue: 47Published at Mon, 21 Nov 2011 -
OPEC Highlights Economic Uncertainty
...vestment risk. Accordingly, the 2011 WOO has added an Accelerated Transportation Technology and Policy (ATTP) scenario in addition to the Reference, Low Economic Growth and High Economic Growth scenarios included in last year’s forecast. OPEC sees more damage to the projected demand for its crude fr...
Volume: 54Issue: 46Published at Mon, 14 Nov 2011 -
IEA World Energy Outlook Warns Of Unsustainable Energy Future
...the Middle East and North Africa and a sharp rebound in energy demand in 2010, which pushed CO2 emissions to a record high, highlight the urgency and the scale of the challenge.” Central to the 2011 edition of the WEO is the New Policies scenario, which assumes that recent government co...
Volume: 54Issue: 46Published at Mon, 14 Nov 2011 -
OPEC Slashes Estimates For Non-OPEC Supply
...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIV No 46 14-Nov-2011 OPEC Slashes Estimates For Non-OPEC Supply OPEC’s November Monthly Oil Market Report (MOMR) cut its projections for non-OPEC supply in 2011 by some 140,000 b/d, compared to previous editions. Revisions are concentrated in th...
Volume: 54Issue: 46Published at Mon, 14 Nov 2011 -
IEA Reduces Global Oil Demand Forecast Further On Weak 3Q11 Data
...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIV No 46 14-Nov-2011 IEA Reduces Global Oil Demand Forecast Further On Weak 3Q11 Data The International Energy Agency (IEA) has revised down its global oil demand forecast by 70,000 b/d for 2011 and 20,000 b/d for 2012. In its latest monthly Oil Ma...
Volume: 54Issue: 46Published at Mon, 14 Nov 2011 -
EIA Trims Oil Demand Outlook On Lowered Economic Growth Assumption
...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIV No 46 14-Nov-2011 EIA Trims Oil Demand Outlook On Lowered Economic Growth Assumption The Energy Information Administration (EIA) of the US Department of Energy has reduced its expectation for oil demand growth by some 200,000 b/d in 2011 and 20...
Volume: 54Issue: 46Published at Mon, 14 Nov 2011 -
EBRD Joins World Bank’s Gas Flaring Program For FSU
...timated at 134 bcm/year. Russia has set a target for its oil producing companies to limit their gas flaring operations to 5% of their total oil production by the end of 2011, a target that is considered unrealistic given the fact that Rosneft has publicly stated that it would not be able to reach this ta...
Volume: 54Issue: 46Published at Mon, 14 Nov 2011 -
Petrobel Announces New Oil Discovery In Sinai
...timates that the latest discovery will add 5.5mn barrels of crude to the company’s reserves, thereby helping to boost output from the older producing fields. Meanwhile, Mr Ghurab said last week that priority was accorded to the petroleum sector in Egypt in the budget for the current fiscal year 2011...
Volume: 54Issue: 46Published at Mon, 14 Nov 2011 -
Reactive Measures Pressure Egypt’s Budget, Warns CMES
...port. Egypt’s economic performance has been poor since the revolution began in January 2011, with the instability inherent in transition amplified by the global downturn. GDP has declined by almost 4% and manufacturing by 12%. Revenue from tourism has collapsed, putting pressure on the balance of pa...
Volume: 54Issue: 46Published at Mon, 14 Nov 2011 -
Iran’s Inflation Rate Rises To 19.1% In October
...tivity as enterprises adjust to higher cost energy, thereby lowering real GDP growth to 2.5% in 2011, according to latest projections by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its Regional Economic Outlook: Middle East and Central Asia published in October. With firm oil prices, the IMF is pr...
Volume: 54Issue: 46Published at Mon, 14 Nov 2011 -
Moody’s Upgrades GIC Financial Strength Rating
...th a baseline credit assessment of 12 on a scale of 1 to 21, where 1 reflects the lowest level of risk. Moody’s said the GIC rating upgrade “reflects its improved capital position and reduced leverage (equity-to-total assets and debt-to-equity stood at 40.5% and 1.5x as at June 2011). This provides GI...
Volume: 54Issue: 46Published at Mon, 14 Nov 2011 -
IMF Projects Moroccan Real GDP Growth Rate At 4.6% In 2011
...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIV No 46 14-Nov-2011 morocco IMF Projects Moroccan Real GDP Growth Rate At 4.6% In 2011 Morocco’s real GDP is expected to grow by 4.6% in 2011, one of the highest in the region, despite the slow recovery in the Eurozone, the IMF said in its Ar...
Volume: 54Issue: 46Published at Mon, 14 Nov 2011 -
Syria Convenes Forum To Outline Roadmap For Reforms
...otests, and that the time for the regime to reform has passed. In the meantime after eight months of political turmoil with no sign that the regime is capable of containing the uprising, the economy is suffering as international sanctions begin to bite. Real GDP in 2011 is expected to fall by 2%, ac...
Volume: 54Issue: 46Published at Mon, 14 Nov 2011 -
Political Comment (14 November 2011)
...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIV No 46 14-Nov-2011 Political Comment (14 November 2011) The Arab League plan to resolve the crisis in Syria has done nothing to halt the violence. The Russians have dismissed the latest IAEA report on Iran's nuclear activities. Violence Co...
Volume: 54Issue: 46Published at Mon, 14 Nov 2011 -
JODI And Oil Price Determination
...n refer to the Saudi Arabian decision to step up output in order to fill the supply gap that was created due to the stoppage of Libyan production – the standpoint of Saudi Arabia at the 159th meeting of OPEC in June 2011. This was complemented two weeks later by the IEA’s plan for release of 60...
Volume: 54Issue: 46Published at Mon, 14 Nov 2011 -
Iraqi Gas Flaring Worsens
...pacity and, secondly, Iraq’s woefully high levels of gas flaring are in fact getting worse. Associated gas output rose by some 172mn cfd from 2009 to the third quarter 2011, but gas flaring is up by 228mn cfd at 940mn cfd. And in September flared volumes, representing some 62% (compared to just ov...
Volume: 54Issue: 45Published at Mon, 07 Nov 2011