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ExxonMobil Finalizes West Qurna-1 Exit As PetroChina Assumes Operatorship
...edged to increase capacity to 800,000 b/d by 2028. Exxon’s time in Iraq has been tumultuous, with the firm angering Baghdad when it signed up to six blocks in the Kurdistan Region in 2011. That gamble ultimately failed, with Exxon quitting its last Kurdistan asset in 2022 without producing a ba...
Volume: 66Issue: 46Published at Fri, 17 Nov 2023 -
Libya: Oil Still Flowing But Revenues In Limbo
...itiative, tells MEES. PAYBACK TIME? “Kabir is fighting all of this because he knows that the reason he is one of the most powerful men in Libya today is because he controls all of the hard currency accounts in Libya,” he adds. Some $190bn in oil revenues have passed through CBL coffers since 2011...
Volume: 63Issue: 48Published at Fri, 27 Nov 2020 -
Oman To Introduce Income Tax: Will Rest Of GCC Follow?
...er $100/B prior to late 2014, Oman was still unable to balance the budget as Muscat looked to avoid contagion from the 2011 ‘Arab Spring’ with 2012-14 spending blowouts. While the government is seemingly unable to reduce spending on salaries, the looming implementation of 5% VAT will have a si...
Volume: 63Issue: 46Published at Fri, 13 Nov 2020 -
Oman Set For Lowest Deficit Since 2014, But Investment Lacking
...oducer to have struggled to cope. The oil revenue bonanza came at just the right time to enable Oman (among others) to hike spending from 2011 in a bid to head off ‘Arab Spring’ contagion. MEES projections, based on official 9M19 stats and typical seasonal trends, indicate that Muscat will close out th...
Volume: 62Issue: 48Published at Fri, 29 Nov 2019 -
Waha 150mn cfd Gas Output Boost
...0km pipeline to help maintain output. Waha also plans to supply coastal power plants as well as the methanol and fertilizer plants in Marsa el-Brega (MEES, 1 November). Faregh Phase-2 was initially meant to start-up a decade ago, but Cypriot contractor J&P left the project following the 2011 re...
Volume: 62Issue: 46Published at Fri, 15 Nov 2019 -
Tunisia Struggles To Cash In On Democracy
...uted as the Arab Spring’s only success story, Tunisia has navigated a difficult path toward democracy since the overthrow of dictator Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali on 14 January 2011. But nine governments later, the country’s economic prospects look bleaker than before the Jasmine Revolution. One of the ma...
Volume: 61Issue: 46Published at Fri, 16 Nov 2018 -
Egypt IMF Loan Brings Short-Term Relief, But Uncertainties Lie Ahead
...e January 2011 revolution. Egypt then went to the IMF seeking a loan facility of around $3bn, which was later raised to $4.8bn, but intermittent negotiations for two years or so failed to lead to any results, because Egypt and particularly its military were not in a position to bite the bullet and ac...
Volume: 59Issue: 46Published at Fri, 18 Nov 2016 -
UAE Plans 3% Spending Cut For 2017
...nstruction sector in Dubai has been a key driver of non-oil growth in the UAE, although activity in this sector has slowed down in the past two years or so. According to an FT report in July, property prices in Dubai have fallen by around 25% since their most recent peak in 2014, but remain above their 2011 tr...
Volume: 59Issue: 44Published at Fri, 04 Nov 2016 -
Algeria Faces Record $14bn Trade Deficit
...14 2015(a) 2015(b) $bn % 2014 2013 2012 2011 Imports 51...
Volume: 58Issue: 48Published at Fri, 27 Nov 2015 -
Lebanese Politicians Pass Essential Financial Laws
...oductive cabinet. LEBANON: KEY ECONOMIC INDICATORS -IMF 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 est. 2016 est. 2017 est. GDP Gr...
Volume: 58Issue: 47Published at Fri, 20 Nov 2015 -
Jordan Budgets For Ambitious 2016 Spending, Revenue Hike
...nefited from project aid from the $5bn GCC development fund set up in December 2011 by Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and the UAE following the eruption of the Arab Spring, with each country pledging $1.25bn for the kingdom (MEES, 10 May 2013). He notes that this fund has already disbursed JD456mn in 20...
Volume: 58Issue: 46Published at Fri, 13 Nov 2015 -
Oman Set To Cut Spending For 2015 As Revenues Slide
...r January-October), the fact that they have fallen below the $85/B mark since mid-October and are now well below this has sounded the warning bells. Current $72/B prices for Oman crude are down by 35% from their $110/B June peak (see p20). Prices averaged a buoyant $105-110/B for 2011 through 2013, gi...
Volume: 57Issue: 48Published at Fri, 28 Nov 2014 -
Qatar Looks Resilient To Lower Oil Prices
...me on its hands to formulate a response to the evolving LNG market – welcome breathing room for Qatargas and RasGas, which seemed almost resigned to a lesser role in the market in the years ahead. Qatar has controlled about a third of the global LNG market since completing its last train in 2011 and no...
Volume: 57Issue: 48Published at Fri, 28 Nov 2014 -
Egypt: IMF Praise
...July). Instability after the January 2011 revolution delayed these politically-sensitive cuts for some time. For the IMF energy sector reforms and sizeable investments will be critical to reduce energy supply bottlenecks and boost growth. Mr Jarvis says that Cairo is seeking to reduce the bu...
Volume: 57Issue: 48Published at Fri, 28 Nov 2014 -
Jordan Moves Toward Austerity In 2015
...ssion Chief to Jordan Kristina Kostial who said earlier this month that the kingdom’s indebtedness could reach 89% of GDP by end 2014, from 71% in 2011. Ms Kostial added that to address this problem, the authorities have to control public finances, especially those related to the central government and se...
Volume: 57Issue: 48Published at Fri, 28 Nov 2014 -
Kuwait Budget Surplus Down 25%
...dget) 1H14-15 KD BN % Nominal % Real 1H13-14 2013-14 2012-13 2011-12 REVENUE 15.09 -0....
Volume: 57Issue: 47Published at Fri, 21 Nov 2014 -
Dow Petchems JVs To Be Floated On Kuwait Exchange
...tar, and the UAE - approved in March 2011. The four also pledged $10bn to Bahrain to help ease social tension and promote economic development in the aftermath of the Arab Spring uprisings. Jordan and Morocco also received grants of $5bn each from the four GCC countries post-Arab Spring. These fo...
Volume: 57Issue: 47Published at Fri, 21 Nov 2014 -
Egypt Cuts Deficit On Back Of Gulf Cash, But More To Do
...taled E£701.5bn ($109.4bn), virtually level with the previous year (+0.5%) in real dollar terms. The 2013-14 spending equates to 35% of GDP. Egypt has seen close to four years of political turmoil following the February 2011 overthrow of Husni Mubarak. The 2013-14 fiscal year began with the July 2013 ou...
Volume: 57Issue: 46Published at Fri, 14 Nov 2014 -
Jordan Looks To Slash Deficit In 2015 Budget
...rms. Jordan is currently hosting over 600,000 Syrian refugees, who fled their country after the 2011 uprising which has now morphed into a bloody war. This has severely burdened the kingdom’s economy, leading it to turn to the international community to cope with the extra cost. Traditionally Jo...
Volume: 57Issue: 45Published at Fri, 07 Nov 2014 -
GCC Growth ‘Robust’ Despite Geopolitical, Economic Headwinds-IMF
...owth prospects, and also a key ‘wild card’ necessitating the strengthening of fiscal buffers. The region is also vulnerable to volatility in global financial markets and broader Middle East unrest, the IMF says. Real GDP growth fell to 5.2% in 2012 from an “exceptionally strong” 7.7% in 2011 wh...
Volume: 56Issue: 48Published at Fri, 29 Nov 2013