1. Oil Revenues Key To Conflict In Libya

    ...bya specialist at the International Crisis Group. The enmity is rooted in the period after Mu’ammar al-Qadhafi was toppled in 2011, when the JCP stonewalled decision making in the GNC, so paralyzing a government already struggling to impose its authority on the country. The Misratans on the other ha...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 42
    Published at Fri, 17 Oct 2014
  2. Abu Dhabi Boosts Offshore Output As Umm Lulu Comes Online

    ...f in 2011 was reinjected into oil fields for enhanced oil recovery purposes, the official UAE Yearbook covering 2013 says. One of the largest increments will come from Upper Zakum, which is being further developed the Zakum Development Company (ZADCO) at an estimated cost of over $10bn. ADNOC ho...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 42
    Published at Fri, 17 Oct 2014
  3. Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)

    ...13 2012 2011 WTI 82.70 87.62 91.44 93.13 95.95 97.25 103.00 98...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 42
    Published at Fri, 17 Oct 2014
  4. Iran Faces $40Bn Petchems Project Backlog, Uncertain Gas Supplies

    ...e crackers and polymers plants are around 60% built and intended to be brought onstream by the end of 2015. All the projects could be completed in four years’ time, she says, if the “needed timely investment” is made. NPC’s 2011 Annual Report – only recently published – says NPC’s total pr...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 41
    Published at Fri, 10 Oct 2014
  5. Iran Reveals Impact Of Bushehr Outages, UAE And Jordan Pass Nuclear Milestones

    ...ants. Iran’s nuclear program has been blighted with a series of delays and setbacks. The 1GW capacity Bushehr plant started up on 3 September 2011 after a long and controversial stop-start development program. Plant manager Hossein Darakshande announced on 8 October that the plant had delivered 8.7TWh of...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 41
    Published at Fri, 10 Oct 2014
  6. MOL Confident Of Future In Kurdistan

    ...erations in Syria by Croatian INA, 49% owned by MOL, remain halted. INA pulled out of Syria along with other foreign operators after the European Union imposed sanctions against Damascus in the early days of the rebellion against the Bashar al-Asad regime in 2011. Mr Dodds says he is not sure what co...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 41
    Published at Fri, 10 Oct 2014
  7. Egypt Bags More Aid Amid Gaping Budget Deficit

    ...tual vs ‘12-13 vs budget 11mths** (to May14) Budget 2012-13 2011-12 Revenue 54...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 41
    Published at Fri, 10 Oct 2014
  8. Algeria Stares Deficit In The Face

    ...ojected only a moderate worsening to $10.4bn this year; the actual numbers for January-August suggest $7bn will be closer to the mark. Algeria posted a $20bn surplus as recently as 2011 (see graph). Oil Prices Down The key change has been the sharp fall in crude prices since July. The average pr...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 41
    Published at Fri, 10 Oct 2014
  9. Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)

    ...13 2012 2011 WTI 85.77 91.44 92.26 93.13 95.95 97.25 103.00 98...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 41
    Published at Fri, 10 Oct 2014
  10. Egypt Enjoys Unexpected Bid Round Success

    ...om adapting its prices, Egypt also appears to have overcome the political volatility the aftermath of the Arab Spring in 2011. The protests following the ouster of President Muhammad Mursi and his Muslim Brotherhood government by the army last year were quickly suppressed, and this June’s election of mi...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 40
    Published at Fri, 03 Oct 2014
  11. New Japan LNG Exchange May Prove Disruptive In Key Qatari Market

    ...G prices are typically several dollars per mn BTU cheaper (see table). Since the earthquake and resultant tsunami and disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in 2011, Japan’s role in the global LNG trade has shifted dramatically: Japan was already the largest LNG market prior to the in...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 40
    Published at Fri, 03 Oct 2014
  12. Solar Gets Key Financing Boost, But Much More Needed

    ...vestment since 2011, committing $590mn to date. Other World Bank investment in the MENA region targets economies hit by the Arab Spring, which need urgent structural reforms to break the vicious circle of slow growth and political instability. Oil importers Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan and Lebanon in particular ha...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 40
    Published at Fri, 03 Oct 2014
  13. Egypt Eyes 2016 Start For 650MW Suez Plant

    ...censing round suggests the country’s ailing gas sector will soon get a much-needed boost, even if exploration takes off it will take years for this to feed through into significantly higher output (see p2). Egyptian gas output has fallen consistently since the ‘Revolution’ of early 2011, hitting a 9-year lo...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 40
    Published at Fri, 03 Oct 2014
  14. Airstrikes Hit Syria’s Murky Wartime Oil And Gas Sector

    ...e entry of US-led coalition warplanes into the Syrian melee. In fact, Syria suffered from years of decline in its oil sector even prior to the outbreak of war in 2011, which then reduced oil and gas production to a mere trickle. Declining oil revenues helped put Syria on the path to civil unrest an...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 40
    Published at Fri, 03 Oct 2014
  15. Kuwait Boosts Surplus Despite Falling Revenue

    ...% 2011-12   REVENUE 31.81 32.00 -0.19 -0.6 18.10 +13.71 +75.8 30...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 40
    Published at Fri, 03 Oct 2014
  16. Is Iran’s Economy Turning The Corner?

    ...Raghfar added that the key drivers to generate real growth are increased output, improved productivity and higher efficiency in the economy. This growth should also be able to create new employment opportunities. Inflation Falls To 21%, Lowest Since 2011 On the inflation front the news is al...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 40
    Published at Fri, 03 Oct 2014
  17. Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)

    ...12 2011 WTI 91.01 92.26 93.54 93.13 95.95 97.25 103.00 98.03 94...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 40
    Published at Fri, 03 Oct 2014
  18. Anarchy In Libya Keeps Production Shut In

    ...ttle, to no centralized power, and relies on the loyalty of the militias that were formed during or after the 2011 revolution. This power vacuum gives Tripoli almost no leverage over the armed followers of Mr Jathran, and it must hope that the continued absence of revenues will lead the secessionists to pu...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 43
    Published at Fri, 25 Oct 2013
  19. Iran: Return To Markets A Priority For Oil Ministry New Guard

    ...er the past three months. This represents a near 60% drop in crude oil exports since 2011, MEES estimates show.   But with this month’s relative thawing of Iran-US relations bringing about a public softening of attitudes towards the Islamic Republic and its oil sector, Iranian officials ha...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 43
    Published at Fri, 25 Oct 2013
  20. Nakilat JVs Win Contracts For LNG Vessels

    ...ipped 1.6% to QR553.2mn ($151.8mn), from QR562.4mn ($154.3mn) for the same nine months last year.   Total profit in 2012 was pegged at QR766mn ($210.4mn) compared with QR833.1mn ($228.9mn) in 2011, an 8% year-on-year reduction attributable to higher operational and administrative costs in 2012.   ...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 43
    Published at Fri, 25 Oct 2013