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Iran: The Subsidies Dilemma
...rty wanted the other to be identified with the action. Sizable declines in annual receipt from oil exports – from $118bn in 2011 to an estimated $24bn in 2015 – due to drastic declines in oil export volumes (from 2.5mn b/d to 1mn b/d) and oil prices falling (from $108/B to less than $40/B) – ha...
Volume: 58Issue: 41Published at Fri, 09 Oct 2015 -
Arctic Economics In The 21st Century
...timates that traffic through the Bering Strait has nearly doubled from 245 vessels in 2008 to over 400 vessels in 2011. Finally, with tourism, the number of cruise ships venturing in Arctic water has more than doubled over the past eight years. More than 65,000 passengers departed from Svalbard, Norway, an...
Volume: 56Issue: 41Published at Fri, 11 Oct 2013 -
The US Shale Revolution, Part 3: Overcoming The Obstacles
...timate arbiter on profitability, the market, offers no help. Shale gas drilling has been stagnating from February 2011 (the earliest available data point) to October of 2011. From that point on, it has been declining at a practically unbroken 2-year stretch to early August 2013, from about 930 to 390 ri...
Volume: 56Issue: 40Published at Fri, 04 Oct 2013 -
Strait of Hormuz: Alternate Oil Routes Not Enough
...crude oil and oil products that transited through the Strait in 2011 was close to 17mn b/d, accounting for 31% of global oil trade. Much less sizable, but equally important proportionally, LNG volumes amounted to the oil equivalent of 2mn b/d representing 33% of world LNG trade. As far as...
Volume: 55Issue: 44Published at Fri, 26 Oct 2012 -
The Coming Wave: Global Oil Price Volatility
...uctuations without engaging in actual delivery contracts. As may be seen in figure 2, the number of oil futures contracts rose to approximately 1.6mn by the end of 2011 from approximately 450,000 in 2000. This excludes the less-transparent over-the-counter (OTC) market, where there is other major oil trading ac...
Volume: 55Issue: 43Published at Fri, 19 Oct 2012 -
Relations Between Iran And Syria And The Impact Of The Syrian Crisis
...an manages the Syrian crisis?’, 23 July 2011: (http://www.alarabiya.net/views/2011/07/23/158958.html). 2. Iraq was forced to build new pipeline in Turkish territory to the Mediterranean to avoid dependence on Syria. Turkey’s position was strengthened by the controversy between Arabs. 3. Sy...
Volume: 54Issue: 44Published at Mon, 31 Oct 2011 -
Hydrocarbon Reserves Of Iraq
...ptember 2011, remains a dream for a while due to its cost. The main target here is the equivalent of the Khuff Formation that is gas prone in the Gulf area. New exploration in a fifth round or by OEC looks limited given the absence of strategy. Following a request from the director-general of OEC to th...
Volume: 54Issue: 43Published at Mon, 24 Oct 2011 -
The Global Financial Crisis Discloses Dysfunctional Distribution Of Income In Developed Economies
...e agenda of the European Council of Economic and Financial Affairs since March 2011 for imposition of penalties and close oversight, but the damage is already in the financial system and in the confidence of European citizens across member states. Before governments, central banks, po...
Volume: 54Issue: 43Published at Mon, 24 Oct 2011 -
MENA Energy Investment: Broken Momentum, Mixed Outlook
...ncurrently in APICORP’s ‘Economic Commentary’ dated September-October 2011. The views expressed are those of the author only. Comments and feedback may be sent to: aaissaoui@apicorp-arabia.com. As usual during this period of the year, our commentary presents APICORP’s main findings of its rolling five-ye...
Volume: 54Issue: 40Published at Mon, 03 Oct 2011 -
OPEC Communiqué – 157th Meeting Of The OPEC Conference
...ected HE Masoud Mirkazemi, Minister of Petroleum of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Head of its Delegation, as President of the Conference for one year, with effect from 1 January 2011, and HE Dr Husain al-Shahristani, Minister of Oil of Iraq, as Alternate President, for the same period. The co...
Volume: 53Issue: 42Published at Mon, 18 Oct 2010 -
MENA Energy Investment Outlook: Recovery Despite Uncertainty
...shall provide insight into the key trends and challenges facing energy investments in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) for the five-year period 2011-15. The context of the review is that of a global demand for energy gradually recovering and of crude oil prices stabilizing within an ad...
Volume: 53Issue: 40Published at Thu, 14 Oct 2010 -
Market Risks In A Changing LNG World: Exploring Alternative Mitigation Strategies For MENA Projects
...G The strong demand outlook has encouraged LNG expansion in Qatar, Oman and Egypt. New projects are expected in Yemen, Algeria, and possibly Libya.3 The resulting additional capacity due to come on stream between 2007 and 2011 in the Arab world will be 74mn tons/year, 69% of which is in Qatar (Ta...
Volume: 49Issue: 44Published at Mon, 30 Oct 2006