1. Korea Crude Imports Hit Record As Iraqi Volumes Double

    ...gime (with a waiver), South Korea has nevertheless consistently cut purchases since sanctions were ratcheted up in late 2011 and 2012. Volumes have fallen from 247,000 b/d in 2011, when Iran was Korea’s third biggest crude supplier, to just 114,000 b/d last year when it was number seven. As el...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 03
    Published at Fri, 22 Jan 2016
  2. Iran Return Sends Prices, Revenue Into The Deep Freeze

    ...mped up estimates of by how much and how quickly Iran can ramp up production and exports.   MEES estimates that Iran produced 2.89mn b/d in December, little changed from average 2014 and 2015 levels but 700,000 b/d down on 3.6mn b/d 2011 volumes. Exports last year remained rangebound at 1....

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 03
    Published at Fri, 22 Jan 2016
  3. 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: 59
    Issue: 03
    Published at Fri, 22 Jan 2016
  4. Iran Cuts 2016-17 Budget In Real Terms Despite Expected Boon Of Sanctions Relief

    ...cause it focusses more on the issue of defense and security. It reportedly allocates nearly $40bn over the plan period to upgrade Iran’s military capabilities in order to deal with regional volatility.    IMPORTERS OF IRANIAN CRUDE 2011-2015 (MN B/D)  ...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 03
    Published at Fri, 22 Jan 2016
  5. Oman, Bahrain, Qatar Follow Saudi In Hiking Fuel Prices

    ...ve been widely domestically criticized. Independent MP Jamal Dawud said that “the decision will make the poor poorer.” Meanwhile, the main Shia political bloc Al-Wifaq, that has boycotted parliament since 2011, said the decision” reflects a futile and impromptu management of economic policies in the ki...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 02
    Published at Fri, 15 Jan 2016
  6. Sinai Instability Headache For Regional Pipeline Plans

    ...peline south of Arish, in the north of Egypt’s lawless Sinai Peninsula. The pipeline linking Egypt with Jordan (and in theory Syria and Lebanon) has been the target of militants on more than 30 occasions since 2011.   Though Egypt was contracted to supply 250mn cfd, no gas has reached Jordan si...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 02
    Published at Fri, 15 Jan 2016
  7. Shell, Iran Clear Debt

    ...troleum Contract (IPC - MEES, 4 December 2015).   The debt stems from purchases of Iranian crude in 2011 and 2012 for which Shell was unable to pay due to the imposition of fresh sanctions in 2012. In the firm’s 2012 annual report, it said that “Currently, we have approximately $2,336 million pa...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 02
    Published at Fri, 15 Jan 2016
  8. 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: 59
    Issue: 01
    Published at Fri, 08 Jan 2016
  9. Libyan Security From Bad To Worse As IS Trashes Oil Facilities

    ...ternationally recognized government in Baida, citing security concerns. Capacity at the terminals has been significantly eroded during the conflict that has followed the removal of former leader Mu’ammar al-Qadhafi in 2011. LIBYA: KEY OIL INFRASTRUCTURE   KNOWN THREAT The IS threat to oil fa...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 01
    Published at Fri, 08 Jan 2016
  10. Iran’s Rohani: A Mid-Term Report

    ...cession has returned, and attributed it to the continuation of international economic sanctions and the decline in annual oil export revenues from $119bn in 2011 to an estimated $25bn in 2015 – the lowest in 10 years. Subsequently, in a scenario that appeared suspiciously pre-arranged and intended to pr...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 01
    Published at Fri, 08 Jan 2016