1. Sudans Hopeful Of Border Dispute Resolution Ahead Of Ethiopia Summit

    ...aring of oil revenues, the position of the 1,800km border, and the division of national debt (MEES, 11 July 2011).   News of the summit surfaced on the back of some comments by a Western official in which he suggested the two sides had made significant progress towards a more complete agreement to...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 39
    Published at Fri, 21 Sep 2012
  2. New EU Sanctions Aimed At Iran’s Gas Industry

    ...ports.    Washington is also set to renew (India) or grant (South Korea) waivers because these major Asian buyers have also limited their year-on-year crude imports from Iran by at least 20%. The steepest decline recorded so far is from Japan which has cut them by almost 40% from 2011 levels. Only China has so...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 39
    Published at Fri, 21 Sep 2012
  3. India’s Caspian Move Counters Lost Iranian Crude Imports

    ...oduction in 2011 and would help the Indian company reach its medium-term goal to increase output from 8.75mn tons of oil equivalent (toe) in 2011 to 20mn toe in 2018. It would also expand ONGC’s reserves by 9%.   Quid Pro Quo ONGC said the purchase “bears significant strategic importance to In...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 39
    Published at Fri, 21 Sep 2012
  4. Gulf Tension Spurs Oil Defenses, UAE Struggles With Hormuz Pipeline

    ...traordinary.” The kingdom spent $33bn on US weapons in 2011, making it the world’s leading importer of US arms. Last year the US also sold missile defence batteries, radars, helicopters and fighter jets to Oman and the UAE. The US Defence Security Cooperation Agency has said it expects to sell more weapons to Qa...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 38
    Published at Fri, 14 Sep 2012
  5. Hopes High For Oil Restart As Sudans Return To Talks

    ...venues was one of the main issues left unresolved when the South broke away from Sudan in July 2011, taking with it around 75% of Sudan’s historical oil reserves (MEES, 9 July 2011). The two sides had since been locked in a bitter dispute which came to a head in late January, when the South shut down its 35...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 37
    Published at Fri, 07 Sep 2012