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Iraq: A Failed State?
...dicate that part of the violence is also due to a power struggle between Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s Da’wa Party, Sadrist militias and Ammar al-Hakim’s Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, all pro-Iranian groups maneuvering for the 2014 parliamentary elections. The lack of security and the go...
Volume: 56Issue: 38Published at Fri, 20 Sep 2013 -
Syria: US-Russia Deal
...apons and filling munitions must also be destroyed by November. There is to be “complete elimination of all chemical weapons material and equipment in the first half of 2014,” the framework says. On the one side, some EU states have called for Mr Asad’s use of sarin gas in an attack on a Da...
Volume: 56Issue: 38Published at Fri, 20 Sep 2013 -
Law Change Hands Power, Oil Revenues To Iraq’s Provinces
...,000 b/d by end 2014. Babil province’s West Kifl field, and Karbala’s Kifl and Merjan fields have been a particular area of interest. In January 2010, UK independent San Leon announced it had signed a deal with Karbala governorate for the blocks, offered in Iraq’s December 2009 second upstream bi...
Volume: 56Issue: 28Published at Fri, 12 Jul 2013 -
Election Result: Rohani Stresses ‘Moderate’ Message
...ould remain in power until at least the 2014 Syrian presidential election and that foreign troops should be withdrawn from Syria. Since the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps are active participants in the Syrian civil war, as is Iran’s Lebanese proxy Hizbollah, if Mr Rohani is demanding the withdrawal of...
Volume: 56Issue: 25Published at Fri, 21 Jun 2013 -
Iraqi Politics: Sinking Into The Morass?
...shkhabour pumping station near the Turkish border. The construction of the Kurdish line inside Iraq is scheduled to be completed by year-end, with commercial throughput expected during early 2014. However, under the constitution, only Iraq’s State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) is allowed to export Iraqi oi...
Volume: 56Issue: 23Published at Fri, 07 Jun 2013 -
MENA Security Deterioration Sounds Oil Investment Alarm
...dley, said on 30 April. “We don’t expect significant production from [the newly-developed] In Saleh southern fields in 2014,” he added. ...
Volume: 56Issue: 18Published at Fri, 03 May 2013 -
Iraqi Provincial Elections: Prelude To A New Balance Of Power
...mpaigning to unseat Mr Maliki before January 2014 parliamentary elections, but has so far failed. The provincial election is a test of strength for both camps. MEES learns from senior Iraqi opposition sources that Iran has informed them of its continued support for Mr Maliki and that Tehran does not want hi...
Volume: 56Issue: 17Published at Fri, 26 Apr 2013 -
Egypt: Fraying At The Seams
...andard $2.65/mn BTU state firm EGPC pays foreign operators. BG in February sanctioned the latest phase, ‘9b,’ of its giant West Delta Deep Marine project, which it hopes will boost output from 2014, having said that go-ahead was linked to receiving guarantees from EGPC on LNG export volumes. Of...
Volume: 56Issue: 15Published at Fri, 12 Apr 2013 -
China & GCC Widen Energy Ties
...ey had gathered in New York for a UN General Assembly meeting. Outgoing Prime Minister of China, Wen Jiabao, visited Abu Dhabi in January 2012 as Chinese oil companies were chasing onshore concessions ahead of their January 2014 expiration. As Vice President in 2008, Mr Xi held extensive me...
Volume: 56Issue: 14Published at Fri, 05 Apr 2013 -
Iraq Ten Years Later: A Country On The Brink Of Disintegration
...nister following the January 2014 elections, Sunni and Kurdish parties will be left with little choice but to refuse to participate in any future government. On the other hand, if Mr Maliki is not allowed to run for a third term, or if his coalition fails to win a majority, the 2003 political process wi...
Volume: 56Issue: 12Published at Fri, 22 Mar 2013 -
North African Energy Producers Face Growing Challenges
...d is focusing on the 2014 presidential elections, and particularly on the question of which candidates will run against ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Nonetheless, however hard the Algerian energy authorities try to put the In Amenas attack behind them, the incident has tarnished the co...
Volume: 56Issue: 11Published at Fri, 15 Mar 2013 -
Difficult Days Ahead For Iraq
...wnfall by calling a parliamentary vote of no confidence. Failing that, their next chance to change the government will come with the spring 2013 district and provincial elections and the January 2014 parliamentary elections. However, even if they are successful and Mr Maliki fails to serve fo...
Volume: 56Issue: 04Published at Fri, 25 Jan 2013 -
Iran Oil Ministry Refutes Export Plunge
...l, oil products and condensate. According to Mr Kateb, for the next Iranian year (21 March 2013-20 March 2014) the Oil Ministry has reportedly forecast exports of approximately 1.5mn b/d, significantly lower than 2011’s 2.2mn b/d. The International Energy Agency (IEA) in its latest monthly oi...
Volume: 56Issue: 02Published at Fri, 11 Jan 2013 -
Fractious Politics, Oil Revenue Conflict Embroil Iraq
...i’a leader Muqtada al-Sadr. This conflict is expected to escalate ahead of the local elections scheduled in late April 2013, and parliamentary elections which are widely expected to be held in late 2013/early 2014. Oil Revenue Sharing Problems Among the many divisive issues in Iraq, is th...
Volume: 55Issue: 46Published at Fri, 09 Nov 2012