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Iran Fronts Syria $1Bn
...pport to Syria has been essential since the beginning of the Syrian uprising, which began in early 2011. It continues to offer a lifeline of economic support in the form of oil supplies and credit. In 2014 Iran’s oil deliveries to Syria ranged between 50,000 b/d and 70,000 b/d, probably free of charge (ME...
Volume: 58Issue: 29Published at Fri, 17 Jul 2015 -
Algeria Pushes New Refineries Beyond 2020, Fuel Deficit To Worsen
...oducts output averaged 651,000 b/d in 2014 – comfortably above total domestic demand of 391,000 b/d. But the data for gasoline and diesel makes for less comfortable reading. State firm Sonatrach has had to import both gasoline and diesel since 2011, with volumes reaching a peak of 39,000 b/d and 53...
Volume: 58Issue: 28Published at Fri, 10 Jul 2015 -
A New Deal For South Sudan
...SOUTH SUDAN A New Deal For South Sudan As South Sudan marks the fourth anniversary since the declaration of independence on 9 July 2011, the country remains locked in a civil war that is estimated to have claimed more than 20,000 lives. Oil earnings have collapsed, and a succession of ag...
Volume: 58Issue: 28Published at Fri, 10 Jul 2015 -
Kuwait Posts First Deficit In 15 Years
...ending in the new budget is slashed to KD19.2bn, down 9% in nominal terms and 12% in real terms on 2014-15. Meanwhile the country’s crude oil output fell to 2.74mn b/d in June, the lowest since last 2011 (see p8), as a dispute with Saudi Arabia that has shut in fields at the two countries’ shared Ne...
Volume: 58Issue: 28Published at Fri, 10 Jul 2015 -
Egypt Squeezes Spending In Bid To Tame Deficit
...) % change vs % chg, real terms vs 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 Budget 2014-15 Projection 14-15 Bu...
Volume: 58Issue: 28Published at Fri, 10 Jul 2015 -
Opec Data Charts Saudi Refining Surge, But Plans Are Slipping
...art). 2014 vs 2013 2014 vs 2010 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 '00...
Volume: 58Issue: 27Published at Fri, 03 Jul 2015 -
US Oil Output Hits Record 13mn B/D, But Is This The Peak?
...mbers are up 1.15mn b/d, 1.54mn b/d and 1.56mn b/d respectively on year-ago levels. Since 2011, crude production is up by over 4mn b/d; including NGLs the gains are over 5mn b/d (see table p15 and graph). > But is this the peak? Weekly data for May and June indicate crude output of 9.6mn b/d for bo...
Volume: 58Issue: 27Published at Fri, 03 Jul 2015 -
US Petroleum 2Q 2015 Imports, Exports, Demand (‘000 B/D)
...15 4Q14 3Q14 2Q14 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 CRUDE OIL IMPORTS 7,020 6,...
Volume: 58Issue: 27Published at Fri, 03 Jul 2015 -
Black Friday Attacks Highlight Extremist Threat
...lf Arab states of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar have been largely spared the upheavals wrought by the 2011 Arab revolutions that toppled their allies and enemies alike and drew them deeper into crises that they could no longer ignore. Yemen, where Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies are en...
Volume: 58Issue: 27Published at Fri, 03 Jul 2015 -
Iran’s Oil Production Boost Scenarios In A Post-Sanctions Era
...oduction, Iran has drawn up significant EOR plans. This involves injecting water and gas into its maturing oil fields. Iran planned to inject 330mn cmd of gas into its mature fields by the end of 2016. But since 2011, Iran hasn’t been able to execute more than 60% of its gas injection targets; in part due to...
Volume: 58Issue: 27Published at Fri, 03 Jul 2015 -
Egypt Lays Out Further Subsidy Cuts For 2015-16 But Overall Spending Up
...ckwards in the three years following the country’s January 2011 ‘revolution,’ over the last year or so both planned and actual spending – much of it fueled by Gulf cash – has taken off. In August 2014 Egypt laid out plans to spend $4bn on expanding the Suez Canal (MEES, 8 August 2014). Local media re...
Volume: 58Issue: 26Published at Fri, 26 Jun 2015 -
Syria’s Economy: Down, Down, But Not Quite Out
...LLAPSES, GAS UNDER STRAIN Oil output from fields under regime control has collapsed from 387,000 b/d in early 2011, on the eve of conflict, to under 10,000 b/d for both 2014 and the first three months of this year (see graph and MEES, 1 May). Islamic State (IS) controls oil fields with a capacity to...
Volume: 58Issue: 26Published at Fri, 26 Jun 2015 -
Russia Becomes China’s No. 1 Crude Supplier In May As Middle East Share Falls Below 50% (‘000 B/D)
...YTD14 May-15 Apr-15 Mar-15 YTD15 ‘000 b/d % YTD14 2014 2013 2012 2011...
Volume: 58Issue: 26Published at Fri, 26 Jun 2015 -
Dea Looks To Boost Egypt Oil Output, Slams Algeria Terms
...ght now is the most important place for us to be,” Christoph Schlichter, Dea’s Senior VP, Production North Africa told this week’s World NOCs Congress in London. “Since the revolution in Egypt in 2011, a lot of companies looked at the country and asked themselves whether they can invest, whether it...
Volume: 58Issue: 25Published at Fri, 19 Jun 2015 -
IEA Climate Change Goals Put Spotlight On Mideast Subsidies
...adually reduce fuel subsidies (MEES, 9 January). The UAE is leading regional moves into solar (MEES, 10 April) and is targeting electrical sector efficiency (MEES, 6 February), and this week announced plans for a review of gasoline subsidies. The government raised gasoline prices twice before 2011, bu...
Volume: 58Issue: 25Published at Fri, 19 Jun 2015 -
Libya Dreams Of 1Mn B/D End-Year Output
...cal refineries, with the balance exported. Libya’s plans to boost refining capacity to 1mn b/d from the current (theoretical) 380,000 b/d (see table), halted by the security collapse since 2011. “We had a good plan. We had a workshop in April 2012, we invited all Libyan experts and carried out a fe...
Volume: 58Issue: 25Published at Fri, 19 Jun 2015 -
Gas Faces Long-Term Uncertainty On Cheap Coal And Renewables
...pan, the world’s largest LNG importing country, is set to taper off as nuclear plants are expected to come back online after the 2011 Fukushima accident. Meanwhile, EU countries and the US have experienced plummeting renewable energy costs, denting gas demand. The recent collapse in oil and gas pr...
Volume: 58Issue: 24Published at Fri, 12 Jun 2015 -
Mena Oil & Gas: Key Production/Consumption Numbers From Bp’s 2015 Statistical Review
...lance 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 mn b/d % 2010 2011 2012 2013 20...
Volume: 58Issue: 24Published at Fri, 12 Jun 2015 -
Iran Touts Gas Export Progress, Plots Key Regional Role Post-Sanctions
...ian markets, including Japan, South Korea and India. A final agreement with Oman would be a major breakthrough after years of discussions. Talks on gas trade between the two countries resumed in 2011, after the collapse of a 2005 memorandum of understanding (MOU) on oil and gas cooperation. The ea...
Volume: 58Issue: 24Published at Fri, 12 Jun 2015 -
Egypt Taps Bond Market For First Issue In Five Years
...ability to the country after the Arab Spring uprising of early 2011 which shut out Egypt from the international debt market. The last time Egypt dipped in the international debt market was in April 2010 with the launch of a $1.5bn Eurobond. Egypt’s growth prospects began to improve after President Ab...
Volume: 58Issue: 24Published at Fri, 12 Jun 2015