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Libya: Optimism Tempered By Fighting And Production Woes
...gn Mr Maiteeq went quietly, accepting the verdict the same day, a relief for Libyans. Mr Thinni only re-assumes the post temporarily; elections are due late this month. But for the first time since the fall of former leader Mu’ammar al-Qadhafi in 2011, the country is immersed in a drawn out bl...
Volume: 57Issue: 24Published at Fri, 13 Jun 2014 -
Jordan Plans $1Bn Bond
...reign grants to reduce its budget deficit. It expects to receive JD1,151mn ($1,623mn) in foreign grants in 2014, up from JD982mn ($1,385mn) in 2013 (MEES, 21 March). Gas Shortage Jordan’s fiscal situation worsened after the 2011 Egyptian revolution, which led to a disruption in Egyptian gas su...
Volume: 57Issue: 24Published at Fri, 13 Jun 2014 -
IEA World Energy Investment Outlook: Can We Still Count On The Middle East?
...the modeling and analysis are based. The focus is on the ‘New Policies Scenario’. Under this central scenario, global primary energy demand increases by one third between 2011 and 2035. This overall trend, however, masks marked differences between fuels: oil grows at 13% during the period; co...
Volume: 57Issue: 24Published at Fri, 13 Jun 2014 -
Benchmark Crude Prices
...13 2013 2012 2011 WTI 106.53 102.58 103.47 101.90 102.02 98.56 97...
Volume: 57Issue: 24Published at Fri, 13 Jun 2014 -
Rising Oil Exports Raise Questions Over Washington’s Iran Policy
...ndensates rose by close to 200,000 b/d in April versus March levels, to breach the 1.4mn b/d mark. By 2011 standards, this would represent a disastrous month for Iranian exports, which were then averaging upwards of 2.5mn b/d. Fast forward three years however, and the figures are still alarming – but fo...
Volume: 57Issue: 23Published at Fri, 06 Jun 2014 -
KRG Oil Export Plans All At Sea
...rsang since 2010. It has made two significant discoveries in the Swara Tika structure, the last of which was in 2011. But it did not declare commerciality until May this year, beyond the five-year exploration period specified in the production-sharing agreement signed in 2007. The delay soured re...
Volume: 57Issue: 23Published at Fri, 06 Jun 2014 -
Libya: Exports Down, Output Down, Violence Continues
...rf offshore fields is not sold to the international market, it would be the first time since 2011 that Libya ceased to export oil completely. Production, which averaged 200,000 b/d in April, edged up slightly to average 220,000 b/d in May, according to MEES estimates. However, this higher monthly av...
Volume: 57Issue: 23Published at Fri, 06 Jun 2014 -
Cost Of Conflict Rises To $144bn
...SYRIA A report released last week, prepared by the Syrian Center for Policy Research (SCPR) and commissioned by UNRWA and UNDP, indicates that the Syrian economy has sustained losses of $143.8bn between the start of that country’s civil war in 2011 and the end of 2013. These losses ar...
Volume: 57Issue: 23Published at Fri, 06 Jun 2014 -
Lebanon’s First Bid Round Likely Pushed Back To 2015
...vestors alike. Gulf citizens were a major boon to Lebanon’s economy, making annual pilgrimages to enjoy Beirut’s comparatively tolerable summers. This dynamic ended abruptly with the spread of violence in Syria in 2011, the influx of more than a million refugees into Lebanon, as well as the violence an...
Volume: 57Issue: 23Published at Fri, 06 Jun 2014 -
Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)
...12 2011 WTI 102.48 103.47 103.42 101.90 102.02 98.56 97.54 98.03 94...
Volume: 57Issue: 23Published at Fri, 06 Jun 2014 -
Libya’s NOC Dreams Of Better Future
...l fields offline, the Libyan energy sector is undergoing its worst crisis since the revolution ground operations to a halt in 2011, at a time when the political situation is deteriorating. Earlier this month, former general Khalifa Haftar attacked Islamist militia in their bases in Benghazi, ba...
Volume: 57Issue: 22Published at Fri, 30 May 2014 -
Output Continues To Slide As South Sudan Conflict Rumbles On
...rst time the two former civil war foes have cooperated on oil matters since the two countries split in 2011, under the terms of a ‘Comprehensive Peace Agreement’ signed six years prior. But far from doing it out of concern, Khartoum’s latest offer is almost certainly driven by a sense of economic se...
Volume: 57Issue: 22Published at Fri, 30 May 2014 -
Egypt: Poor Turnout Takes Shine Off Sisi Election Victory
...cular activists that had taken part in the 2011 Arab Spring revolution, arresting journalists that did not toe the government line. The media has long whipped up nationalist fervor in support of Mr Sisi, and a well-funded campaign has fostered a personality cult around the army strongman. The Muslim Br...
Volume: 57Issue: 22Published at Fri, 30 May 2014 -
Natural Gas Find To Propel Cyprus Towards Reunification?
...tural gas deposits in 2011 has given both Turkish Cypriots in the north and Greek Cypriots in the government controlled area in the south extra impetus to solve the division of the island. The consensus among experts is that the discovery of the 5 tcf Aphrodite field in Block 12 of Cyprus’ Exclusive Ec...
Volume: 57Issue: 22Published at Fri, 30 May 2014 -
Egypt To Slash Petroleum Subsidies As Part Of New Budget
...too low however, and could threaten growth, Egyptian economists warn. Social Expenditure In Egyptian Budgets: 2011-2015 (E£ Mn) 2014-15* 2013-14** 2012-13 2011-12 Total So...
Volume: 57Issue: 22Published at Fri, 30 May 2014 -
Benchmark Crude Prices
...13 2012 2011 WTI 103.58 103.42 101.64 102.02 100.48 98.56 97.54 98...
Volume: 57Issue: 22Published at Fri, 30 May 2014 -
Tunisia: Hope Tempered By Strikes And Unemployment
...gures 2010 2011 2012 2013e 2014p 2015p GDP growth (%) 2.6 -1.9 3.7 2....
Volume: 57Issue: 21Published at Fri, 23 May 2014 -
Libya: Battlelines Drawn As Clashes Force Groups To Choose Sides
...andoff raises both the spectre of civil war, and an end of the political stalemate that has stalled progress since the overthrow of deposed leader Mu’ammar al-Qadhafi in 2011. On 16 May, the “Libyan National Army” commanded by former general Khalifa Haftar attacked the bases of Islamist militia in Be...
Volume: 57Issue: 21Published at Fri, 23 May 2014 -
Yemen Mired In Fuel Subsidy Dilemma
...fficult to eliminate, as their main beneficiaries in society push – or in some cases even riot – to hold on to their subsidy-related ‘benefits.’ What was already a politically thorny issue however has taken on another dimension, in the aftermath of the 2011-12 wave of revolutions that swept across the Mi...
Volume: 57Issue: 21Published at Fri, 23 May 2014 -
Can Saudi Arabia and Iran Put Regional Rivalry To Rest?
...esident Obama’s visit to Riyadh convinced Saudi rulers that compromises were necessary with Iran at this time. It may be that Riyadh is signalling a readiness to put an end to the simmering Shi’a-Sunni conflict that has reared its head since 2011 and is threatening the cohesion of countries like Iraq. An...
Volume: 57Issue: 21Published at Fri, 23 May 2014