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The MENA Region’s Vulnerability: A Geo-Economic Outlook
...portunities of success for all participants. But that will require a decisive, collective political will on the part of the prevailing leadership, and moves towards the inclusion of Morocco and Jordan have largely stalled since mooted in 2011. Otherwise, the alternative is, quite simply, bleak. UN 2015 HU...
Volume: 58Issue: 52Published at Wed, 23 Dec 2015 -
Libya: No More Than A Glimmer Of Hope
...Foreign powers hope a nascent peace deal in Libya will be a prelude to concerted action against IS. But the omens for success do not look good. As Libya approaches five years since the uprising began that culminated in the removal of long-time leader Mu’ammar al Qadhafi in 2011, there has be...
Volume: 58Issue: 52Published at Wed, 23 Dec 2015 -
Libya: Fragile Peace Leaves Many Questions Unanswered
...volved in fighting in Libya since the ousting of Muammar al-Qadhafi in 2011. A political agreement is a crucial part of securing a lasting peace in Libya, but the two governments have far from complete control over the patchwork of militias involved in the conflict, whether or not they have declared al...
Volume: 58Issue: 51Published at Fri, 18 Dec 2015 -
South Sudan Oil Output Hike Remains A Distant Prospect
...mpletely. Oil production in South Sudan in 2015 has averaged about 148,000 b/d, according to figures from the Ministry of Petroleum, Mining and Industries, down from about 220,000 b/d before the outbreak of civil war in December 2013, and more than 400,000 b/d prior to South Sudan’s independence in July 2011...
Volume: 58Issue: 50Published at Fri, 11 Dec 2015 -
Militia Shuts Key Libyan Terminal, Deepening Rift Between Rival Regimes
...om the Bahr Essalam and Wafa fields and, when operational, oil from the Elephant field. Gas exports via the Green Stream pipeline from Mellitah to Italy have been consistently between 600-800mn cfd in 2015. This compares to a high of 909mn cfd in 2008 and a low of 215mn cfd in 2011. ...
Volume: 58Issue: 45Published at Fri, 06 Nov 2015 -
Syrian Oil Output Shrinks Further; Is An Endgame In Sight?
...eas fell to a mere 9,200 b/d for the third quarter this year, just 2% of the 387,000 b/d the country was producing before the country’s civil war broke out in 2011. Output averaged 9,688 b/d for the first nine months of this year, Syrian Oil Minister Sulaiman al-‘Abbas said this week, figures that im...
Volume: 58Issue: 44Published at Fri, 30 Oct 2015 -
Iraq Progresses With Giant Gas-Fired Plant, But Where’s The Fuel?
...ptember). IRAQ CRUDE BURN TOPS 220,000 B/D AS GAS INFRASTRUCTURE FAILS TO KEEP PACE WITH POWER DEMAND IRAQ GAS PRODUCTION (MN CFD) 2009 2010 2011 2012 20...
Volume: 58Issue: 42Published at Fri, 16 Oct 2015 -
North Africa Security Special Report: Too Late To Roll Back Islamic State?
...ficials, it was the only country in the Middle East and North Africa region not to suffer from terrorism in 2014. The most recent major attack in the kingdom was in April 2011, when 17 people were killed and 25 injured in an explosion at a restaurant on Djema el-Fna, the main square in Morocco’s tourist hu...
Volume: 58Issue: 38Published at Fri, 18 Sep 2015 -
Syrian Oil: ‘$48Bn Losses’
...SYRIA Syrian Oil: ‘$48Bn Losses’ Damascus says “direct and indirect loss” to the oil and gas sector in Syria since the March 2011 start of the country’s civil war have reached $48bn. Oil minister Sulaiman al-‘Abbas, tells local daily al-Watan that since then “terrorist groups” ha...
Volume: 58Issue: 37Published at Fri, 11 Sep 2015 -
Syria: Territorial Disintegration Looms As Conflict Enters New Stage
...r deserters and draft dodgers, apparently to boost numbers in his conscription army. According to the anti-regime British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, there are some 70,000 draft dodgers in government controlled areas alone. Since the beginning of the civil war in March 2011, the Sy...
Volume: 58Issue: 31Published at Fri, 31 Jul 2015 -
Libya: Oil Boost Hopes Fizzle Out Amid Hollow ‘Peace Deal’
...cretary-general’s special representative for Libya, Bernardino Leon, celebrated the deal but recognized its limitations. “This act signaled the adoption of a framework for further talks. It has brought the country one step closer to ending the conflict and fulfilling the goals of the 2011 revolution,” he to...
Volume: 58Issue: 29Published at Fri, 17 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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Jordan’s Energy Supplies: Lots Of Options, None Of Them Good
...sue, which ‘Amman aims to tackle through its Electricity Master Plan. Jordan imports both crude oil for its sole refinery, the 100,000 b/d nameplate capacity Zarqa plant, and refined products, given that demand has raced ahead of domestic refining capacity since gas supplied from Egypt dwindled in 2011...
Volume: 58Issue: 23Published at Fri, 05 Jun 2015 -
Saudi Mosque Bombings Shatter Illusion Of Security
...stern Province since the 2011 so-called Arab Spring revolutions. Riyadh has in the past blamed Iran for what it says is an attempt to foment strife amongst the Shia minority. It also blames Tehran for supporting the Houthi rebellion in Yemen, which prompted King Salman to order air strikes against the Ye...
Volume: 58Issue: 22Published at Fri, 29 May 2015 -
South Sudan: Remaining Oil Output Under Threat
...velopment (IGAD) going nowhere, and the crisis showing few signs of abating, the focus has once again turned to South Sudan’s oil fields, the country’s main revenue earner. Oil production is down from around 245,000 b/d pre-conflict, and 347,500 b/d in the second half of 2011, immediately after the So...
Volume: 58Issue: 21Published at Fri, 22 May 2015 -
US Tries To Soothe Gulf Arab Fears Over Iran At Camp David Summit
...nations sharing common interests. The GCC has been weakened by internecine disputes since the start of the so-called Arab Spring revolutions of 2011, often finding some of their members on opposite sides of the struggle against rising extremism in the region. The metastatic spread of Iranian in...
Volume: 58Issue: 20Published at Fri, 15 May 2015