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Oman Achieves First Budget Surplus Since 2008
...n-hydrocarbon revenues of $8.36bn are also a record. Expenditure edged up this year to an estimated $33.99bn, from $32.25bn in 2021. But this was due to a $1.8bn increase in capital expenditure rather than an increase in subsidies or public sector wage bills. After ballooning to $39.4bn in 2014, Om...
Volume: 65Issue: 51/52Published at Fri, 23 Dec 2022 -
Saudi 2022 Oil Export Revenues Top $250bn With Three Months To Go
...llars. At $253.9bn, the 9M 2022 figure was already well in excess of 2021’s full year figure of $202.2bn. Indeed, it is already in excess of the annual figures for every year since 2014, when oil prices tanked in the second half of the year, and only returned back above $100/B this year after Russia’s 24 Fe...
Volume: 65Issue: 47Published at Fri, 25 Nov 2022 -
Qatar’s 2022 Export Revenues Top $100bn With Three Months To Spare
...0bn. Not since 2014 have the emirate’s exports achieved this level over the course of a year. With an entire quarter of strong exports yet to come, the question now is simply how high will the end-year figure be? Driven by booming LNG export revenues, Qatar has put together back-to-back monthly ex...
Volume: 65Issue: 45Published at Fri, 11 Nov 2022 -
Algeria Set To Squander Energy Windfall
...cording to Finance Minister Brahim Djamel Kassali. He expects this to further rise to $60bn in 2023 (see chart 1). And having last year notched up its first trade surplus since 2014, Algeria is set to repeat the trick this year with a more substantial surplus of $17.7bn according to the latest of...
Volume: 65Issue: 44Published at Fri, 04 Nov 2022 -
LNG Drives Record Qatar Export Revenues
...nths. As a result of this lag, August’s LNG prices were set by oil prices from March and April. These were the first months since 2014 when Brent crude averaged in excess of $100/B, and with monthly prices peaking at $117.5 in June, Qatar could well secure further revenues gains in September and Oc...
Volume: 65Issue: 41Published at Fri, 14 Oct 2022 -
Qatar Export Revenues Surge Above $12bn
...As Europe’s gas crisis rumbles on, gas exporters are cashing in. Qatar’s export revenues topped $12bn in July for the first time since early 2014 and the gains could keep coming. Qatar’s export revenues jumped to $12.18bn in July, driven largely by its gas sector, enabling a mammoth $9....
Volume: 65Issue: 35Published at Fri, 02 Sep 2022 -
Saudi Arabia Rockets Towards $250bn Trade Surplus
...RTHER Saudi Arabia is investing heavily to diversify its revenues and has successfully built up its tax base, but when it comes to export revenues, oil remains dominant at some 80% of the total. And oil revenues climbed to their highest level since at least 2014 in June according to the latest go...
Volume: 65Issue: 34Published at Fri, 26 Aug 2022 -
Oman’s Economy Rebounds With $2bn 1H Surplus
...08. Q2’s surplus of $1.12bn was up fractionally on Q1 (MEES, 27 May) for the highest quarterly figure since Q1 2014. Revenues were up across the board, with total 1H revenue of $17.47bn up 54% on 1H 2021 for the highest 1H figure since 2014 (see chart). Oman is on track to smash the plans set out in...
Volume: 65Issue: 32Published at Fri, 12 Aug 2022 -
Qatar Export Revenues Soar Amid Tight LNG Market
...port revenues of $63.1bn – and ought to overtake 2021 full-year figures of $73.56bn during the current quarter. For 2022 as a whole a figure close to 2014’s $113bn hydrocarbon exports is on the cards. The eight-year high export figures pushed Qatar’s trade surplus up to $47.6bn over the first half of...
Volume: 65Issue: 31Published at Fri, 05 Aug 2022 -
KRG Revenues Up But Dire Finances & Political Disputes With Baghdad Linger
...able to pay state employees on time. In communication with Baghdad the KRG says that “from 2014 to 2019, the Federal Government has not provided [the KRG] its financial entitlements, forcing the KRG to find new sources of financing [prepaid debt] and areas of savings to provide for its expenses, in...
Volume: 65Issue: 30Published at Fri, 29 Jul 2022 -
Saudi Oil Export Revenues Soar To $31bn For May
...Saudi Arabia is on track for record oil export revenues this year. May’s $31bn was the highest monthly figure since at least 2014. Diesel flows to Europe are on the up. Saudi oil export revenues climbed to a new post-2014 peak of $31bn in May as the energy giant capitalized on high oil pr...
Volume: 65Issue: 30Published at Fri, 29 Jul 2022 -
Iraq Posts Record Revenues Amid Fast-Changing Market
...spite oil prices this year still not quite setting new records underlines the extent to which Iraq managed to increase output capacity since the previous high-price cycle ended in 2014. Iraq crude oil production averaged 3.33mn b/d in 2014, and even with Opec+ cuts remaining in force up until th...
Volume: 65Issue: 27Published at Fri, 08 Jul 2022 -
Opec Revenues Set For 2022 Windfall After 2021 Turnaround
...cession could take the edge off recent highs is the focus. Still, even if oil prices pull back from their recent $100-$120/B range, the group is on course for its highest revenues since 2014 when it took $901bn. If the January to May average price of each Opec member’s key export gr...
Volume: 65Issue: 26Published at Fri, 01 Jul 2022 -
Qatar Gas Exports Surge To Five Year High
...2022 they remain slightly down year-on-year. Even if its core gas exports have dipped slightly this year, soaring commodities prices have pushed Qatar’s export revenues up to multi-year highs of late, with Q1’s $28.51bn the highest quarterly figure since 3Q 2014 (MEES, 3 June). Revenues are up ac...
Volume: 65Issue: 25Published at Fri, 24 Jun 2022 -
Iraqi Parliament Passes $17bn Emergency Bill
...ojects. But it also registers a negative precedent by renewing the practice of ex-budgetary spending decisions as were made in 2014 and 2020. Many observes had hoped that the lack of a 2022 budget would pressure politicians to reach a deal on government formation and exit the current gridlock. Former MP Al...
Volume: 65Issue: 23Published at Fri, 10 Jun 2022 -
Tight LNG Market Drives $2bn Revenue Boost For Qatar
...ices work their way through the system. Already, April revenues were the highest since March 2014’s $12.46bn and were among the highest monthly figures ever (see chart 1). Hydrocarbon revenues of $10.5bn accounted for 88% of the April total, significantly above the 2021 average of 84%. High re...
Volume: 65Issue: 22Published at Fri, 03 Jun 2022 -
Saudi Reaps Rewards Of Oil Price Boom
...a whole. The surge in oil prices following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February has caused Saudi monthly oil export revenues to jump above $30bn for the first time since 2014. The kingdom’s flagship Arab Light crude grade averaged $113/B in March amid the fallout from the conflict, pu...
Volume: 65Issue: 21Published at Fri, 27 May 2022 -
Oman’s Finances Surge To Largest Surplus In Eight Years
...Oman recorded a $923mn budget surplus for Q1 2022, the largest surplus since 1Q 2014. Oil exporters around the region are notching up multi-year high budget surpluses, but the move into the black is especially notable for Oman which was struggling to achieve budget surpluses even in the pr...
Volume: 65Issue: 21Published at Fri, 27 May 2022 -
Saudi Arabia Pledges To Invest Oil Export Windfall In Economic Reforms
...P in the first quarter of the year growing at the fastest pace since 2011. Unsurprisingly, the surge has been driven by resurgent oil markets, as the fallout from Russia’s 24 February invasion of Ukraine has pushed oil prices above $100/B for the first time since 2014. The kingdom launched its Vi...
Volume: 65Issue: 18Published at Fri, 06 May 2022 -
Qatar Exports Top $10bn For First Time Since August 2014
...ISED TO SURGE Export revenues totaled $10.08bn in March, the highest monthly figure since August 2014. The gains came despite relatively soft figures from Qatar’s key gas exports, hinting at significant increases in the coming months as the emirate begins to reap the lagging rewards from its oil-li...
Volume: 65Issue: 17Published at Fri, 29 Apr 2022