1. Iraqi Fuel Oil Export Surge Raises Smuggling Concerns

    ...bsidized prices, especially those producing asphalt.   Michael Knights, Senior Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, has looked closely at the trade, and says “these plants existed since at least 2014 and have bloomed in recent years with licenses issued by the Ministry of Trade and fu...

    Volume: 67
    Issue: 44
    Published at Fri, 01 Nov 2024
  2. Algeria-Spain Spat Leaves 1.26GW Power Plant In Limbo

    ...lguera,” adding that it is now seeking “a definitive solution for all parties.” The project was originally awarded back in 2014 at a price tag of $719mn (MEES, 7 March 2014), with civil works completed by end-2016 (MEES, 15 September 2017). Satellite imagery indicates that substantial work has taken pl...

    Volume: 67
    Issue: 26
    Published at Fri, 28 Jun 2024
  3. MEES Interview: Iraq’s Deputy Oil Minister For Refining Affairs Hamid Younes

    ...eir secondary units – with a total nameplate crude processing capacity of 290,000 b/d. The Shamal (North) refinery was the largest at 150,000 b/d, but like the 70,000 b/d capacity Baiji-1 and similarly sized Baiji-2 was destroyed by the Islamic State terrorist group in 2014 (MEES, 26 September 2014...

    Volume: 67
    Issue: 07
    Published at Fri, 16 Feb 2024