Weekly Newsletter providing a comprehensive source of news and analysis on OPEC, energy, financial and political developments in the MENA & CIS
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Consists of the complete issues from 1957 to date, MEES has been reporting on developments in the Middle East on a weekly basis regarding the Energy Industry.
A first class dynamic & comprehensive economic, political and social data bank for each of the 22 Arab countries that are members of the Arab League.
Yemen became the focus of international attention late in 2009 when a Nigerian man, trained in the Arab Gulf country, attempted to blow up a US airliner over Detroit. A meeting called in late January …
Unusually cold weather in the northern hemisphere appears to have held OPEC crude supply firmer than OPEC’s own supply/demand figures would warrant, the latest MEES output data indicates. January OPEC output appears little changed from …
Kuwait’s National Assembly approved a KD30.8bn ($107.1bn) four-year (2010-14) development plan on 2 February, raising hopes that long-stalled major energy projects can now push ahead. Surprisingly for Kuwait’s often fractious parliament, the bill was agreed …
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on 24 January presented to the Majlis (parliament) the draft budget for the Iranian year 1389 (starting on 21 March 2010) which projects a 31.8% increase in expenditures to IR3,680 trillion …
Javad Oji, Managing Director of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC), told a press conference in Tehran on 31 January that the company plans to invest up to $9bn on the construction of high pressure …
The US Senate on 28 January passed the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act. This expands the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, “to provide for the divestment of assets in Iran by state and …
Italy’s Eni, Russia’s Gazprom and Germany’s Siemens have all announced that they would abandon plans for investment in Iranian projects. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, on an official visit to Israel, told reporters in Tel …
Egyptian government spending fell by 6.8% in the last six months of 2009 compared to the same period in 2008, the country’s Ministry of Finance has said in a new report. Figures on the ministry …
Canada’s Groundstar Resources has entered into an asset exchange agreement with Karl Thomson Energy (KTE), increasing its interest to 80% in Egypt’s West Komombo (WKO) block, where it serves as operator. Groundstar will exchange its …
Egypt’s Ministry of Petroleum has signed two agreements with US oil firm Apache Corporation and state-owned Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC), for the exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons in Egypt’s Western Desert. Under the terms …
