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The consortium behind the planned 31 bcm/year Nabucco gas pipeline said on 23 August that it was looking to source gas supply from the Caspian region and Iraq, and gave the green …
State-owned Saudi Aramco on 23 August announced its new board of directors. Two new members – former Chevron CEO David O’Reilly and Saudi Aramco Senior Vice-President for the Upstream, Amin Nasser, join …
Oil revenues have become a lightning rod in the run up to South Sudan’s independence referendum in January. Juba has accused the central government of pocketing its share of Sudan’s oil revenue, …
The Palestinians and Israelis are to resume direct peace negotiations in Washington on 2 September, but that may owe more to diplomatic sleight of hand than any progress on the issues. The …
By Ali Aissaoui
This article has been prepared by Ali Aissaoui, Senior Consultant at the Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation (APICORP). It is published concurrently in APICORP’s Economic Commentary dated September 2010. The views …
Delays in forming a new Iraqi government are increasingly destabilizing the country, with a ratcheting up of attacks both on civilians and infrastructure, including oil facilities, since the 7 March elections.
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Last week’s decision by the Dubai government to introduce mandatory currency declaration for all visitors to the UAE emirate could restrict the outflow of capital from Iran. Dubai Customs official Yusuf al-Sahlawi …
On 11 June Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boyko Borisov shocked policy makers, bankers and project developers around Europe by telling a meeting with the ambassadors of the 26 EU Member-States that Sofia has …
Ayad ‘Allawi’s Iraqiya group has halted talks with Nuri al-Maliki’s State of Law bloc over plans to form a joint government in Iraq, and is instead courting the supporters of Moqtada al-Sadr. …
By Nordine Ait-Laoussine and John Gault
Nordine Ait-Laoussine is a former oil minister of Algeria and now President of Geneva-based NALCOSA. John Gault is an independent economist and an associate of the …
