Geopolitical Risk

Amid growing output, Libya hopes an 8 October deal with BP and Eni will facilitate the exploration necessary for future output growth.

Opec struggled to raise output in September despite a boost from Saudi Arabia, and non-Opec Russia. Saudi says it has already hiked output to a record 10.7mn b/d.

Iraqi oil export revenues have risen to their highest levels since 2012 on the back of record southern exports. Can the country’s next PM take advantage?

Iran is looking to advance plans to develop a crude export terminal at Jask, outside the Hormuz straits. But, under sanctions, it will struggle to find the cash.

Since Aramco began building the Jazan refinery and associated oil terminal in 2014, the local geopolitical situation has deteriorated...

Iranian vessels are turning off transponders in an effort to hide oil shipments ahead of the 4 November sanctions deadline. MEES investigates.

Israel's main players Noble and Delek have teamed up with Egypt's Egas to take control of the EMG pipeline. Are Leviathan gas exports one step closer?

The yet-to-be formed government has much to do to fix its powergen problem.

Egypt is looking to smooth tensions with Ethiopia’s new government over the latter’s 6GW, $5bn ‘Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam’ on the Blue Nile.

Syria’s petroleum ministry is in talks over five separate oil and gas contracts, reports the Syria Report this week....

Regulatory constraints on Israeli upstream development have added to geopolitical hurdles in stymying gas exports. Proposed tweaks will likely change little.

Once Iraq’s largest refinery, war-damaged Baiji has restarted after four years offline. It will help ameliorate Iraq’s chronic products shortfall and facilitate production increases at Kirkuk. But ongoing instability means another lengthy shutdown is just an attack away.