The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has received an application from Eskom for an immediate 25.3% tariff increase for 2015-16. The application was submitted on 30 April following a consultation process involving Eskom, the South...
Despite moves to mobilise new finance for the Mohammedia refinery, concern is growing about Société Marocaine d’Industrie de Raffinage (Samir)’s financial health and ability to remain the dominant player in the national products market. This...
For the fifth of his 12 labours in penance for past sins, Hercules undertook the apparently impossible task of cleaning King Augeas’ filthy stables. Hercules tore down walls and diverted rivers, washing away the mess. In the event, neither Augeas...
One voice strangely silent in the dispute between the Tobruk and Tripoli governments over control of the strategic Sirte Basin oil export terminals has been that of Ibrahim Al-Jathran, leader of the Cyrenaica Political Bureau and former commander...
There was an unexpected frisson around the packed conference hall in Hamburg when, on 4 May, following the usual bullish opening remarks by senior German officials promoting renewable energy options, Ghanaian power minister Kwabena Donkor...
There have long been rumours that Qatar was circling Claridge’s, one of London’s grandest hotels and the subject of a legal battle for years. A favourite with royalty since the mid-19th century, the iconic Mayfair property passed into Qatari...
It was received wisdom that King Salman Bin Abdelaziz Al-Saud and the increasingly tight Sudairi circle of power which surrounds him would one day seek to replace his half-brother Prince Miqrin as heir to the throne. While generally seen as...
So far in 2015, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has already made several trips to the Gulf. The first was to Riyadh in January, when he took time out from a trip around the Horn of Africa to attend King Abdullah’s funeral. He was back in...
There was symbolism in the fact that petroleum and mineral resources minister Ali Bin Ibrahim Al-Naimi, for long the government’s most senior non-royal, was in Beijing as King Salman Bin Abdelaziz reshuffled his government and control of the oil...
As the Saudi-led air campaign in Yemen entered its second month (GSN 991/1, 990/1), reports emerged on 3 May that a small contingent of Arab troops had arrived on the ground in Aden. Saudi Arabia denied that a ground operation was under way,...
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