An upsurge of violence in Tripoli, an uncertain and rapidly evolving political situation and a massive underestimation of market conditions by National Oil Corporation (NOC) combined during July to scupper Libya’s attempts to re-enter the...
International oil companies continue to manoeuvre ahead of the controversial start of drilling in Moroccan-licensed acreage offshore the disputed Western Sahara – a development that is hotly contested by the Polisario Front independence movement...
The deadline for financial close for projects in the third round of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement (REIPPP) programme has been put back to November from July. “Guided by factors such as the volatility of the rand, and...
The Baghdad/Erbil brinkmanship continued on 14 July as the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) published a notice in London’s Financial Times threatening to take legal action against anyone who buys oil from the federal government without paying...
The UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has been questioning current and former Airbus Group employees in connection with possible corruption at GPT Special Project Management (GPT), a subsidiary of Airbus, in relation to its Saudi contracts. Airbus...
There have been more opposition protests in Kuwait, after prominent opposition figure Musallam Al-Barrak was detained by the authorities for six days. Al-Barrak was summoned by the public prosecutor, who wanted him to be questioned over remarks,...
On 8 July, Houthi tribal fighters in Yemen overran the provincial capital of Amran, seizing the headquarters of the 310th Armoured Brigade, and installing themselves in the city. More than 200 people were killed in the fighting, and many more...
The government of Bahrain took the bold decision to expel US assistant secretary of state Tom Malinowksi on 7 July, saying that he had interfered in internal affairs by meeting with one party (the opposition Al-Wefaq), and not others. “US...
Saudi Arabia’s Electricity and Cogeneration Regulatory Authority (ECRA) released its annual fiscal review on 1 July. Hidden inside the lengthy report was a startling figure: in 2012-13, Saudi government support to the Saudi Electricity Company...
Six Saudi members of Al-Qaeda launched an attack in the southern province of Najran on 4 July, and at least ten people – including five of the attackers – were killed in subsequent fighting. Accounts of the incident vary, but according to the...
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