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• COVID-19 Could Kill China’s $3.8 Trillion New Silk Road

  Published 20 April 2020 | viewed 81,964 times

  The BRI is a far-reaching plan for transnational infrastructure development, linking five continents through land and sea corridors and industrial clusters. Launched in 2013, it…

• The Real Winner Of The OPEC+ Output Deal

  Published 16 April 2020 | viewed 85,093 times

  As of April 15, Mexico, the world’s 10th-most populous country, had recorded 5847 cases and 449 deaths related to COVID-19, far behind the figures reported…

• This Emerging Economy Bets Big On Solar

  Published 06 April 2020 | viewed 14,525 times

  Egypt’s total of 1173 recorded Covid-19 cases and 78 deaths, as of April 5, places Africa's third-most populous country significantly below the global per capita averages…

• Saudi Arabia’s Secret To Surviving The Oil Price War

  Published 01 April 2020 | viewed 23,772 times

  Restrictions on movement and trade as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic have led to a significant shift in consumer behaviour in Saudi Arabia, with…

• New Gas Find Could Save This Nation’s Economy

  Published 25 March 2020 | viewed 15,171 times

  Tunisia has started production at the long-awaited Nawara gas field, a development that is expected to transform the country’s energy balance and provide a significant…

• Solar Energy Could Solve Morocco's Largest Energy Problem

  Published 18 December 2019 | viewed 27,382 times

  In mid-October government officials inaugurated the village of Id Mjahdi, located near the western city of Essaouira. The first of its kind in Africa, the…

• Will The Aramco IPO Help Saudi Arabia Meet Its Vision 2030 Goals?

  Published 10 December 2019 | viewed 7,648 times

  Announcing the development on November 3, Saudi Aramco said that the offer period will run from November 17 to December 4, and the IPO would…

• Egypt Prepares For A Renewable Energy Revolution

  Published 02 November 2019 | viewed 49,828 times

  Mohamed Shaker, the minister of electricity and renewable energy, announced in mid-October that the country is to inaugurate the 1.4-GW Benban Solar Park by November.…

• World’s Leading Nat Gas Producer Is About To Get Even Bigger

  Published 05 October 2019 | viewed 16,241 times

  On September 9 Saad Sherida Al Kaabi, minister of energy as well as president and CEO of state-owned Qatar Petroleum (QP), announced that the country…

• How Trinidad & Tobago Is Benefitting From The Venezuelan Crisis

  Published 10 August 2019 | viewed 26,752 times

  In June the UN estimated that 4m people had fled Venezuela as a result of the crisis. Of these, some 40,000 have arrived in T&T.…

• Colombia’s Push To Triple Proven Oil & Gas Reserves

  Published 17 July 2019 | viewed 27,630 times

  With no major onshore oil discoveries since 2009, Colombia’s oil and gas reserves have dwindled. The country has thus turned to non-conventional deposits as a…

• Papua New Guinea Looks To Double LNG Production

  Published 08 June 2019 | viewed 19,814 times

  On April 9 PNG’s government signed an agreement with Total, ExxonMobil and the Australian Securities Exchange-listed Oil Search, setting out the terms and conditions for…

• Can This Former Oil Giant Become Energy Independent?

  Published 02 June 2019 | viewed 27,967 times

  Replacing diminishing reserves and guaranteeing domestic energy security are two of Indonesia’s policy priorities. As such, oil and gas exploration and development are key areas…

• The OPEC Outcast Fighting For LNG Dominance

  Published 01 June 2019 | viewed 25,278 times

  For over a decade Qatar has been the world’s leading supplier of liquefied natural gas (LNG), and by 2024 the country aims to strengthen its…

• Trinidad And Tobago Doubles Down On Gas Production

  Published 25 May 2019 | viewed 20,276 times

  On April 19 the World Bank revised its forecast from earlier in the month, which had predicted that T&T would slip into a recession. In…

• The Driving Force Behind Nigeria’s Energy Renaissance

  Published 18 May 2019 | viewed 24,836 times

  With an abundant supply of natural resources, Nigeria’s oil and gas sector plays a key role in global energy. Its oil deposits have been a…

• Oman’s Newest Approach To Boost Oil Production

  Published 13 May 2019 | viewed 12,370 times

  Oman has made some major moves to diversify its energy mix, as indicated by the commissioning of new renewable energy (RE) projects. The sultanate has…

• The Saudi Plan To Boost Spare Oil Production Capacity

  Published 07 May 2019 | viewed 15,571 times

  Even as Saudi Arabia’s oil production reached record levels, with total output hitting 11.1m barrels per day (bpd) in November 2018, the country is boosting…

• Tunisia Looks To Boost Renewable Sector

  Published 30 March 2019 | viewed 9,038 times

  Slim Feriani, the minister of industry and small and medium-sized enterprises, announced in mid-January that the country was seeking to attract $2bn in foreign investment…

• Mexico Scrambles To Save Its Sinking Oil Company

  Published 25 March 2019 | viewed 14,343 times

  On February 15 President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced the launch of Pemex’s Strengthening Programme, a six-year plan designed to improve the company’s financial…