The withdrawal of US troops from Iraq risks undermining Kurdish autonomy, with fears that factions in Baghdad could push to extend federal control over the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). Since ...
Egypt’s oil and gas trade deficit reached a record $18.3bn in 2025-26, contributing to an overall deficit of $64.8bn. Yet strong foreign inflows helped return the balance of payments to surplus.
The planned Gulf Keystone-ShaMaran merger accelerates the consolidation of IOCs in Kurdistan. The combined entity’s planned expansion in Federal Iraq is also indicative of the KRG’s waning control ...
Nearly eight months on from the start of the regional war in the Middle East, Gulf LNG exports remain negligible. As the northern hemisphere winter kicks in, competition for limited supply is driving ...
Iraq’s inability to rein in Iran-backed militias threatens to undermine its relations with neighboring states and the US following a series of high-profile attacks. Plans to disarm the groups have ...
Petrochemical companies based in Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea industrial city of Yanbu are having a banner year, with profits at multi-year highs. For Gulf coast producers, 2026 is a year to forget even as ...
Aramco CEO Amin Nasser told Al Arabiya on 22 October that studies are underway for a fourth phase development of the kingdom’s Master Gas System (MGS). The MGS-3 expansion is underway and will add ...
Egypt’s gas imports dropped 9% to 3.44bn cfd in August, slipping back below domestic output after having exceeded it for the first time ever in July (MEES, 2 October). The latest Jodi data show ...
Libya’s NOC and Italian partner Eni have completed an important gas recovery project at the offshore Bouri field that will allow the capture of up to 100mn cfd of gas currently being flared, yielding ...
Adnoc’s fertilizer subsidiary Fertiglobe is considering investing more than $1.5bn in a phosphate fertilizer complex at Ain Sukhna on the Red Sea. As well as its operations in Abu Dhabi, Fertiglobe ...
Egypt’s crude and condensate production was virtually unchanged at 525,300 b/d in August, down 520 b/d month-on-month, Ministry of Petroleum data shows.
Egypt will keep domestic fuel prices unchanged until the end of 2026 despite the recent increase in global oil prices.