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Briefings & Reports
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Need an expert briefing to support an investment decision?
GSN’s team of experienced analysts are often called on by governments and their agencies, financial institutions, and energy companies to comment on developments in the Gulf region. Our analysts are available for private briefings (either by telephone or in person) and can produce tailored reports and research on a range of topics and issues. For more information contact Mark Ford. Email:mark@cbi-publishing.com
Politics, succession & risk in Saudi Arabia report
Politics, succession and risk in Saudi Arabia is a GSN special report, published in January 2010. The new report analyses Saudi policy on issues including succession, domestic and regional politics, defence, energy and financial trends, and features extensively researched biographical entries on 1,200 Al-Sauds from the ruling family’s main branch, together with profiles of leading cadet branch businessmen, and a range of maps and graphics.
Read more about the report
Islamic Finance Report
Published in June 2009, this GSN report is an essential reference tool for both newcomers, and well-established bankers and practitioners. Read more
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Politics, succession and risk in Saudi Arabia
GSN’s new special report Politics, succession and risk in Saudi Arabia was launched to great acclaim at a 15 January seminar in London hosted and co-organised by Chatham House’s Middle East and North Africa Programme. Senior figures from the banking, insurance and risk sectors joined industry and governmental political risk analysts for a frank roundtable discussion of the issues raised by a report that was recognised by discussants – who included Exeter University Professor Gerd Nonneman, political scientist Neil Partrick, Saudi academic Mai Yamani and Chatham House’s Maha Azzam and Claire Spencer – as a significant piece of research and analysis, which “raised the bar” for those researching the Kingdom. Read more about the report
The report is available to GSN subscribers for £175.
Need an expert briefing to support an investment decision?
GSN’s team of experienced analysts are often called on by governments and their agencies, financial institutions, and energy companies to comment on developments in the Gulf region. Our analysts are available for private briefings (either by telephone or in person) and can produce tailored reports and research on a range of topics and issues. For more information contact Mark Ford. Email:mark@cbi-publishing.com
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Issue 872 - 5 March 2010
IRAN
Iran looks east to outmanoeuvre sanctions
As the United States pushes for further sanctions over Iran’s nuclear programme, China’s emergence as a major player in oil production threatens to undermine efforts to target the Islamic Republic’s besieged energy industry more
SAUDI ARABIA
French favoured for Riyadh IPP
A group led by GDF Suez, working with the local Al-Jomaih Group, has been named as preferred bidder for a $2bn independent power plant in Riyadh more
UAE – RAS AL-KHAIMAH
RAK Petroleum ups its game with Africa move, DNO stake
RAK Petroleum (RAK-P) has farmed into the Hammamet exploration permit offshore Tunisia. Canada’s Storm Ventures International (SVI) was awarded the block in June 2005 more
Gas exports, Iran connection and real estate plays in the mix as Oman looks to economic resurgence
Oman’s sovereign rating has improved and there is growth again, but the authorities still face a tough task if they are to lift living standards for the majority. An Iranian gas deal is among potential solutions to drive new projects more
Issue 871 - 12 February 2010
IRAQI KURDISTAN
Gulf Keystone upbeat on Kurdistan prospects
Company explores finance options for Shaikan, but acknowledges risks of exploring in frontier area more
IRAQ
Baghdad-KRG rapprochement: is it for real?
The thaw in Baghdad-Erbil relations since the beginning of this year has continued with encouraging statements from both federal oil minister Hussain Al-Shahristani and Kurdistan Regional Government natural resources minister Ashti Hawrami. more
SAUDI ARABIA
Aramco awarded Jizan refinery contract
State giant Saudi Aramco has been awarded the contract to build and finance a planned $10bn oil refinery at the Red Sea port of Jizan in the underdeveloped Jizan province on the Yemen border. more
Issue 870 - 29 January 2010
QATAR
Gamble pays off for Qatar’s LNG masterplan
Qatar ‘bet the farm’ on LNG but, more than a decade later, its determination has paid off more
Brazilian plays
Qatar is interested in buying minority stakes in state oil company Petrobras and in a major financial institution, Banco do Brasil, a Brazilian cabinet official told Reuters. more
YEMEN
Oil output ‘to rise by 10%’
Yemen plans to boost oil output by up to 10% to more than 300,000 b/d this year and is in talks with firms including China’s Sinopec to upgrade its Aden refinery, oil minister Amir Al-Aidarous said. more
Issue 868 - 18 December 2009
IRAQ
Iraq’s second bid round is potential game-changer as majority of licences are sold
The latest round has encouraged optimists and confounded those who predicted another flop. If IOCs are able to meet their commitments, Iraq will emerge as the number two OPEC exporter more
Bid round details: Iraq’s second licensing round, December 2009
Election thinking dominates as Iraq scores a success with oil licence awards
The successful second licensing round holds out the promise of huge financial inflows from energy revenues, enabling Iraq to finance its pressing economic and social demands. This could boost Nouri Al-Maliki’s election campaign but, in the short term, there are many political and security hurdles to overcome more
SAUDI ARABIA
Copenhagen tests Saudi Arabia’s resistance to climate change
For long a staunch opponent of the climate change agenda, Saudi Arabia’s resistance to a new deal on the environment will be put to the test as representatives of 190 countries hammer out an agreement on global energy policy in Copenhagen. more
