26-29 September: Affordable Housing Development Summit Middle East, Manama
27-28 September: Unconventional Gas, London
3-5 October: Middle East Investments Summit 2010, Dubai
3-6 October: SWPF - Saudi Water & Power Forum 2010 Conference & Exhibition, Saudi Arabia
3-7 October: Funds Forum Middle East, Bahrain
4-6 October: POWER-GEN Middle East 2010, Doha, Qatar
10-12 October: The 3rd annual Saudi Arabia International Oil & Gas Exhibition & Conference, Dammam
11-12 October: Unconventional Oil 2010, London
12-14 October: Offshore Middle East 2010: The 3rd Annual Offshore Middle East Conference & Exhibition, Doha
18-19 October: Maghreb/Middle East Renewable Energy Conference, Marrakech
24-27 October: MENA Mining Congress 2010, Dubai
26-28 October: Iraq Mega Projects 2010 Conference & Exhibition, Istanbul
27-28 October: Gas to Liquids 2010, London
21-23 November: Private Equity World MENA 2010, Dubai
29 November-1 December: Iraq Petroleum 2010 Conference, London
6-8 December: Smart Grids Middle East, Dubai
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.
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Issue 881 - 16 July 2010
IRAN
Sanctions hit airliners, US targets gasoline
Underlining the impact of US-led campaigns on economic life in the Islamic Republic, BP has halted fuel supplies to Iranian airliners landing at any location following fresh US sanctions against the energy sector. more
Russian trade continues amid growing tensions
Russian energy minister Sergei Shmatko has ruled out reducing energy trade with Iran despite the sanctions imposed by the United Nations, United States and European Union. more
IRAQ
Shell’s gas project moves forward in political vacuum
The outgoing Council of Ministers has approved the establishment of Basra Gas Company, which will implement Royal Dutch Shell’s controversial project to gather, process and market flared gas from a quartet of the country’s largest oil fields. more
OMAN
GE gets Salalah IWPP turbine, services orders
GE will provide five advanced 6FA gas turbines for the $1.5bn Salalah independent water and power project in southern Oman which will generate 445MW of electricity and 15m g/d of desalinated water. more
SAUDI ARABIA
Oil industry fears policy shift
Comments in early July by King Abdullah Bin Abdelaziz that oil production must be halted to leave resources for the next generation has provoked concern across the sector. more
Issue 880 - 2 July 2010
IRAQ
Petrel overcomes difficult business environment to begin EPC work on Iraqi fields
Independent oil exploration company Petrel Resources has held on against the odds to bring the Subba and Luhais fields to development, following a major contractual reorganisation with local joint-venture partner Makman Oil & Gas. more
Bond issue for South Pars gas field
Iran appears to be making progress in funding its offshore South Pars gas field, after several major western players withdrew their expertise and financing from a number of project phases during 2010. more
SAUDI ARABIA
Saudi Arabia leads way on project financing deals
A cluster of new financing facilities has raised well over $10bn, boosting the GCC’s project finance market. more
DUBAI
Topaz gets $45m EPC contract from Gulf Petrochem
Dubai-based Topaz Engineering has been awarded a $45m engineering, procurement and construction contract from Sharjah-based Gulf Petrochem. more
Issue 879 - 18 June 2010
Erbil stokes oil rush to increase pressure on Baghdad
There is eager speculation about business prospects in Iraqi Kurdistan once a number of key obstacles – including Baghdad’s refusal to pay IOCs for exporting oil or to recognise contracts they have signed with the KRG – are cleared more
Issue 878 - 4 June 2010
SHARJAH
Ambitious Crescent ties up with the Russians
Sharjah-based company’s oil and gas exploration deal with Rosneft will focus on the Mena region. more
Issue 877 - 21 May 2010
OMAN
Onshore Oman farm-out, reserves hike
Operator Consolidated Contractors Energy Development and Tethys Oil AB are bringing Mitsui & Company’s Mitsui E&P Middle East BV subsidiary into its onshore blocks 3 and 4 – whose reserves are bigger than previously thought, the Swedish partner said. more
YEMEN
Upstream update: Yemen – revenues up but outlook for crude production gloomy
Yemen’s efforts to entice IOCs to boost its faltering oil industry are hampered by a deteriorating security situation more
MAP: Yemen: E&P licensing, oil and gas infrastructure more
IRAN
IRAN: Foreign firms publicly reported to have commercial activity in the oil, gas, or petrochemical sectors
With the United States lining up another round of sanctions in the face of Iran’s refusal to budge over its nuclear programme, a letter and documentation sent by the Government Accountability Office to Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs chairman Joe Lieberman and Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security ranking member Jon Kyl has been doing the rounds. more
Issue 876 - 7 May 2010
OMAN
Oman upstream update: Output continues to recover but investors remain elusive
Oil output continues to rise after the slump of the last decade, but acreage left open for several years has failed to attract the international interest expected. Meanwhile, IOCs are leaving as the government looks to expensive enhanced oil recovery projects more
MAP: Oman's hydrocarbons infrastructure and E&P potential more
IRAQI KURDISTAN
Iraqi Kurdistan
GSN Risk Grade — D-5-: Isolated from Iraqi violence, but dependent on political bargains with Baghdad more
