Conducting business in post-sanctions Tehran
MEED’s Oil and Gas Editor and co-author of MEED Insight’s Opportunity Iran 2015 report, Mark Watts, provides a preview of the challenges and opportunities of doing business in the new, sanction-free...
View ArticleQ4 2015 – Emerging Markets Outlook
While some indices are yielding positive returns, emerging markets on the whole are in decline. Yet Templeton Emerging Markets Group’s Executive Chairman Dr Mark Mobius is optimistic about future...
View ArticleWe must secure the GCC’s defining decade
The spotlight is on the Gulf thanks to two upcoming mega-events. While the multi-billion dollar infrastructure projects being pursued by both Qatar and the UAE are impressive, it’s doubly important to...
View ArticleThe role of speed in today’s financial markets
IT-assisted information analysis has led to a dramatic increase in the speed and number of trade transactions taking place on today’s financial markets. Johan Hombert and his co-researchers, Thierry...
View ArticleCOP21 powered by Big Coal
Ironically, the UN summit on climate change has been made possible through profits generated from 200 mega tonnes of coal-fired CO2. What does this conflict of interest between the summit and its...
View ArticleSecond city drives Qatar’s construction industry
With a wave of new projects moving from the drawing board to the roll-out stage in Qatar’s Lusail City development, activity in the construction sector looks set to shift up a gear. Substantial...
View ArticleThe advent of digital Oilfields
Disruptive technologies could be the saviour that the oil industry seeks as it contends with low prices. Oil and gas companies, which are grappling with an intense battle for customers amid a supply...
View ArticleAfrica Comes Online
The soaring demand for energy on the continent creates oil storage opportunities for investors. Africa’s annual appetite for gasoil and gasoline is expected to climb by as much as 8%, while demand for...
View ArticleRowing against the tide
What are some of the strategies the GCC countries can adopt in the face of declining oil prices? From immediate actions like cutting production to sustained commitment to diversification, Dr Mamdouh G...
View ArticleEnergy Markets React to Rocky Geopolitics
Energy markets and geopolitics are permanent bedfellows, but the relationship is set to get particularly tricky in 2016. Gulf governments’ budgets are under rising pressure as oil prices sink to below...
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