Tagged With Ahmed Mehdi
2 May 2024
Faster-than-expected economic growth fails to mask macro imbalances and shifting structural oil product trends
29 June 2023
Move triggers flurry of Middle East-China trading with Unipec flooding market with Omani cargoes and rival Petrochina snapping them up
21 February 2023
The $27bn megaproject is key to Iraq’s 2027 oil and gas production goals
2 February 2023
The region’s producers have their own specific goals and face drastically different challenges
5 December 2022
The fate of the continent’s supply crunch may lie elsewhere—in China, the Middle East and Russia
26 September 2022
The proposed mechanism may cause Russia some pain, but its impact is likely overstated
24 February 2022
Strong prices for middle distillates might persist due to a range of supply and demand factors
31 January 2022
The impact of a breakdown in Russo-US relations is much more nuanced in liquids than in gas
26 September 2021
The major has bucked the trend of Iraqi exits and reorganisations. Why is it going where others fear to tread?
12 August 2021
Hardline rhetoric and positions apparently further apart than ever may obscure appetite for a deal
16 July 2021
Preferred feedstocks are now subject to levies, as establishment refiners use political clout to bite back
6 May 2021
There will be no immediate promotion into the super league of global crude benchmarks for the Middle East’s latest challenger
30 March 2021
Iraq’s new crude grade has had a relatively successful first few months. But Basrah Light issuers remain unresolved
2 March 2021
The unusual premiums sour grades have enjoyed over sweet may be coming to an end
6 October 2020
The Mid-East Gulf producer may need to take lessons from its peers to achieve best value in a crowded market
27 August 2020
Challenges to refiners are myriad. Another boost in Mid-East Gulf capacity brings more complexity
11 June 2019
Protests could return this summer, against a background of political fragmentation
31 January 2019
A new federal government has a powerful engine in terms of rising crude output and export capacity, but also faces huge
domestic difficulties
2 August 2018
Members must consider a host of complex issues as they wrestle with the problem of managing oil supply
27 April 2018
Opec's goal of defending high oil prices may suit some members in the short run, but its long-term impacts could be damaging
