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Financing shortfall will push Oman to uneasy austerity

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OMAN

A fiscal crunch exacerbated by the pandemic and associated oil-price crash has forced the authorities to step up long-term ‘Omanisation’ efforts, ultimately taking pressure off…

Abu Dhabi will boost oil output for energy transition

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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

This is part of a wider strategy to capture more value from hydrocarbons resources, launched after a major corporate restructuring following the 2015 oil price crash. The publicly…

Global resource nationalism is set to soften

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INTERNATIONAL

Commodity-producer countries react to low prices and sector sluggishness.

African oil and gas acreage push will hasten

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AFRICA

Increased African offshore exploration

Prospects for Iraq to end-2018

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PROSPECTS H2 2018

Prospects for Iraq to end-2018.

Nigeria's COVID-19 response at risk from weak links

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NIGERIA

Nigeria's COVID-19 response.

Re-election will still be tough for Canada’s Liberals

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CANADA

Canada’s next federal election must be held by October. Opinion polling is putting the Conservatives ahead.

Doha will hedge against LNG dependence

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QATAR

Earlier in January, it awarded contracts to increase and sustain output at its main oilfield. Doha wants to dilute its overdependence on a single commodity and to extract value…

Oil and gas prices boost Oman's financial position

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OMAN

The Gulf state’s finances had been under pressure for some time, with steadily rising debt levels and only fitful progress towards economic diversification. It can now look…

Turkey’s stock market is set to be highly volatile

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TURKEY

Local investors have used Turkey’s stock market as a hedge against the country’s runaway inflation and government attempts to 'lira-ise' the economy. The market's strong…