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Qatar builds up its gas muscle
In the cyclical fossil energy business, today’s plentiful supply of natural gas is expected to turn into tight global markets by the mid-2020s. Qatar, an LNG export powerhouse, will be ready for that phase with new extraction, liquefaction and gas-to-liquids production capacities. If the emirate also begins to offer flexible terms to customers, as American suppliers do, the repercussions on global LNG markets could be significant.
The conflict over Qatar adds to Middle East quagmire
Aside the war in Yemen, the Arabian Peninsula has been a relatively calm part of the Middle East. A sharp conflict over Qatar’s alleged sponsorship of terrorism threatens to add it to the long list of dangerously unstable countries in North Africa, Sahel zone, Horn of Africa and the Middle ...
The geopolitics of gas: Qatar, Iran and Russia
Qatar and Russia have little reason to like each other. They are adversaries on several Middle Eastern battlefields and heavyweight rivals on the world gas market. But Doha, for its own reasons, wants to keep the communication lines open with Moscow.
Qatar’s peaceful handover of power points towards new foreign policy
The Emir of Qatar has stepped down in favour of the Crown Prince setting a precedent for succession in the Gulf States. His move sees the influential figure Jassim bin Hamad al-Thani - known in the West as HBJ - who was the Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, right hand man ...
