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Issue 843 - 19 December 2008

POLITICS AND FINANCIAL RISK

RISK MANAGEMENT REPORT: GSN revises grading system

BAHRAIN

RISK GRADE: C/3 – Communal tensions rise, growth slows

ISSUES: Oil industry developments

IRAN

RISK GRADE: D/4 – Disfunctional policy, domestic tensions

ISSUES: Trade finance market collapses

IRAQ

RISK GRADE: E/4 – Improving indicators from extreme low

ISSUES: Outlook in perspective

KUWAIT

RISK GRADE: C/2 – Political environment hinders reform

ISSUES: City of Silk and Project Kuwait

OMAN

RISK GRADE: B/3 – Impressive stability, more growth needed

ISSUES: Energy industry

QATAR

RISK GRADE: B/1: Huge wealth, colourful politics

ISSUES: Energy sector

SAUDI ARABIA

RISK GRADE: C/2 – Abdullah a success, problems persist

ISSUES: International relations

SYRIA

RISK GRADE: D/4 – Assad isolated but enduring

ISSUES: Energy industry

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

RISK GRADE: A-B/1-2 – Abu Dhabi top, Dubai in question

ISSUES: Population profile

YEMEN

RISK GRADE: E/5 – Political crises, economic problems

ISSUES: Energy outlook

DATA AND DIARY

DIARY: What’s on around the region

DATA: Market numbers



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2009

18-20 January: MENA-EX 2009 Strategic Conference and Exhibition, Jeddah

19-21 January: Gulf C4ISR 2009, Abu Dhabi

19-21 January: Oil & Gas Maintenance & Technology, Manama

20 January: The World in 2009 Executive Forum, Dubai

24-25 January: Iraq Health Summit, Dubai

25-26 January: Operational Risk Management for Banking & Finance, Manama

26-28 January: 3rd Annual Global E&P Summit, Barcelona

28-30 January: Gas Transport & Storage Summit 2009, Barcelona

2-4 February: Middle East Energy Security Forum, Dubai

3-5 February: Strategic Private Equity Investment Middle East 2009, Dubai

9-10 February: Middle East Energy 2009: The Politics of Investment and Supply, London

17-18 February: Islamic Project Finance, Dubai

24-25 February: 8th Annual Islamic Finance Summit, London

24-25 February: Middle East Trade and Export Finance, Dubai

4-5 March: Oil & Gas Contracts with Host Petroleum Regimes, Paris

23-24 March: LNG 2009, London

 

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