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Published in July 2021, this map of Oman shows governorate boundaries, international airports, roads, oil and gas fields and pipelines, oil refineries, gas processing plants, oil tanker terminals and LNG liquefaction plant and export terminals. There is also a box which offers a close up view of the Strait of Hormuz which includes shipping lane diagrams.  The map is available as a PDF file using eps graphics, meaning that there is no loss of resolution as the file is enlarged.

Updated in October 2021, this map provides a detailed overview of the hydrocarbons sector in Oman. Open and licensed acreage is shown, with block operators and oil and gas fields marked, alongside associated downstream infrastructure such as pipelines, tanker terminals, refineries, gas processing plants and LNG facilities. The map is available as a PDF file using eps graphics, meaning that there is no loss of resolution as the file is enlarged.

Revised January 2022, this map illustrates Oman's major infrastructure. The main map shows the country's governorate boundaries, major road network and international airports (with their IATA codes). The locations of onshore and offshore oil and gas/condensate fields and pipelines are marked alongside associated infrastructure including oil refineries, gas processing plants, tanker terminals and LNG facilities. An inset illustrates the Musandam peninsula, offshore oil and gas acreage and the shipping lanes through the Strait of Hormuz. The map is available as a PDF file using eps graphics, meaning that there is no loss of resolution as the file is enlarged.

Anew countdown has begun for Iran’s relations with the world. Following President Donald Trump’s heavily telegraphed 8 May decision that the United States would no longer honour its commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the US is set to reinstate the sanctions on Iran it dropped in January 2016 when the nuclear deal was implemented.

Less than a week after the death of his half-brother Abdullah (GSN 985, special issue), Saudi Arabia’s new king, Salman Bin Abdelaziz Al-Saud, announced generous handouts to citizens and made sweeping changes to the apparatus and personnel of government, demoting several of the late king’s sons and promoting his own. In a series of decrees issued on 29 January, King Salman detailed extensive appointments and institutional changes which must have been long in the planning; while many of the changes were not surprising, the rapidity of their execution was, catching many in Riyadh off guard.

Deal-making was to the fore during the second part of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS)’s threeweek tour around the United States (GSN 1,056/4). Following the initial days in Washington where diplomacy dominated, crossing the continent MBS met the top teams in global giants of the new and old economies. However, it remains to be seen whether he persuaded US business leaders to make the big long-term investments Saudi Arabia needs if his Vision 2030 reform programme is to succeed.

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France hopes it has picked up a big deal in Saudi Arabia, the traditionally solid US ally which is emerging as arguably the last bastion of the European combat aircraft market in the Gulf. Meanwhile US giant Lockheed Martin is tightening its grip on GCC procurement as the world’s big aerospace firms battle for dominance in the next decade.

Exasperation with sluggish progress towards a single currency, and a lack of political commitment to the GCC project, has persuaded Kuwait to concentrate on its on national interests. While its GC...

From boom to almost bust, Gulf equity markets have stumbled to dramatic effect. The socio-political consequences could be as signicant as the economic impacts, in emerging markets like Saudi Arabia.