HeyJaredLetters From The Middle East
Majd Shafiq's commentaries, essays and reflections on Middle East economies, politics, and culture to provide the reader with insight on current developments and future trends that will help in assessing opportunities and pricing risk.
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Tuesday’s Notes of Interest (opens the original)
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This landmark Conference will be showcasing around $15 billion of strategic, bankable projects in green energy, water infrastructure, digital transformation, telecommunications, transport, and critical minerals/rare earth elements.The Conference aims to mobilize EU support packages and de-risking instruments aligned with Global Gateway priorities. Thanks for reading Letters From The Middle East! Subscribe
Tuesday’s Notes of Interest (opens the original)
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Jordan Petroleum Refinery, an Amman Stock Exchange listed company, is gearing up for its fourth expansion phase …WSJ: Refineries Are Now the Main Chokepoint for Global Energy Supplies. The Iran and Ukraine wars have exposed the world’s reliance on the Middle East and Russia for diesel. Persian Gulf states and Russia have invested tens of billions of dollars in refineries over the past decade to grab a bigger share of the global diesel market. The projects more than doubled diesel exports from th
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FT: Saudi Aramco’s oil facilities in the Saudi Arabian city of Jizan have been attacked only a month after a separate strike temporarily knocked out some production at its refinery. The company’s oil infrastructure was hit on Monday and the damage was being assessed. Jizan is the kingdom’s closest industrial city to the Yemeni border and has been attacked by the Houthis on several occasions in the past. The Iranian-backed rebels have not claimed any new attack on Saudi Arabia. Jizan is home to a
Flash Note: Jordan’s Private Sector Sukuk (opens the original)
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Although Jordan’s Sukuk law was passed by Parliament in 2012, and the relevant bylaws and regulations all put in place by mid 2014, no private sector sukuk issuances took place till last year. Sukuk issuances since 2014 were done by the Government or Government related entities and companies. The private sector shied away.Why did the private sector in Jordan shy away from using sukuk as a funding mechanism? Well, corporate banking services are competitive in Jordan and banks do offer corporate c
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Important move to ease shipping concerns. But seems that insurance premiums going up everywhere for all sorts of reasons.FT: Saudi Arabia holds talks over state-backed war insurance as costs jump. Insurers have raised prices or restricted coverage for ships and other firms in the region owing to Iran conflict and Houthi attacks. Saudi Arabia has held talks with London brokers about a state-backed scheme for war and political risk insurance that could provide cover for ships in the region. <div c
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