Oil prices have been fluctuating wildly in recent years, testifying to disagreement over the management of this fast-depleting resource, writes Hussein Abdallah*
In the meeting of OPEC oil ministers in Vienna on 8 June, the OPEC secretariat (...)
DOHA: Late last month, Yemeni officials claimed that Al-Qaeda-affiliated gunmen allegedly took control of a munitions factory in southern Yemen and then booby-trapped the facility after looting it. Residents of the town who flocked to the factory (...)
Hussein Abdallah* says sound plans are needed to postpone the time when the oil and gas wells run dry
It is no secret that Egypt has become a net importer of oil and gas, since its share of production no longer suffices to meet its domestic needs, (...)
The recently introduced amendments to two existing oil agreements between British Petroleum (BP) and the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) have opened the door to much debate on the quality of negotiations and the terms involved. (...)
Wildly fluctuating oil prices have sent shocks through the global economy in recent years. A formula exists to curb the worst of these tremors, writes Hussein Abdallah*
Adjustments resulting from the October 1973 War increased the price of oil from (...)
Short-term thinking has put Egypt in the unsustainable position of buying at high cost energy resources while it exports the same at low prices, writes Hussein Abdallah*
The electricity sector's consumption of oil and gas grew over the period (...)
Hussein Abdallah* examines the declining real price of oil against the soaring nominal price
US President George Bush and Vice-President Dick Cheney rushed to the Middle East to discuss the alarming rise in the nominal value of oil price. But at (...)
The government must reassess its energy conservation strategy and stop painting a rosy picture in order to survive dwindling oil and gas resources worldwide, urges Hussein Abdallah*
According to Production Sharing Agreements (PSAs) which are used to (...)
The thorn of Israel, wars and invasions, all relate to Western control of Arab oil and development, writes Hussein Abdallah*
Was the Annapolis conference really intended to tackle the entrenched core issues of the Arab-Israeli conflict, or only to (...)
Hussein Abdallah* lays out the energy choices and pitfalls which pave the road to Egypt's nuclear plans
The oil and gas consumed by the Egyptian electricity sector has risen over the period 1952-2006 from less than one million tonnes to more than 21 (...)
The present draft Iraq oil law is virtually guaranteed to betray the vital interests of Iraqis, writes Hussein Abdallah*
The US administration considers the ratification of the hydrocarbon law in Iraq as one of the major targets of the US (...)
Exporting Egypt's gas is foolhardy, given the country's own rising demand for this invaluable resource, writes Hussein Abdallah*
The Egyptian experience in exporting natural gas can only be analysed in the context of the country's overall energy (...)
Hussein Abdallah* debates whether Egypt needs to impose a windfall profit tax on foreign operating oil companies
On 22 November, 2006, the Algerian energy minister notified oil and gas companies in his country that the Algerian parliament passed, on (...)
Hussein Abdallah looks at the ups and downs of oil prices and what the future might hold
After reaching $68 in July and August, oil prices -- as represented by OPEC Reference Barrel (ORB) -- tended to fall in recent weeks at an average price of $55. (...)