APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy articles from January 2003

APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy archives from January 2003

The Non-OPEC Countries - A New Survey.
January 27, 2003... Editor's Note: This is a continuation from the OPEC countries survey carried out in 2002 (Vols. 43 & 44). To be carried out on a country-by-country basis, this survey will review the way each non-OPEC country, with emphasis on the Middle East...

Part 1 - Egypt.
January 27, 2003... Egypt is well placed in this regard as it is becoming a major producer of natural gas. The country's oil production in steady decline, and the pace of gas discoveries has overtaken that of oil finds. In keeping with this trend, Egypt has...

EGYPT - Husni Mubarak.
January 27, 2003... Egypt has a presidential system of government with strong executive powers vested with Mubarak, who will be 75 years old in May 2003. On Sept. 26, 1999, he was re-elected in a national referendum for a fourth six-year term to the autumn of...

EGYPT - Profile - Sameh Fahmi.
January 27, 2003... Petroleum Minister since Oct. 9, 1999, Fahmi is young and has the energy needed by the Mubarak regime to implement Egypt's petroleum strategy to the year 2017. As one of the architects of this strategy, when he became minister, Fahmi got the...

EGYPT - Profile - Ibrahim Saleh.(Brief Article)
January 27, 2003... A long-serving executive in the petroleum sector, Saleh became chairman of EGPC in August 2001, succeeding Mohammed Tawila who was then elected as chairman of the new ENGHC. Until then Saleh was a deputy chairman of EGPC. Saleh is a...

EGYPT - Profile - Mohammed Tawila.(Brief Article)
January 27, 2003... The Chairman of Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Co. (ENGHC) since its creation in August 2001, Tawila is one of the architects of Egypt's gas strategy to the year 2017. Before becoming chairman of EGPC in 2000 to succeed Abdel Khaleq Ayad, Tawila...