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Middle East boosts its unconventional gas resources
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Ian Thom
Research Director, Middle East Upstream
Ian Thom
Research Director, Middle East Upstream
Ian is a research director focused on the Middle East upstream sector.
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MENA in Brief – March 2020
The Middle East is known for large conventional oil fields, but unconventional gas is featuring more and more. In this episode I’m joined by analysts Liam Yates and Alexandre Araman to discuss two big announcements: Saudi Arabia’s US$100 billion investment in a 200 tcf unconventional gas development in the Jafurah basin, and UAE’s 80 tcf Jebel Ali gas discovery.
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