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Monday, February 6, 2012

The Energy Fallout from the Arab Spring

The Energy Fallout from the Arab Spring

Jordan announced this week it was discussing with Baghdad the development of natural gas fields along its northern border with Iraq. The pipeline system in the Sinai Peninsula carrying natural gas from Egypt to its Middle East customers was the target of nearly a dozen attacks since Hosni Mubarak was ousted during last year's revolution. Authorities from Mubarak's administration were accused of getting rich off of shady gas contracts with Israel. Though Mubarak's cronies are out of the picture, the military leadership in Cairo hasn't exactly…
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