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Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Tim Murray, CEO, Alba from The Report: Bahrain 2013
Articles & Analysis | Looking to the future: Still maintaining its competitive edge, the country is opening up to new opportunities from The Report: Bahrain 2013
With a long history as a pioneer in the Gulf region, Bahrain was the first country to discover oil in the 1930s. It was also the first to face the issue of declining reserves, replacing reliance on hydrocarbons by developing one of the first heavy industries in the region, Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), in the mid-1960s. During the 1970s and 1980s the...
Articles & Analysis | Keeping options open: The government is keen on increasing foreign investment and securing new partners from The Report: Bahrain 2013
Foreign direct investment (FDI) forms a key plank of Bahrain’s development strategy. On its own, the size of the country means that both the internal market and its ability to provide capital are limited. At the same time, Bahrain has less oil and gas reserves than many of its neighbours, and as such, is looking to diversify its economy away from...
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Chris Potter, CEO, Arab Shipbuilding & Repair Yard (ASRY) from The Report: Bahrain 2013
What are the significant trends in the industry that will impact the future of the region’s repair yards?
Articles & Analysis | Full of possibilities: Downstream industries present great potential from The Report: Bahrain 2013
Plastics consumption in the Gulf region has been growing exponentially over the past decade. According to a report from the Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA), between 2011 and 2015 consumption of plastics in the region is set to grow from 3.3m tonnes per annum (tpa) to 5.5m tpa. The GPCA puts the value of the GCC petrochemicals...
Economic update | Oman: Linking up the food chain
13 Jun 2013
New investments in Oman’s agro-industries will not only help bolster the Sultanate’s food security and ease reliance on imports, but also have the capacity to provide increased business opportunities in food processing and support services.