Saturday, September 5, 2020

Is this the end of the Middle East's oil rush?

Crude oil exporters are struggling to balance budgets with low oil prices. Plus, South Africa could face a debt crisis.

 Oil revenues in the Middle East and North Africa fell from more than $1 trillion in 2012 to $575bn in 2019, according to the International Monetary Fund.

The pandemic has meant demand for fossil fuels has been decimated and may not return. Have oil-exporting countries done enough to diversify their economies?

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