Issue 19

Oil & Gas

• Cornered Iran Contemplating New Oil Contracts
• Fresh Blast Severs Yemen Crude Export Artery
• Neutral Zone Contract Awarded
• South Sudan Brings Largest Oil Field Back Online
• OMV Output Up On Yemen, Libya Stability
• Syrian Oil Output Slumps To 70,000 B/D

Transportation

• QP’s Strategy As US Tilts To LNG Exports

Refining & Petrochemicals

• Gulf Petrochemicals Firms Expanding Capacity Despite US Shale Threat
• KNPC Issues Tender For Clean Fuels Project

Geopolitical Risk

• Egypt’s President Mursi Moves To Purge Judiciary
• Libya ‘Mob Rule’ Sounds Investment Alarm
• Tensions Ratched Up Post-Elections

Economics & Finance

• Fragile Economy Dominates Upcoming Iranian Elections
• Cairo Reinstates IMF Loan Negotiator
• Kuwait Grants $215Mn For Jordan LNG Terminal
• Egypt Cabinet Reshuffle

OPEC

• Changes At The Top, As OPEC Eyes Q3 Market Trajectory

Selected Data

• Crude Official Selling Prices
• Benchmark Crude Prices/Iraqi Crude Exports and Revenues

Power & Water

• Oman Reviewing Electricity Policy, Targeting Efficiency
• Turkey Awards $22Bn Contract For Sinop Nuclear Plants

Corporate

• North African Oil Investors Head For The Exits
• Poland’s Kulczyk Buys Winstar
• Total Sees Multi-Billion Dollar Solar Opportunity

Op-Ed & Documents

• An Enduring Legacy