Issue 29

Oil & Gas

• Southern Iraqi Gas Processing Slumps
• Oryx Aims For 200KBD
• Desperate Iran Scrambles For Oil Revenues
• Sirte Touts Finds, Protests Continue

Transportation

• Lebanon Faces Obstacles To LNG Imports

Refining & Petrochemicals

• IEA Sees Mixed Fortunes For North African, Mideast Refiners
• QP And Qapco Award Al-Sejeel FEED to Bechtel

Power & Water

• Baghdad And Kurds Choose Different Power Paths
• IDA: New Desalination Technologies Need Time
• Lebanon Struggles To Plug Power Shortage

OPEC

• Riyadh, Baghdad Benefit As Turkey Weans Itself Off Iranian Crude

Geopolitical Risk

• Syria: War On Three Fronts
• Egypt: New Government

Corporate

• Oxy, QP Position For Tough Qatar Upstream Talks
• Mubadala Sells Petrofac JV Stake

Economics & Finance

• New Egyptian Government Faces Daunting Economic Challenges
• Qatar GDP Growth Projected At 6.5% In 2013
• Rohani Slams Fiscal Legacy
• Saudi Economic Growth Set To Slow: IMF
• China Crisis Would Threaten Saudi Economy

Op-Ed & Documents

• Export Of Shale Gas: Perspective From Japan

Selected Data

• Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)