Issue 02
Oil & Gas
- Iran Inaugurates New South Pars Phases, But Ambitious Targets Look Unrealistic
- Oman, Bahrain, Qatar Follow Saudi In Hiking Fuel Prices
Transportation
Refining & Petrochemicals
Power & Water
Corporate
- KRG Falling Oil Revenue Exacerbates Economic Crisis
- Gulf Keystone Cash Position Slowly Improves on KRG Payments
OPEC
Geopolitical Risk
- Iraq: Abadi Pivots From Ramadi to Basra
- IS Attacks Again As Baida-Aligned Guards Block Tripoli Crude Shipment
Economics & Finance
- World Bank Hikes Iran Growth Forecast But Global Storm Clouds Gather
- Don’t Lower Oil Prices Boost Global Growth?
- Growth Forecasts - Caveat Emptor
- IMF Approves Iraq Monitoring Program
- Iran Prepares To Slash Spending
- Shell, Iran Clear Debt
Selected Data
- US 2015 Oil Data: Annual Crude Output Hits Record 9.4mn B/D, But Now 600,000 B/D Down
- Crude Official Selling Prices ($/B)
- Saudi Arabia And Oman Again Hit New Rig Count Records In December
- Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)
- Russian Oil Output Hits New Post-Soviet Records Of 10.68mn B/D For 2015 And 10.78mn B/D For December, But Amid Capex Cuts Can This Continue?