Issue 48
Oil & Gas
- Iraq’s Unattractive Contracts Claim Fresh Victim As Shell Eyes The Exit
- Basra Seeks Petrodollars
- Leviathan Partners Line Up Funding But Still Short On Sales
Transportation
- Traders Clean Up In Egypt LNG Import Tender
- East Asian Imports From Iran May Have Topped 2mn B/D For First Time Since 2009 In October* (‘000 B/D)
Refining & Petrochemicals
Power & Water
OPEC
- Opec Agrees To Cut, But Questions Remain Over Implementation
- The World’s Top Oil* Producer (Mn B/D): Saudi Output Recently Edged Past The US For The First Time Since Early 2014. But The US Is Set To Regain Top Spot Next Year And Keep It Until Shale Output Declines In The 2030s
Geopolitical Risk
- Kuwaiti Opposition Gains Further Threaten Government Energy Policy
- The Political Implications Of Iraq’s Mosul Offensive
Corporate
Economics & Finance
- Saudi Cash Injection: Better Late Than Never
- Algeria Raises More Taxes In 2017 Austerity Budget
- Tunisia Bags $10bn Aid
Selected Data
- Crude Official Selling Prices ($/B)
- Saudi Aramco Contract Prices For LPG Exports ($/T)
- US Key Oil Data (‘000 B/D): Crude Output Continues To Rise In November After Bottoming Out At 8.58mn B/D In September
- Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)
- Global Crude Output By Gravity*... ...And Sulfur Content^ (Mn B/D)