Issue 12

Oil & Gas

• East Med Deepwater Exploration: In Search Of ‘More Zohr’
• Aramco IPO Valuation: The Devil Is In The Detail

Transportation

• Iran LNG Plans Hamstrung By Domestic Demand, Lack Of Foreign Cash

Refining & Petrochemicals

• Aramco, Sabic Ink China Downstream Deals During King Salman’s Asian Tour

Power & Water

• Jordan: China Cash Ties Up $2.1bn Oil Shale Funding
• Dubai Solar: 200MW Phase-2 Start-Up

OPEC

• Saudi Gets Creative To Maintain Crude Exports Despite Output Fall

Geopolitical Risk

• Libya Output Gets Waha Boost; Targets Abu Attifel, Sharara Next
• Rosneft: Russia Mixes Business With Politics In Mena Expansion

Corporate

• Majors In The Middle East: 2016, A Year Of Consolidation

Economics & Finance

• Fitch Downgrades Saudi, Increasing Headwinds For $15bn Bond Plans
• Mena Energy Investment Could Near $1trn By 2021 With $340bn Of Projects Already Underway-Apicorp
• Lebanon Raises $3bn In Record Bond Issue

Op-Ed & Documents

• Life After Oil: How Can Gulf Countries Localize Jobs & Broaden Their Economies?

Selected Data

• Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)
• US Data Ratchets Up Pressure On Opec Ahead Of 25-26 March Output Monitoring Meeting