Issue 23
Oil & Gas
- Troubled Waters: GCC Internal Schisms In The Spotlight Again
- Qatar Shrugs Off Restrictions With Continued Oil, Gas Exports
- UAE Gas Supplies: Qatar Dependence Remains Despite LNG Diversification
- Asian LNG Prices ($/Mn Btu): Japan Spot Prices Steady In May, June
- Rig Count: Iraq Drilling Resurgent, Saudi Offshore Growth Slow To Materialize
Transportation
Refining & Petrochemicals
Power & Water
OPEC
Geopolitical Risk
- Algeria: Government Reshuffled But Course Unchanged
- Sonatrach, Technip Halt ‘Detrimental’ Algiers Refinery Litigation
Corporate
Economics & Finance
- Sanctions: Tehran Tries To Come In From Cold As US Threatens To Turn Up Heat
- Strong Appetite For Oman’s Sukuk
- IMF-Iraq Progress Towards Second Loan Tranche
Selected Data
- India Crude Imports (‘000 B/D): Iraq Becomes Top Supplier In Q1 As Iran Gains On #2 Saudi
- Crude Official Selling Prices ($/B)
- Saudi Arabia Crude Quality Spread Falls To 7-Year Low In July. Arab Heavy’s Discount To Arab Light Has Halved Since December ($/B To Asia Vs Oman/Dubai)
- Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)
- US Crude Output Forecasts (Mn B/D): Latest EIA Report Revises Up Forecasts To Mid-2018 But Cuts Late-2018 Projections