Issue 44

Oil & Gas

• Egypt Confident It ‘Has The Keys To The Future’ Of East Med Gas
• MEES Interview With Egypt’s Minister of Petroleum
• KRG-Baghdad Deal Needed To Unlock Northern Potential

Corporate

• Eni Grows North African Presence
• RAK Back In Tanzania

OPEC

• Japan 9M18 LNG Imports: Qatar Closes Gap To #2 Supplier Malaysia Despite Near-4% Fall In Volumes Year-On-Year
• Japan 3Q18 Crude Oil & Condensate Imports (‘000 B/D): Saudi Volumes Slip To 2-Year Low, Us Volumes Increase To Record 103,500 B/D In September

Geopolitical Risk

• Qatar’s Export Revenues Hit A Four-Year High Despite Ongoing Embargo

Refining & Petrochemicals

• IMO Tightening Sulfur Limits In Bunker Fuels: Will Mena Refiners Cope?
• Hyundai Eyes Iran Exit

Power & Water

• PDO Joins Oman’s Shift To Solar
• Masdar Completes Financing Of Waste-Burning Power Plant

Economics & Finance

• Egypt Economy Marches Upwards, But Higher Oil Prices Hit Subsidy Reforms
• Iran Reshuffles Cabinet Ahead Of US Sanctions
• US Eases Sanctions Enforcement Rhetoric

News In Brief

• Iraq Exports Fall, Revenues Unaffected
• Turkey Sets Sail To Drill For Oil And Gas
• Oman Raises $1.5bn Sukuk
• Mcdermott Starts Work On Abu Dhabi’s Belbazem Field
• Aramco/Sabic Pick Yanbu For COTC
• Egypt Signs Loan Deal For Midor Refinery Expansion
• DNO: A Tale Of Two Fields
• Egypt IPO Delay
• US Squeezes Hezbollah

Selected Data

• Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)