Issue 04
Oil & Gas
- GCC Gas Integration: More Than Just A Pipe Dream?
- Sharjah Plans Gas Storage Facility
- Genel Farm-In Boosts Development Prospects At Chevron KRG Blocks
- Baghdad: KRG Budget Overture
- Egypt Prepares West Med Block Offering
- Bahrain Looks To Parlay Upstream Potential Into Downstream Riches
Corporate
- Services Firms Eye Mideast CounteRweight To US Downturn
- Bahrain’s Grand Ambitions: MEES Speaks With Oil Minister Muhammad Al Khalifa
OPEC
- Saudi: Pre-Deal Deja-Vu With Output, Export Records
- Thailand Crude Imports: Abu Dhabi Cements Top Spot
Geopolitical Risk
- Iran: Exports Edge Up But Outlook Remains Bleak
- Libya Halves 2018 Budget Deficit But Remains Hostage To Oil And Conflict
- Lebanon: Two Steps Back
Refining & Petrochemicals
Power & Water
Economics & Finance
News In Brief
- IMF Downgrades Global Growth
- Egypt Raises $1bn Domestically…
- …Eyes $2bn IMF Cash Pronto
- Sawan: Shell’s New Upstream Head
- Saudi Eyes South AfricaRefinery
- Aramco Seeks Bond Proposals
- Oman: Tethys Deal Falls Through
- Sonatrach, Total Petchem JV
- Pakistan Gulf Diplomacy Picks Up Further
- Saudi Arabia November 2018 Oil Data ('000 B/D): Crude Exports Rise To 2-Year High As Record 11.398mn B/D Of Crude Is Supplied To The Market
Selected Data
- Global LNG Trade Soars To Record 2018
- China 2018 LNG Imports (Mn Tons): Volumes Up 40% To Record 53.78mn Tons. Qatar Volumes Up 23% But Share Down 2% As Australia Surges Ahead As Top Supplier
- Thailand 2018 Crude Imports (‘000 B/D): Uae Cements Top Spot But An Increasingly Diversified Supplier List Sees Middle East Share Fall To Record Low
- China 2018 Crude Imports (‘000 B/D): Middle East Volumes At Record 4.050mn B/D But Share Remains At Just Over 43% As Beijing Continues To Diversify
- Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)
- China Crude Imports ('000 B/D, Top Six Suppliers): Saudi Volumes Leap In Q4 To Rival Russia For Top Spot As Both Countries Notch Up Records