Issue 13

Oil & Gas

• Iraq’s Akkas & Mansuriya Fields: Back On Offer
• Pipeline Closure Brings KRG Oil Sector To Standstill
• Oman Offers Three Blocks In New Bid Round
• Mauritania Exploration: Down To Four Blocks As Shell Concentrates Focus, Plans Wildcat
• Egypt’s Cheiron & Kufpec Eye 25,000 B/D Gulf Of Suez Boost

Corporate

• Adnoc Partners With BPFor Transformative Israel Entry
• Eni’s Key Egypt Thuraya Well Flops

OPEC

• Saudi Aramco Doubles Down On China With Rongsheng Splash

Geopolitical Risk

• Baghdad & Erbil Locked In Standoff As Oil Exports To Ceyhan Come To Complete Halt
• IOCs Start Shutting In Production

Refining & Petrochemicals

• Libya Advances Downstream & Gas Plans With Honeywell Deal
• Libya’s Mabruk: ‘2023 Restart’

Power & Water

• Oman Awards 1GW Solar Projects

Economics & Finance

• Tehran Touts Expected Economic Boost From Saudi Rapprochement

News In Brief

• Total To Spud Lebanon Well In Q4
• Iran Claims Higher Crude Exports, Promises More
• Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Appointed

Selected Data

• Israel Refiner Paz Posts Late Year Output Rebound
• Crude Official Selling Prices ($/B)
• Saudi LPG Official Contract Prices ($/T)
• Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)
• US Shale Gas Output* Tops 80bn Cfd As Permian Hits Record 16.8bn Cfd For February (bn cfd)