1. Egypt Oil Output Slump To Continue. Import Dependence To Deepen

    ...17 However, Egypt’s oil demand actually fell for the first time in six years in 2017, to 811,000 b/d from a record 852,000 b/d in 2016 according to data posted to the Riyadh-based Joint Organizations Data Initiative (Jodi). Both the 2017 fall and the sharp rise in 2014, 2015 and 2016 – a cumulative 90...

    Volume: 61
    Issue: 10
    Published at Fri, 09 Mar 2018
  2. Total Expands In Libya With Marathon Waha Purchase

    ....33% partner ConocoPhillips 45,000 b/d each. Hess has 8.16% with Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) the remainder. Though output was shut in for two years from late 2014, it has since rebounded strongly, averaging 210,000 b/d for the last quarter of 2017 and 120,000 b/d for the year as a whole, ne...

    Volume: 61
    Issue: 10
    Published at Fri, 09 Mar 2018
  3. Opec’s Falling Production Capacity Strengthens Saudi Control

    ....49 32.47 32.48 -0.13 32.62 *INCLUDES SHARE OF NEUTRAL ZONE. SOURCE: IEA, MEES.   PRODUCTION: LOWER FOR LONGER The decline in oil prices since late 2014 has taken it...

    Volume: 61
    Issue: 10
    Published at Fri, 09 Mar 2018
  4. Iraq’s Politicized 2018 Budget Aims To Slash Deficit

    ...ached this would likely only be implemented in the second half of the year (MEES, 2 March). Iraq is banking on an $8.1bn revenue gain (9.5% in real terms) over 2017’s revised budget expectation as it struggles to rein in the double digit deficits it has routinely posted since 2014’s oil price crash. Oi...

    Volume: 61
    Issue: 10
    Published at Fri, 09 Mar 2018
  5. Saudi: Major 2017 Oil Revenue Gains, But Non-Oil Disappoints

    ...vernment coffers? The kingdom’s latest trade statistics shed light on the issue, showing that oil exports rose in value to a three-year high of $170bn last year. This was a 25% year-on-year gain, although it was still 40% below 2014’s $285bn (not to mention the record $110/B years of 2012 and 20...

    Volume: 61
    Issue: 10
    Published at Fri, 09 Mar 2018