Issue 41

Oil & Gas

• Confirmation Of Libyan Oil Minister Thrown Off Course By Political Turmoil
• Baghdad-Irbil Deal Lifts Exports To Three-Decade High
• Italy’s Edison Secures Cheaper Libyan Gas
• Anatolia Energy Suspends Shale Well
• Noble Energy Leases New Drillship For East Mediterranean
• Turkey Raises Energy Prices

Geopolitical Risk

• Oil-Rich Abyei No Longer Open For Discussion, Juba Says

Corporate

• Dar Petroleum Eyes 2013 Restart Of Southern Oil Exports
• Sadara Appoints Labban As CEO

OPEC

• Output Eases As Market Heads Into Turbulent Waters

Selected Data

• Crude Official Selling Prices ($/B)

Transportation

• Cyprus Sees EU As Primary LNG Export Market
• Crackdown Continues On Iran Shipping
• Kuwait Deploys Armed Anti-Pirate Squads

Refining & Petrochemicals

• OOC Plans $800Mn PTA/PET Plant
• SPCo Starts Commercial Polymers Production In Jubail

Power & Water

• SEC Awards PP12 Gas Turbines Contract To GE
• Marafiq Extends Jacobs’ Project Management Contract

Economics & Finance

• Ahmadinejad Accuses The West Of Economic War As Rial Slumps
• Donors Pledge Further $1.5Bn Aid To Yemen
• Oman Sets 2013 Budget Oil Price At $85/B
• Lebanon Addressing Iran, Syria Bank Account Concerns

The Political Scene

• Political Comment (5 October 2012)

Op-Ed & Documents

• MENA Energy Investment On The Rise Again