Issue 50

Oil & Gas

• Politics Threatens To Bust Kurdish Oil Investment Boom
• Eni Returns To Libyan Exploration Drilling

Transportation

• Sudans Take Two On Oil Restart
• Yemen Launches Offensive Against Pipeline Saboteurs

Power & Water

• Aramco Prepares To Enter Saudi Power Market
• Qatar Launches Solar Program To Conserve North Field

OPEC

• Output Ratchets Up Ahead Of Vienna Meeting

Selected Data

• Crude Official Selling Prices, Benchmark Crude Prices & Official Iraqi Oil & Gas Data

Refining & Petrochemicals

• Weak Global Economy Continues To Weigh On Saudi Petchems
• MENA Refinery/Petchem Expansion Plans Moving Ahead

Geopolitical Risk

• US Turns Up Heat On Iran
• Egypt: Mursi Defiant On Constitution Referendum
• Egypt’s Showdown Could Have Profound Regional Implications

Corporate

• Eni Rocked By Algeria Corruption Probe

Economics & Finance

• Damascus Fighting Strains Syria’s Frail Economy
• Iran’s NDF Holds $43Bn In Reserves
• Qatar And France Sign MOU For Small Business Fund
• EBRD Makes Initial Egyptian Investment

Op-Ed & Documents

• Energy as the Driver for Gulf Integration: The Gulf Power Grid