Issue 04

Oil & Gas

• In Amenas Attack Heightens Security Tensions – In Libya As Well As Algeria
• Tillerson Meets With Iraqi Political Leaders
• Saudi Arabia, Qatar Push Offshore Upstream Development
• Oman Eyes Bangladesh Energy Sector
• Noble to Delay Aphrodite Appraisal Drilling
• NIGC In Tender for Turkish Gas Distributor

Transportation

• South Sudan Looks To Alternate Export Routes
• Iran Exports To China, India and South Korea Fall In 2012
• Suez Canal Traffic

Refining & Petrochemicals

• Supply Surge Eases Iraq’s Daura Feedstock Shortage
• Petchems The Catalyst For Middle East Economic Diversification

Power & Water

• MENA Power Sector Preparing For Renewables Push
• SEC Profits Up 20% In 2012

Corporate

• QP: What’s Next?
• SABIC Reports 15% Fall In Profits For 2012

OPEC

• IEA Sees Chinese Demand Strength Driving Call On OPEC

Selected Data

• Benchmark Crude Prices & Iraqi Crude Production and Exports ('000 b/d)

Economics & Finance

• Yemen’s 2013 Budget Aimed At Speedy Return To Stability
• IMF: Qatar’s Economic Outlook Remains Robust
• Iranian Rial Slides On Rumors Of CBI Governor Sacking
• Jordan Signs MOU For $1.25Bn UAE Grant

Geopolitical Risk

• Difficult Days Ahead For Iraq

Op-Ed & Documents

• Where The Sun Shines