Issue 10

Corporate

• Independents To Drive Oman’s 2013 Output Boost
• QP Eyes US Shale Gas Industry Investments

Oil & Gas

• Anadarko Turns North Africa Focus To Shale
• Oman To Award Five Exploration Blocks In 2013
• Iraqi Parliament Snubs Kurds To ‘Pass 2013 Budget’
• Libyan Instability - The New Normal
• Shell’s SRAK Plans Drive Feedstock Concerns

Transportation

• Oman LNG Exit May Leave Qatar As Sole Exporter
• 1Mn B/D Basra-‘Aqaba Pipeline Progresses

Refining & Petrochemicals

• QP And Shell Award MEG Plant FEED Contract To Fluor
• SABIC Pulls Out Of Caribbean Methanol Project

Power & Water

• TAQA Targets Waste-To-Energy As Part Of UAE Green Initiative
• Siemens Wins Gas Turbine Order From Turkey’s Cengiz

OPEC

• Caracas At Crossroads After Chavez Death
• OPEC Holds Steady, Amid Renewed Focus On Output Sustainability

Geopolitical Risk

• US-Iran Detente Hinges On Successful Almaty Negotiations

Economics & Finance

• Iranian Rial Appreciates After “Positive” Nuclear Talks
• MPs Object To Jordan March Product Price Rise
• IMF’s Shafik Says Jordan Taking Steps To Address Challenges

Selected Data

• Benchmark Crude Prices & Crude Official Selling Prices

Op-Ed & Documents

• Iraq –Towards A Viable National Energy Policy