Issue 13

Oil & Gas

• Baghdad Refocuses Oil Industry Priorities
• Oryx IPO Bid Reveals Controversial Wasit Oil Deals
• Saudi Aramco Suffers Fresh Cyber Woes
• Sudans Readying For Southern Oil Restart
• Yemen Offers 15 More Blocks
• PetroTel Expands Oman Portfolio

Refining & Petrochemicals

• Sweeteners Loom For Iraqi Downstream
• MENA Refiners Mull New Projects Amid Major Expansion Program

Corporate

• ‘New Eni’ Reduces North African Exposure
• Masdar Seven Years On – A Limited Success
• ConocoPhillips in Qatar Talks

OPEC

• Gulf Exports Trend Up Despite Iraqi Weakness

Selected Data

• Benchmark Crudes, Saudi Arabia - Economic Data & Saudi Arabia Export Revenue

Transportation

• ADNOC Shipping Arm Looks East For Profits
• Juba Clings To Pipeline Plan

Power & Water

• UAE Makes Progress On Nuclear Plant, Iran’s Bushehr Off-Line
• Algeria Looking To Generate Extra 2.8GW This Summer

Economics & Finance

• Libya To Transfer $2Bn To Egypt
• Iran Passes Short-Term Budget Amid Bleak Outlook
• Syrian Pound Slides On “Malicious War”
• IMF Sees Iraq’s Growth At 9% In 2013

Geopolitical Risk

• The Kurds: Is Statehood Next?

Op-Ed & Documents

• Assessing The Impact Of US LNG Exports