Issue 18

Oil & Gas

• Cairo Scrambles To Avert Gas Catastrophe
• Abu Dhabi Awards Bab To Shell
• Iranian Parliament Approves $20Bn Oil And Gas Bonds
• Iraq Launches Basra Gas Company
• Kuwait Energy Set For Continued Growth In 2013

Transportation

• BP To Spearhead Iraq Products Terminal Expansion
• Dubai Set To Expand Jet Fuel Facilities

Geopolitical Risk

• MENA Security Deterioration Sounds Oil Investment Alarm
• Syria: At The Crossroads

Corporate

• Analysis: Aramco’s Overseas Refining And Product Marketing Strategy

Refining & Petrochemicals

• GCC Polymers Capacity Expansion ‘Tremendous’
• Sabic To Cut EU Interests

Power & Water

• KACARE Outlines Saudi Electricity Energy Source Scenario
• SEC Awards PP13/14 Management Contract To WorleyParsons

Economics & Finance

• Syria Estimates Oil Industry Losses At $8.1Bn
• Egypt Appoints New IMF Loan Negotiator
• IMF: Diversification Key For Sudan With Oil Revenues Imminent
• US Ex-Im Proposes More Gulf Funding
• Tunis Agrees IMF Loan

Op-Ed & Documents

• MENA Power Sector: Catching Up… But Far From There Yet

Selected Data

• Benchmark Crude Prices/Official Iraqi Oil & Gas Data, March & April 2013/Iraq Crude Export

OPEC

• Riyadh Sees Limited Demand Growth For Its Crude