Issue 21

Oil & Gas

• Kish Gas Startup Claims Half-Baked
• Egypt: Leadership Changes Buffet Oil Sector
• Kuwait Oil Minister’s Strategic Shake Up: What’s Next?
• Saudi Aramco To Develop Midyan Gas Field
• Price Reporting Probe Puts Oman/Dubai Assessments Under Scrutiny

OPEC

• OPEC Capacity Growth To Remain Muted Through 2018

Selected Data

• Chinese crude imports by country of origin/China's Monthly Imports Of Iranian Crude
• Crude Official Selling Prices
• Benchmark Crude Prices/GCC OPEC Members’ Crude Production

Transportation

• Kuwait Weighs LNG Import Boost Amid Shake Up

Refining & Petrochemicals

• Turkey Joins MENA Capacity Surge As Socar Awards STAR Refinery Contract
• Green Light For MENA’s First FCC Catalysts Plant

Power & Water

• Oman Plans For Power Demand Growth
• Algeria Announces Nuclear Program, Awards Gas Deal

Geopolitical Risk

• Iran Hit By Pre-Election Political Maneuverings
• Libya: New Law Divisive

Corporate

• International Expansion Leaves Turkish Firms Vulnerable To Political Instability
• Qatar Forms $1Bn Power Fund, Buys Congo Stake
• Total Tanks Up In Egypt

Economics & Finance

• IMF Calls For Regional Reforms To Offset Declining Growth
• Yemen Seeks $500Mn Loan From IMF
• Lebanese Officials Upbeat Despite Warnings
• Algeria: 9% Earnings Fall
• Bahrain’s Economic Outlook Vulnerable To Oil Price Risk, Says IMF

Op-Ed & Documents

• US Energy: The New Reality