Issue 24

Oil & Gas

• KRG Pushes On Independent Exports Despite Maliki Visit
• Protests Drive Libyan Output Below 1Mn B/D
• Sudan Officially Calls A Halt To Southern Exports
• Egypt: Qatari LNG Band-Aid
• Shale Oil And Gas: US Hikes Global Reserves Estimates
• Turkey Boosts E&P Terms
• Oman To Award Six Blocks By End-2013
• KPC Chief’s Challenges
• BP Data Charts Mixed Fortunes For Middle East Producers In 2012
• MENA Active Drilling Rigs
• GCC Countries Active Oil Drilling Rigs 2008-2013

Transportation

• Analysis: Changes Ahead For Gulf LNG Importers And Producers

Refining & Petrochemicals

• Mideast Refining Capacity Edges Up, Runs Fall
• KPI Vietnam Refinery OK’d

Power & Water

• Kuwait Ponders Long-Term Power Fuel Supply Options: MEES Analysis
• SEC In Talks With ACWA After Rabigh-2 Fuel Switch
• MENA Renewables Sector To Continue ‘Massive’ Growth, Says Irena
• Algeria In $96Bn Facilities Spend

OPEC

• OPEC Voices Cautious Optimism Over 2H13 Demand

Geopolitical Risk

• Turkey At The Crossroads
• Shake-Up May Lead Qatar To Scale Back Foreign Policy Ambitions
• Hizbollah Syria Intervention Provokes GCC Backlash, Risks Flaming Sectarian Conflict

Corporate

• Qatar’s New Leadership: Impact On QP’s And QIA’s Strategies

Economics & Finance

• Egypt-IMF Talks Edge Forward; Budget Deficit Overshoots
• IMF Approves $1.74Bn Reform Loan For Tunisia

Op-Ed & Documents

• Iraq’s Integrated National Energy Strategy: Summary And Key Recommendations

Selected Data

• Crude Official Selling Prices ($/b)
• Benchmark Crude Prices ($/b)