Issue 26

Oil & Gas

• ADCO Expands North East Bab, Abu Dhabi 3.5Mn B/D Target Back To 2020
• Algeria Drums Up Interest Ahead Of Bid Round
• KRG: Shaikan Stirring
• South Tunisia Gas Development Close To Go-Ahead Despite ENI Departure
• OMV Set For Eastern Abu Dhabi Oil Exploration

Transportation

• MEES Analysis: Algerian Pipelines Edge Forward

Refining & Petrochemicals

• Saudi Firms Wooing SMEs To Foster Domestic Market For Petrochemicals
• QP, Qapco Sign Al-Sejeel Polymers Deals

Power & Water

• Iraq Faces Summer Power Crunch Despite Progress On $75Bn Mega-Plan
• IEA Sees ‘Significant Potential’ For Solar Power In Middle East
• Qatar Plans First IWPP Project In Five Years

OPEC

• Seoul Seeks To Sate Mideast Supply Needs

Geopolitical Risk

• Bid Round Delay Likely As Lebanon Stares Into Sectarian Abyss
• Egyptian Army Hints At Intervention As Country Remains Divided

Corporate

• Analysis: Will New Amir Era Usher In QP Restructuring?
• Oxy Addresses GCC Concerns On 20% Farm Out

Economics & Finance

• Firm Oil Prices And Capital Inflows Boost UAE Growth, Says IMF
• Honor $8Bn Yemen Pledges, World Bank Tells Donors
• Algeria Trade Surplus Falls

Op-Ed & Documents

• Algeria’s Natural Gas Policy: Beware Of The Egypt Syndrome!

Selected Data

• Official Iraqi Oil & Gas Data, May 2013
• Crude Official Selling Prices ($/B)
• Benchmark Crude Prices
• Basra Soaring, Kirkuk St alling: Iraqi Crude Exports
• Iraq’s Northern Export Route In Crisis
• Youth Unemployment Rates 2008–2018