Issue 31

Oil & Gas

• Egypt Oil Investors Plough On Despite Political Chaos
• Algeria: Key Oilfields Hit By ‘Temporary’ Production Restrictions
• Chevron’s Neutral Zone Steam Injection Pushed to 2020

Refining & Petrochemicals

• Saudi Petchem Firms Target Specialized Markets
• Kuwait JV Awards Foster Wheeler Vietnam Refinery PMC

Corporate

• Occidental: Uncertainty Continues Over Middle East Assets
• Germany’s RWE Faces Challenging Sale Of North African Assets

Economics & Finance

• Egypt’s New Budget Targets 14.5% Deficit Cut
• Iran To Syria’s Financial Rescue, Again
• UAE Growth To Slow-IMF

OPEC

• Twilight Looms For OPEC’s Golden Age
• Saudi Prince Sounds Policy Alert

Selected Data

• Crude Official Selling Prices
• Iraq : Documented Monthly Civilian Deaths From Violence (Mar 2003-May 2013)
• Benchmark Crude Prices

Transportation

• Suez Canal Traffic, 2Q 2013

Power & Water

• GCC: UAE And Saudi ‘Readiest’ For Renewables
• Algeria: 8.4GW Boost

Geopolitical Risk

• Kuwait’s Elections: Where Do We Go From Here?
• Unrest In North Africa

Op-Ed & Documents

• OPEC’s Dilemma
• Will OPEC Or The US Be The World’s Marginal Crude Supplier?