Issue 33

Oil & Gas

• Competition Heats Up Over 2.8Mn B/D West Qurna-1
• Libya Disruptions Intensify Despite Elephant Restart
• Oman Boasts Of 50Bn Barrel Reserves
• Former Algerian Minister Latest Casualty In Widening Oil Corruption Scandal
• TR Wins $1Bn Touat Contract
• Zanganeh Pledges To Resurrect Oil Industry
• Sudan Further Delays Pipeline Closure Deadline

Transportation

• OPEC Transportation By Numbers

Refining & Petrochemicals

• Qatar Nears Full GTL Output, Eyes Competitors’ Projects
• Five Join Hunt To Snag 300,000 B/D Nasiriya Project
• OPEC’s MENA Refiners Holding Steady Ahead Of Capacity Surge

Power & Water

• Morocco Awards 2 Power Projects, Lines Up Solar Bidders
• SEC Awards Shuqaiq Power Plant To Hyundai

OPEC

• OPEC sees Tight Markets As Libyan Volumes Slump, Iraq Disappoints

Geopolitical Risk

• Carnage In Egypt As Army Moves Against Protesters
• Lebanon On The Brink

Corporate

• Uncertainty Ahead For Kuwait Energy After Reporting 2Q Growth

Economics & Finance

• Iran’s Majlis Approves Key Ministers In New Rohani Cabinet

Op-Ed & Documents

• Deconstructing The Syrian Banking System
• Algeria’s Energy Price Subsidies: Policy Conundrum And Political Dilemma

Selected Data

• Benchmark Crude Prices
• Tunisia: June Oil Production Hits Post-Revolution Low