Issue 34

Oil & Gas

• Saudi Arabia Stems Domestic Oil Demand Growth
• Provinces Turn Up The Heat On Baghdad
• Libyan Port Pain Eases
• Yemen Prequalifies 18 Oil Block Bids Against Backdrop Of Instability
• MENA Active Drilling Rigs July 2013

Transportation

• Qatar Faces Challenging, Rapidly Changing, LNG Market
• Qatar Sends Egypt Free LNG

Refining & Petrochemicals

• Orpic Tenders Liwa FEED As Oman Joins Middle East Plastics Boom
• Shell/Aramco JV Shuts Down US Refinery CDU After Fire

Power & Water

• Wind Power Dominates Near-Term MENA Renewables Projects Mix
• DEWA Requests Advisory Bids For Revised Hassyan IPP

OPEC

• Uncertain Fundamentals Threaten To Ambush Projections

Geopolitical Risk

• Egypt: State Or Brotherhood

Corporate

• DNO Gets Q2 Tawke Tonic
• SEC Head Resigns, Replacement To Come From Aramco

Economics & Finance

• Rohani Promises Iranians Better Days Ahead
• Bahrain GDP To Hit 5.6%
• Arabs To Offset Loss Of Western Aid To Egypt
• US Insures Jordan Loans

Op-Ed & Documents

• Assessment Of Iraq’s Nasiriya Integrated Project Contract

Selected Data

• Chinese Crude Imports By Country Of Origin (‘000 B/D)
• Crude Official Selling Prices ($/B)
• Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)