Issue 41

Oil & Gas

• Kuwait Sticks To 4Mn B/D 2020 Target, But Questions Remain
• KRG Gas: Tensions Rise Over Payments As Demand Outstrips Supply
• Majnoon And Rumaila Give Iraq Much Needed Production Boost
• Algeria Optimistic On Future Production Potential
• Sonatrach Preempts Petroceltic Ain Tsila Sale
• New Lebanon Bid Round Delay
• Cyprus LNG Plans Wobble

Transportation

• Jordan Receives 51 Applications For ‘Amman Products Terminal
• ENOC Forms Saudi Road Tankers Venture With Tristar

Refining & Petrochemicals

• Algeria Launches Biskra Amid Problems For North African Refiners
• Petro Rabigh Cracker Restart

Power & Water

• Nuclear: UAE Pushes Ahead, Iran Waits On Bushehr

OPEC

• QEWC Secures $450Mn Funding For Desalination
• OPEC Output At Near Two Year Low In September On Iraqi Outages

Geopolitical Risk

• Zeidan Kidnapping Highlights Oil Industry Risks In Libya
• Challenges To KRG Political Stability
• Sudan: Crackdown Unifies Rebels

Corporate

• Majors Look To Cling On To ADCO Stakes

Economics & Finance

• Algeria’s 2014 Draft Budget Ups Deficit By 12.4%
• Egypt Subsidies
• IMF Downgrades MENA Growth Forecasts
• Kuwait Finance Minister Calls For Leaner Public Sector And Reforms

Op-Ed & Documents

• Arctic Economics In The 21st Century

Selected Data

• Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B