Issue 04

Oil & Gas

• Bid Round Puts Algeria’s New Hydrocarbon Law To The Test
• Gas The Priority For Iran’s New Oil Team
• Iran Makes September Oil Contract Vow
• World Bank Seeks Better Planning In Water, Energy

Transportation

• Jordan Left With Few Gas Options After BP Abandons Risha

Refining & Petrochemicals

• Saudi Petchems Firms Report Mixed 2013 Fortunes Amid Tough Market Conditions

Power & Water

• A Third Of Energy From Renewables? Irena Shows The Way

OPEC

• OPEC Cautiously Optimistic On 2014 Demand And Price Prospects

Geopolitical Risk

• Libya: Situation Normal, All Falling Apart
• Sudan’s Upstream Banking On Repeat Business
• Syria Shenanigans

Corporate

• Upper Zakum Extended, Terms Sweetened
• DNO Grows In Tunisia
• Kufpec Scales Up Ambitions With Shell LNG Buyout, RWE-Dea Bid

Economics & Finance

• Baghdad Piles Financial Pressure On KRG
• UAE Funds Renewables In Africa, Pacific
• Syria: The Cost Of War
• Yemen: 2014 Budget Looks To Patch Holes In Violence-Fueled Revenue Slump
• ILO Report Offers Stark MENA Outlook

Op-Ed & Documents

• ADCO End Of An Era

Selected Data

• Crude Official Selling Prices
• Iraqi Oil & Gas Data, 2013 (‘000 B/D)
• Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)
• Renewable Water Resources Per Capita (Cu M/Year)