Issue 14

Oil & Gas

• Kurdish Export Initiative Stalled By Pipeline Sabotage
• Libyan Federalists Offer Fresh Hope Over Eastern Oil Exports
• Egypt: No Short-Term Boost To Gas Supplies

Transportation

• International Gas Union Sees Changing LNG Market After 2014
• Lebanon’s LNG Import Plans Inch Forward

Refining & Petrochemicals

• Work To Begin On Egypt’s Tahrir Petchems Complex
• KBR Wins Jebel Ali Splitters Upgrade FEED

Power & Water

• Saudi Arabia In Power Generation Efficiency Drive
• Alstom Bags Eni Zubair Power Contract

OPEC

• Saudi Arabia Keeping Politics Out Of The Mix
• Tensions Linger Despite Obama Visit

Geopolitical Risk

• Algerian Elections: Political Stagnation Persists
• Beirut To Delay Bids

Corporate

• Aramco Targeting East Asian Trio As Levers For Petchems Push
• Aramco Targeting East Asian Trio As Levers For Petchems Push
• OOC Seeks Copper To Mirror Petchem Synergy

Economics & Finance

• Qatar Announces Record Budget But Curbs Expenditure Growth
• Bahrain: Government Debt To Keep Rising
• Cyprus Economy Still At Risk From Bad Loans And Unemployment

Op-Ed & Documents

• MENA Power Investment Outlook: Opportunities Patent; Challenges Less So

Selected Data

• Crude Official Selling Prices ($/B)
• Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)
• IEA: 2012-35 Change In Oil Production In Selected Countries (New Policies Scenario, Mn B/D)