Issue 29

Op-Ed & Documents

• ISIS And The Dangers Of Black Market Oil

Oil & Gas

• Point Of No Return As Kirkuk Oil Flows To Kurdistan
• Assad Was Supplied By Iraq Pipeline
• Libya: Stability Under Threat As Oil Output Recovers
• More Political Setbacks For Lebanon Bid Round
• Leviathan 3Tcf Boost

Transportation

• $400Mn WB Loan To Boost Turkish Gas Storage
• Qatar Eyes 1Tcf Savings

Refining & Petrochemicals

• Orpic Awards Liwa Technology Licenses As Gulf Petchem Juggernaut Rolls On
• Turkey’s Petkim Nears Ethylene Expansion

Power & Water

• Jordan Approves Shale-Fired Power, Mining Project
• Israel Secures Funds For 121MW Solar CSP Plant

OPEC

• IEA, KOC Spar Over Future Of Kuwait Oil Sector
• Fitch Mixed On Kuwait Energy

Geopolitical Risk

• Iraq Deploys Drones To Protect Southern Fields

Corporate

• KRG Ordered To Pay For Pearl Gas
• Gulf Keystone Plans 40,000 b/d Ramp Up At KRG’s Shaikan Field
• Crunch Time For IOCs In ADCO Bidding
• Mubadala In Somalia Deal

Economics & Finance

• MENA Energy Subsidies: Some Progress But Much More To Do-IMF
• Egypt Looks to Reform To Attract Investment, Boost Growth

Selected Data

• Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)
• Iranian Refinery Output (%)
• Iran Gasoline Supply (‘000b/D)