Issue 43

Oil & Gas

• China Seeks Bigger Role In Oil Pricing
• Oxy Proceeds With Oman Asset Sale
• Iraq To Split Basra Crude Streams

Transportation

• Financing Constraints Hamper Leviathan Development
• Eni Unfazed By Turkish Presence Offshore Cyprus

Refining & Petrochemicals

• Capacity Build Takes Saudi Refinery Runs To Record 2.17Mn B/D
• Bahrain Refinery Revamp To Boost Heavy Oil Upgrading
• Bahrain Eyes 2015 Start On Fertilizers Expansion

Power & Water

• IFIs Back Renewables In Southeast Mediterranean
• KRG Starts Work On 750MW Power Plant

OPEC

• Neutral Zone: Saudi Arabia Steamrolls Kuwait, Cuts Oil Output

Geopolitical Risk

• Tunisia: Election Time In The Arab Spring’s Sole Survivor
• Libya: Army Advances Into Benghazi

Corporate

• Total Selects Pouyanne As New CEO
• Dana: Egypt, KRG Payment
• Middle East A Boon For Services Firms In Uncertain Price Environment

Economics & Finance

• Egypt Announces Ambitious Macroeconomic Policy Targets
• Lebanese Economy Resilient Despite External Shocks
• Morocco Budget Cuts Subsidies

Selected Data

• Saudi Arabia Official Crude & Products Output, Consumption And Trade Figures, August 2014 (‘000 B/D)
• Crude Official Selling Prices ($/B)
• Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)
• Oman Crude Oil and Condensate Production and Exports (‘000 B/D)