Issue 09

Oil & Gas

• Iran Taps SWF For $4.8Bn Oil Project Funds
• Iraq Adds Southern Storage Capacity In Bid To Ease Export Bottlenecks
• Egypt: Tahrir Petchems Advance
• Options Narrow As Libya Peace Talks Collapse
• Noble Suspends Israel Investment Amid Anti-Trust Stasis
• Egypt Plots Gas Renaissance
• Egypt Appoints New Chiefs To Key Oil Joint Ventures

Transportation

• Sonatrach And Gazprom Revive LNG Supply Talks
• Egypt Inks More LNG Import Deals
• Qatar Looks To Adapt Amid Shifting Global LNG Landscape
• Qatar Hydrocarbons Sector In Temporary Lull

Refining & Petrochemicals

• Saudi Refiners End Record-Breaking 2014 On A Crude Processing High
• Saudi Runs, Product Exports Hit Record As Downstream Push Continues
• Saudi Arabia 2014 Official Crude & Oil Products Output, Trade & Balance (‘000 B/D)

Power & Water

• MENA Nuclear Program Expanding, But Some Preliminary Schedules Sliding

OPEC

• Saudi Arabia’s Naimi Sees Market Calm

Geopolitical Risk

• Warring South Sudan Factions In Last-Chance Saloon

Corporate

• Gulf Keystone ‘For Sale’ Amid Kurdish Cash-Flow Woes
• Atlantic Drilling

Economics & Finance

• Syria’s Economic Hardships Intensify With Fuel Shortage
• Egypt’s Qalaa Raises Capital
• Lebanon Launches ‘Largest Ever’ $2.2Bn Eurobond
• Dubai’s DEWA Adding 700mw, Repays $1bn

Op-Ed & Documents

• Saudi Arabia: How Long Will Its Buffers Last If Oil Prices Stay Low?

Selected Data

• Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)
• US RIGCOUNT DROPS TO 5-YEAR LOW OF 1,310 BUT RATE OF DECLINE SLOWS