Issue 15

Oil & Gas

• Kuwait Bullish On Contract Award, But Quietly Shelves Production Target
• Kufpec 2020 Target Grows More Distant
• Egypt: Receivables Worries Risk Choking Off Exploration Boom
• Egypt Appoints New Heads Of State Oil And Gas Firms

Transportation

• Kuwait Seeks More LNG, Strives To Hike Domestic Gas Output

Refining & Petrochemicals

• Aramco/Sabic Make Up With Plan For Joint Oil-To-Chemicals Project

Power & Water

• Egypt Secures Saudi, UAE Funding For Power Expansion, Awards Wind Projects
• Jordan: Wind Gathers Pace In Bid To Diversify
• 2.2GW Gas-Fired Plant For Northern Emirates

OPEC

• Oil Market Inches Towards Balance, With Or Without Deal

Geopolitical Risk

• Libya Unity Government Faces Huge Challenges
• Libyan Oilfields Evacuation As IS Threat Continues
• Iraqi Parliament Crisis Deepens Policy Paralysis

Corporate

• KRG: Prompt March Payments Boost IOC Outlook
• Noble Looks To Sell Stake In Israel’s Tamar
• Kuwait Studying Canadian Polypropylene Project

Economics & Finance

• Iran To Hike Gasoline?
• Saudi Comes To Egypt’s Rescue Again Signing $55bn-Plus Of Deals

Selected Data

• US: key oil data (‘000 B/D): crude output falls to just over 9MN B/D in March
• Crude Official Selling Prices ($/B)
• Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)
• IMF Global GDP Growth Forecasts (%): From Bad To Worse