Issue 45

Oil & Gas

• Abu Dhabi Oil Shake-Up: Hold On To Your Hats
• Egypt Oil Output Collapses As Firms Cut Investment

Transportation

• Middle East Drilling Continues Unabated Despite Tight Budgets
• GE Takeover Of Baker Hughes To Create Services #2

Refining & Petrochemicals

• Sonatrach Taps China For Algiers Refinery Revamp
• Kuwait To Invest In Oman’s Duqm Refinery

Power & Water

• Oman Power: Foot Off The Gas Despite Khazzan Progress
• Dubai Adds CSP, Hydro To Renewables Mix; Northern Emirates Eye Coal

OPEC

• Opec Shows No Sign of Cutting Ahead of November Meeting
• President Trump: In A Word, Unpredictable

Geopolitical Risk

• Total Set For Iran Upstream Return
• World Bank 2017 ‘Ease Of Doing Business’: UAE Climbs 5 To Cement Top Mena Ranking; Saudi Down Again
• Lebanon: Can New President Get The Country Moving?

Corporate

• Streamlined Oxy Set to Bag UAE Gas Expansion Project

Economics & Finance

• Saudi Investment & Fundraising: What A Difference A Year Makes
• IMF Poised To Approve Egypt Loan
• Kuwait Bonds On Track

Selected Data

• Top Suppliers Saudi, Iraq, Iran & Kuwait Hike OSPs To Key Asian And European Markets ($/B)
• Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)
• Asian LNG Import Prices: Japan Spot Import Prices Set To Top $6/Mn BTU For First Time In Eight Months In November