Issue 50

Oil & Gas

• Bahrain: Ambitious Gas Plans Boosted By LNG Import Go-Ahead
• Bapco: Bids In For Refinery Expansion
• Kuwait: New Oil Minister Eyes Neutral Zone Restart
• Al-Zour Powers Up
• Eni Bags $2.1bn From Zohr Sell-Off

Transportation

• Qatar Readies For LNG Dogfight With Rasgas/Qatargas Merger
• Eni Forces Sonatrach Gas Sales Concessions
• Sonatrach ‘In Talks’ For Gas-Based Petchems

Refining & Petrochemicals

• Saudi’s Sadara Inks Deal To Supply PlasChem Resins Plant

OPEC

• Non-Opec Production Agreement Raises As Many Questions As Answers
• Libya: Output Boost Imminent?

Geopolitical Risk

• KRG Output Highest This Year, But Revenues Sink Further

Corporate

• Should I Stay Or Should I Go? Majors In The KRG

Economics & Finance

• Iraq Budgets For Higher Revenue In 2017 As Oil Prices Rise
• Oman Eyes Debt Market
• Gulf Finance: Rise Of The Renminbi

Op-Ed & Documents

• Economic Reform In The GCC: Is Privatization A Panacea?

Selected Data

• Crude Official Selling Prices ($/B)
• Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)
• US Oil Rig Count Posts Highest Weekly Rise In Two Years. Crude Output Rebounds To 8.8mn B/D, Highest Since May

Power & Water

• Coal: Dubai Starts Work On 2.4GW Plant, Part Of 21GW Mena Expansion