Issue 21

Oil & Gas

• Iraq Pursues Crude Capacity Gains As Revenues Rise
• Libya Oil Output Set For Three Year High

Transportation

• Iraq Looks To Get Savvy On Crude Trading
• Opec's Top Two Exporters Focus On Core Markets In Q1 ('000 B/D Imports)

Refining & Petrochemicals

• Egypt’s Gasoline Imports Rising, But Key Hydrocracker Start-up Put Back To 2018

Power & Water

• Oman Sees Peak Power Demand Up 51% By 2023; Gas Fuel Crunch Looms

OPEC

• Opec Output Cuts Extended But Market Relevance Wanes
• US Shale Focus (Mn B/D)

Geopolitical Risk

• Trump/Saudi Love-In Dulls Iran Post-Election Oil Investment Hope

Corporate

• Saudi & US Firms Ink $78bn Deals As Trump Makes Riyadh His First Foreign Trip

Economics & Finance

• Saudi Aramco Courts Investors Ahead Of IPO
• Egypt Raises $3bn Bond

Selected Data

• Crude Official Selling Prices ($/B)
• Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)
• China Crude Imports (‘000 B/D): Top Six Suppliers Are All At Or Near Record Volumes As They Battle To Keep Market Share