Issue 32

Oil & Gas

• Abu Dhabi Plans Further Offshore Reshuffling
• Egypt Oil Output: Apache Looks To Low Hanging Fruit For Output Rebound
• Israel: Gas Developments Chase Potential Customers
• Iraq Makes Progress On Chronic Gas Shortage
• Offshore Exploration: What Chance Of A Rebound?

Transportation

• Mauritania: 15 Tcf Tortue FLNG Targets 2021 Start Up

Refining & Petrochemicals

• Oman Lines Up Duqm Contractors, Targets Products Exports

Power & Water

• Egypt Advances $29bn Nuclear Plant
• Bahrain: $670mn CCGT Funding

OPEC

• Opec Banks On Oil Demand Boost From Stronger Economic Growth

Geopolitical Risk

• Libyan Ceasefire: Just Smoke And Mirrors?

Corporate

• SK Inks Tabriz Refinery Deal As Korean Investment Hits $19bn

Economics & Finance

• Iran’s Rohani Targets More Foreign Investment, Shadow Lenders
• Renault Expands In Iran

Selected Data

• Thailand Crude Imports ‘000 B/D: UAE Still Top Supplier In 1H17 But Volumes Down 12% On Year-Ago Levels
• Italy Crude Imports ('000 B/D): Iran Overtakes Iraq & Saudi Arabia As Top Middle East Supplier In 2017
• Crude Official Selling Prices ($/B)
• Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)
• US Output: New Records, But Gains Slow