Issue 44

Oil & Gas

• Egypt Gas Output Set To Soar By 2020
• Algeria: In Amenas Hits Record Production As In Salah Output Halves
• Iraq’s Giant Rumaila Field: BP-Baghdad Talks Loom Large

Transportation

• Iraq Boosts Export Capacity, Eyes Alternative Routes
• Iraq Export Revenues Soar

Refining & Petrochemicals

• Saudi Petchems Gets Oil Price Boost; Sabic Chief Warns On Cheap Feedstock Addiction
• Sabic JV Awards Chinese Polycarbonate Project
• Jordan Signs New Zarqa Refinery Deal

Power & Water

• Egypt’s Largest Solar Investor Ties Up Finance For Benban Projects

OPEC

• US Exports Make More Waves, Taking Opec Share In Core Asian Markets
• Opec Producers Cash In On WTI Weakness Amid Tight Asia Market

Geopolitical Risk

• Kuwaiti Government Resigns As Political Dysfunction Grows

Corporate

• Libya: Wintershall Output Down, Dispute Continues

Economics & Finance

• Saudi Eyes Blowout Budget For 2018 Despite Low Oil Revenue
• IMF Latest Breakeven Oil Price* Estimates ($/B)
• Iran Tells Banks To Comply

Selected Data

• Japan LNG Imports: Qatar Volumes Fall 12% Year-On-Year With September Deliveries Just Above May16’s Multi-Year Low
• Crude Official Selling Prices ($/B)
• Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)
• Iran’s Four Key Asian Crude Customers Took 1.86mn B/D In September With Record Volumes Headed For China