Issue 49

Oil & Gas

• Qatar Petroleum Targets Transformation, Embargo Or No Embargo
• Qatar Revives Plan For New Petchems Capacity
• Israel Gas: Will Relaxing Regulations Spur Development?
• Energean: Karish, Tanin Go-Ahead Imminent
• Kirkuk Challenges Signal Long Road Ahead For Federal Iraq
• Iraq/Saudi Relations Continue To Warm
• Yemen: Salih’s Final Gamble Fails

Transportation

• China Demand Boost For LNG Sellers: But Will It Last?
• Mauritania: Exxon Boost

Refining & Petrochemicals

• Kuwait’s Downstream Diversification Strategy
• Bahrain $4.2b Refinery Deal

Power & Water

• Iraq Adds Upgrades To Gas-Fired Plans, Keeping Pressure On Rising Supplies

OPEC

• Opec Faces A Long Year Ahead As Us Output Hits Record
• Saudi, Algerian Cuts Lead Opec to Six-Month Production Low in November

Geopolitical Risk

• Six Months Of Solitude: Qatar Crisis Threatens Future Of GCC

Corporate

• Building On Resilience: QP Chief Talks Embargo & LNG Plans With MEES

Economics & Finance

• Tunisia Oil Output Rebound From Protests, Fundamental Problems Remain

Selected Data

• Crude Official Selling Prices ($/B)
• Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)
• Saudi Arabia Raises Asia OSPs For January 2018 To New 3-Year High Versus Oman/Dubai Benchmark ($/B)