Issue 03

Oil & Gas

• Kuwait: Jurassic Gas To Bridge Supply Gap Until LNG Import Capacity Rises
• Oman Casts Its Net Wide In Bid To Maintain Output Capacity
• Kuwait Completes Oman Refinery Buy-In, Start-Up Slips To ‘2023-24’

Transportation

• Suez Canal Boosted By Oil Trade Records

Power & Water

• Israel-Jordan Spat Threatens Already Precarious Cooperation

Refining & Petrochemicals

• Libya Refinery ‘Resolution’ Fails To Hide Need For Multi-$bn Investment

OPEC

• Assessing Opec’s Five Year Average Inventory Target

Geopolitical Risk

• ‘The New Tunisia’: A Work In Progress
• Tunisia’s Loss, Algeria’s Gain
• The Plan: Boost SMEs; The Reality: Boost The State Payroll
• Iran: After The Turmoil Will It Address Its Domestic Problems?

Corporate

• Kurdistan Oil On The Ropes But Still Standing
• BP Back On At Kirkuk

Economics & Finance

• Has Egypt’s Economy Turned The Corner? Time Will Tell
• Jordan: Cash Handouts Amidst Reforms

Selected Data

• South Korea 2017 LNG Imports: Australia Closes Gap On Top Supplier Qatar, Us Overtakes Russia To #6 Place
• Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)
• China Crude Imports (‘000 B/D):