Issue 07

Oil & Gas

• Egypt Gas Turns The Corner, But Can It Maintain Investment?
• India Makes Splash Offshore Abu Dhabi With First Post-Adma Contract
• Abu Dhabi Gets Small Producer Boost
• Aramco, Total Firming Plan For Satorp Refining/ Petchems Integration

Transportation

• Total Deepens Algeria Ties
• Saipem & Sonatrach Bury Hatchet

Refining & Petrochemicals

• Iraq Reboots Downstream Development Drive

Power & Water

• UAE Nuclear Plans: More Delays Likely
• Dewa Awards Gas-Fired Power Project

OPEC

• Russia, Saudi Arabia Commit To Enforcing Production Discipline

Corporate

• Eni Cyprus Discovery: ‘Good-Good-Good, Or Just Good’?

Geopolitical Risk

• East Med Gas: Troubled Waters
• Mauritania: Tortue Deal

Economics & Finance

• Will 2018 Be A Boon Year For Middle Eastern IPOs?
• Egypt Raises $4bn Bond
• Iraq Reconstruction Donors Pledge $30bn

Selected Data

• Germany Crude Imports ('000 B/D): Resurgent Libya, Iraq (KRG), Iran Boost Mena Share To Record 21% In 2H17
• Spain 2017 Crude Imports ('000 B/D): Strong Iran And Libya Recovery Raises Mideast Volumes To 6-Year High
• Crude Official Selling Prices ($/B)
• Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)
• The Top 5 Global LNG Importers, All In Asia, Took A Record 195Mn T In 2017, Up 11% On 2016’s Previous Record, As China Overtook Korea As #2 Importer (Mn T)