Issue 31

Oil & Gas

• Yemen: OMV’s Risky Reentry Pays Dividends
• Iraq Takes On Mansuriya
• Egypt Goes West And Digs Deep In Quest For Oil Output Boost

Corporate

• Libya: Companies Crave Elusive Stability

OPEC

• Iran Suffers Korea Export Blow Ahead Of Sanctions

Geopolitical Risk

• Iraq: Saudi Power Play As Protests Continue

Refining & Petrochemicals

• Cash-Rich Gulf State Refiners Seek Overseas Capacity, Integration

Power & Water

• Egypt’s New CCGTs Take Pressure Off Power Generators

Economics & Finance

• Qatar Export Revenues Hit Three-Year High Despite Continued Embargo
• Kuwait Fiscal Deficit Falls By 19% To $16bn For 2017-18

Selected Data

• Saudi Cuts Key Asia Osp Grades For Third Straight Month ($/B)
• Japan Crude & Condi Imports ('000 B/D): Mideast Share Remains Near-90%, Overall Volumes Slip To Multi-Decade Low
• Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)
• Brazil Crude Output And Exports Flatter To Deceive (Mn B/D)

News In Brief

• US Majors Eye Qatar LNG Deals
• Iraq Exports Record In July
• KRG: Peshkabir Output At 35k
• Egypt Advances Privatization Plans
• Zion’s Prayers Unanswered
• Japan Takes Oman's West Bukha
• Aramco Eyes Mega Bond
• Saudi: New Energy Committee
• Saudi Oil Exports Hit $20bn
• Iraq Signs Baker Hughes Gas Deal