Issue 35

Oil & Gas

• Kurdistan Oil Sector Outperforming Expectations in 2018
• Sudans Oil Deal Bears Fruit
• Algeria Gas: Tinhert EPC

Corporate

• Aramco’s Zombie IPO Laid To Rest, But Sabic Deal Intrigues

OPEC

• Turkey Mixes Business & Politics As Qatar LNG Surges

Geopolitical Risk

• Saudi Woos Pakistan’s New PM But Qatar To Remain Key LNG Supplier
• Sinai Insecurity: Sisi’s Achilles’ Heel
• Egypt-Israel Pipeline Deal ‘Difficult’
• Oman’s Duqm Development: Dustbowl Or ‘Dubai’?

Refining & Petrochemicals

• Iran Eyes New Partner For Tabriz Refinery Upgrade
• Iraq Readies Baiji Unit
• Israel Refiners Pump At Record Levels

Power & Water

• Egypt’s Gas Surge Enables Planning Beyond Powergen Needs

Economics & Finance

• Algeria Halves Trade Deficit, Thanks To Higher Oil Prices
• Iran: Rohani Under Fire As Economic Pressure Mounts

News In Brief

• Key Syria Oil Field Restarts
• Adnoc Touts Refining Stakes
• Mauritania LNG: ‘Rapid Progress’
• Turkey: Iran Imports Down
• UAE’s Upper Zakum Delayed
• Egypt: Eni Strikes Gas
• Egypt Eyes Big Coal Power Deal
• Iraq’s West Qurna Ii Turns Corner
• UK Gas Imports From Qatar Fell To 0.79bcm For 2q18, Lowest Since 1q 2009 And A Far Cry From 2011 When The Uk Was #1 Customer
• Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)
• Saudi Oil Inventories (Mn Barrels): Crude Stocks At Lowest Level Since 2011; Total Oil Stocks Down 100mn Bls (24%) From 2015 Peak