Issue 36

Oil & Gas

• Oman Eyes Exciting Oil Potential As Production Limits Ease
• Oman Eyes LNG Expansion As It Deals With Newfound Gas Abundance
• Iraq Crude Exports Smash Record As Protests Grip Basra

Corporate

• ‘Opportunities Are Immense’: Mees Speaks With Oman’s Rumhy

OPEC

• Opec Output Jumps Ahead Of Crunch JMMC Meeting
• Global Supply: Brazil Undershoots

Geopolitical Risk

• Libya: Exports Up But Loading Uncertainty Means More Goes Long-Haul
• Libya Oil Revenue: Up 80%

Refining & Petrochemicals

• Adnoc’s Downstream Squeezing More Out Of ‘Bottom-Of-The Barrel’

Power & Water

• Mena Coal Plans Get Big Boost From Egyptian Project With Chinese Cash
• Egypt Arbitration Award Paves Way For LNG Restart

Economics & Finance

• Japan Set To Follow South Korea and France In Halting Iran Oil Imports
• High Liquidity Stokes Rial Crisis

News In Brief

• Egypt: Moody’s Positive
• Lebanon: Uncertain Outlook
• Sonatrach LPG Train Award
• Saudi Reserves Steady
• Israel’s Ratio Completes Philippines Deal
• Bahrain Unconventionals: Measured Approach
• Saudi Offshore Award
• Qatar Sends First LNG To Bangladesh
• Kuwait Emir In Washington, Focus On Qatar
• Mubadala: Russian Expansion
• Kuwait Targets 200,000 B/D Light Oil In October
• Aramco: Korean Study, Rapid Progress
• Algeria Gas Hopes Dashed As Touat Start-Up Pushed Back To 2019

Selected Data

• Crude Official Selling Prices ($/B)
• Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)
• Opec’s Market Share In Key Consuming Countries