Issue 39

Oil & Gas

• Abu Dhabi Awards Contract For Offshore Gas Boost
• Abu Dhabi Field Startup Paves Way For New Crude Grade Launch
• Suez Canal Northbound Oil Products Shipments Hit Record 1.53mn B/D In August On Record Saudi-To-Eu Shipments*
• Iraq’s 200,000 b/d Halfaya Boost: Is There An Outlet?
• Qayara Production Resumes

Corporate

• Chinese Takeover For Cash-Strapped Kuwait Energy
• KEC’s Iraqi Core

OPEC

• LNG Prices At Four-Year High Amid Soaring Demand

Geopolitical Risk

• Iran Oil Exports Go Dark As Sanctions Loom
• Noble, Delek Advance Israel-To-Egypt Gas Hopes With $518mn Pipeline Deal

Refining & Petrochemicals

• Egypt Starts Up Gasoline Unit As Part Of Plan To Slash Fuel Imports

Power & Water

• Iraq Aims To End Blackouts As Protests Rage On

Economics & Finance

• Qatar Enlarges LNG Expansion, Drilling Expected Imminently

News In Brief

• Libya Drilling: Schlumberger Boost
• SEC Closes $2bn Sukuk
• Aramco Chief Bullish On Sabic
• Sabic Eyes Debt Refinancing
• First Crude To Aramco Jv Refinery
• Zion Oil’s Investors Keep The Faith
• Dea-Wintershall Agree Merger

Selected Data

• Crude Official Selling Prices ($/B)
• Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)
• Egypt's Gas Balance