Issue 12

Oil & Gas

• Oman Eyes Headline Projects To Move Up Oil & Gas Value Chain
• Oman Awards 500MW Ibri 2 Solar Project
• Israel Firm Eyes Groundbreaking Egypt Upstream Entry
• Egypt Awards Fertilizer EPC

Corporate

• Japan’s Inpex Extends Second Home In Abu Dhabi

OPEC

• Opec Slams US Sanctions For Heightened Instability
• Baku Meeting Results In Expanded JMMC

Geopolitical Risk

• Libya Peace Conference: Will Haftar Get What He Wants?

Power & Water

• Saudi Liquids Burn Edges Up, More Rises To Come?

Refining & Petrochemicals

• Sabic Reorganization Continues Ahead Of Planned Aramco Takeover

Economics & Finance

• Algeria’s Economic Sclerosis: Political Change Is Not Enough

News In Brief

• Jordan Tenders For Iraqi Crude
• US Renews Iraq Waiver
• Syria Doubles Energy Spend
• IMF Heads To Tunisia
• Egypt Tenders For LNG Exports
• Sudan Protests Egypt Bidding
• Algeria Oil Project Delayed

Selected Data

• Spain 2018 Gas Imports: Record 19.5bcm From Algeria But Volumes Slide In Q4
• Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)
• US Crude Imports From Saudi Arabia, Gulf Opec Fall To 30-Year Low (Mn B/D)