Issue 29

Oil & Gas

• Oman Ambitions Advance With Key EOR Startup, Contract Awards
• New Partnership Expands Qatar’s Footprint In The US
• Algeria: Fresh Output

Corporate

• Egypt: Ain Sukhna Hub Plans Gather Pace
• Israel Bid Round Flops
• Suez Canal Trade Data (‘000 B/D): Record 4.906mn B/D Gross Oil Shipments Traverse Canal In 1H 2019

OPEC

• Aramco Trading Volumes Surge, With Crude Playing Enhanced Role

Geopolitical Risk

• EU Measures Fails To Deter Turkey’s East Med Drilling
• Baghdad Faces Power Challenge In Summer Heat

Power & Water

• Iraq Signs MoU For Key Gas Processing Project
• Libya Adds Powergen Capacity But Remains In The Dark

Refining & Petrochemicals

• Saudi Oil Sector Feeling The Strain Of Opec Cuts
• Saudi Arabia Crude Exports Fell To A 19-Month Low In May ('000 B/D)

Economics & Finance

• Iran Struggling To Implement Crtitical Economic Reforms

News In Brief

• Can Halliburton Unlock Kuwait’s Offshore?
• Tunisia Launches 70MW Solar Tender
• Libya’s Western Government Posts $6.9bn Surplus In 1H19
• Cyprus Closes FSRU Tender
• Sudan Agreement Reached
• Thailand Takes Rare Oman Cargo
• US Claims To Have Downed Iran Drone
• Fujairah Bunkering Stuggles

Selected Data

• Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)
• Suez Canal Northbound Transport Fuels At Record Levels During First Six Months Of 2019 ('000 B/D)