Issue 40

Oil & Gas

• Chevron Eyes Egypt Entry
• Iraq Exports Record Crude In Q3 Despite Opec Deal
• KRG Gas: Key Producer Eyes Alternatives To Rosneft’s Stalled Turkey Pipeline
• Dana Gas Egypt Asset Sale: Can It Garner Interest?
• Turkey: Record Crude Imports, Iraq Stars As Iran Falls To Zero
• Tunisia’s Upstream: Can It Emerge From A Lost Decade?
• Tunisia’s Renewables Push: Real Progress, Scaled-Back Targets
• Eni, Shell & OMV In Tunisia: Will They Stay Or Will They Go?

Corporate

• Aramco Releases Dividend Details In IPO Push
• Fujairah Key To Adnoc’s Murban Plans

OPEC

• Opec Output Slumps As Ecuador Quits
• Japan: UAE Overtakes Saudi As Number One Supplier

Geopolitical Risk

• Iran Confident Jask Terminal On Track For 2021 Start
• Israel’s Leviathan Hikes Egypt Gas Sales Volumes

Refining & Petrochemicals

• Mena Petchems Firms See PDH Process As Key To Exploiting Propane Resources

Power & Water

• Kuwait Readies State Firms For Power IPO

Economics & Finance

• Riyadh Slams Fitch Downgrade
• Lebanon Eyes $2bn Bond Sale

News In Brief

• Protests Engulf Iraq
• Dudley Sets Date For BP Exit
• Taqa Issues $500mn In Bonds
• OCI/Adnoc Complete Fertilizer JV
• Motiva Expands Petchems Plant
• Brazil Crude Output Soars To New Record 2.99mn B/D For August, Up Almost 500,000 B/D Y-O-Y (Mn B/D)
• Libya’s NOC Demands Funds

Selected Data

• Crude Official Selling Prices ($/B): Saudi Hikes Key Asian Grades To Multi-Year Highs
• Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)
• Saudi Pull On US Weakens As ‘Energy Independence’ Nears