Issue 49

Oil & Gas

• Will Iraq Get Serious About Production Cuts In 2020?
• Oman Gets Opec+ Condensate Boost
• Oman Oil Eyes 2020 IPO
• Gas Exporters Seek To Capitalize On Energy Transition

Corporate

• Algeria Blocks Total-Oxy-Anadarko Deal

OPEC

• Opec Deepens Cuts In Theory; Now For The Practice
• Opec Output On Track For Eight-Year Low

Geopolitical Risk

• Turkey, Iraq Gas Sales Give Iran Economic Lifeline
• Upcoming GCC Summit Raises Qatar Questions

Refining & Petrochemicals

• Aramco India Strategy Hit By $26bn Price Hike At Downstream JV
• Aramco Prices IPO

Power & Water

• Mena Renewables Programs Boosted By Multilateral Financing

Economics & Finance

• Egypt: Current Account Deficit Widens Despite Strengthening Growth

News In Brief

• Key Libyan Oil Field Shut In, Again
• Algeria Heads To The Polls
• Kuwait Claims Power IPO Success
• Masdar Plans Armenia Solar PV
• Mubadala Eyes Brazil Refineries
• US Nets Record Exports
• Iraq: Qayara Exports Collapse

Selected Data

• Crude Official Selling Prices ($/B)
• Turkey Crude Imports ('000 B/D): Volumes Hit Record 682,000 B/D In Q3 With Top Two Russia And Iraq Neck-And-Neck
• Turkey Gas Imports 9M19 (Bcm): Volumes From Key Supplier Russia Are Well Down Amid Record LNG
• Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)
• Saudi Arabia Crude Deliveries* To Key Asian Customers ('000 B/D)