Issue 21

Oil & Gas

• KRG Oil Sector Risks Unwinding In 2020
• KRG Firms Continue To Feel Pressure
• Low Cost Qatar Targets Counter Cyclical Investment
• QP Enters Cote D’Ivoire
• Kurdistan Producers Bullish on Field Plans After KRG Payments

Corporate

• Eni Offshore Egypt: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

OPEC

• Saudi Prioritizes Core Markets As Crude Exports Drop
• Saudi Gasoline, Jet-Kero Consumption Slumps In Lockdown
• Asian LNG Pricing: Term Premium Set To Collapse

Geopolitical Risk

• Turkish Firepower Halts Haftar’s Tripoli Advance

Refining & Petrochemicals

• Egypt Swings To Net Products Exports In 1Q20
• Advanced Awards Contracts For Saudi PDH/PP Complex

Economics & Finance

• Algeria’s Oil Revenues Test Record Lows
• Algeria’s Revised 2020 Budget: More Questions Than Answers
• Mena Remittances To Suffer Major 2020 Hit

News In Brief

• Neutral Zone Set To Close Again
• Korean Firm Eyes Adnoc Pipeline
• Sharjah Delays Mahani To 2021
• Abu Dhabi Tests Reactor
• Egypt $5bn Bond Sale
• Jordan Bags IMF Windfall
• BP: New North Africa Chief
• Algeria’s 4gw Solar PV Plan
• Tunisia Power: €300mn Ebrd Boost

Selected Data

• Crude Official Selling Prices ($/B)
• Saudi LPG Official Contract Prices ($/T)
• Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)