Issue 39

Oil & Gas

• Libya’s One Million Barrel Question
• Libya’s Oil Restart: Where Will The Money Go?
• Iraq’s ‘New’ State Oil Firm Remains In Limbo
• Eni Expands In Bahrain

Corporate

• EOG To Bring ‘Unconventional’ Know-How To Oman’s Upstream

OPEC

• Asian LNG Demand Up This Year Despite Covid

Geopolitical Risk

• Turkey Unites Rival East Med Players As Regional ‘Gas Forum’ Expands Ambitions
• Syria’s Assad Under Pressure From Chronic Fuel Shortages

Refining & Petrochemicals

• Saudi Petchems Firms: Consolidation Ahead?

Power & Water

• Kuwait Burns Record Crude To Meet Power Surge
• New Saudi Desalination Capacity To See Shut-Down Of Ageing SWCC Plants
• GE Adds 300MW To Iraq Grid

Economics & Finance

• Saudi Arabia Slides To Trade Deficit For Q2

News In Brief

• Egypt Claims 7.2bn CFD Gas Capacity
• Israel Heavyweights Bid For Block
• Allawi: Slams KRG ‘Smuggling’
• KRG: Shamaran Buyout?
• OMV Funding Borealis Deal
• Oman’s Duqm Licenses Petchems
• UAE Nuke Plant Hits 50% Load
• Tunisia: 10 Mw Solar PPA Award

Selected Data

• Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)