Issue 44

Oil News

• Egypt Gas Producers Get Export Boost As Asian LNG Prices Rise

Oil & Gas

• Shell Looks To Offload ELNG Stake
• Aramco’s Opec+ Worry
• Egypt Kicks Off Seismic On West-Med Acreage
• Eni Egypt Output Sees Modest Q3 Rebound

Corporate

• Dana Gas Sells Producing Egypt Assets To Texas-Based IPR
• QP & Total Make Second South Africa Discovery

OPEC

• China Crude Imports: Opec Share Falls To 14-Year Low

Geopolitical Risk

• BP’s Looney ‘Optimistic’ On Mauritania LNG
• Egypt, Ethiopia Dam Talks
• Oman Sees Economic Weaknesses Play A Geopolitical Role

Refining & Petrochemicals

• Gulf Oil Giants Eye Enhanced India Ties

Power & Water

• Oman Signs $475mn Grid Interconnection Deal

Economics & Finance

• Saudi Deficit Falls To $11bn For Q3 As Non-Oil Sector Surges
• Qatar Government Revenues Drop in Q3

News In Brief

• Sabic Returns To Profit
• Adnoc Onshore Contract Awards
• Wintershall Libya Now SOO
• Israel & Sudan Normalize Ties
• Israel Bidding Award Delayed
• KRG: DNO’s Tawke Recovers
• Oman Block 56 Tethys Takeover
• Masirah Books Oman Reserves

Selected Data

• Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)