Issue 06

Oil & Gas

• Full Steam Ahead For Qatar’s $29bn LNG Expansion
• Oman’s Majan: Heavy Challenge At Block 71
• Sweden’s Tethys Eyes Big Year Ahead In Fashionable Oman
• Cosmo Scoops Exploration Block Offshore Abu Dhabi
• Algeria Starts Up Key Gas Booster Project
• Algeria: BP/Equinor Drop
• Egypt's 2020 Gas Output Down 9% On Enforced Shut-Ins. Now For The Rebound?
• Egypt Oil Output Plumbs New 40-Year Low For 2020

Corporate

• KRG: DNO Buys Out Exxon At Baeshiqa, Eyes Development
• Euro Majors Eye Upstream Cash For Transition Funding
• Majors Capital Plans: Shell More Bullish Than Rivals

OPEC

• IEA Expects Strong Second Half 2021 Drawdowns As Investment Concerns Grow
• LNG Prices Slide From January Records

Geopolitical Risk

• Libya Charts Course Towards Unity
• Libya’s Noc Gets Emergency Funds

Refining & Petrochemicals

• Neom To Break Ground On $5bn Green Hydrogen Project
• Iraq: 80,000 b/d Refining Boost

Power & Water

• Iraq Mulls Power Sell-Offs Amid Cash Crunch, Pre-Election Rivalry

Economics & Finance

• Egypt 2020-21 Fundraising Boosted By $3.75bn Bond
• Jazan Exports First Cargo

News In Brief

• KUFPEC: Malaysia Discovery Its Largest Yet
• Siemens Bags Saudi Gas Compressor Award
• Abu Dhabi’s Borouge Hits Sales Record

Selected Data

• Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)
• Korea Crude Imports: Still Subdued, As Opec Share Falls To Record Low