Issue 01

Oil & Gas

• Egypt Launches Bidding: Search For ‘More Zohr’, But More Tie-Ins More Likely
• ‘If You Want Gas, We Have The Supply’, Algeria’s Sonatrach Tells MEES
• Algeria’s Gas Exports Fall Almost 10% From 2021’s 11-Year High

Corporate

• Algeria’s Sonatrach Targets ‘Rapid New Output’: Exclusive Mees Interview With Ceo Toufik Hakkar
• Oman Announces New National Gas Company
• Oman/Japan LNG Deals

OPEC

• Iraq Marks Oil Revenues Record In 2022

Geopolitical Risk

• Israel’s New Cabinet Already Riling Regional Relations

Refining & Petrochemicals

• Oman, Saudi & Kuwait To Team Up On Duqm Petchems Complex
• Egypt’s Assiut Hydrocracker: Go Ahead At Last With Financial Closure

Power & Water

• GCC-Iraq Power Exports Delayed To 2025, As Wafra Substation Advances

Economics & Finance

• Iraq Eyes 2023 Budget Priorities: Can It Spend Oil Windfall Wisely?

News In Brief

• Israel-Jordan-Egypt Gas Pipeline Deal Extended
• Suez Canal Revenue Leaps 25% To Record $7.9bn For 2022
• Iraq Approves Fourth Tranche Of Basrah Refinery Loan
• Iran Maxes Out Gas Capacity
• World’s Top LNG Exporter (Mn T/Y)

Selected Data

• Crude OSPs ($/B): Saudi Slashes February Prices
• Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)
• Egypt Reserves Slump $7bn In 2022 On Soaring Commodity Prices