Issue 08

Oil & Gas

• Iraq Eyes Gas Boost With Signing Of Fifth Licensing Round Contracts
• Iraq Signs Preliminary 5-Year Power Deal With Ge As Oil Burn Soars
• Adnoc Gas Reveals Expansion Plans
• Leviathan Expansion: FLNG In Pole Position
• Oman Envisions Ambitious Gas Developments But At A Cost
• Tunisia’s Upstream: On Its Last Legs?

Corporate

• Adnoc Gas Poised For $50bn Valuation

OPEC

• Russia Products Shift Reshapes African Markets

Geopolitical Risk

• Israel-Egypt Energy Ties Deepen As 2022 Sees Record Gas Flows
• Egypt Gas Output Slumps For Q4, Consumption Down More For 12-Year High LNG Exports

Refining & Petrochemicals

• QatarEnergy To Take Over LNG Marketing Role

Power & Water

• Saudi Efforts To Cut Oil Burn Take Backwards Step In 2022

Economics & Finance

• Oman Export Revenues Leap 47% To Record $66bn For 2022
• Cairo Launches $10bn Privatization Drive In Bid To Plug Financing Hole

News In Brief

• Eni: Capex Hike, Upstream Focus
• Wintershall: Russia Out, North Africa In
• Iran : Nuclear Tensions Rise
• Iran March Crude OSPs
• Egypt Plans 3 More Bid Rounds For 2023

Selected Data

• Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)
• Asian LNG Import Prices Continue To Ease From 2022’s Records ($/Mn Btu)