Issue 47

Oil & Gas

• BP’s Eyes Raven Rebound As Egypt Output Slump Continues
• Kuwait Pushes Back Upstream Capacity Target To Next Year

Corporate

• Aramco-China Oil-To-Chemicals Ties Leap Forward

OPEC

• Saudi Crude Exports Slump For Q3 On Record Oil Burn, Bumper Throughputs

Geopolitical Risk

• Will Iraq Be Caught In The Crossfire Of Trump’s Iran Policy?

Refining & Petrochemicals

• Oman Targets 1.1bn cfd Gas Pipeline Expansions By 2027 To Meet Rapidly Growing Demand
• Oman’s OQBI Builds Out Salalah Facilities With $470mn Methanol Expansion Plan

Power & Water

• Egypt LNG Imports Down On Lower Demand, FSRU Problems

Economics & Finance

• Oman’s $5bn Divestment Plans: $3.5bn Down, $1.5bn To Go
• Egypt: Could Latest Bank IPO Kickstart Stalled Privatization Drive?

News In Brief

• Bahrain Tenders 1.2GW Power & Water Project
• Abu Dhabi Starts Work On 1.5GW Solar
• China Crude Imports (mn b/d): Russia Dominant As Malaysia/Iran* Takes Second With Record 1.78mn b/d For October (mn b/d)
• Jordan Eyes Gas Expansion On Risha Reserves Hike

Selected Data

• India 9M 2024 LNG Imports: USA Closes The Gap To Top Supplier Qatar
• Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)
• Tunisia Oil & Gas Output Falls To New Record Lows