Issue 01

Oil & Gas

• Libya Ends 2024 With 1.4mn b/d Crude Milestone As Bid Round Remains Stalled
• Kuwait Heavy Oil Output Hits 90,000 B/D Milestone
• Mauritania: Mena’s Newest Gas Producer
• Algeria Gas Exports Slump For 2024

Corporate

• Thailand’s PTT Expands In Algeria

OPEC

• Global LNG Trade: Us Extends Lead For 2024 & Set To Pull Further Ahead For 2025 With 30mn T/Y Start Ups

Geopolitical Risk

• US-GCC Relations In The ‘Trump 2.0’ Era

Refining & Petrochemicals

• Iraq’s Cabinet Approves Basra-Haditha Crude Oil Pipeline
• Saudi Aramco Hikes Diesel Prices By 44%

Power & Water

• Tunisia Awards 498MW Of Solar PV Projects For 2027 Start-Up
• UAE’s Ewec Secures Sites As It Targets 10GW Solar By 2030
• Egypt: Acwa Ties Up Financing For 1.1GW Gulf Of Suez Wind

Economics & Finance

• Egypt Welcomes $2.2bn In Fresh Cash From IMF & EU Amid Economic ‘Headwinds’

News In Brief

• Fujairah Signs Land Lease For New Storage Terminal
• Oman 500mw Solar Start-Up
• Morocco: Pumped Storage Progress
• Egypt Solar Bess Deal
• Saudi Arabia Qualifies Firms For Battery Storage Projects
• Crude OSPs ($/B): Oman At $73.16/B For February

Selected Data

• Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)
• US Output And Exports End 2024 With More Records