Issue 30

Oil & Gas

• Kurdistan’s Gas Ambitions Advance With Chemchemal Kickoff

Corporate

• Libya Names 37 Bid Round Contenders Amid ‘Growing Confidence’
• Sonatrach Inks Total, Eni & Sinopec Deals

OPEC

• Tariff Deadline Looms Over Global Crude Markets

Geopolitical Risk

• Syria: Why Are Foreign Firms Creeping Back?
• Turkey’s ITP Exit Sets Stage For Intensive Talks With Iraq

Refining & Petrochemicals

• Oman’s Duqm Refinery Runs New Crude Mix

Power & Water

• Israel Considers Coal U-Turn Following Iran Conflict

Economics & Finance

• Egypt LNG Imports Ramp Up On Increased Regasification Capacity

News In Brief

• Qatar Q2 Deficit Hits $210mn
• Kurdistan Shut-Ins Persist
• Iraq Awards Akkas To SLB
• Sudan To Rehabilitate Al-Jaili Refinery And Power Grid
• Shell Greenlights Egypt Offshore Project
• BP Appoints New Chairman
• Rosneft Re-Elects Al-Sada Chairman
• Saipem, Subsea7 Advance Merger

Selected Data

• Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)