Issue 34

Oil & Gas

• Bahrain’s First Summer Of LNG Imports Drawing To A Close
• Neutral Zone Output Steady As Partners Seek Capacity Gains

Corporate

• Kuwait Gas Production On Course For Third Consecutive Annual Increase
• Oman’s OQEP Revenues Steady Despite Lower Oil Prices
• BP Oman Targets 1.8bn cfd From Block 61

OPEC

• Opec+: Anatomy Of the Cuts

Geopolitical Risk

• UAE Slams Sudan With Maritime Trade Embargo

Refining & Petrochemicals

• Israel’s Bazan Refinery Repair Work Extends Into Q4
• Saudi Refined Products Exports Soar Amid High Margins

Power & Water

• Jordan Plans To Expand Regional Interconnections

Economics & Finance

• Lower Oil Prices Hit Oman Government Revenues
• Masdar Closes Saudi Solar Financing

Op-Ed & Documents

• Aramco Seeks to Capture Carbon Dioxide And Put It to Work

News In Brief

• Israel Approves Leviathan Expansion Plan
• Iran Inaugurates NGL Plant
• Iraq Receives First Power Ship
• Ewec Releases RFP For 3.3gw CCGT Plant
• Dubai Starts Up 250mw Hydro Plant
• Oman-Oxy Eye Power Plant CCS
• Chevron Signs Hoa With Iraq's Oil Ministry

Selected Data

• Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)
• Egypt Gas Supply Drops To 8-Year Low 5.30bn cfd In June Amid Conflict-Related Halt In Israel Piped Imports And FSRU Arrival Delays (bn cfd)