Issue 05

Oil & Gas

• Libya: Landmark $20bn Waha Deal Marks Sector’s ‘Recovery’
• Exxon Looking Beyond 2030 For Cyprus Gas

Corporate

• MENA Attractions: Libya Kicks Off Big Year For The Region’s Upstream
• Pearl Partners Secure Offtake Deals For Second Kurdistan Field

OPEC

• Oil Prices Jump Amid Heightened US-Iran Tensions

Geopolitical Risk

• Will Trump’s Mediation Finally Resolve The Egypt-Ethiopia Dam Dispute?
• Trump Intervention Throws Iraqi Politics Into Disarray
• Jordan To Supply Syria With More Gas

Refining & Petrochemicals

• XRG Expands Gas Portfolio With Rio Grande LNG Phase 2 Stake

Power & Water

• The Unstoppable Rise Of Battery Storage Across The Mena Region

Economics & Finance

• Egypt: IOCs Step Up Investment As Payment Reliability Improves

Op-Ed & Documents

• Venezuela’s Oil Outlook: Between Reality and Exaggeration

News In Brief

• Syria Boosts Domestic Gas Supplies
• KPC Plans Ratqa Cogeneration Project
• Iraq To Study Haditha-Banias Oil Export Pipeline
• ADNOC, TAQA SIGN 27-YEAR UTILITIES DEAL FOR TA’ZIZ
• QATARI PETCHEM FIRM MPHC: PROFITS DOWN $51MN
• MBPS Awarded Three Rig Drilling Contract By KOC
• LEVIATHAN, KARISH OUTAGES REDUCE ISRAEL GAS SUPPLIES

Selected Data

• Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)
• Saudi Arabia's Monthly Oil Export Revenues ($Bn) Fell To A Five-Month Low In November As Oil Prices Dropped