Issue 18

Oil & Gas

• Cyprus Gas: More Cronos Delays & Changes At Aphrodite?
• Algeria Developing ‘Competitive Edge’ As Energy Supplier

Corporate

• Masdar At 20: A Renewables Powerhouse
• Chevron To Assess Libya’s Shale Potential
• Total CEO: Middle East In Our DNA
• Middle East Remains ‘Core’ To BP Despite Rising Risks

OPEC

• The UAE And Opec: 59 And Out

Geopolitical Risk

• US Seeks To Pressure Iran By Targeting China Trade
• Iraq’s PM-Designate Secures US Backing

Refining & Petrochemicals

• Saudi Arabia’s Petro Rabigh In The Money With Q1 Profit
• Libya-Italy Gas Flows Resume After Mellitah Maintenance

Power & Water

• Tunisia Commissions 50MW Solar Plant, Launches 200MW Solar Tender
• Saudi Arabia Advances Power System Upgrades

Economics & Finance

• EBRD-Funding Boosts Planned Jordan Water Megaproject

News In Brief

• Libya: Eni Declares Deepwater Well ‘Non-Commercial’
• Dana Gas Egypt Receivables Settled
• Totalenergies Eyes Egypt West Med, Again
• Iraq Approves Payment For LNG FSRU
• Sitra Refinery Suffers “Permanent Damage”
• Abu Dhabi Downstream Producers Find Hormuz Bypass Routes
• Nahr Bin Umar Provides Gas Boost For Iraq

Op-Ed & Documents

• The UAE Exit: Opec’s Real Challenge Is Not Its Members, It’s the Flow

Selected Data

• Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)
• Japan Crude Imports Hit By Gulf Conflict