Issue 22

Oil & Gas

• Chevron & Eni Prepare For Crucial Egypt Appraisal Wells

Corporate

• Energean Expects Imminent Israel Oil Boost
• Oman’s OQEP Expects Q2 Windfall

OPEC

• Middle East Conflict Disrupts Regional Investment as Global Spending Stalls

Geopolitical Risk

• Deal Rumors Swirl As Middle East Conflict Hits Three-Month Mark
• Israel Intensifies Attacks On Lebanon
• Sound Energy Exits Morocco

Refining & Petrochemicals

• Aramco Withdrawing From Troubled Malaysian Mega Refinery
• Bahrain Scraps Summer LNG Import Plans

Economics & Finance

• Leviathan’s Israeli Partners Sign Pioneering $6.7bn Gas Deal
• Qatar Deficit Soars As Hormuz Closure Hits Hard

Op-Ed & Documents

• Qatar Loses “Godfather of LNG” With The Death of Abdullah al-Attiyah

News In Brief

• Eni Makes Egypt Western Desert Gas Find
• Gaza Ceasfire Under Strain
• Chiyoda To Resume Work On Qatar NFE LNG
• Sungrow Wins Abu Dhabi Electricity Storage Contract
• Shamaran Delists From Toronto
• Egypt Accelerates Arrears Settlement Target

Selected Data

• Crude Official Selling Prices ($/B): Gulf Producers Cut From Record Highs
• Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)
• Egypt Gas Demand: New Q1 Record Despite Supply Squeeze