Issue 45

Oil & Gas

• Adnoc Takes FID At First Unconventional Gas Development
• Exxon Targets Pegasus Appraisal As Egypt Drilling Slips

Corporate

• Repsol Attributes Libya Growth To Security Improvement
• Gulf Keystone Sees Route To 100,000 B/D Portfolio
• Strong Downstream Margins Support Aramco Q3 Profits
• Key Israel Gas Fields Surge To Record High

OPEC

• Energy Security About Delivery, Not Production
• Adipec Delegates Stress Energy Sector Resilience Amid Crisis

Geopolitical Risk

• IMF Aims To Complete Final Egypt Review In December

Refining & Petrochemicals

• Australia Deal Gives XRG Global LNG Portfolio

Economics & Finance

• Saudi Deficit Widens On Reduced Aramco Tax Bill

Power & Water

• Scatec Eyes 2H 2027 Start-up For Third Tunisia Solar Plant
• Scatec Eyes Gain On Obelisk Farm-Down In Egypt

News In Brief

• Libya’s PFG Slams ‘Act Of Sabotage’ As Hamada-Zawiyya Pipeline Remains Closed
• PGNIG Prepares To Drill Third Well In Libya
• EGPC Extends Exploration Bid Deadline
• Kosmos: Tortue LNG Exports On Track To Double
• Eisenkot Secures 67 Backers To Be Israel’s Next PM
• Oman-China Sign 1GW Battery Deal
• Petronas To Study More Blocks Offshore Oman
• Aramco Confirms Zuluf Increment Startup
• Iraq Hopes To Sign Chevron Contract This Year

Selected Data

• Crude Official Selling Prices ($/B): Aramco Deepens Crude Discounts To Asia For December
• Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)
• Japan’s LNG Supply Mix Reshaped By Qatar Losses