Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 44

31-October-2005

OIL PRICES

IntercontinentalExchange Renames Londons IPE As ICE Futures

Londons International Petroleum Exchange (IPE) will be renamed ICE Futures, parent company IntercontinentalEchange (ICE) announced on 26 October. ICE acquired the London-based energy futures and options exchange in 2001 and completed the transition from open-outcry to electronic trading in April 2005 (MEES, 7 May 2001). For now, all futures and options contracts,...