VOL. XLVI

No 14

07-April-2003

IRAN

Text Box: Contents Include:   ENERGY (A)   Iraq’s Ceyhan, Syria Exports Dwindle, 8 Jordan Gets Saudi/Kuwaiti Oil Aid, 8 Russia Determined On Iraqi Fields, 8 Shell Restarts Soroush Field, 11 Israel To Check Haifa Pipeline Status, 12 EU Welcomes OPEC Stabilizing Role, 13 Venezuela Opposition Oil Report, 13 Oil Prices Soften On War End Hopes, 14 QP/ExxonMobil In N Field Project, 19 BG Starts Up At Scarab/Saffron, 19 Saudi Aramco Makes New Oil Find, 21 Ratqa/Abdali Production Back Up, 22 Lundin To Resume Sudan Work, 22 Turkmenistan/Iran On Caspian, 22   FINANCE (B)   Jordan Announces Emergency Budget,1 Lebanon Mulls New Tax Measures, 3 Egypt Banking Under Pressure, 5 New FDI Rules In Kuwait, 7   POLITICS (C)   At The Gates Of Baghdad, 1 Rumsfeld Accuses Syria and Iran, 1 Powell Mends Fences With Turkey, 2   Arab Press Review, 3   OP ED & DOCUMENTS (D)   Fee On Russian Oil Firms In Iraq, 1 UN Resolution 1472 Text, 5    

Pentagon Dismisses Blacklist Of Firms Working In Iran Report

The Pentagon has dismissed a Financial Times report of 29 March which said it was drawing up a blacklist of non-US companies investing in Irans energy sector, with a view to barring them from US-awarded contracts during the reconstruction of Iraq. The report cited private sector sources close to the US defense department, and named Shell, Total and Eni all of which are developing oil and gas fields in...