VOL. XLVI

No 14

07-April-2003

OIL PRICES/OPEC

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    

Crude Oil Formulas/Posted Prices ($/B)

Abu Dhabi, Oman and Qatar($/B)

2003

2002

Avg

Mar

Feb

Jan

Dec

Nov

Oct

Sep

Aug

Jul

2002

Abu Dhabi

Murban (39º)

29.10

31.70

29.60

27.15

24.40

27.35

27.70

26.10

25.65

24.88

Lower Zakum (40º)

29.15

31.75

29.65

27.20

24.45

27.35

27.70

26.10

25.65

24.90

Umm Shaif (37)

28.90

31.50

29.40

26.95

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