VOL. XLVI

No 15

14-April-2003

IRAQ

Text Box: Contents Include:   ENERGY (A)   Iraqi Oil Sector Development Views, 7 OPEC To Mull Supply Options, 10 Oil Prices Steady After Losses, 11 EIA Maintains 2003 Demand View, 15 Azadegan Field Talks Continue, 16 Hydrocarbon Law Confirmed Frozen, 16 Turkmenistan/Russia Energy Deals, 17 Oman Block 3D Survey Starts, 20 Mohammedia Now At 60% Capacity, 21 JNOC Plan Cleared By METI, 22 MPGC Rescheduled For September, 22   FINANCE (B)   Iraq External Debt Figures, 1 Qatar Lifts Capital Spending, 2 Alba Signs Expansion Loans, 5 Bahraini Saudi Bank Probe Complete, 6 Saudi TASI Index At Record High, 7   POLITICS (C)   Confusion Follows Collapse, 1 Kurds Take Kirkuk, 2 Syria In The Hawks’ Sights, 2   Arab Press Review, 3   OP ED & DOCUMENTS (D)   Gault On Allocation of OPEC Quotas, 1 Zanoyan on Global Energy Security, 5

No Iraqi Crude Exports Before June; Resumption Awaits Oil Administration And Clearing Of Legal Obstacles At UN

On the face of it, Iraqs oil sector thus far in the war has escaped lightly, both in the south and the north. Damage to the southern oilfields is limited, and, as of 9 April, exports from Kirkuk to Ceyhan in Turkey were continuing at around 80,000 b/d the limiting factor there being the storage capacity at Ceyhan operational storage is around 8.2mn...