Issue 40
Oil News
- Total's South Pars Deal Breaks New Ground
- Total-Iran Gas Development Deal Represents First Real Test Of US Resolve On Extraterritorial ILSA Sanctions
- Interview With Total President Thierry Desmarest
- Description Of US Sanctions Menu
- Thailand Looks Favorably On LNG Imports, But Delay In Supply Deal With Oman Likely
- Occidental Awarded PSA Covering Block 31 In Northeast Oman
- Ignoring Listless Market Conditions, Aramco Raises LPG Prices $8-28/Ton For October
- Saudi Oil Minister Reviews Oil/Gas Discoveries In 1996-97
- SABIC To Supply MTBE To Pakistan
- Canadian-Saudi Mining/Oil Joint Venture Set Up
- US Angered By Israeli Efforts To Sanction Russia For Iran Missile Help
- Further US Sanctions Against Syria Stalled For The Moment
- KNPC Workers Stage Four-Day Strike; Negotiations On Demands Begin
- KOTC's Operating Profit Rises By 66% In 1996-97
- Trial Runs Start At Equate's Petrochemical Plant In Kuwait; Full Production Expected Shortly
- Seagull/Apache Complete Testing Of East Beni Suef Oil Discovery
- Anadarko Expands Exploration Acreage In Eritrea's Red Sea Territory
- Abu Dhabi Raises September Prices
- Libya Leaves Crude Price Formulas Unchanged For October
- Algeria Raises October Price Formula
- Anne-Marie Johnson Of MEES Wins IAEE 1997 Journalism Award
- Netback Values
Financial & Banking News
- S&P Issues Pi Ratings On UAE Banks
- Moody's Put Egypt On Review For Possible Upgrade
- Lebanon Braces Itself For Austerity 1998 Budget As It Refinances Its Eurobond Issue
- KIA To Dispose Of Stake In Commercial Bank
- Banque Du Sud Enters Private Sector
- UNCC Awards $568Mn To Gulf War Claimants
- Sonatrach Reports 27.6% Increase In Oil/Gas Export Earning In 1996
- President Khatami Calls For Foreign Investment In Iran
- US Aid To Egypt
- Yemen's Central Bank Governor Reviews Economic Reform Program
- Omani Banking Sector Prospers Amid Merger Activity