Issue 09
Oil News
- Saudi Supreme Council Appoints Committee To Negotiate With IOCs On Upstream Gas Proposals
- Producers Fail To Formulate Unified Policy As US And Europe Voice Concern About Tightening Supplies
- Markets Watchful Of New Iraq-UN Confrontation
- Russian Tanker Released After Unloading Oil
- CGES Sees US Pressure Persuading OPEC To Increase Output In Vienna
- US Crude Imports From OPEC Reach 4.1Mn B/D In 1999, Account For 48% Of Total
- International Oil Majors Slate 15-18% E&P Expenditure Increase For 2000 After ‘Lackluster’ 1999
- Sonatrach And BP Amoco Approve Development Of In Salah Gas
- The Political Economy of New Gas Export Schemes From Algeria, Libya and Egypt
- Abu Dhabi Extends Gas Pipeline To Dubai
- Iran Sees Hope Only For Darquain Deal By 19 March Deadline
- Vitol Hopeful Of Leading Syndicate To Raise Finance For Iran’s Neka-Tehran Pipeline
- OIL PRICES
- Prospect Of Turkmen Gas Deal With Gazprom Throws TCGP Into Question
- Government And Parliament Avoid Confrontation, But Criticism Of Project Kuwait Intensifies
- Bahrain And Qatar Form Committee To Study Causeway Plan
- Saudi’s Nimir Petroleum Has New CEO/Managing Director
- Conoco To Explore Offshore Morocco
- New Speakers At MPGC 2000 Conference
Financial & Banking News
- Ibn Rushd Confirms $850Mn Rescheduling Request
- Saudi Arabia’s SEC Finalizes Draft Foreign Investment Legislation
- Sizeable Foreign Currency Reserves Improve Climate For Bond Issues In Morocco
- Palestinian Legislative Council Approves $1.36Bn Balanced Budget
- Kuwait Records 75% Rise In Q3 1999 Oil Revenues
- S&P Affirms Ras Laffan Bond’s BBB+ Rating And Stable Outlook
- Fitch IBCA Assigns Investment Grade Rating Of BBB- To Bahrain...
- ...And Support Ratings To Six Tunisian Banks