Issue 16
Oil News
- OPEC Compliance Declines To 62% In March
- Turkey Prepares To Increase Cross-Border Iraqi Crude Imports For Nationwide Distribution
- Iran Awards Anaran Exploration Block To Norsk Hydro As Talks On Buyback Contracts Progress
- Iranian Official Marks Progress Of Buyback Projects And Outlines Darquain Contract Plan
- Qatargas Plans LNG Expansion; Joint Capacity With RasGas Could Top 25Mn T/Y
- Enron And Oxy To Compete Jointly For Saudi Upstream Projects
- Sasref Refinery Expansion Completed
- Saudi Electricity Company Names Chief Executive
- AGOC And AOC Sign Joint Operating Agreement For Neutral Zone Offshore Oilfields
- Cabinet Approves Draft Law On Project Kuwait
- Kuwait To Offer Further Santa Fe Share Sale
- Oman LNG Exports Open The Door For New Industries, Says Rumhi
- Bunkering Terminal At Sultan Qaboos Port Completed
- Moscow Loan Ceremony Boosts Prospects For Blue Stream
- Turkish Treasury Says Nuclear Plant Inflationary, Tender Announcement Delayed Again
- Tupras Refinery IPO Earns Ankara $1.2Bn
- Yemen’s Parliament Approves Production-Sharing Agreement With Agip
- Canada’s Ultramar Emerges As Algeria’s Top Crude Lifter With 100,000 B/D
- Saudi Arabia Publicly Backs OPEC Price-Range Mechanism
- IEA Commends OPEC’s ‘Soft Landing’ For Oil Prices But Calls For More Output
- NYMEX To Launch Middle Eastern Sour Crude Oil Futures Contract
- OPEC / OIL PRICES
- Sudan’s Leader Says Crude Exports Now At 200,000 B/D
- Shell Makes Two Oil Discoveries In Syria
- Energy Majors Announce Launch Of B2B Procurement Exchange
- BP Amoco And Shell Join Launch Of Online Shipping Exchange
- Tightening Fuel Specifications Key To Asian Supply/Demand Outlook, Says APEC Study
Financial & Banking News
- Final Approval For Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Investment Law
- Qatar Releases Upbeat 2000-2001 Budget
- IMF Concludes Upbeat Article IV Consultation With Kuwait
- KAC’s 1999 Losses Of KD73.8Mn Bode Poorly For Privatization
- Jordan Admitted As 136th Member Of World Trade Organization
- Lebanese Central Bank Raises Allocation Of Treasury Bills
- EBI/NBD Merger “Shelved”
- National Bank Of Canada Takes 15% Stake In Saradar Bank
- Suez Cement Company Secures E£1.2Bn Loan From National Bank Of Egypt
- Etisalat Records 2% Drop In Profits For 1999 But 21% Revenue Growth
- UAE To Give Jordan $200Mn To Boost Economy
- EU Grants Lebanon Euro 50Mn In Aid