Issue 17
Oil News
- Libya Puts Upstream Negotiations With IOCs On Fast Track, Says Badri
- Russia Moves Ahead With Caspian Petroleum Projects
- Kazakstan Revokes Crude Export Limit
- IOCs Express Satisfaction As Upstream Gas Investment Talks Continue
- Saudi’s NIC And Germany’s BASF To Set Up $533Mn Polypropylene Plant
- New Saudi/German Joint Venture To Produce Polyethylene Packaging Products
- Middle East Producers Allocate Volume Increases To Customers For May Deliverie
- Iraq’s Refusal To Meet UN Weapons Inspector Threatens New Impasse
- Japan Reviewing Policy Towards Gulf Producers
- Amerada Hess Wins Gassi El Agreb Enhanced Oil Recovery Project
- Iranian Crude Exports Average 2.46Mn B/D In March
- Pakistan Gives Further Details Of Proposed Iran-India Gas Pipeline
- Syrian Crude Oil Production Continues Downward Trend In 1999
- Umm al-Qaiwain Awards Norway’s Atlantis Exclusive Oil And Gas Concession
- Adwea And Takreer Sign MOU To Integrate Power
- Courses At Abu Dhabi Petroleum Institute To Start In September
- Yemen LNG To Invite EPC Tenders At End Of April
- Bahrain Appoints Ireland’s ESBI Consultant For Al-Hidd Power Expansion
- Conoco Invests In HoustonStreet Exchange
- Third Annual Eurasian Energy Conference Set For Istanbul In May
- World Oil Supply Conference Scheduled At Rice University In Ma
- Paris Venue For Conference On Economics, Geopolitics And Investment Terms In Middle East
- WEC Seeks Improved Energy Availability And Quality By 2020
- Correction
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Financial & Banking News
- Syria Publishes Balanced Budget For 1999, Approves 2000 Budget
- Proceeds From Privatization In Tunisia Reach TD470Mn In 1999
- Algeria Drafts 2000 Budget Based On $19/B, Economy Struggles Along
- Jordan Expects Increase In Tourism
- Saudi Finance Minister Clarifies Tax Rates Under New Foreign Investment Law
- S&P Evaluates Prospects For Future Gas Based Project Finance In The Middle East
- Investcorp Acquires Majority Shareholding In Gerresheimer Glas
- Algeria Plans To Privatize 48 Mines Starting In July
- Iranian Parliament Allows Private Banking
- Egypt’s Foreign Reserves Continue To Fall, Interbank Rates Ease
- Credit Libanais Buys American Express Bank Unit
- DLJdirect-eUnion Begins Operations In Dubai Internet City
- Italy Converts $100Mn Of Morocco’s Foreign Debt Into Local Investment
- Canada And Egypt Sign $671Mn Trade Agreement
- AFESD Grants Egypt $52.5Mn Soft Loan For Railway Development
- AFESD Grants Morocco $81Mn For Power Station Construction