Issue 04
Oil News
- Iraq Takes On Wild-Card Status Vis-à-Vis OPEC’s Supply/Price Management Aspirations
- OPEC Press Release
- OPEC Would Respond Appropriately To Shifts In Iraqi Oil Export Levels, Says Saudi Oil Minister
- OPEC Output Down In December, Up 6% Year-On-Year For 2000
- OPEC Production Cuts Criticized As Potential Contributor To Market Volatility
- CGES Says OPEC Production Cut Will Damage Global Economy
- Confirmation Of OPEC Cuts And Iraq Rumors Tug Crude Prices Down Temporarily
- Crude Oil Formulas/Posted Prices
- Iraqi Authorities Institutionalize Surcharge Despite Sharp Decline In Exports
- Iraq’s Current Oil Production Capacity Is 2.8Mn B/D, No Early Expansion In Prospect
- Turkey’s Botas Seeks Compensation For Losses Caused By Iraqi Pipeline Closure
- Occidental/Ansan Wikfs Sign Production-Sharing Agreement Covering Block 44
- NIOC Awards Exploration Blocks To Edison Gas And Sinopec
- NIOC Awards Sinopec Contract To Upgrade Northern Refineries And Build Neka Oil Terminal
- NPC Awards Olefins 10 Contracts To Tecnimont, Krupp And Local Firms
- Switzerland’s Ammonia Casale Wins Samad Ammonia Plant Debottlenecking Contract
- Foster Wheeler Wins $18Mn Project Management Contract For Ahmadi Refinery Reconstruction
- Four Firms To Compete For Gas Booster Station Contract After Shinwha’s Liquidation
- Turkey’s White Energy Corruption Probe Casts Shadow Over Blue Stream Gas Project
- Turkish Energy Ministry Lists 29 Power Projects For Treasury Guarantee
- UAE To Build $1Bn Desalination Plant For Northern Emirates And Al-'Ain
- Burullus Awards Contracts For Deepwater Gas Production And Pipeline Systems
- JNOC Withdraws From West Ashrafi Offshore Consortium In Downsizing Measure
- Government Approves Three Contracts
- Azerbaijan Sets Up State Oil Fund
Financial & Banking News
- Economy And Trade Minister Sees Deregulation As Key Component Of Lebanon’s New Economic Policy
- NCB Announces Operating Profits Of $0.44Bn But No Dividend Payment
- Egypt’s Appeals Court Orders Retrial For Banking Loan Scam
- Egyptian Government Has No Plans To Let The Egyptian Pound Float
- Commercial Bank Of Qatar Announces Promotions
- Greater Liquidity Fails To Boost Muscat Securities Market
- $5.6Bn Over 10 Years Needed To Reform Syria’s Industrial Sector
- Compaq Consortium To Invest $115Mn In Investcorp’s Strat
- Jordan Decides To Postpone Increase In Gasoline And Product Prices
- Egypt’s OT To Pay $171Mn For Motorola’s Shares In Subsidiaries
- Jordanian And Italian Telecommunications Firms Announce New Partnership
- Japan Donates $22Mn To Jordan For Economic Reform And Water Projects