Issue 12
Oil News
- Qatar To Break New Ground As Regional Gas Supplier And New Technology Developer
- JBIC Signs $3Bn Deal To Finance Iran Development/Crude Purchase Package
- NIOC Awards $226Mn Caspian Drilling Rig Contract To Sweden’s GVA
- Iran’s NPC Awards Contract For World’s Largest Ethylene Cracker To Technip
- Bush Administration Renews Executive Order Against Iran
- Parliament Puts Brakes On Project Kuwait Until Further Notice
- Kuwait Finds It Difficult To Renew AOC Agreement On Present Terms, Says Oun
- Brookings Institution On The New Proposed Sanctions On Iraq
- Khatami’s Russian Visit Brings No Progress On Legal Status Of Caspian
- Azerbaijan And Turkey Boost BTC With Signing Of Shah Deniz Gas Deal
- Kashagan Operator Announces Discovery At Second Test Well
- Markets Weaken As OPEC Ponders Size Of Production Cut
- Crude Oil Formulas/Posted Prices ($/B)
- IEA Revises Demand Forecast Downwards And Stocks Data Significantly Upwards
- Shell Foresees Strong Growth In Non-OPEC Supply To West
- PDO Announces Major New Gasfield Discovery
- Morocco Signs Two New E&P Agreements…
- Gulf Petroproducts Company To Set Up New Chemicals Plant In Jubail
- Egypt, Jordan And Syria Link Electricity Grid, Agree On Overland Gas Pipeline
- Sonatrach And Sonelgaz Sign Cooperation Accord with Enelpower
- Seoul Court Liquidates Dong-Ah
- Adma-Opco Opens New 92Km 310,000 B/D Oil Pipeline From Zakum West To Das Island
- Lebanon’s Petroleum Import Bill Rises To $1.1bn In 2000
- Petronas To Hold Sixth Asia Oil And Gas Conference In June
Financial & Banking News
- Egyptian Privatization Process Loses Steam In 2000
- CBT Offers ¥35bn In 2.27% Five-Year Samurai Bonds.
- Burgan Bank Posts 510% Profit In 2000
- Saudi Banks Can Transform The Country From Cash To Card-Based Says NCB
- Lebanese Government To Expand Subsidized Loans To SMEs
- Moroccan Foreign Currency Reserves Down Despite Increasing Balance Of Trade Deficit
- EU Free Trade Agreement Expected To Cost Algeria $ 1.4Bn Yearly
- S&P Raises Qatar’s Foreign Currency Issuer Credit And Senior Unsecured Debt Rating To BBB+
- S&P Rates Tunisia’s BTKD Outlook BB+ Stable
- Saudi Arabia Extends $45Mn To Lebanon To Upgrade Beirut-Damascus Highway
- African Development Bank Grants Tunisia €40Mn To Finance Credit Line