Issue 40
Oil News
- OPEC Marks Time On Quotas Awaiting Uncertain Market Developments
- OPEC Press Release
- Interview With Saudi Oil Minister
- Markets Suffer Turbulent Week
- Crude Oil Formulas/Posted Prices ($/B)
- Iraqi Oil Prices To US Remain In Limbo
- Expect Continued Progress In Iran’s Oil And Gas Industry, Says Hosseini
- Soroush Field Early Production System Towed To Field After Upgrade
- Iran Extends Assaluyeh Power Supply Tender Deadline
- JNOC’s Objectives To Stay Unchanged As Restructuring Continues
- SEC Approves $2.67Bn Railroad Project
- New Advisory Board Appointed to SEC
- Kingdom痴 First Commercial Desalination Project Ready For November Inauguration
- Texaco And Petronas Win Blocks 4, 5 And 6 Exploration Rights
- Alba Capacity To Rise To 750,000 Tons/Year In $1.7Bn Project
- Delayed Vote On US Measures Against Sudan Suggests Possible Policy Change
- Calls For Tenders For Arzew Desalination And Power Plant
- Post-Gulf War Oil Lakes Contained 23.5Mn Barrels Of Crude
- Cyprus To Examine Gas Pipeline, Exploration With Egypt And Syria
- US Signs To Build Morocco's First Nuclear Reactor
- Azerbaijan And Georgia Said Near Agreement On Shah Deniz Gas Tariff
- Turkey Plans Further Privatization Of Tupras And Petrol Ofisi
- Tractebel Buys Power Project In Turkey
- Conference On Infrastructure In Saudi Arabia To Be Held In Geneva In October
- International Sanctions Conference In London On 2-3 October
Financial & Banking News
- FDI Flows To MENA Region Rise By 104% In 2000 But Still Only 0.4% Of Global Total
- Al-Shall Assesses Kuwaiti Losses On $50-60Bn Portfolio
- GIB Projects Growing Private Sector Role In Regional Petrochemical Projects
- Lebanon’s Central Bank Moves To Defend Local Currency
- Saudi Finance Minister Sees No Immediate Negative Economic Impact From Attacks On US
- Arab Bankers Association Of North America Announces Disaster Relief Fund
- Bank Muscat Plans Expansion In India Through Stake Purchase In IDBI Bank
- S&P Confirms No Impact On Ras Laffan Ratings From Attacks In US