Issue 51
Oil News
- Crude Price Jittery As Market Awaits OPEC/Non-OPEC Cuts Confirmation
- OPEC Production In November Falls To 26.5Mn B/D
- IEA Sees OPEC Market Share Squeezed In 2002IEA Sees OPEC Market Share Squeezed In 2002
- Goldman Sachs Predicts E&P Cutback By US-Based IOCs In 2002
- Iran’s Conservatives Extend Corruption Allegations As Reformists Counter Blocking Moves
- Iranian Exports Average 2.37Mn B/D In 1H 2001
- Sinopec Begins Exploration Work On Iran痴 Zavareh-Kashan Block
- Iran Turns To Hydroelectric Power Projects To Help Meet Growing Demand
- Iran Starts Gas Exports To Turkey
- BG/Edison Set To Certify Gas Reserves For Second Egypt LNG Train
- Petronas Farms Into Shell痴 Egypt Offshore NEMED Concession
- Shell To Bring Abu Gharadig Oil On-Stream Swiftly
- Haddad Appointed Oil Minister, Major Changes In Economy Portfolios
- Syria Agrees To Supply Lebanon With Natural Gas
- Jordan Issues BOOT Tender For Jordanian Section Of Iraq Oil Pipeline
- Libya’s One Nine Investment International Buys Stake In Bula Resources
- SPA For Oman/India $969Mn Fertilizer Project Initialed
- Crude Oil Formulas/Posted Prices ($/B)
- Mazidi Says Further Project Kuwait Delays Will Deter IOCs
- NCIP Forms Petrochemicals Marketing Company
- MPE Reassessing Lone Star Energy Data
- Yemen/Saudi/UAE Agreement On $895Mn Private Refinery Project
- CCC Wins QP/RasGas/QAFCO Projects Totaling $490Mn
- Senate Democrats Introduce Alternative Energy Policy Bill
Financial & Banking News
- Saudi Arabia Approves 2002 Budget Deficit, Highlighting Vulnerability To Oil Price Movements
- Lebanon’s Parliament Approves Introduction Of 10% VAT
- Egypt Announces 8.4% Devaluation Of The Pound, Plans To Inject $2Bn Into Forex Market
- Egyptian Importers Still Face Dollar Crunch Despite Reinstatement Of Documentary Credits
- Bank Muscat Buys ABN AMRO’s Bahrain Operations
- ESCWA External Debt Trends Downwards In 2000
- Tunisian Stocks Fail To Rally On New Government Investment Incentives
- S&P Withdraws Arig Re’s BB+ Rating At Company’s Request
- Moody’s Rates Morocco Local Currency Ba1; Cuts Foreign Currency Ceiling To Negative