Issue 05
Oil News
- Abu Dhabi Targets Sustainable Crude Output Capacity Of 2.85Mn B/D By 2005
- Iraqi Oil Exports To US Surged In 2001 As Far East Market Receded
- Contract Approvals Show Nameplate Traders Continue To Dominate Primary Liftings
- Iraq Proposes To Drill 350 Wells In 2002
- Britain Challenges Cross Border Oil Trade to Syria
- Qatar And Kuwait Sign Protocol Agreement On Gas Supply
- Raudhatain Oil Field Output Shut-In After Huge Blast At Gathering Center
- Deadline For Non-Operator Bids For Project Kuwait Extended
- Oil Prices End Week Lower As Bearish Demand Data Overshadows OPEC Compliance
- Saudi Aramco And KPC Reduce LPG Prices In Weak Market
- Crude Oil Formulas/Posted Prices ($/B)
- Tighter Asia-Pacific Product Specifications Necessitate Middle East Export Upgrades
- IMF Considers Benefits Of Hedging Oil Risk By Oil-Dependent Countries
- Bush Waives Economic Sanctions Against Azerbaijan
- Putin And Aliyev Discuss Caspian Status And Oil Transit
- Azerbaijan Selects ABB Lummus For Refinery And Port Study
- Turkmenistan Awards Technip-Coflexip Diesel Plant Contract
- Borouge Begins Exports Of Polyethylene
- Dove Energy Begins Production From East Sarr, Yemen’s Seventh Producing Block
- NSCSA Confirms Sale Of Three Container Ships
- Rafsanjani Calls For Islamic Oil Producers To Pressure US, West
- NIOC Awards $500,000 Downhole Equipment Contract To Tatneft
- Energy Minister Reports Turkish Gas Imports At 15.9BCM In 2001
- Saipem, Bouygues Win $257Mn Contract For ROD Field Facilities
- First Calgary Petroleums Starts Seismic Work On Berkine Block 406a
- Mauritania Awards Onshore Block 11 To UK痴 Technology Investment & Exploration
- GAO To Sue White House For Task Force Records, Energy Policy Gets Little Mention In State Of The Union Address
- BP’s Ibrahim To Join Council On Foreign Relations
Financial & Banking News
- Columnist Criticizes Lack Of Transparency In Saudi Public Finance
- Yemen 2002 Budget Forecasts Dip In Income, Slight Expenditure Rise
- NBK Launches 3-Year $450Mn Floating Rate Issue
- Bahrain Monetary Agency Issues New Islamic Banking Regulations
- Algeria痴 Sonatrach Secures $51.3Mn Export Credit From Societe Generale
- IMF Marks Down Growth Forecast For Some Middle East, North African Countries
- Moody’s Says Islamic Banks Not Adapting To Innovative Financing