Issue 17
Oil News
- Saudi Arabia And US Reaffirm Special Relationship Despite IncreasingDifferences/Pressures
- Iraq And the UN Gear Up For Crucial Decisions
- OPEC Production Ends Seven Month Decline In March
- OPEC Not To Name New Secretary-General Before Rodriguez Vacates Post
- Rodriguez And New Board Sworn In At PDVSA
- Crude Prices Hover Above $25/B As Effects Of Politics And Demand Uncertainty Counteract
- Crude Oil Formulas/Posted Prices ($/B)
- International Energy Forum Members Plan May Meeting To Review Data Initiative
- Japanese Oil Statistics Reflect Falling Demand
- More Natural Gas Piped To Riyadh
- Eni Denies Halt To South Pars Phases 4 And 5 Development
- Iran Weighs Impact Of Petropars Probe
- Zanganeh Plans Directive On Oil Equipment Spares
- Iran痴 Offshore Oil Output Set To Top 800,000 B/D By End-March 2003
- Iran Plans Geothermal Power Plant
- Yemen Expects 2002 Crude Production To Average 432,000 B/D
- US Legislators Introduce Unilateral Sanctions Bill Against Syria, 'Arafat
- Caspian Summit Fails To Reach Common Understanding On Sea’s Legal Status
- Detailed Engineering For BTC Nears Completion, Project Approval Seen In Mid-Summer
- Draft Energy Bill Goes To Conference After Senate & House Approve Different Versions
- New Gas Discovery In North Idku Concession Offshore Nile Delta
- Samir Prequalifies Bids For Upgrade Work
- Security Concerns Prompt Tractebel Request To Suspend Tender For Gas System
- AEC Issues Tender For Algiers Desalination Plant
- Ministry of Mines & Energy Publishes Electricity/Gas Law
- OMIFCO Signs Contract For New Fertilizer Complex
- Saudi Arabia And US Reaffirm Special Relationship Despite Increasing Differences/Pressures
- Roundtable On Turkmen Energy Sector Scheduled For May
Financial & Banking News
- Lebanese Cabinet Approves Measures For EDL’s Rescue Plan
- IMF: Middle East Growth Will Slow In 2002 Due To Lower Oil Production, Regional Insecurity
- Lebanon Postpones Euro-Med Agreement Signing, Algeria Goes Ahead
- Iraq Signs FTA with Oman, Bahrain as UAE FTA Goes Into Effect
- Iran痴 Oil Revenue In 2001-02 Exceeds Budget Projection
- NCB Places $400Mn Collateralized Loan Obligation
- QFC IPO Oversubscribed
- SAGIA Issues License For Jubail Aromatics Expansion Project
- Al-Hidd Power Station $225Mn Loan Signed, Includes Islamic Facility
- NCB Reports 1Q 83% Rise In Profits, Citing Exceptional Capital Gains
- AFESD Lends Egypt $53Mn For Gas Pipeline To Jordan
- S&P Says Middle East, North Africa Could See Improvements In Corporate Credit Quality