Issue 43
Oil News
- Inviting Bids Is Option If Talks On Gas Initiative In Current Shape Fail, Says Naimi
- OPEC 10 Production 2.67Mn B/D Over Ceiling In September
- Prices Fall As US Signals Diplomatic Approach To Iraq
- Tanker Rates Boosted By Tonnage Squeeze, Says Poten
- OPEC Unlikely To Raise Quotas In December, Says CGES
- Clarification Of OPEC View Of IEA’s Reserves Assessment
- Crude Oil Formulas/Posted Prices ($/B)
- Venezuela’s Opposition Parties Join Dissident Officers In Demand For Regime Change
- Workshop On OPEC Quota Allocations To Be Held In January
- Hain Warns On Cost Of Securing Middle East Oil Supply
- Baghdad And Damascus Say Planned US Iraq Attack Aimed At Control Of Arab Oil
- ExxonMobil And Sinopec To Strengthen Strategic Alliance
- Agreement On Japanese/Saudi JV For Power/Water Plants Rehabilitation
- Iran And EU Open Energy Cooperation Center In Tehran
- NPC Awards €100Mn Olefins 9 LDPE Contract To Technip-Coflexip
- Chiyoda/Mitsui/Snamprogetti Awarded EPC Contract For RasGas’s 4th LNG Train
- RasGas Gives Details Of LNG Vessels Chartering Arrangements
- Blue Stream Pipeline Complete, But Turkey Defers Large Gas Shipments
- Botas Awards Tender For Gas Grid Work To Sofregaz
- Committee Debates Terms Of Reference For JNOC Asset Dispersal
- Tasour Production Rises To 15,591 B/D
- KOC Extends Bid Deadline For Ahmadi Exports Expansion Project
- AOC And Fuji Oil To Merge
- Bush Signs Sudan Peace Act
- Libya, France Reach Compensation Settlement In Niger Plane Bombing Case
- FPSO For NC-137 Development Launched
- Israel Oil Refineries Mulls Closure Of Ashdod Refinery
- Centurion To Sell 35Mn CF/D Of Gas To Egypt
- Mitsubishi, Vinci Win Bechtel Subcontract To Build Tanks For ELNG Project
- EC Launches Advisory Group On Hydrogen And Fuel Cells
- Mitsui To Acquire Fortum’s 35% Stake In Block 27
- Petronas Farms Into Mauritania Offshore Block 6
Financial & Banking News
- Middle East Telecom Investment Opportunities Abound As Liberalization Continues
- Political Risk Increases Uncertainty But Long-Term Prospects For Project Finance Good
- Mexico Adopts $17/B Oil Price Assumption For 2003 Budget
- Egypt’s Public Banks Post Weak Results As Reform Attempts Continue
- CBQ Signs $120Mn Syndicated Loan Facility For Refinancing
- Saudi Arabia’s Banks Continue To Improve, Says Capital Intelligence
- NBK Says Kuwait Surplus For 2001-02 Closed Accounts Exceeds Forecasts