Issue 44
Oil News
- Divergence Of Objectives/Expectations Complicates Planned Saudi Gas Initiative, Says Mabro
- BP Says All IOCs Should Have Equal Opportunities In Post-Saddam Iraq
- Iraq And Saudi Arabia Open Border Post
- Oil Prices Move Sideways As Hiatus Over Iraq Continues
- Crude Oil Formulas/Posted Prices ($/B)
- PDVSA Plans Liquids Production Of 3.1Mn B/D In 2003
- GCC Oil Ministers Pledge To Protect Price, Supply Stability
- BP Again Cuts Production Growth Forecast For 2002
- IEA Makes Recommendations On Energy And Poverty
- Expansion Agreement For In Amenas To Be Signed Soon
- BP Takes $230Mn Financial Charge For Rhourde El-Baguel
- Talisman Sells Sudan Assets To ONGC Videsh
- Borouge $1.2Bn Petrochemical Complex Formally Inaugurated
- Foreign Oil Firms Face ‘Increasingly Rigid Regulatory Environment’ In Kazakstan, Says PFC
- ConocoPhillips To Acquire 2.5% Of BTC Pipeline From Operator BP
- Haradh Gas Plant On-Stream Ahead Of Schedule In July 2003
- Saudi Aramco Officials Meet To Review Qatif And Abu Safah Oil Development Project Progress
- Gas Supply Term Sheet Signed For Private Aluminum Smelter Project
- LG Wins Mina Abdullah Refinery Upgrade Project
- Farsi Exploration Block Earmarked For Indian Consortium
- Oman’s Proven Crude Reserve To Last 20 Years At Current Output Rate
- Third Fertilizer Project Planned
- RUSI to Hold Gulf Oil, Global Politics Conference In London
- Letter To The Editor
Financial & Banking News
- IMF Praises Saudi Arabia’s Economic Reforms But Advocates Further Progress
- Saudi Unemployment Remains A Concern But Not A Crisis, Says Samba
- Kuwait Sets Mandatory Limits For Employment Of Nationals In Non-Government Sector
- Reshuffle Of Key KIA Officials Mooted
- UNCC Pays Out $469Mn; Total Payout Reaches $16Bn
- Donors Pledge $2.3Bn To Yemen For Poverty Reduction Strategy
- Lebanon’s Paris II Donor Conference Scheduled For End-November
- Citibank Sells 2.8% Stake In Samba
- NBO Sells 9.7% Stake In Majan International Bank
- UAE Deposits In Jersey Total $11Bn
- STC To Launch IPO Before End Of 2002
- Orascom Ordered To Hand Over Shares In SyriaTel And Pay $20Mn Compensation
- Deutsche, Atlas and Foursan Launch Jordan’s First Private Equity Fund
- Vivendi To Operate Water/Electricity Services In Moroccan Capital