Issue 48
Oil News
- Non-Conventional Oil Capacity Growth Dependent On Crude Prices
- Iraq-Turkey Pipeline System Back To Full Capacity 1H 2003 But Exports To Remain Constrained
- OPEC Capacity Best Judged On Historical Data, Argues Hetco
- Chavez Opponents Set 2 December For General Strike As Electoral Council Okays Referendum
- Shell Asks Nigeria To Press For Higher Oil Output Quota
- Oil Prices Hold On To Recent Gains As US Stocks Continue To Slip
- Crude Oil Formulas/Posted Prices ($/B)
- EU Energy Ministers Agree Gas, Electricity Market Liberalization Deadline
- Replacing Iraqi Crude With Saudi Would Improve Asian Refining Margins, Says FACTS
- GTL Projects Are Long-Term Play For Sasol, Says HSBC
- US Insists On Linking Oil-For-Food Program With Revised Goods Review List
- Samir Tenders For Diesel, LPG And Jet Fuel After Major Fire At Mohammedia Refinery
- BG Postpones Drilling Decision For Gal A, B Blocks Due To Tax Uncertainty
- QP/ExxonMobil/TotalFinaElf Sign $400Mn Condensate Refinery Agreement
- CPC Seeks To Avoid Being Declared A Natural Monopoly
- Socar VP Says Shah Deniz Approval Expected In February
- China’s CNPC To Purchase Delta Hess Shares In Onshore Kursangi-Garabagli Field
- KazTransOil And Transneft Plan $200Mn Modernization For Atyrau-Samara Crude Pipeline
- Iraq Renews Jordan Oil Supply Protocol For 2003
- Algeria, US Seek To Boost LNG Trade
- Union Fenosa/Tractebel/TotalFinaElf In Supply Deals With OLNG
- Tupras Awards Modernization Contract To Spain’s Tecnicas Reunidas For Izmit Refinery
- Kuwait Targets 350,000 B/D In 2007 For Offshore Partitioned Zone
- Only Two Bidders For Umm al-Nar IWP Project After Tractebel Withdrawal
- NPCC Wins Umm al-Nar Unleaded Gasoline Project
- Tavanir Tender For BOO Plant Due In One Month
- Geothermal Plant Under Development In Sabalan Mountains As Two Wind Farms Planned
Financial & Banking News
- Lebanese Economy Minister Says Paris II Mobilized International Support For Reform Program
- Oman Posts Positive Macroeconomic Performance In 2001, Growth Outlook Healthy, Says IMF
- Moody’s Upgrades al-Ahli Bank Of Kuwait
- Oman’s Bank Dhofar And Majan Bank Set For Merger
- Saudi Jum'a Trading and Investment Group To Open Bank In Sudan
- JBIC Loans To Middle East And North Africa In 2001 Worth $735mn
- Value Of International Brokerage Services By Saudi Banks Continues To Decline, Says NCB
- Investcorp Plans To Issue 400Mn Additional Ordinary Shares
- SADAF To Make Decision Soon On $650Mn Loan