Issue 01
Oil News
- Algeria’s Upstream Growth Eclipses Slow Progress On Hydrocarbon Law
- Syria Invites IOCs To Take Active Role In Upstream Sector
- PDVSA: The Inside Story Of The Complex Relationship Between A Company And Its Nation
- Crude Price Rise Checked Temporarily By Reports Of OPEC Willingness To Increase Output
- Volatile Prices For Short Term, Says CGES
- Saudi LPG Prices Raised In Response To Strong Spot Market Demand
- Crude Oil Formulas/Posted Prices ($/B)
- OPEC Capacity Could Become Tight Short-Term, Says Dresdner
- US Court Of International Trade Dismisses Anti-Dumping Action Against Oil Producers
- Chavez Opponents Pledge To Continue Strike, Say Production At 150,000-190,000 B/D
- Prince Sa'ud Sees CV3 Accord Complete Within Two Months
- Chiyoda/Chiyoda Petrostar Awarded $240Mn Turnkey Contract For Jubail Methanol Plant
- Kuwait And AOC Sign Partitioned Zone Agreement
- Security Council Votes To Increase Dual-Use Items On GRL
- Apache Makes New High Yield Gas/Condensate Find In Western Desert
- Eni Makes Major Gas Discovery In East Delta Deep Marine Block
- Sonatrach Awards $239Mn Contract For Five SBMs To Double Oil Export Capacity
- Sonatrach To Supply Belgium’s Distrigas With Annual 1 BCM Gas Via Medgas Pipeline
- Nuclear Plant Protocol Signed By Iran And Russia
- Farsi Exploration Block Awarded To Indian Consortium
- Talisman To Invest $8Mn In Block 10 Exploration In 2003
- Russian Blue Stream Gas Arrives In Turkey
- Turkmen, Afghan And Pakistan Leaders Sign Agreement On Trans-Afghan Gas Pipeline
- Eni Appoints New Managing Director For Agip KCO
Financial & Banking News
- GCC Launched Customs Union On 1 January
- EIA Forecasts OPEC Net Export Revenues To Rise 7% In 2003 To $192Bn
- Orascom Telecom Sells Jordanian Subsidiary To Kuwaiti Company
- Saudi Arabia Freezes Unlicensed Investment Companies’ Assets
- Licensing Of Syrian Private Banks Moves A Step Closer
- Ahli United Bank Raises Share Capital By $257Mn
- Egyptian Private Sector Banks’ Rankings By Assets
- Exchange Risk Little Changed After Kuwaiti Dinar Pegged To US Dollar, Says NBK
- International Finance Corporation Gives Iran First Loan Since 1974
- S&P Revises Outlook On Lebanon And Lebanese Banks To Stable
- S&P Assigns Islamic Development Bank AAA Rating