Issue 07
Oil News
- No Overnight Oil Boom In Post-Saddam Iraq, Major Rehabilitation Needed, Says Issam al-Chalabi
- Prospect Of US Military Rule In Iraq Raises Oil Questions
- Bush Administration Denies Iraq Campaign Would Be War For Oil
- US Neoconservatives Favor Privatization Of Entire Iraqi Oil Sector
- Is The Widely Expected War On Iraq An Oil War?
- OPEC January Output Rises 2% But Still Constrained By Venezuela
- Venezuelan Government Puts Crude Output At 2Mn B/D, Opposition Claims 1.4Mn B/D
- Crude Prices Pushed Higher By War Threat And Stock Depletion
- Crude Oil Formulas/Posted Prices ($/B)
- IEA Raises 2003 Demand Growth Forecast Slightly To 1.12Mn B/D
- EIA Expects Market Tightness Through Most Of 2003
- Asia’s Dependence On Middle East Oil Will Continue Growing, Says FACTS
- Algeria Presses Ahead On European Downstream Projects Despite Lack Of Progress In EU Talks
- KGOC To Issue International Tender In June For Dorra Survey
- Uranium Mining Plan Revives US Concerns Over Iran’s Nuclear Program
- Sasol Takes 50% Interest In NPC Ethylene/PE Project
- Jordan Takes Steps To Ensure Oil Supply In Event Of Iraq Cut-Off
- Kazakstan Targets Crude Production Of 1.04Mn B/D In 2003
- Kerr-McGee Sells Kazak Oil Assets To Shell
- CNPC Acquires Stake In Azerbaijan’s Southwest Gobustan Oilfield
- Oilinvest Seeks To Finalize Purchase Of Midor Stake
- SPC, Zarubezhneft Form Upstream Joint Venture
- Gal B Partners Scale Back Participation Forcing BG To Look For New Shareholder
- Dispute Over IEC Investment In Gas Grid Delays Project
- Ukraine Firm Wins $12.9Mn Contract To Build Gas Pipeline For Baddawi Power Plant
- EnCana Awarded EPSA For Blocks 3 And 4
- MPGC 2003 Scheduled For April In Dubai
Financial & Banking News
- Moody’s Ras Laffan Downgrade Disappointing, But Unlikely To Curb Interest In Qatar’s Projects
- Fitch Assigns Commercial Bank Of Qatar BBB+/F2 Currency Rating
- Iran’s Parliament Approves 40% Increase In Expenditure Under Budget Law For 2003-04
- EU To Grant PNA $250Mn In 2003; $55Mn For UNWRA
- US Delays Aid Negotiations With Israel
- Kuwait Will Not Drop Compensation Claims Against Iraq, Says Official
- Uncertainty Over Possible Iraq War A Barrier To Business Spending, Says Greenspan
- Saudi Money Supply Growth Ticks Higher In 2002
- NBK Examines Impact Of Exchange Rate Policy Change On Interest Rates
- Iraq Fixed-Line Network Will Require $1bn Investment Over 7-10 Years, Says Report
- OPEC Fund Signs Loans Worth $33Mn; Total Commitments Reach $6.5Bn