Issue 19
Oil News
- Washington Envisages US Controlling Iraq’s Oil Revenue
- Iraqi Production Targets Set As Halliburton Role Comes Under Scrutiny
- Naimi Given Full Responsibility For Swift Conclusion Of Gas Initiative Talks
- BP Seeking To Reduce Exposure To Algerian Gas Projects
- Khene Replaces Khelil As Sonatrach CEO
- Algeria Launches 2003 Upstream Licensing Round
- Iran’s Oil Capacity Faces Decline, Warns Fesharaki
- Shell Marks Progress On Soroush/Nowruz Development
- Oil Supply Risks Lessened By Producer-Consumer Dialogue, Says Hiranuma
- Venezuela Oil Production To Average 3.1-3.2Mn B/D In 2003, Says PDVSA President
- EIA Forecasts Supply Growth Outstripping Demand Growth By 1.4Mn B/D In 2003
- US Energy Secretary Calls For International Cooperation On Hydrogen Fuel Development
- Crude Prices Hold Steady As US Stocks Dip
- Crude Oil Formulas/Posted Prices ($/B)
- Kuwait’s PIC, Dow Chemical Announce Plans For Olefins II Complex In Shu'aiba
- Siemens Wins Al-Zour Power Plant Contract
- Cabinet Approves North-South Railway Project For Phosphate Development
- Petro-Canada Starts First Phase Of En-Naga Oil Development At 6,800 B/D
- Egyptian Consortium Wins Contract To Link Libya To Regional High Voltage Network
- Amiri Decree Establishes Joint Stock Gas/Fuel Distribution Company
- Anadarko Installs New Al-Rayyan Platform With 45,000 B/D Capacity
- Total Announces Completion Of Taweelah A-1 Upgrading
- Technip-Coflexip/NPCC Win ADCO NEAD Phase 1 Project
- Jordan Increases Petroleum Product Prices
- Turkey, BP Resolve Issues Holding Up BTC Pipeline
- Azerbaijan’s Tax Ministry Wants $250Mn From Lukoil For ACG Sale
Financial & Banking News
- Oil Wealth And Poverty In Iraq – Statistical Adjustment Of Government GDP Estimates (1980-2001)
- Iraq’s Financial Reconstruction Is A Priority, Says US Treasury Secretary
- Saudi Economy Buoyed By High Oil Revenues But Business Slows, Says Samba
- Iran’s External Debt Continues To Rise
- Lebanon’s Eurobond Demand Climbs On Confidence In Government Finances
- First Islamic Announces $75Mn Sukuk Issue
- Apicorp Posts $29.8Mn Profit In 2002, Down 30% On Previous Year
- Sohar Refinery Project Lead Arrangers To Be Announced End May/Early June
- BMA Finalizing New Regulatory Law For Financial Industry
- Capital Intelligence Upgrades National Bank of Fujairah…
- EC Grants €210Mn To Jordan And Egypt To Alleviate Effects Of Iraq War
- ADB Grants Morocco €80Mn Loan For Power Sector
- World Bank Agrees $31.5Mn Loan For Lebanese Urban Development Project