Issue 47
Oil News
- Saudi Arabia Signs Pioneering E&P Gas Deal With IOCs
- US Fast-Tracks Iraq Infrastructure Contracts Worth $18.7Bn
- Crude Prices Driven Higher By Market Uncertainty
- ASEAN+3 Forums Agree To Pursue Crude Sourcing Diversity And Stockpiling
- IEA Demand Estimate Raised As China Leads Economic Recovery
- OPEC Faces Dilemma Over Supply Levels At December Meeting, Says CGES
- MTBE Ban To Support US Refiners, Says Deutsche Bank
- Saudi Aramco Awards Offshore Survey Contract
- SEC Targets 39,000MW Power Generation Capacity In 2008
- Al-Zamil/Basell Holdings Sign MOU For Private Saudi Petrochemical Project
- Arab Energy Consumption Rises To Over 7.2Mn BOE/D In 2002
- Baradi’i Briefs IAEA Governors On Iran’s Concealment Of Nuclear Activities
- Statoil And Total Sign Confidentiality Agreement To View Iran’s Azadegan Data
- Iran’s Gasoline Subsidies Unsustainable, Says Zanganeh
- Iranian Drilling Operations Up 18%
- Halliburton Dismisses Accusation Of Iraq Fuel Overcharging
- PDO Issues Tender For Harweel Cluster Phase Two EPC Contract
- Kuwait To Issue New Tender For Ahmadi Oil Exports Expansion Project
- QAPCO 2002 Profits Slip On Softer Sales, Prices
- Teikoku Farms In To Devon Gulf Of Suez Blocks
- ChevronTexaco, Total Pay Socar $40Mn To End Absheron Commitment
- Work Starts On Shah Deniz Section Of Sangachal Terminal
- Syria Awards Upstream Block 2 To Petro-Canada
- Sonatrach Forms Joint Venture With AMPTC Focused On LPG
Financial & Banking News
- Banks Foresee Hurdles As Power Project Financing Needs Grow
- Taweelah B/C To Surpass Umm Al-Nar As UAE’s Largest Ever Project Financing
- Taweelah A2 Refinancing Unlikely To Be Completed By Year End
- Sohar Refinery Syndication Attracts Around 25 Banks
- BNP Paribas Appointed As Financial Advisor For Bahrain’s First IPP
- Saudi Economy Boosted By $85Bn 2003 Oil Revenues, Strong Outlook In 2004, Says Samba
- UN Closes Iraq Oil-For-Food Program, Transfers Responsibility To CPA
- Kuwait Grants Foreign Investors 10-Year Tax Exemption