Issue 03
Oil News
- Iraq Faces Major Challenges To Sustain Oil Production Capacity At 2.8-3.0Mn B/D In 2004
- December OPEC Output Slightly Higher As Arab Gulf Compensates For Iraq Dip
- Crude Prices Edge Higher As Uncertainty Encourages Speculation
- Crude Oil Formulas/Posted Prices
- Oil Prices Should Be Determined By Market, Says Abraham
- OPEC-10 Crude Requirement Down 1-2Mn B/D In 2004, Says ABN AMRO
- China’s Energy Strategy Reflects Supply Vulnerability, Says Deutsche Bank
- India Plans Strategic Crude Oil Reserve
- Shell/Total/Saudi Aramco Expect Rub΄i Al-Khali E&P To Start By 2Q
- Two Major Saudi Gold Mines To Close In 2005
- Kuwait’s Refineries Restart After Power Cuts/Fires
- KPC Signs MOU With Petroplus On Netherlands Gas Stations Purchase
- KPC To Consider Investment In Pakistan Fuel Distribution
- Kuwait/Saudi Arabia To Discuss Partitioned Zone Oil/Gas Development
- Saudi-Qatar Diplomatic Freeze Continues To Block Qatar-Kuwait Gas Project
- Libya Agrees Compensation In UTA Bombing Case
- Dolphin Project Upstream/Midstream Contracts Awarded
- ADNOC Condensate Splitter Restarting After Maintenance
- Dubai Drydocks Delivers New Floating Dock To Saudi Aramco
- Privatization Of Bahrain’s Power/Water Sector To Begin
- Algeria Announces Record Hydrocarbon Output, Export Revenue In 2003
- Sonelgaz Establishes New Subsidiaries Following Benghanem’s Replacement
- Iran Lines Up IR4 Trillion For Gasoline Imports
- Iranian Diesel Imports Required To Meet Rising Demand, Says NIORDC Official
- Zanganeh’s Role In Iranian Parliamentary Protest Unclear
- Statoil Begins Platform Installation For Phases 6-8 Of South Pars
- NIOC Announces Iranian/International IOR Research Group
- Highest Bid For Tupras Privatization Made By Efremov Kautschuk–Zorlu Group
- Oman’s Al-Kamil IPP Project Inaugurated
- Sultan Qabus Ratifies Oman-Yemen Maritime Border Agreement
- Noble Energy Shuts In Mari Gas Field As Government Delays Prevent Delivery
- Israeli Papers See Momentum Building For Egyptian Gas Deal
- Aker Kvaerner Wins Italy FEED Contract For Qatar LNG Terminal
- First Of Four LNG Vessels For RasGas Launched In Korea
- Eni Tests Hawa-1 Exploration Well In Tunisia
Financial & Banking News
- Banks See Growing Need For Petrochemical Project Financing This Year
- ELNG Train 2 Financing To Follow Completion Of Train 1 General Syndication
- New Saudi Corporate Tax Law Cuts Rates For Foreign Investors
- Kuwait Permits Entry Of Foreign Banks
- ABC Sells Banco AtlanticoTo Banco Sabadell
- BMA Grants Three New Banking Licenses
- Central Bank Of Iraq Receives License Applications From 15 Foreign Banks
- Bush Says Canadian Firms May Bid In Next Round Of Iraq Contracts
- Washington Group Wins Services Contract For US Army Corps Of Engineers In Iraq
- Kuwait’s Wataniya Wins Contract For Algerian Mobile Network
- UWEC Seeks Equity Partners For Fujairah Project
- S&P Affirms Qatar’s RasGas Credit Ratings
- Moody’s Upgrades National Bank Of Bahrain
- IDB Allocates $500Mn For Iraq Reconstruction
- AFESD Signs $102Mn Loan Agreement With Egypt
The Political Scene
- The Political Scene (19 January 2004)
- Sudan Agreement On Wealth Sharing During The Pre-Interim And Interim Period