Issue 05
Oil News
- Saudi Arabia Awards Upstream Gas Bids For Three Contract Areas To Russia’s Lukoil, China’s Sinopec and Eni/Repsol
- NIOC Improves Buyback Terms For Tender Of 16 Iranian E&D Licenses
- RasGas Train 3 Set For Start-Up As Exports To India Begin…
- Crude Prices Ease On Warmer US Weather
- Crude Oil Formulas/Posted Prices
- Market Tightness Suggests Global Oil Demand Is Underestimated, Says CGES
- IEA’s Reliance On Spare Saudi Oil Production Capacity Likely To Boost Price Volatility, Says ESAI
- ExxonMobil Outlines Competitive Approach To Finding And Development Costs
- Pressure Builds For Greater Clarity On IOC Reserves
- PMs Sign Agreement For Second Stage Of Arab Gas Pipeline
- Leaked Document Lists Oil Middlemen During Saddam Regime
- Iran’s NPC Invites Bids For Olefins 8 And 11 Crackers
- No Prospect Of Return To Sudan By Total Before Thorough Security Review
- Oman Starts Gas Supply To UAE
- Egyptian Crude Output Continues Gentle Downwards Trend In 2003
- Sonatrach Inaugurates OH3 Hassi Berkine North – Haoud El Hamra Oil Pipeline Expansion
- Turkmenistan Appoints New Oil Minister
- Regime Change in Iraq
- Kuwait’s Refineries Back At Full Capacity After Delayed Shu΄aiba Restart
Financial & Banking News
- Competition Intensifies As Middle East Telecom Companies Compete For Regional Market Share
- CBO Report Examines Iraq Reconstruction Costs, Funding Issues
- Iraq’s Ministry Of Finance Seeks Firm/Consortium To Rebuild Foreign Debt Ledger
- Egyptian Budget Deficit Grows To $4.7Bn In 2003-04
- Jordan’s Export And Finance Bank Buys Stake In National Bank Of Iraq
- Central Bank Of Kuwait Licenses New Islamic Bank
- SABIC Posts Record $1.79Bn Profit In 2003
- Qatar Awards Bechtel $2.5Bn Airport Contract
- QA To Receive 13 New Airbus In 2004, Completes Financing
- Arab Tunisian Bank Assigned BB-/B Counterparty Ratings, Outlook Stable