Issue 07
Oil News
- Naimi Stresses Need For Proactive Policy To Forestall 2Q Stockbuild
- OPEC Plans To Rein In Leakage In March, Cut Ceiling By 1Mn B/D In Second Quarter
- Crude Prices Boosted By Supply Cut Decision But Market Uncertain Over OPEC Tactics
- EIA Predicts 3.1 Mn B/D Oil Demand Growth During 2004-2005
- IEA Raises 2004 Oil Demand Growth Forecast To 1.4Mn B/D
- Crude Oil Formulas/Posted Prices
- US Oil Firms Hope For Further Technical Visits To Libya, But Operations Resumption Far Off
- Appointment Of Undersecretaries To Iraqi Ministries Suspended
- Iraq Needs Oil Refining/Gas Processing Expansion Master Plan, Says Fathi
- Kuwait’s Energy Minister Orders Halliburton Oil Contract Inquiry, MPs Want Own Investigation
- KPC Sells Its 29% Share In Celanese For €1Bn As Part Of Blackstone Takeover
- NPC Annual Report Shows Iranian Petrochemicals Production Increased By 5% In 2002
- Saudi Electricity Company Invites Investment In 17 Projects
- SABIC Opens Sales Offices In Prague And Warsaw
- Turkey Approves Tupras Sale, But Tatneft Shareholders Opposed; Petkim Tender Cancelled
- CPC Pipeline Targets Shipments Totaling 480,000 B/D Of Liquids During 2004
- Azerbaijan And Ukraine Slight Russia On Caspian Crude Transport
- Iran Petrochemicals Conference Planned For 6-7 March
Financial & Banking News
- World Bank Strategy For Iraq Sets Out Program For Interim Period
- Iraq’s Rafidain Bank Looks To Restructuring, Possible Privatization
- WTO Gives Iraq Observer Status; Iran Blocked Again By The US
- Challenges For Islamic Finance In A Riba-Based Global System
- Orascom Telecom Sells West African GSM Operations
- Jordan’s Debt Climbs To $10Bn At End 2003
- Moody’s Assigns A3/Prime-2 Local Currency Rating To Banque Internationale Arabe De Tunisie
- Moody’s Assigns A3 And Baa1 Ratings To Mashreqbank’s Euro Medium-Term Note Program
- Arab Advisors Group’s Media And Telecommunications Convergence Conference