Issue 08
Oil News
- Naimi Discusses Saudi/Regional Natural Gas Issues
- Japanese Consortium Signs Contract To Develop Iran’s Azadegan Oilfield
- Crude Prices Rise As WTI Squeeze Widens Differentials
- OPEC Output Continues Upward Trend In January As Iran Sustains Over 4Mn B/D
- Purnomo Appoints Abdulrahman As OPEC’s Acting Secretary-General
- OPEC Revises World Oil Demand Higher In 2003 And 2004
- Political Pressure Builds In Venezuela Ahead Of Electoral Commission Decision
- NYMEX And Dubai To Study Region’s First Commodity Futures Exchange
- ExxonMobil Sees Worldwide Energy Demand Growing 40% By 2020
- Iraqi Electricity Minister Sets Agenda For Rehabilitation
- Shell Announces Two Deepwater Discoveries In NEMED Block
- Seven Firms/Consortiums To Bid For Bahrain’s First IPP
- Kuwait’s Parliament Votes For Inquiry Into Iraq Products Overpricing Allegations
- KPC’s Petroplus Netherlands Gas Stations Purchase Approved
- KOC To Update Prequalifed International EPC Contractors List For Projects Worth $2Bn
- Khelil Blames Skikda Accident On Gas Pipe Leak
- First Calgary Announces Fifth Gas Find On Block 405B
- Sonatrach Announces Oil Discovery In Hassi Dzabat Area
- Minor Reshuffle In Oman’s Cabinet
- Eni Announces First Oil Production From Elephant Field
- Eilat-Ashkelon Oil Pipeline Sees Little Southbound Business In First Six Months
- Iranian E&D Terms Receive Qualified Interest From IOCs
- Botas Reports Boost In Turkey’s 2003 Domestic Gas Consumption
- Caspian Crude Production Averages 1.5Mn B/D In 2003, Exports At 1Mn B/D
- Nelson Resources Completes Acquisition Of 50% Stake In North Buzachi Oilfield
- PetroKazakhstan Produces 151,000 B/D Of Oil In 2003
- CGES To Hold Russia-OPEC Seminar In London In March
Financial & Banking News
- Algerian 2004 Budget Projects Increased Deficit Of $5.6Bn Based On Conservative Oil Price
- ILO Report Says Middle East And North African Countries Have Highest Unemployment
- IAMB Presses Appointment of DFI Auditors At Third Meeting
- Fate Of Lebanese Banks Remains Tied To Government Debt Exposure
- Commercial Bank Of Kuwait Issues $203Mn In Bonds
- Iran Awards Mobile License To Turkcell-Led Consortium
- Lebanese Government Approves Revised Terms For Telecoms Tender
- Moody’s Upgrades Ras Laffan Ratings To Baa1; Assigns Baa1 To New Bonds
- S&P Gives Bahraini Sukuk Preliminary A- Rating