Issue 09
Oil News
- Saudi Aramco Vs Simmons: The Debate Over Saudi Reserves
- Berkine Basin Projects Highlight Steady Progress Of Algerian Upstream
- Iraq Plans More Exports From New Outlets Beginning March
- Libya-US Normalization Process Picks Up Speed
- Kashagan Development Plan Approved By Kazakh Government
- Iran’s Azadegan Crude To Be Routed Via Ahwaz To Kharg Island
- Pars LNG Joint Venture Formed By Total, Petronas And NIOC
- Khatami Inaugurates Petrochemical And NGL Plants
- NPC Invites Prequalification For Iranian Ethylene Pipeline
- IAEA Inspectors Report Sampling Discrepancies And Undisclosed Nuclear Equipment In Iran
- US Concerned At High Oil Price, Says Abraham
- ADNOC Cuts April Nominations By 10% As Adgas Plans Offshore Maintenance
- Crude Prices Buoyed By US Gasoline Supply Fears
- Crude Oil Formulas/Posted Prices
- OPEC Underestimating Oil Demand, Says CGES
- US Refinery Turnarounds Curbing Imports, Says Poten
- ASEAN+3 Forum Agrees Cooperation On Energy Security
- Politics Preventing Progress On Offshore Gaza Gas, Says Shawwa
- Noble Energy Starts Gas Sales To IEC
- Isramco Abandons Nir-1 Gas Well In Med Ashdod Block
- HHI Wins Saudi Aramco Power/Steam EPC Contract
- Oman’s Crude Term Contracts For 2004
- PDO Extends Precision And Weatherford Drilling Contracts
- Bahrain/Qatar To Press Ahead With Causeway Plan And Gas/Electricity Cooperation
- CB&I Wins Yemen Private Refinery FEED Contract
- BG Acquires Some Hardman Interests In Mauritania Offshore Blocks
- Fahmi Says Egyptian Gas Reserves Now 62 TCF
- Tendering For First Phase Of GCC Power Grid To Start Later This Year
Financial & Banking News
- Middle East Telecom Companies Eyeing Project Finance
- SKS Secures $382Mn Loan To Build Power Plant In Skikda
- Ras Laffan Debt Coverage Adequate, Capitalization “Comparable” To Similar Projects, Says S&P
- Egypt Publishes Details Of KFAED Loan For Nubariya Power Plant
- KIPCO Swaps BKME Stake For Shares In National Mobile Telecom Company
- Bahrain’s Al Ahli United Mulls Purchasing Stake In Qatar’s Al Ahli Bank
- UAE’s Middle East Bank To Become An Islamic Bank
- GIB Provides $100Mn Loan To Commercial Facilities Company
- Addax Investment Bank Targets Iraq’s Real Estate, Construction Sectors
- ABC Turns $41Mn 2002 Loss Into $120Mn Profit In 2003
- BMA Embarks On Roadshow For First International Bond Issue
- ESCWA Debt Rose 4% To $307Bn In 2002, Says Report
- Kuwait Finance Minister Calls For End To Offset Program
- CI Assigns Morocco BBB- Local Currency Rating, Affirms Foreign-Currency Ratings
- US Signs Over First Tranche Of 2004 $349Mn Aid Package To Jordan
- KFAED Lends Morocco $63Mn For Tangier Highway Development