Issue 16
Oil News
- Iraq: Rehabilitation Derailed, Services And Commercial Life Disrupted
- Kuwait Mulls Oil And Gas Options
- Merrill Lynch Raises Mid-Cycle Oil Price Assumption To $28/B
- OPEC Oil Production Surges In March On Iraqi Output Gains
- OPEC Exports Resume Rise In Week To 15 April, Says PIRA
- US Lawmakers Introduce Anti-OPEC Legislation
- Crude Prices Driven By Security And US Gasoline Concerns Despite Supply Boost
- Crude Oil Formulas/Posted Prices
- IEA Demand Growth Raised Slightly On Strong Chinese Consumption
- EIA Increases 2004 Oil Demand Growth Forecast To 1.6Mn B/D
- Iraqi Security Will Influence Oil Recovery Post 1H2004, Says EnergySEER
- PDO Targets 200,000-250,000 B/D EOR Production By 2010
- Foundation Stone Laid For $1.2Bn Sohar Refinery/Polypropylene Project
- Sinopec And NIGEC In Talks Over LNG Purchase/Iranian Oil Development Deal
- Iran’s NPC Allocates $12Bn For Investment In Petrochemicals Projects During 2005-10
- Statoil Probe Ratified By Iran’s Majlis
- Qusaibi Appointed Labor Minister
- Rabigh Refinery Restarts After Maintenance; Ras Tanura Full Shutdown Expected
- QP And Maersk Sign EPSA For Block 5 Extension Area
- JGC/Stone & Webster Win QAPCO Expansion Project
- France’s CGG Signs For Multi-Client Seismic Contract Offshore Libya
- Japan’s METI Prepares ‘Asian Energy Partnership’ Policy
- JOGMEC Priorities To Include Supply Diversification
- Sonatrach Record 2003 Results Reflect High Oil Price, Performance Improvement, Says Meziane
- Sonatrach Issues Preliminary Conclusions From Skikda Blast Investigation
- Yemen Prequalifies 19 IOCs For Six Onshore Blocks On Offer
- Technip Wins Furnaces Contract For Kuwait’s Olefins II Project
- Israel Approves Gaza Offshore Gas Supply As BG Starts Talks With Potential Customers
- Sixth Iran Petrochemical Forum To Be Held On 1-2 May
Financial & Banking News
- Qatar Banks Set Profit Record In 2003 As Economy Remains Strong
- Bush Requests $32Bn For State Department And Foreign Operations – Focus On Terrorism
- UNCC Pays Out $186Mn
- ADSB Losses Reduced In 2003
- Bank Of China Receives License To Establish Representative Office In Bahrain
- Etisalat To Lose 27-Year Monopoly Over UAE’s Telecom Sector
- Detecon And MTC Win Management Contracts For Lebanon’s Mobile Networks
- TAIC Arranges $40Mn Islamic Loan For Sudan Telecom
- Al-Maha IPO Oversubscribed
- Woqod Made Net Profit Of $19Mn In 2003