Issue 18
Oil News
- Saudi-US Energy Officials Debate Market Forces Propelling Oil Prices Higher
- Libya Issues Details of EPSA-IV Upstream Contract
- Naimi Stresses Commitment To Price Band, Expands On Saudi Reserves, Capacity
- OPEC/IEA Host Second Joint Workshop On Oil Investment Prospects
- Crude Prices Rise Again On Middle East Tensions And Gasoline Squeeze
- Saudi LPG Prices Raised For May On Strong Asian Spot Market Demand
- Crude Oil Formulas/Posted Prices
- India’s Crude Imports In FY 2003-04 Averaged 1.8Mn B/D, Up By 11%
- Strong Demand In China And US Boosting Prices, Says CGES
- Khelil Retains Energy And Mines Portfolio In New Algerian Cabinet
- In Salah Production Tests Underway With First Gas Now Seen In Early June
- Hafidh Says Capital Expenditure In Iraq’s Oil Sector Must Be Priority
- Browne Sees No Future For BP In Iraq Any Time Soon
- Iraq’s Two Southern Oil Terminals Reopen After Suicide Bombings
- Parliament Quizzes KPC On Northern Fields And Crude Production Costs
- KPC Evaluates Aventis Sale Offer
- NIOC Earmarks Iran’s South Pars Phase 11 Gasfield Development For Total/Petronas
- Iranian Parliament Approves Steep Rise In Gasoline Prices As Of March 2005
- Turkey Seeks International Arbitration On Iran Gas Deal
- Israel Natural Gas Company To Lay Offshore North-South Trunkline
- QAFCO-4 Expansion Project Inaugurated
- Acetex In Private Petrochemicals Joint Venture With Saudi Arabia’s Tasnee
- Apache Signs Gas Sales Agreement With EGPC For 2.1 TCF From Qasr Field
- BP Makes Gas Discovery In Nile Delta Ras El Bar Concession
- Cyprus Closes Down Larnaca Refinery
Financial & Banking News
- Libyan Officials Call For Foreign Investment As US Eases Sanctions Against Tripoli
- Egypt’s Economy Improves But Widening Budget Deficit A Cause For Concern
- Iran Accumulates $22Bn In Surplus Oil Revenue In 2000-04
- BMA Gives Go-Ahead To Establish Credit Bureau
- Bubiyan Bank Shares On Sale To Kuwaiti Nationals
- ABC And Mizuho Appointed MLAs On Banque Du Caire $100Mn Loan
- Orascom Telecom Completes West Africa GSM Sale
- S&P Affirms Saudi Arabia’s Ratings
- World Bank Launches Multi-Donor Trust Fund To Support PA
- EU Agrees €72Mn Package To Morocco
- IDB Grants Iran €39Mn Loan For Dam And Irrigation Project