Issue 22
Oil News
- OPEC To Discuss Surge Production In Beirut To Counter High Oil Prices
- 9th IEF Debate Finds No Easy Answers To Supply-Demand Tightness
- Mabro On The Futures Markets And The Price Of Oil
- Ait Laoussine Sees Disturbing Parallels Between OPEC’s 1997 Jakarta And Upcoming Beirut Meetings
- Crude Prices Show Out-Of-Step Reaction To Saudi Output Pledge And Bullish Stocks Data
- EU’s Palacio Proposes Currency Basket To Price Oil
- Crude Oil Formulas/Posted Prices
- Joint Oil Data Initiative Database Officially Launched At 9th IEF Meeting
- FACTS Cautious On 2004 Chinese Oil Demand Growth As Government Moves To Cool Economy
- Prince 'Abd al-'Aziz Bin Salman Appointed Assistant Minister Of Petroleum and Mineral Resources For Petroleum Affairs
- Saudi Government Issues License For Zamil’s Sahara Petrochemical Company
- Saudi Petrochemicals Output Set To Reach 60Mn Tons/Year In 2010
- Sudan Government, SPLA Sign Accords Clearing Way For Full Peace Deal
- Zanganeh Confirms Iran’s Determination To Look Beyond IOCs For Petroleum Development
- CPA Allocates $1.3Bn To Oil Ministry
- IEC Approves In Principle 15-Year Egyptian Gas Deal
- Libya’s Shatwan Sees Delays To Return Of US Oil Firms
- Croatia’s INA Makes Third Gas Discovery Near Palmyra
- Violent Protests Against Fuel Price Hikes Leave Six Dead, Many Wounded
- Seven Firms Awarded UAE National Grid Contracts
- Turkish Court Suspends Privatization Of Tupras
- UAE’s BTU Power Buys Controlling Stake In Rades Power Plant
- Karachaganak Liquids Enter CPC System For Export
- Azerbaijan Will Not Use Odessa-Brody Pipeline, But Will Set Up Corridor For Other Shippers
Financial & Banking News
- Saudi Arabia’s Energy Financing Requirement $35Bn Over Five Years, Says APICORP Chief
- Saudi Stocks Correct From Year’s All-Time High
- Saudi Arabia’s Cabinet Approves NCCI, Ma'aden Privatization
- NBK Buys Stake In Grindlays Qatar Bank, Assumes Management Control
- Mashreqbank To Finance $192Mn Construction Contract For Bahrain Financial Harbor
- IFC Provides $50Mn To Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie (BIAT)
- Citigroup To Sell Samba Stake
- Value Of Norway’s Oil Fund Climbs 8.3% In First Quarter
- Iraq Pleads For Help From Donors As Little Aid Is Disbursed
- Morocco’s Ratings Reflect Active Debt Management, Says Moody’s