Issue 23
Oil News
- OPEC Lifts Oil Output 1Mn B/D In June, Agrees Staged Increase In Production Ceiling
- 131st (Extraordinary) Meeting of the OPEC Conference
- Crude Prices Surge After Saudi Attack But Ease On OPEC Supply Reminder And US Stocks Data
- Al-Khobar Killings: Oil Sector Increasingly Becoming Target Of Mideast Violence
- New Iraqi Leadership To Focus On Security; Ghadhban Appointed Oil Minister
- Saudi LPG Prices Raised For June Deliveries As Asian Demand Strength Continues
- Crude Oil Formulas/Posted Prices
- LNG Contracts Showing Diversity In Duration, Terms And Pricing, Says APEC
- Dow And PIC Announce Formation Of Two Joint Ventures
- New SABIC Metals Project In Jubail
- AOC Seeks Upstream/Downstream Joint Venture In Southern Iraq
- Iranian Crude Exports Rise 19.1% In 2003 To Average 2.39Mn B/D
- IAEA Finds Further Discrepancies In Iran’s Nuclear Program Disclosure
- Iran’s NPC Appoints Najafabadi As MD Of Export Subsidiary
- Woodside-Led Group Approves $600Mn Chinguetti Field Development
- Turkey’s Zorlu Signs $400Mn Power Plant Deal With Israel’s Dorad
- Qatari LNG Transportion Company Formed
- ENOC Plans Jebel Ali Splitter Expansion, Considers Petrochemical Projects
- Jet Fuel Consumption At Dubai Airport Growing By 7%/Year
- Vanco Spuds Morocco’s First Deepwater Exploration Well
- Khartoum Government Approves Protocol Defining New Political Structure For Sudan
- Kazakhstan And China Agree To Start Building Next Phase Of Pipeline
- Lukoil Puts Caspian Crude Reserves At 4.5Bn Tons
- BP Opens Caspian Technical Training Center At Sangachal
- Yemen’s Parliament Sets Deadline For Government To Scrap Block 53 Sale
- Letter To The Editor
Financial & Banking News
- IMF Paper Examines Rising Unemployment Problem In GCC States
- Moroccan Economy Stable But Agriculture Sector Remains Source Of Volatility, Says IMF
- Kuwait Financial System Sound, But Needs Further Development, Says IMF
- HSBC Receives License To Open Two New Branches In Bahrain
- Saudi Arabia To Allow Three Foreign Banks To Operate In The Kingdom
- Bahrain And US To Sign Free Trade Agreement
- Oman Polypropylene Signs $240Mn Financing Facility
- Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company Posts Flat $6.2Mn Profit
- BMA Licenses Captive Insurance Manager
- Kuwait To Get Third Mobile Operator
- US Senate Approves $25Bn Emergency Military Funds For Iraq, Afghanistan
- Capital Intelligence Sees Improved Outlook For Saudi Investment Bank
- S&P Rates BankMuscat $250Mn Floating Rate Notes At BBB-
- KFAED $68Mn Loan Reestablishes Cooperation With Jordan After 14 Year Break
- World Bank Lends Iran $359Mn For Urban Development, Water And Sanitation