Issue 25
Oil News
- Iraq's Oil Industry: The Endemic Problem
- BP Statistical Review Shows Production Growth Outstripping Demand Growth In 2003
- ExxonMobil Selected As Upper Zakum Partner And Developer
- OPEC Oil Production Slightly Higher In May
- OPEC Revises 2004 Oil Demand Forecast Higher Again
- Hariri Campaigning To Move OPEC’s Headquarters To Lebanon
- Crude Prices Continue Rangebound Despite Iraqi Pipeline Blasts
- Next Big Move In Oil Prices Should Be Downwards, Says Merrill Lynch
- Crude Oil Formulas/Posted Prices
- Japan’s Natural Gas Demand To Grow 1.13%/Year In 2002-15, Says FACTS
- Biofuels Can Replace Substantial Amount Of Petroleum In Transport, Says IEA
- Qatif/Abu Safah Development On Schedule For Late July Start-Up
- SABIC Awards Yanbu' Petrochemicals Contract To Foster Wheeler
- SABIC Plans $6.4Bn Expansion Program
- Saudi Arabia, Qatar Commence Talks Aimed At Improving Diplomatic Relations
- Rebel Attacks Halt Oil Exports
- Sudan Expects Final Peace Deal In July But No End In Sight To Darfur Crisis
- Malaysia’s Ranhill Wins Contract To Construct 300,000 B/D Melut Basin Oil Development
- ABB Awarded Merowe Dam Power Contract By China’s Harbin
- Iran-IAEA Dialog Grows Tense Over Draft Resolution
- Caspian Crude Production Averages 1.6Mn B/D For 1Q 2004, Exports 1.09Mn B/D
- Kazakh Government Claims Right To BG Group’s Kashagan Shares
- Construction Of Turkey-Greece Gas Pipeline To Start In December
- Algeria Boosts Crude/Condensate Production in 1Q 2004 By 15.1%
- Algeria Forms JV With Japanese Partners For Medmax LNG Carrier
- Oman And UAE Sign Bilateral Electricity Grid Link
- Hunt Oil Signs EPSA In Oman’s Offshore Block 40
- Turkey’s Atas Refinery To Become Products Terminal
- Siemens Wins Right To Negotiate Contract To Convert 600MW Gezer Power Plant
- Israel’s Oil Refineries Agrees To Construct TMA Plant
- Centurion Tests El-Wastani-3 Well
- China Considers Yemeni LNG Imports, Indian Decision Awaited
- The Arab Oil & Gas Directory 2004.
Financial & Banking News
- IMF Sustainability Analysis Advocates A Minimum Of 80% Iraq Debt Reduction
- US Report Provides Mixed Review Of Saudi Efforts To Combat Terrorist Financing
- Record $750mn Sukuk To Fund Dubai Airport Expansion
- NBD Launches Middle East’s First Paper-Based Gold Investment Product
- Egyptian Housing Finance Company To Start Operations In September
- Jordanian Tourism Investment Company To Issue Bonds
- Qatar’s GDP Continues Its Upwards Trend
- Qatar’s Fiscal Year 2003-04 Oil Price Exceeds Forecast
- IFC Invests $45Mn In Merlon Petroleum Companies Of Egypt
- UAE Hawala Operators Increasing Compliance With New Regulations
- Moroccan Prime Minister Reshuffles Cabinet To Push Through Reforms
- Jordan And Iraq To Discuss Iraqi Debts, Frozen Assets After 30 June
- S&P Assigns Riyad Bank A-/A-2 Ratings
- S&P, Fitch Affirm Lebanon’s Debt Ratings