Issue 28
Oil News
- Naimi Reiterates Commitment To Price Band, Says August Ceiling Hike Already Agreed
- WTI Over $40/B Once More
- EIA Predicts Growing Demand Will Diminish Chances For Price Decline Through 2005
- IEA To Call For Transparency And Standardization Of Reserves Estimation
- Saudi Crude Prices Mainly Increased To US, Reduced To Europe And Asia
- Crude Oil Formulas/Posted Prices
- Nigeria On Verge Of Violent Implosion, Warns Nobel Laureate
- US Democrats Seek To Lodge Complaint In WTO Against OPEC
- METI Energy Outlook Shows Reduced Reliance On Oil And LPG, Says FACTS
- Saudi Aramco Acquires Stake In Shell Japanese Refining/Marketing Venture
- Saudi Supreme Economic Council Reconstituted
- Saudi Electricity Regulatory Authority Restructured
- Foster Wheeler Wins Management Contract For SABIC Petrochemical Project
- Chiyoda/Snamprogetti Win RasGas II Onshore EPC Contract For Train 5
- Qatar’s LNG Exports Could Total 68Mn T/Y In 2012, With US And UK Major New Markets
- French Firm Wins Contract For New Qatar Cement Plant
- EC Approves PIC/Dow Olefins II Joint Venture
- UK/Dutch Firm Buys 51% Share In Bosnian-Kuwaiti Steel Mill
- BP, IEOC To Supply Gas To SEGAS LNG From 2008 And Buy LNG
- Zanganeh Says Iran’s Kushk And Hosseinieh To Be Developed As Yadavaran Field
- Iran Announces Two Offshore Gas Discoveries
- Edison To Test Commerciality Of Oil Discovery On Iran’s Munir Block
- Southern Oil Exports Resume At 1.7Mn B/D; 200 Acts Of Sabotage Under US Rule
- AIOC Closes Chirag Operations For Infrastructure Work
- Kazakh Authority Seize Parker Drilling Rig In Kashagan
- OOC Selects GIC To Replace ABB As Polypropylene Project Partner
- OOC/ADWEA Sign MOU With Alcan For Sohar Aluminum Project
- Abu Dhabi Inter-Refinery Pipeline EPC Award In 1Q 2005
- Naftec Prequalifies Technical Bids For Skikda, Algiers Refinery Upgrades
- AEC Issues Tender For Two Desalination Plants
- Tamoil Buys ExxonMobil Oil Distribution, Retail Assets In Niger
- Centurion To Abandon Dry Ezzaouia-14 Exploration Well
- Woodside Approves Drilling Campaign For Mauritanian Offshore
Financial & Banking News
- CBK Ushers In Sweeping Reforms To Kuwaiti Banking Sector
- IMF Recognizes Interim Iraqi Government
- UNCC Awards $381Mn In Gulf War Reparations
- Taweelah A-2 Bond Looks To Tap New Investment Sources
- Jordanian And Egyptian Banks Close $160Mn Arab Gas Pipeline Financing Deal
- Arab Bank Rejects Terrorism Financing Lawsuit
- Banque Audi Wins Preliminary Approval To Set Up Private Bank In Syria
- NBE Posts Reduced Profit Of $52Mn In 2003
- UAE Economy Enjoys Robust Growth In 2003, Says IMF
- IMF Completes Third And Final Review Under Jordan’s Stand-By Arrangement