Issue 39
Oil News
- US Ends Trade Sanctions On Libya
- IOCs Mull Iraqi Oil Play
- Syria’s Liquids Output Drops To 470,000 B/D As Al-Furat Production Declines
- MENA Conference Highlights Problems And Prospects For Regional E&D
- Market Tightens As Yukos Supply Restriction Adds To Hurricane Ivan Impact
- OECD And IMF See No Impact of High Oil Prices On World Inflation
- Oil Prices Beyond Control Of OPEC And Industry, Says CGES
- Refiners Not Interested In More Heavy Crude, Says Société Générale
- Crude Oil Formulas/Posted Prices
- Rodriguez On Turbulent Relations Between PDVSA And Venezuelan Government
- OPEC Presents Award To Professor Stauffer
- EU Set To Drop Strategic Oil Stocks Plan Amid Widespread Opposition
- Shell Looks To Middle East/North Africa To Help Boost Upstream Strength
- Iran Defies IAEA By Resuming Uranium Conversion
- Iran’s Majlis Approves Allocation Of Further $1.3Bn For Gasoline Imports
- Shell And Repsol Sign Preliminary Agreement With NIOC For Persian LNG Plant
- UN Security Council Threatens Oil Sanctions On Sudan
- Chatham House Offers Bleak Assessment Of Iraq’s Future
- Libya Awards Agip Spot Gas Contract
- Algerian Parliament To Reconsider Hydrocarbon Law
- Sonatrach Takes Delivery Of Two New LPG Tankers
- No Impact On LNG Production From Blast On Hassi R’Mel-Arzew GZ2 Gas Pipeline
- Lukoil Will Keep Shares In Shah Deniz
- Kazakhstan And South Korea Plan Joint Caspian Sea Crude Projects
- Fahmy Endorses Senior Appointments At Al-Fajr
- Bahrain Government Hires SNC-Lavalin To Investigate Power Blackout
- SNC-Lavalin Wins Three Dubal Contracts
- Centurion’s Ezzaouia-15 Well Tests 1,520 B/D Oil
- Sproule Upgrades Oudeh Field Reserves
Financial & Banking News
- Middle Eastern Countries Struggle To Reduce Red Tape For Businesses
- KFH-B To Finance $1.3Bn Petrochemical, Power And Water Plant In Bahrain
- ADB Loans Tunisia’s STEG €77Mn For Power Network Upgrade
- Alujain Quadruples Capital To $185Mn
- BankMuscat And National Bank Of Oman To Merge Operations
- NBK, IFC Close To Finalizing Purchase Of Stake In Credit Bank Of Iraq
- BankMuscat And WestLB Launch $40Mn Loan For Alliance Housing Bank
- GIB Arranges $50Mn Murabaha Facility For Shamil Bank
- Iranian Parliament Moves To Regulate Foreign Investment
- Egypt Considers Reduction In Income And Corporate Tax
- Dubai Government Issues Legislation To Launch DIFC
- Jordan Post Company Privatization To Begin In 2005
- OPEC Fund Providing Loan To Syria’s Second GSM Provider