Issue 43
Oil News
- Is $50/B+ Oil Justified?
- IEA Governors See Oil Demand Easing Due To High Prices
- France Calls For Unified Eurogroup Action On Oil Prices While Making Unilateral Move
- Lack Of Global Conversion Capacity Contributing To Oil Price Rally, Says OPEC
- Tanker Shortage To Keep Freight Rates High In 2005, Says Société Générale
- Purnomo Reappointed Indonesia’s Oil Minister
- Iraq Discusses With Japan Possible Financing Of Oil Projects
- Energy Policy Critical To Economic Success In Iraq, Says ITIC
- Wintershall Inaugurates New Jakhira Field Well, Updates Libyan Operations
- GECOL Awards Siemens €180Mn Contract For Power Network Control Centers
- Three Firms Compete For Kuwait’s Fourth Refinery Project Consultancy
- Oil Officials Dominate Kuwait’s Membership Of Joint Iraq And Saudi Committees
- Repsol Wins Exploration Contract For Iran Mehr And Forooz Blocks
- Bushehr Nuclear Plant Construction Work Completed By Russians
- Statoil Accepts Fine By Norwegian Authorities Over Iran Bribery Claims
- Mustafa Al-Sayid Appointed President Of Bapco
- Alcoa’s Plan To Take 26% Stake In Alba Dropped
- OMV Signs MOU For Yemen’s Block 2
- Jordan Agrees Feasibility Study For Haditha-Zarqa Pipeline
- QP Board Is Reconstituted
- QEWC/International Power/Chubu Preferred Bidder For Ras Laffan B IWPP
- Woodside Sees Early Mixed Results From Mauritania Drilling Campaign
- Technip Wins Risers, Flowline Contract For Chinguetti Development
- Bids Sought For Operation/Maintenance Of Homs-Baddawi Gas Pipeline
- Kazakh Parliament Passes Pre-Emption Law
- Azerbaijan, Georgia Sections Of BTC Linked
- CGES Executive Retreat Scheduled For December
- North Africa Is Source Of 22% Of Eni’s 2003 Oil/Gas Output
- Letter To The Editor
Financial & Banking News
- Iran Claims $97.2Bn Reparations From Iraq, Complicating Debt Negotiations As IMF Completes Economic Assessment
- ELNG Poised To Launch Train Two Financing Request
- UAE Union National Bank Allows Foreigners To Own Up To 40%
- Al-Salam Bank Of Sudan Launches $18.7Mn IPO
- Future Bank Launched In Bahrain
- India ICICI Bank Launches Offshore Unit In Bahrain
- Malaysia Awards Two Islamic Banking Licenses
- Launching Of ABC Branch In Iraq Approved
- Russia Unveils New Rules For Oil Fund
- Iran’s External Debt Rose To $12.2Bn By June 2004
- EU Initials Association Agreement With Syria, With WMD/Anti-Terror Conditions
- Yemen Seeks Company To Operate Aden Container Terminals
- Nokia Signs $120Mn Contract With Libya
- Lebanon Offers To Swap $2Bn In Treasury Bills
- Investcorp To Set Up $250Mn Technology Fund
- Kuwait To Sell Billions In State Shareholdings
- Kuwaiti-Jordanian Holding Company Established
- Libyan Arab Airlines To Be Privatized