Issue 05
Top Stories
- OPEC Likely To Defer Output Decision Until March But Oversupply Worries Loom
- Commissioning Snags Take Shine Off Egypt’s Inaugural LNG Cargo
- BTC Pipeline Completion To Underpin Major Expansion Of Caspian Crude Exports
- Qatar Requires Minimum $3Bn Project Finance In 2005
Energy Fundamentals
- Crude Prices Buoyed By Uncertainty Ahead Of OPEC Meeting And Iraqi Elections
- Crude Oil Formulas/Posted Prices
- OPEC Revises 2005 Demand Higher But Sees Possible 1Q Stockbuild On Strong Supply
- OPEC Price Target Now Near $40/B, Claims CGES
- Merrill Lynch Raises 2005 WTI Price Forecast To $41/B On Continuing Strong Demand
- US Report Assesses Chinese Strategies For Energy Security
News by Country
- Petrovietnam Spuds First Exploration Well In Algeria’s Touggourt Blocks
- Saipem Wins Kashagan Contracts
- Kazakhstan And Oman Discuss Zhemchuzhina Oilfield
- Azerbaijan Plans Energy Investment In Moldova
- BG, ENEL Sign Sales Agreement For Gas From Second Train Of ELNG
- OPIC Providing $300Mn In Insurance For Egyptian Gas Development
- Iranian Crude Exports Rise 6.8% In 2004 to Average 2.55Mn B/D
- Zanganeh Raps BP Over US-Centered Stance On Iran
- Uranium Ore Processing Plant Announced By Iran
- Iraqi Finance Minister Visits Iran To Seek Debt Write-Off And Boost In Cooperation
- Kuwait Reopens Raudhatain Oilfield GC-15 Boosting Oil Capacity To 2.8Mn B/D
- Closing Date For Ahmadi Oil Exports Expansion EPC Postponed
- KUFPEC Aims For 70,000 B/D Output In Coming Year
- US Oil Companies Upbeat On Prospects For Return To Libya In 2005
- Algeria, Qatar Seek Mauritania Oil/Minerals Opportunities
- Salalah Port Resumes Normal Operations After Oil Spillage
- Petronet/RasGas In 5% Investment Swap Talks
- Nakilat Launches $770Mn IPO
- Youth Unemployment In Arab Countries Reaches 60%
- Energy Sector Among Targets In SAGIA Investment Strategy Shake-Up
- Tackling Unemployment In Saudi Arabia Is National Priority, Says Qusaibi
- Saudi Arabia’s Trade With China Takes Off
- Syrian Official Warns Against Continued Dependence On Oil Revenue
- Structural Reform Remains Key To Syria’s Economic Growth, Says Audi
- Russia Writes Off 73% Of Syria’s Debt
- Ukraine’s Naftogas Signs Fujairah Oil/Gas Exploration Deal
- Commercial Banks In Yemen Required To Raise Share Capital