Issue 09
Top Stories
- OPEC Reassures As WTI Tops $50/B
- Lebanon Contains Impact Of Hariri Killing But Longer Term Worries Linger
- Saudi, Western Voices Express Optimism On Security
- Saudi Bank Capacity Insufficient To Meet Boom In Financing Demand
Energy Fundamentals
- OPEC Oil Production Drops In January As Cuts Take Effect
- Saudi Arabia Does Not See Forward Oil Cover Above 52 Days In 2Q, Says Naimi
- Total’s Desmarest Calls For Greater Access To OPEC, Russian Oil And Gas Reserves
- Short-Term Oil Market Outlook Has Tightened, Says CGES
- Deutsche Bank Sees Oil Market Outlook As Bullish
- Crude Oil Formulas/Posted Prices
News by Country
- Bouteflika Gives Draft Hydrocarbon Law Green Light, Opening Way For Parliamentary Approval
- Algeria’s 2005 Budget Projects $4.4Bn Deficit; Petroleum Revenues At $12.6Bn
- First Calgary Tests LES-2 Gas/Condensate Well In 405B Ledjmet Block
- Alba’s 2004 Aluminium Output Steady At 530,000 Tons
- Lukoil Withdraws From Zykh-Govsany
- Egypt Oil And Gas Export Revenue To Reach $8Bn By 2010, Says Ministry Report
- Cepsa Awarded Western Desert Exploration Block, Farms Into Gulf Of Suez Acreage
- UK’s Burren Energy Wins Two Exploration Blocks In Egypt
- ExIm Bank Guarantees $230Mn For Egypt Ammonia Plant
- Iran’s Power Infrastructure Sustains Minor Damage In Zarand Earthquake
- Mazaheri Appointed Petropars Chairman
- NPC Awards Kharg MEG Project To Mitsui And PIDEC
- Iraq Appoints Financial Advisers For 2005 Bilateral Debt Talks
- Israel’s Ben Eliezer Approves Egyptian Gas Import MOU As Diplomatic Relations Warm
- S&P Assigns Delek & Avner –Yam Thetis Debt Preliminary BBB- Rating
- Kuwaiti Firm Wins $3.3Bn US Military Subsistence Contract
- Kuwait Inaugurates New Loading Pier At Mina al-Ahmadi
- Project Kuwait Launches Media Campaign
- Doosan Wins Desalination Plant Order From Libya
- Woodside Reports Successful Flow Test Of Tiof-6 Appraisal Well
- OOC And Mubadala Plan Joint Methanol Plant In Salalah
- Sohar Fertilizer Plant Signs Gas Supply Agreement
- Oman Refinery Awards Upgrade Contract To CCC
- Al-Shaheen Crude Output To Double By 2009
- QAFCO Plans Expansion With Fifth Plant To Boost Ammonia, Urea Output
- Gulf-South Asia Gas Pipeline Project Has Viable Route Option Outside Iranian Waters
- Qatar Gas Transport Company IPO Oversubscribed
- Consortia Align To Bid On Shuaiba, Marafiq IWPPs
- Natural Gas Is Engine Of Industrial Growth For Saudi Arabia, Not An Export Commodity
- PMD’s Olefins, Amines Project To Formally Launch Project In Q4
- NSCSA Buys Shares In LPG Shipper Petredec
- New Saudi Company For Oil Piers And Marine Installations
- Al-Bilad’s SR1.5Bn IPO Oversubscribed
- Syria Concerned That Regional Politics May Delay Foreign Investments
- Tunisia Awards El-Jem Upstream Block To UAE’s Al-Thani As Pioneer Spuds El-Hamra Well
- Botas Again Extends Tenders For Gas Contracts, Revises Demand Downwards
- UAE Balances 2005 Budget As Economy Remains Buoyant
- UAE Appoints New Board For Abu Dhabi’s IPIC
- Novus Sets July For Gas Drilling Program In Ras Al-Khaimah
- Takreer, JCCP Sign MOA For Ruwais Flare Gas Recovery Project
- UAE’s Shuweihat Reaches Full Commercial Operation
- UAE Power Output Exceeded 48Bn Kwh In 2003
- SOCO Announces Successful Test Of Kharir Field Appraisal Wells
- Calvalley Spuds Hiswah-4 Appraisal Well, Reports Successful Test For Hiswah-3