Issue 32
Top Stories
- Smooth Transition After Death Of King Fahd; Kingdom’s Oil/Political Outlook Unchanged
- Sharjah-Based Dana Gas Targets Iranian Gas Imports/Regional Integrated Gas Projects
- SPLM Moves To Fill Vacuum As Death Of Garang Threatens Sudan’s Fragile Peace
- Ahmadinejad Expected To Play Down Impractical Majlis Moves
Energy Fundamentals
- Crude Prices Rise On King Fahd’s Death And Pushed Higher Still By Refinery Glitches
- Saudi Crude Prices For September Raised To Europe, Mainly Reduced Elsewhere
- Saudi LPG Prices Raised For August
- Crude Oil Formulas/Posted Prices
- Refineries Overstretched, Says Société Générale
News by Country
- Russia’s Stroytransgaz Awarded Gas Pipeline Contract
- Sonatrach To Acquire Three Crude Carriers
- BP Azerbaijan Reports Steady Progress For 1H 2005, But Costs Exceed Projection
- EBRD Loans Lukoil $180Mn For Shah Deniz Investment
- Lukoil Abandons First Well In Kazakhstan’s Offshore Tyub-Karagan Block
- Curtailed Crude Production Puts PetroKazakhstan 2Q Output At 106,000 B/D
- Egypt’s Fiscal Reform Moves Forward But Budget Deficit Persists
- Egypt Plans Maritime LNG Training School
- Zanganeh Highlights Oil Output Capacity Rise During His Period As Minister
- NIOC Discloses Gas Prospect Near Ilam
- NPC Awards MEG And LDPE Plant Contracts
- Damavand Power Plant Gas Units Operational
- Blast Outside BP’s Tehran Office
- Bids Invited For Two New Refineries In Iraq
- EPC Shortlist For Kuwait’s Fourth Refinery Expected By October
- Parliament To Debate Halliburton Fuel Sales Report
- CBL Governor Says Foreign Exchange Reserves Are Being Replenished
- Occidental Petroleum Announces Return To ‘Historical’ Libyan Acreage
- Libya’s Second Round Licensing Awards On Schedule For October
- Woodside Says Oil Operations Continue Despite Coup
- Value Of Morocco’s Crude Oil Imports Reaches $1.11Bn In 1H 05
- PDO Innovation Adds 3,000 B/D To Yibal Output
- Bharat Wins Two PDO Power Contracts
- Qatar Issues Tenders For Another Eight LNG Ships
- Ex-Im Approves $263Mn Cover For Q-Chem-2
- Saudi Aramco/Sumitomo Become JV Partners In Rabigh Refining/Petrochems Project
- Saudi Aramco To Produce 91-Octane Gasoline From 2007
- Zamil Industrial Investment To Establish Power Company
- Samba Predicts 2005 Record Growth For Saudi Economy
- Australia’s Cooper Energy Awarded Offshore Bargou Block
- Russia Prepared To Help Turkey Expand Energy Infrastructure
- Yemen Issues Law For 5% Sales Tax
- Sonatrach Awarded New Exploration Licenses
- First Calgary Announces Drilling Program
- Algeria’s Trade Surplus Reaches $9.3 bn In 1H 2005
- AOC Plans Crude Production Agreement With Egypt
- Teikoku Extends Contract For Egypt’s West Bakr Block
- Lukoil Marks 2Mn Tons Production At WEEM Block
- Darquain Oilfield Inaugurated By Iran’s First Vice-President Aref
- Zanganeh Inaugurates Soroush/Nowruz Fields
- NPC Awards 8th Olefins Cracker Contract To Iran’s Pidec
- Iraq To Import Additional 2Mn Liters/Day Of Gasoline To Ease Rising Demand
- Project Kuwait Is A Priority, Says Shaikh Sabah
- Kuwait-Iran Gas Import Deal Set For End-2005/Early-2006 Completion
- Lebanon’s New Plan For Economic Reform And Revival
- Occidental Petroleum Sees Return To Libyan Oilfields
- Palestinian Minister Says Budget Deficit To Rise To $900Mn
- Financing Signed For OSG, Nakilat LNG Ships
- Washington Group/Al-Jaber Win Qatargas Contract For Sulfur-Handling Unit
- Aker Kvaerner, Sinopec Line Up For Yansab Polymer Plant EPC
- Sharq Signs LOIs For 2.8Mn T/Y Expansion EPC Contracts
- Madani Appointed Junior Foreign Minister; Prince Turki Moves To Washington
- Antares Energy Says Thrace Gas Well Commercial
- Three New ADEC Members Appointed
- Yemen Announces Results Of Second International Bid Round
- Yemen Lowers Fuel Prices Following Riots