Issue 47
Top Stories
- BG Leaning Towards Egyptian Options For Developing Gaza Offshore Gas
- Rabigh Financing Pushes Gulf Bank Margins Down To New Lows
- Syria Banks On New IOC Investment In Upstream Sector
- World Economy Proves Resilient But Oil Shock Remains A Threat
Energy Fundamentals
- OPEC October Oil Output Little Changed As Iraq Losses Erased By Iran Gains
- Crude Prices Volatile But Weakening, Taking OPEC Basket Below $50/B
- Crude Oil Formulas/Posted Prices
- OPEC Upbeat On Demand For 2006 After Stronger Economic Data Emerges
- China To Require Oil Companies To Build Petroleum Product Stocks
- Asia-Pacific Products Demand To Rise By Annual 700,000-800,000 B/D Near-Term, Says FACTS
- OPEC Targeting $50/B As Base For Brent, Says SG
- OPEC Oil Production Capacity To Reach 33Mn B/D By End-2006, Says IEA
- LPG Supply To Reach 85Mn T/Y By 2015, Says Poten
News by Country
- BHP Billiton Joins Statoil/Petro SA Bid For Tinrhert GTL Plant
- Sonatrach To Ship Second Cargo To South Korean Storage
- PM Names Directors For Alnaft, HRA
- First Calgary Plans First MLE Gas/Condensate Production In 2008
- Bapco Plans $150Mn Gas Expansion
- First Stage Of Kazakh-China Crude Pipeline Completed
- Ahmadinejad Proposes Third Nominee For Petroleum Portfolio
- Pedco Preparing To Begin Development Drilling In South Pars Oil Layer
- Majlis Allocates $2.93Bn For Gasoline Imports
- Mansouri Oilfield Drilling Proves Up Additional Oil And Gas Reserves
- Pazanan 3D Seismic Survey To Be Undertaken By Iran’s OEOC
- NPC Awards Gachsaran MEG Plant Contract To Mitsui/Pidec
- Iran Rules In Favor Of Foreign Loans
- Al-Shall Slams Kuwait Government’s Use Of Surplus Oil Revenues
- Lebanon And Algeria Sign Products Supply Agreement
- QP, ExxonMobil Inaugurate RasGas 3
- MENA Defense Budgets Rise To $59Bn In 2005, Says IISS
- Petroleum Ministry Rebuffs Reports Questioning Capacity Expansion Timetable
- WTO Ratifies Saudi Arabia’s Accession
- Moody’s Lifts Saudi Foreign Currency Ratings To A3…
- … And Upgrades The Long-Term Foreign Currency Deposit Ratings Of Ten Saudi Banks
- SAMA Licenses Operations Of Ten Foreign Banks
- Syria Raises Interest Rates To Defend Its Currency
- Tanganyika Drills Fourth Well In Syria’s Oudeh Field
- Total Sets Out Its Claim To Sudan’s Disputed Block B
- Correction
- Turkey Plans Ceyhan Refinery, Petrochemical Plant
- Turkey Again Revises Down Near Term Gas Demand Forecast
- Petkim Reports $9Mn 3Q Profit
- Turkish, Russian, Italian Leaders Meet For Blue Stream Inauguration
- Dubai Enacts DIFC Trust Law
- OMV’s Block S2 Oil Discovery Tests At 2,000 B/D