Issue 48
Top Stories
- Saudi Aramco Making Good Headway On Gas Exploration
- Jazan Export Refinery Opens Way For Selective Saudi Private Participation
- Lebanon Faces Tense, Uncertain Future After Gemayel Assassination
- MENA Refiners’ Capacity Expansion Program Gathers Momentum In 2006
Energy Fundamentals
- Crude Prices Rise On Alaska Supply Squeeze, Fall On US Stockbuild
- Only Saudi Arabia Cutting Output Under OPEC Deal, Says CGES
- UK Energy Security Needs Market Liberalization, Supply Diversity, Says BP’s Mather
- Oman Takes 30% Equity Stake In DME
- Crude Oil Formulas/Posted Prices
News by Country
- Khelil Says Windfall Oil Tax Counters Exceptional Profits
- Saipem Awarded Contract For Medgaz Pipeline Work
- Baraka Signs Agreement With Eni and Sonatrach To Farm Out Mali Blocks
- Statoil Drills First Well In Hassi Mouina Block
- E.ON Ruhrgas, Sonatrach Sign MOU For LNG Sales And Marketing
- Strikes Banned In Bahrain’s Oil/Gas Establishments, Other Vital Sectors
- Bahrain Employment Project Reports Success
- Russia Remains At Odds With Other CPC Partners Over Pipeline Expansion
- Batumi Oil Terminal Plans Refinery/Petrochemical Plant
- TCO Puts Sour Gas Injection Project Into Action
- KazMunaiGaz Completes 50% Acquisition Of Shymkent Refinery From CNPC International
- Baku-Supsa Crude Pipeline Closed For Technical Repairs
- EGPC, Centurion-led Consortium Sign Oil Sands Agreement
- NIOC Officials Update On Oil Production And Refining Targets
- NIORDC Awards €400Mn Contract For Bandar Abbas Refinery Expansion
- Iran Expects To Achieve Self-Sufficiency In Coal Next Year
- Shuraidah Is New Energy Minister In Reshuffled Jordanian Cabinet
- Kuwait/Iraq Technical Committee To Study Border Oilfields Cooperation
- Kufpec Consortium Begins Production Offshore Malaysia
- Lebanese 2006 Budget Deficit Set To Rise To 40.5% Of Expenditures
- Lebanon Signs Agreement To Tap Wind Energy
- Another Gas Discovery Reported At Woodside’s Block NC210
- Mauritanian Election Goes Into Second Round
- Indago Announces Successful Testing At West Bukha-2
- Sohar/Oman Refinery Company Seek Financial Advisor For Merger/Refinancing
- Q-Chem Requests Refinancing
- First Doubts Raised Over GCC Single Currency Deadline
- Slide Resumes On Gulf Stock Markets
- MENA Sovereign And Oil-Related Ratings
- Ras Azur To Start Seeking Developers End-2006/Early-07
- SABIC Europe Issues Debut Bond, Secures Bank Funding
- Al-Babtain IPO Raises $255Mn
- Plectrum Contracts For 2D Seismic In Offshore Nabeul Block
- BG Tunisia Contracts Norway’s Acergy For Tieback Work At Miskar Platform
- ADNOC Multi-Billion Corporate Loan Postponed Until Q1 07
- IPIC Mulls Investing $5Bn In New Pakistan Oil Refinery