Issue 22
Top Stories
- BG Now Committed To Egypt Option For Gaza Gas But Political Hurdles Remain
- Iraq’s New Government Beset By Worsening Security Conditions
- High Prices Still Limit OPEC’s Scope For Action But Demand Softness Raises Concern
- Morocco Awards Four New Licenses Amid Efforts To Encourage Exploration
- Middle East NOCs’ Developing Distinctive International Strategies, Says Marcel
Energy Fundamentals
- Crude Prices Rise As Supply Uncertainty Outweighs Demand Pessimism
- OPEC Holds Bilateral Meetings With IEA, IMF
- CGES Says High Oil Prices Undermining Demand Growth
- WEF Survey Highlights Energy Security As Top Issue For Industry
- $100/B Crude Would Hit Low Products Tax Countries Hardest, Says Société Générale
- Crude Oil Formulas/Posted Prices
News by Country
- Sonatrach Signs Gas Deal With Spain’s Endesa Via Medgaz Pipeline
- Algerian President Appoints New Prime Minister
- Albaraka Banking Group Launches $580Mn Islamic Banking IPO
- Kazakhstan Plans Downstream Projects With Russia, Turkey
- EGPC To Hold Next Bidding Round In July
- RWE Dea Contracts Rigs For Onshore Dusuk Drilling
- Iranian Cabinet Slates Review Of UAE Gas Supply Contract
- Ahmadinejad’s Privatization Threat Not Aimed At Petroleum Sector
- NIOC Secures Term Contract For Soroush/Nowruz Crude
- Bandar Abbas Port Oil Handling Capacity To Be Expanded By 150,000 B/D
- Iran-Pakistan-India Gas Pipeline To Be Built In Three Stages, Price Negotiations To Continue
- BP Completes Rumaila Oilfield Reservoir Study
- Jordan Expects 6% Growth In 2006
- USTDA Awards Grant To Improve Jordan’s Electricity Infrastructure
- Europe Arab Bank Licensed To Operate In The UK
- New Parliamentary Elections Likely To Push Back Project Kuwait Approval To 2007
- Greater Equate Signs Agreement To Receive $2.5Bn From Lenders
- Lebanon Raises Product Prices Marginally
- Kuwait Group Launches $1.3Bn Real Estate Project In Beirut
- Total Sees Serious Gas Potential In Offshore Libya Block C 137
- Indago Spuds West Bukha-2 Appraisal/Development Well
- Foundation Stone For Qatofin’s LLDPE Plant Laid In Messaieed
- QP Launches $650Mn Eurobond
- Nakilat Orders Six LNG Carriers At $2.5Bn
- Oil Revenues Provide Opportunity For MENA Development, Says IMF
- Gulf Stock Markets Still Weak On Fragile Confidence
- Abraaj-Led Joint-Venture Launches $2Bn Fund For Infrastructure
- Syria And Lebanon Sign MOU To Fight Money Laundering
- Total, ConocoPhillips Sign Up For JV Export Refineries in Jubail And Yanbu'
- Islamically-Structured Al-Waha Financing Moves Ahead
- Mandated Lead Arrangers Finalized For Yansab
- S&P Assigns Saudi Investment Bank A-/A-2 Ratings With Stable Outlook
- UK Court Orders White Nile To Disclose Details Of Sudan Block Ba Negotiations
- Syria Seeks To Boost Economic Growth Under New Plan
- IDB Finances Two Power Plants In Syria
- Tupras March 2005 Stock Sale Annulled By Turkish Court
- Turkey Holds Kurdish Rebels Responsible For Iran Gas Pipeline Bomb
- Sembcorp, Suez Energy Asked To Submit Revised Bids For Fujairah IWPP
- ADCB Awards $100Mn Loan To GEM
- Yemeni, Saudi Investors Plan 45,000 B/D Ras 'Isa Refinery
- Yemeni Waters Returned To War-Risk Insurance Rating