Issue 20
Top Stories
- Saudi Aramco Conducting Gas Studies To Firm Up Fresh Exploration Prospects
- Ma'aden Making Headway On Bauxite, Phosphate Projects Ahead Of IPO, Says CEO
- Marathon Signs PSC With Syria Despite Shadow Of Expanded Sanctions
- Cyprus Carries Out Seismic Survey In Southern Mediterranean, Will Consider Bid Round
- Iran Petroleum Ministry Pushing Changes In Midst Of Geopolitical Turbulence
Energy Fundamentals
- Crude Prices Rise Despite US Gasoline Stockbuild On Record Imports
- OPEC Oil Output Off In April As Iran Exports Dip
- IEA Reduces 2006 Demand Growth Forecast To 1.25Mn B/D
- EIA Hikes 2006 WTI Price Forecast To $68/B, Holds Demand Growth At 1.6Mn B/D
- Kuwait Urges GCC To Find New Oil Export Routes In Case Of Hormuz Closure
- Chavez Proposes Raising Income Tax, Royalties On Orinoco Belt Operators
- Japan’s New Energy Strategy Targets Source Diversification/Upstream Investment
- CGES Retreat To Discuss High Oil Price Prospects
- Crude Oil Formulas/Posted Prices
News by Country
- Sonatrach Announces Two New Discoveries In Berkine And Illizi Basins
- Paris Club Accepts Algeria’s Offer To Prepay $8Bn Debt
- Bahrain’s Al-Hidd To Approach Syndication Market
- Shell Slated To Win Kazakhstan’s Offshore Nursultan Block
- Dover Petroleum Farms-Out East Wadi Araba Concession
- Centurion Reports New Wells Non-Commercial
- Gas Exports Should Not Be Constrained By Domestic Demand, Says MEC’s Moradi
- NIOC Marks Progress On Central Gasfields Development
- Iran And Indonesia Sign New MOU For Construction Of Indonesian Refinery
- Fitch Downgrades Iran’s Ratings
- OSF To Finance Renovation Of Iran’s Railways And Airline
- Iraqi Kurdish Parliament Approves Single Government, Step Towards Kirkuk Claim
- Popular Bloc MPs Want Kuwaiti Control Of Winning Project Kuwait Consortium
- Kuwait/Saudi Arabia To Seek Bids For Dorra Gasfield Survey
- Kuwait Assembly Committee Approves Draft Privatization Law
- Project Kuwait/Skills Training Needed To Boost Crude Output Capacity, Says SPC’s ΄Atiqi
- Cabinet Approves Election Reforms
- Mandated Lead Arranger List Finalized For Greater Equate
- Kuwaiti Banks To Maintain Strong Performance In 2006, Says Fitch
- Estimated Investment For Pearl GTL Has Risen To Over $10Bn, Says Jaidah
- S&P, Moody’s Assign Rating To Qatar Petroleum’s Eurobond
- Q-Ship Takes Delivery Of Fifth Afromax Tanker From Hyundai
- IMF Says Middle East Policies Must Further Adjust To High Oil Prices
- Gulf Stock Markets Slide Accelerates
- Shortage Of Skilled Manpower In Oil And Gas Industry Presents Challenge
- Nama Plans $6Bn Jubail Private Export Refinery Venture
- Saudi CMA Announces Measures To Add Depth, Boost Regulation Of Stock Market
- Saudi Arabia To Create New Financial District In Riyadh
- SABIC Raises Capital To $6.7Bn
- Syria To Allow Majority Foreign Ownership Of Private Banks
- Fujairah IWPP Signing Delayed As ADWEA Recalls Second Bidder
- Dubai Sets Up Law To Regulate Government Investment
- Al Ghurair Breaks Ground On Abu Dhabi Steel Plant
- DNO Reports New Oil Discovery In Block 32