Issue 16
Top Stories
- Sudan Enters New League As Oil Producer With Melut Basin Start-Up
- OPEC Ministers Play Down Oil Market Tensions But Deep Concerns Loom
- Qatar Announces Record $15Bn Budget Based On $36/B Oil Price
- US Not Actively Planning War On Iran, But Dialogue Is Essential, Says Gary Sick
- MENA, China And India Dominate Proposals For Global Refining Capacity Expansion
Energy Fundamentals
- Brent And OPEC Basket Reach New Peaks As Iran Nuclear Tension Mounts
- Crude Oil Formulas/Posted Prices
- IEA Forecasts 1.47Mn B/D Oil Demand Growth In 2006
- EIA Predicts Tight Oil Market Will See WTI Price Averaging $65/B In 2006
News by Country
- Sonelgaz Plans $9Bn Investment During 2005-09
- Replacement Saudi-Bahrain Crude Oil Pipeline Set For 2007 Installation
- Bahrain Energy Conservation Committee Formed
- Karachaganak Output Averaged 410,000 BOE/D During 2005
- Sidi Kerir Petrochemicals Plans $55Mn Expansion
- Iran’s Oil Revenue In 2005-06 Estimated At $45Bn
- Gasoline Rationing Likely If Imports Budget Not Increased, Says Vaziri-Hamaneh
- Iran Upgrades Uranium To Power Generation Grade
- NPC Petrochemicals Exports Valued At $2.3Bn In 2005-06
- Pipeline Fire Attributed To Subsidence
- Pipeline Fire Attributed To Subsidence
- Jordan Raises Energy Prices For 2006
- Hariri Company To Build $5Bn City Project In Jordan
- Finance Committee Approves Legal Aspect Of Project Kuwait Draft Law
- China Agrees To $5Bn Kuwaiti/Chinese Refinery
- Kuwait To Study Possible LNG Imports Pending Domestic Gas Exploitation
- Kuwaiti Economy, Government Finances Buoyant On Oil Revenues And Non-Oil Growth
- Kuwait Banking Sector One Of The Strongest In Gulf Region, Says S&P
- Lebanon Cancels $844Mn Worth Of Cash Eurobonds
- UAE Firm Launches $600Mn Construction Project In Beirut
- Libya Approves Construction Of New Oil Refinery
- Samir Refinery Posts $83Mn Profits In 2005
- Oman To Invest $10Bn During Five-Year Plan To Sustain Crude Oil Production
- Oman LNG Spot Sales Rise Reflects Market Change, Says Rajab
- Moody’s Assigns A1 Rating To Qatar Petroleum Ahead Of Bond Issue
- Dodsal Group Awarded $551Mn Contract By QP For Water Cooling System
- Apicorp Profits Rise 143% To $95Mn In 2005
- Saudi Stock Market Falls Sharply
- MENA Sovereign And Oil-Related Ratings
- Saudi Aramco Studies Ras Tanura Petrochemicals Expansion Project
- Saudi Aramco Signs Five Contracts For Shaybah Expansion
- Shura Council Approves Draft Protocol On China Energy/Minerals Cooperation
- Pertamina To Seek Saudi Aramco Refinery Joint Venture
- Syria’s Homs Refinery To Be Revamped
- INA Signs Contract For Gas Production From Palmyra In Syria
- Syrian Government Issues Licenses For First Three Islamic Banks
- SPD Wins Development Contract From Atlantis Holding For Umm Al-Quwain Project
- Nexen Loses Arbitration Over Yemen Block 51 Properties