Issue 10
Top Stories
- All Options Open For OPEC As Oil Market Sends Conflicting Signals
- Iran-UAE Gas Deal Tangled Up In Tehran Politics
- Financing The Regional Project Boom – Opportunities For GCC Banks
- Caspian Sea Oil/Gas Production Hindered By Rigs/Platforms Shortage
Energy Fundamentals
- Crude Prices Pushed Higher As Geopolitical Concerns Outweigh US Stockbuild
- Crude Oil Formulas/Posted Prices
- Saudi LPG Prices Cut By Almost $100/Ton After Spot Demand Plummets
- Barclays Sees Nigeria As Key Geopolitical Concern For Market In Short Term
- Security Outlook Bleak For Nigeria As 2007 Presidential Poll Looms, Says ESAI
News by Country
- Sonatrach Plans Investments Of $8.6Bn In 2006
- Bahrain Sets Up Another Islamic Bank
- Azerbaijan Considers New Terminal For Kazakh Crude Oil Shipments
- Centurion Estimates 2006 Production Average At 38,000 BOE/D
- Tanker Spills Crude Oil In Suez Canal
- NIOC Announces Tender For South Pars Phases 19-22 Development
- South Pars Phase 12 Drilling Program Outlined By Petropars
- Iran And Syria Sign Cooperation Agreements
- IAEA Report Notes Concerns Over Possible Weapons-Related Work In Iran
- Heritage Oil Signs Second MOU For Kurdistan Integrated Reservoir Studies
- Jordan’s 2006 Budget Deficit Rises By 67% To $635Mn
- CBJ Rules Out Licenses For New Banks
- Kuwait-Iran Summit Boosts Gas Import Plan
- Finance Committee To Present New Report On Project Kuwait For Discussion By MPs In April
- Kuwait’s Greater Equate Seeks Bank Funding
- Al-Shall Calls On Kuwait’s New Government To Clarify Oil Reserves Status
- Kuwait Plans 190Mn G/D New Desalination Capacity In 2006-09
- KIPCO Assigned BBB-/A-3 Ratings and Positive Outlook, Says S&P
- Mauritania Produces First Oil From Chinguetti Field
- GCC Oil Revenues Hit $23.15Bn in January, Says GRC Report
- Kroll Warns Of Gulf Inflation Risk
- Eight Producers Launch Gulf Petrochemicals And Chemicals Association
- MENA Sovereign And Oil-Related Ratings
- Khurais 1.2mn B/D Crude Oil Increment Now Set For Completion By June 2009
- Saudi Aramco Announces Gas/Condensate Discovery South Of Ghawar Field
- Failed Abqaiq Attack Demonstrates Effectiveness Of Heightened Security Measures
- Yansab To Approach Bank Market For Funding In Mid-March
- Rabigh Refining/Petrochemical Project Signs Funding Agreement
- Melut Basin Start-Up Held Up By Construction Delays
- ONGC And CNPC Set Up Himalaya Energy
- Cygam Energy’s Rigo Oil Signs New Exploration Permit
- Tunisia And Malta Reach Agreement On Joint Offshore Exploration
- Block 10 ESDA Partners Target 70,000 B/D Production By 2007
- DNO, TransGlobe Announce 1,839 B/D Oil Find In Yemen’s Block 32