Issue 03
Top Stories
- OPEC Faces Twin Challenges Of New Capacity Delivery And Uncertain Demand In 2006
- DNO Cites Iraqi Constitution To Justify Northern Iraq PSA
- Iran Unseals Nuclear R&D Equipment, Drawing Threat Of UN Sanctions
- Algeria’s 2006 Budget Projects $13Bn Deficit On $19/B Oil Price
- Gulf Energy Financing To Soar Again In 2006
Energy Fundamentals
- Crude Prices Boosted By Iran Nuclear Standoff
- Crude Oil Formulas/Posted Prices
- ICE Plans WTI Trading In Response To Nymex Brent Move
- EIA Predicts Demand Growth Of 1.6Mn B/D In 2006 And 1.9Mn B/D In 2007
- Investment Funds Have Created A Floor For Crude Prices, Says SG
- India Approves Plan To Build Strategic Oil Reserve
News by Country
- Investments In Algerian Hydrocarbon Sector To Reach $33Bn In Next Five Years
- First Calgary Granted Six-Month Extension For Rhourde Yacoub Block 406a Exploration
- Thailand’s PTTEP Algeria Reports Discovery In 433a/416b Blocks
- Statoil Contracts Drilling Rigs For Hassi Mouina Block
- AIOC Brings West Azeri Oilfield On-Stream, Azerbaijan Crude Oil Output Jumps
- CPC Pipeline Reports Drop In December Crude Oil Transport From November Record
- Centurion Reports Egyptian Production At 41,500 BOE/D
- Petroleum Council Formed To Oversee Iranian Contracts
- Iran’s Crude Production Targets Unlikely To Be Met Without Policy Reform, Warns EIA
- Nematzadeh Outlines Refinery Expansion Plan For Iran
- Iran’s External Debt Rises To $17Bn In September 2005
- Bahr Al-'Ulum Returns To Oil Ministry As Exports, Crude Quality Situation Worsens
- Iraqi Crude Production Around 1.9Mn B/D In December, Says EIA Report
- Petrel Enters Joint Venture With Iraq’s Makman For Subba, Luhais Service Contract
- Inflation In Iraq Reached 33% In 2005
- High Economic Risk But Good Resilience Define Lebanese Banks, Says S&P
- BP Enters Preliminary Negotiations With NOC On Gas Development Scheme
- Amerada Hess 2006 Budget Allocates $779Mn For Libya And Egypt
- Woodside Completes Drilling Of Zoule-1 Exploration Well
- Sohar Aluminium Achieves Financial Close; Readies For Syndication
- Qatari Investors Set Up Al-Rayan Bank
- Arabs’ Industrial Output Weakness Forces 92% Reliance On Imports
- Nabucco Partner OMV Expects Construction Decision By End-2007
- NBK To Open Branch In Saudi Arabia
- Yansab IPO Closes 2.8 Times Oversubscribed
- King 'Abd Allah Urges Muslims To Set Aside Differences
- Division Of Sudan’s Oil Revenues Remains Major Hurdle, Says UN Representative
- Lundin’s Oudna Development On Schedule For Late 2006 Start-Up At 20,000 B/D
- PA Resources Contracts Ocean Spur Rig For Didon Field
- YLNG Financing Plan Moves Along With Appointment Of ECA Advisor
- OMV Makes Commercial Oil Discovery In Yemen’s Block S-2
- Yemen’s Marib Block 18 Producing 70,000 B/D