Issue 44
Top Stories
- Eni’s Libya Gas Reserves Helped Clinch New LNG Contract, Says Ghanem
- Kuwait Oil Sector Leadership Changes Aimed At Achieving Greater Upstream Efficiency
- Egypt Refinery At The Center Of Citadel Capital’s Energy Expansion
- Iran’s Nuclear Policy Unchanged As Jalili Replaces Larijani As Chief Negotiator
Energy Fundamentals
- Crude Prices Peak And Peak Again As Speculators Track Geopolitical Tensions
- CGES Sees Supply Shortfall Threatening Further Price Rises
- Oil Futures Rather Than Fundamentals Underpinning Markets, Says Lehman Brothers
- Poten Says It Is Difficult To Attribute $20/B Crude Price Rise To Geopolitics
- EWG Predicts Sharp Decline In Oil Output
- Ecuador Invited To Attend OPEC’s November Meeting
- OPEC Refining Capacity Steady In 2006, Major Expansion Expected In Next Five Years
- Crude Oil Formulas/Posted Prices
News by Country
- Algeria Will Use Next Bid Round To Boost Sonatrach’s Development, Says Khelil
- Algeria Leaning Towards Local Banks For Sonatrach JV Fertilizer Project Financing
- Furgo Wins Galsi Marine Survey Contract
- Kazakh President Nazarbayev Signs Amendment To Allow Oil Contract Changes
- ONGC-Mittal Energy Buys 30% Of Turkmenistan 11-12 Offshore Block
- Uzbekistan’s Aral Sea Exploration Venture Begins Seismic Work
- Lundin Petroleum, Gazprom Plan First Lagansky Drilling In 2Q 2008
- Russia’s Novatek Begins International Expansion With Offshore Egyptian Foray
- Petzed Strikes Oil At Its South Abou Zeneima Concession In The Gulf Of Suez
- Melrose Announces Two Gas Discoveries In The Nile Delta
- Iran Set To “Redefine Cooperation” With IOCs, Discloses Talks With Gazprom
- Pertamina Bidding For Iran’s Laleh E&D Block
- Green Light For South Pars Investment Fund From President Ahmadinejad
- Total And Behran Announce Start-Up Of Iranian JV Lubricants Plant
- Khatami Joins Critics Of Inflationary Government Policies
- Iraq’s Oil Production Likely To Fall, Says CGES’ Zainy
- Jordan’s Budget Deficit To Exceed $1.1Bn Because Of High Oil Prices
- Jordan To Set Up Eight Companies To Deal With Deregulated Energy Sector
- Paris-3 Donors Express Their Support For Reforms Carried Out By Lebanon
- Verenex Reports Third Discovery On Block 47, RWE Sirte Basin Discovery
- Wintershall-Led Consortium Awarded Offshore Block 3 EPSA
- Qasco Postpones $1.3Bn Financing, Citing Difficult Market Conditions
- Dana Gas Looking To Play A Major Role In Middle East Gas Development
- World Bank Launches $5Bn Global Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond Fund
- Actual Oil Revenue In 2006 Saudi Budget Rises To 90% Of Total
- Sipchem Olefins/Derivatives Complex Unlikely To Seek Funds Until 2009
- KAUST Will Herald New Era In Saudi Scientific Research, Says Naimi
- Pioneer To Bring 10,000 b/d On-Stream From Tunisia’s Jenein Nord By Year End
- Cooper Energy Expands Tunisian Presence With Hammamet Farm-In
- TAQA Secures Pricing For Notes Worth $2Bn
- IMF Says Real GDP Grew At More Than 9% In 2006, With Positive Outlook Ahead
- Powered Corporation Appoints Advisors On Yemen Nuclear Deal
- DNO Announces Yemen 3Q 07 Production
- AFD To Grant $37Mn Loan To Yemen’s Power Sector