Issue 31
Top Stories
- Threat Of Turkish Incursion Into Iraq Fades After AKP Election Success
- Egypt’s Ambitious Budget Targets Camouflage Political Worries
- Fesharaki: Turkey/Iran Gas Supply Plan Faces Many Complex Issues
- Gulf Power Part 2: Financing Competition Still Fierce As Global Credit Jitters Grow
Energy Fundamentals
- Crude Prices Ease After New OPEC Basket Peak But Market Remains Jittery
- No Change In OPEC Stance On Extra Barrels Despite Reassurance from UAE, Iran
- CGES Warns Of Continued Oil Price Rise Without More OPEC Output
- Boussena Views Iran’s ‘Oil Weapon’ Hints As Key Part Of Strategy Against US
- Crude Oil Formulas/Posted Prices
News by Country
- Sonatrach Makes Two New Oil, Gas Discoveries
- Ansaldo Wins Second Power Supply Contract
- September Showdown Looms Between Transneft And CPC Partners
- Saipem Awarded Offshore Drilling Contract
- 24 Companies Have Bought Iran E&D Tender Documents
- Lavan Refinery Output Reaches 30,310 B/D Through Debottlenecking
- NIOC Raises Sirri Island Oil Storage Capacity To 4.5Mn Barrels
- IPI Pipeline Gas Price To Be Based On Japanese Crude Import Prices, Says Ghanimifard
- Iranian Government Says 13 Oil Firms To Be Fully Privatized
- Bushehr Nuclear Plant Completion Target Put Back Another Year
- Iraqi MPs Approve Law On Private Refinery Investment
- KGL Petroleum Plans $500Mn Investments In Jordan
- Shuwayyib Appointed As CEO, Deputy Chairman Of KPC
- Medics’ Release Clears Way For Closer EU-Libya Ties
- Verenex Strikes Again On Block 47 In Ghadames Basin
- Qatalum Aluminium Project To Commence Construction In 2007
- Qatargas 4 Signs Agreement With Lenders
- Moody’s Upgrades QP, Qafco And Ras Laffan Bonds
- Greece, Italy And Turkey Sign Intergovernmental Accord On IGI Gas Pipeline
- GE To Supply Turbines To Kuwait, Qatar Power Projects In Contracts Worth $1.8Bn
- Moody’s Upgrades Gulf Countries’ Ratings
- Gulf Capital Markets Close Mixed
- Oil Operations Unaffected By Fatal Fire At Ras Tanura Oil Terminal
- Saipem Extends Saudi Aramco Contract For Five Drilling Rigs
- Global Industries Wins Qatif, Berri Injection, Flowlines Contract
- SABIC Sukuk Oversubscribed; Conventional Bond Continues Roadshow
- Saudi Arabia’s Growth Momentum Switching To Private Sector From Oil, Says Jadwa
- Pipeline Payment Dispute With Sudan Resolved, Says ONGC
- Syrian Government Will Not Withdraw Subsidies In 2008
- DSE To Open In Early 2008
- UAE President Grants Syria $100mn
- Plectrum Petroleum To Upgrade Nabeul Permit After Seismic Work
- Madalena Prepares To Drill In The Ghadames Basin
- Germany’s Linde Buys BOS Industrial Gas Company
- NPCC/Technip Win Zakum EPC Contract
- ENOC, EPPCO Start Sales Of 0.05% Sulfur Diesel
- ADNOC $600Mn Loan Attracts Eight Banks At Syndication
- Abu Dhabi Launches First Sovereign Bond