Issue 22
Top Stories
- Algeria Aims To Hike LNG Exports To US Despite Project Delays
- Kuwait’s Dollar Peg Move Shows Inflation Concerns Overriding Common Currency Aims
- Surging Project Costs To Boost Downstream M&A Activity, Says HSBC
- Gulf Air Fragmentation Reflects Differing Agendas Of GCC States
Energy Fundamentals
- Brent Tops $70/B On Iran Standoff And Nigeria Workers’ Strike
- EIA Forecasts Worldwide Liquids Consumption Will Reach 118Mn B/D In 2030
- CGES Predicts Continuing Oil Price Volatility
- Société Générale See Brent Settling In $70-75/B Range
- China Oil Demand Growth May Be Weaker Than Forecast, Says ISI
- ICE Begins Trading Of Middle East Sour Crude Futures
- Crude Oil Formulas/Posted Prices
News by Country
- Sonatrach To Build Arzew Ammonia Complex With Omani Firm
- Algeria’s Trade Surplus Narrows
- Apathy And Security Fears Mar Algerian Elections
- Crude Oil And Gas Production Continue To Rise In Caspian Region
- Tests Results At Kashagan Exceed 120,000 B/D, Says Agip KCO
- Nazarbayev Commits Kazakh Exports To Russia
- Dragon Oil Marks New Production High Exceeding 33,000 B/D
- Socar Makes Effort To Boost International Presence
- Morgan Stanley To Open Office In Egypt
- Iran Hikes Gasoline Prices But Postpones Rationing
- Iranian Gas Production Reached 117 BCM Last Year
- Iranian President Orders Reduction In Bank Rates
- IAEA Report Confirms Iran’s Increased Uranium Enrichment
- SOMO Tenders For Marine Terminal Inspection Services
- Finance Minister Says $140Bn Worth Of Iraqi Debt Cancelled
- Jordanian Companies And Bahrain Bank Sign MOU For Fertilizer Complex
- KNPC Sees At Least 15 Bidders For Fourth Refinery In New Tender
- Kuwaiti Amir Backs Oil Minister But MPs Press For June Interpellation
- Oiltanking Starts Construction Of Sohar Bulk Liquids Storage Terminal
- Sasol Says Oryx GTL Output Lower Than Planned, Ramp-Up Delayed Until Mid-2008
- QP To Open Three Upstream Blocks For Bidding In 2007, Says Ka'bi
- QPI, Occidental Sign MOU For 350,000 B/D Oil Refinery In Panama
- Anadarko Sells Qatar Oil Production Interests To Occidental For $350Mn
- APICORP Raises $400Mn Loan
- Gulf Capital Markets Close Higher, Dubai And Oman Markets Reach New Year High
- Al-Babtain To Supply Egypt With Transmission Towers
- MENA Sovereign And Oil-Related Ratings
- SABIC Acquires GE’s Plastics Unit For $11.6Bn
- Marafiq IWPP Attracts Over 30 Banks
- Fidelity Divests Sudan-Related Holdings In CNPC Unit PetroChina
- Syria’s Net Oil Balance Estimated At Less Than $1Bn
- Syria Signs MOU For Deir Ez-Zor Refinery Project With Kuwaiti Company
- Botas To Receive Shah Deniz Gas In July
- Toreador Begins First Gas Sales From SASB Project
- Turkish Energy Regulatory Agency To Approve Ceyhan Refinery Applications
- Aabar Starts Oil Production From Jasmine C Platform In Gulf Of Thailand
- Dubal Agrees $3Bn Joint Venture To Develop, Operate Guinea’s Sangaredi Alumina Refinery
- OMV Opens Abu Dhabi Office To Boost Middle East Business