Issue 23
Top Stories
- Baghdad Gears Up For Upstream Opening
- Iraqi Kurds Look To Strengthen Oil Sector
- Kayan Signs Loan Agreement, Breaks Islamic Project Finance Records
- Growing Slate Of IWPPs Puts Strain On Developers, Contractors And Lenders
- Egypt’s Petrochemical Industry Forges Ahead, Despite Gas Price Hike
Energy Fundamentals
- Crude Prices Slide On Demand Concerns, Revived By Dollar Downturn
- CGES Shows High Oil Prices Are Not Linked To Depletion
- Saudi Crude Prices For July Increased For US, Mainly Reduced For Europe And Asia
- Saudi LPG Prices Raised To Record Highs For June
- Crude Oil Formulas/Posted Prices
News by Country
- Spain’s Fertiberia To Build A $1bn Ammonia Plant At Arzew
- Taylor-DeJongh, Global Banking Corporation Launch Global Energy Financial Services Co
- CI Raises Bahrain Sovereign Ratings
- Lukoil, Gazprom JV Report Major Discovery In Caspian Tsentralnaya Structure
- BP Azerbaijan Says Offshore Production From ACG Oilfields Could Reach 9Bn Barrels
- Gazprom Wants To Buy Azerbaijani Gas At Market Prices
- Nabucco Investment Cost Raised To €7.9Bn
- CPC Pipeline Reports First Profits
- Dana Petroleum Strikes Gas In The Offshore Nile Delta
- Australia’s Beach Petroleum Farms Into Three Egypt Concessions
- EBIC To Hold Bank ‘Beauty Pageant’ For Petrochemicals Complex In Q3
- IAEA Debates Iran Nuclear Issue, McCain And Obama Outline Policy Stances
- Iraq Considering Restoration Of Oil Supplies To Jordan
- Jordan And France Sign Cooperation Agreement For Nuclear Energy
- Kuwait Starts First Non-Associated Gas Production
- Kuwait’s Prosperity Set To Rise Further Over The Medium Term, Says Moody’s
- Lebanese Interest Rates Expected To Decline Gradually By End-2008
- US-Libya Meeting Hints At Resolving Obstacle To Progress
- UAE Grants $300Mn To Help Morocco Meet Energy Bill
- KFAED Lends Oman $94Mn For Al-Duqm Project
- Pearl GTL Capex Hike Impact Outweighed By Oil Price Rise, Says Deutsche Bank
- Ukraine Council Orders Government To Restore Vanco Energy Black Sea Contract
- Russia Is Stable Energy Supplier, Says Moscow Diplomat
- Middle East Inflation Surge Increases Fiscal And Political Risks, Says Moody’s
- IAEA To Probe Syria’s Nuclear Program, Commends Libyan Transparency
- Jazan Refinery Project Hits Fresh Snag
- Saudi Basic Chemicals Industries IPO 9 Times Oversubscribed
- UN Security Council Delegation Urges Sudan To Implement CPA
- New Appointments In Syria’s Oil Sector
- Iranian Gas Shipments To Turkey Resume
- Turcas-Socar-Injaz Consortium Take Over Petkim Stake
- Dana Gas, Emarat Complete Hamriyah Gas Pipeline Project
- Abu Dhabi Considers New Legislation To Allow 100% Foreign Ownership In Local Sectors
- Epsilon Energy Provides Yemen Operational Update
- Al-Qa΄ida Says It Was Behind Failed Attack On Yemen Refinery