Issue 08
Top Stories
- Baghdad Cuts State Equity Stake For First Upstream Auction
- Progress On Arab Gas Pipeline Mirrors Syrian Reintegration, Big Hurdles Remain
- Dolphin Tests Market, Seeking Bank And Bond Financing
- Crisis Could Bring Islamic Banks A Greater Project Finance Role
Energy Fundamentals
- WTI Price Jumps As EIA Data Shows Slight Draw On Stocks
- OPEC Sees “Sudden And Massive” Fall In Global Oil Consumption
- IEA’s Tanaka Says Further OPEC Cuts Could Hinder Economic Recovery
- OPEC More Likely To Cut Output Further If Prices Fall Below $40/B, Says Khelil
- Société Générale Revises Oil Price Forecasts Downward
- Total’s De Margerie Says Crude Output Near Its Peak
- Crude Oil Formulas/Posted Prices
News by Country
- Petrovietnam And Partners Form JV To Develop Blocks 433a/416b, Target 21,000 B/D In 2011
- Lower Oil Prices May Force Algeria To Offer IOCs Better Terms, Says PFC Energy
- Bahrain’s NOGA Says 18 Companies Lined Up For Deep Gas Bidding
- Itera To Expand Gas Output In 2009, Targets Turkmen Offshore
- BTA To Ask For Deferral Of Debt Repayment
- Dana Gas Announces Second Discovery In The Onshore Nile Delta In 2009
- E.ON Ruhrgas Farms Into Offshore NW Damietta Permit, Expands In North Africa
- Iran And Turkmenistan Sign Agreement For Yolotan Gas Field Development
- Majlis Draft Bill Calls For Doubling Of Subsidized Gasoline Prices
- Lukewarm Response To Privatization Of Bank Mellat
- Iran Offers Help To Complete Tajik Hydropower Plant
- Jordan Announces New Product Prices
- Jordan And Canada Sign Nuclear Energy Agreement
- Jordan Examines Al-Fajr’s Offer For Domestic Gas Network
- S&P Places Kuwaiti Banks On CreditWatch Negative
- Fire Forces Closure Of Desulfurization Unit At KPC’s Rotterdam Refinery
- Circle Oil Makes Third Gas Discovery In Northern Morocco
- RAK Petroleum Announces First Oil From West Bukha Field
- Naqilat And Qatargas Take Delivery Of Two More LNG Tankers
- Dubai Index Hits One-Month High On Borse Dubai Refinancing Success
- Growth Rate Down To 3.6% In 2009 For MENAP Oil Exporters, Says IMF
- Gulf SWF Portfolio Contracts, Says CFR Study
- King 'Abd Allah Announces Cabinet Reshuffle And New SAMA Governor
- Jadwa Investment Warns That Saudi Crude Cutbacks Jeopardize Domestic Gas Supplies
- PetroRabigh Reports $334.9Mn Loss For 2008
- Sipchem Signs $360Mn PIF Loan
- Improved Trade Relations Between Saudi Arabia And China, SABB Reports
- Syrian Government Debates Plans To Rationalize Energy Subsidies
- EU-Syria Association Agreement To Be Signed In 2009
- Decision To Proceed On Abu Dhabi Hydrogen/CO2 Project Delayed Until Late 2010
- Abu Dhabi Sets Up National Petrochemicals Company
- TAQA Buys 50% Stake In Marubeni’s Caribbean Power System
- Borse Dubai Successfully Refinances $3.8Bn Term Loan