Issue 17
Oil News
- Kuwait's KOTC In Market For Large-Scale Program Of Tanker New Buildings
- Qatar Plans for New Generation of Gas-Based Industries
- Total's Bishri Discovery Yields 6,800 B/D of Heavy Crude
- Syria Sounds Out Term Buyers for Light Crude
- British Aerospace Proposes more Saudi Offset Projects
- Sageco to Expand Its Role in Saudi German Cooperation
- Fao Blend Exports Running at 350,000 B/D
- Techcorp Awards Contract for PC2 Chloralkali Unit
- European Firms Win Two Gas Plant Contracts in Libya
- Hunt Oil/BP Relinquish Concession in Jordan
- Gas Reserves at Risha Are Estimated at 400bn Cu. Ft.
- Deadline for North Sinai Bids Extended to May
- Technip Awarded Contract for Abu Qir Gas Treatment Plant
- Dubai Consortium to Spud First Onshore Well
- IDC Ready to Proceed with Joint Venture Smelter in Algeria
- Sonatrach Workers Establish Independent Trade Union
- Rising Oil Demand Strengthens Arab Power, Says Arafat
- Surrey University Holds Conference on North Sea Oil
- Netback Values
Financial & Banking News
- Debate in Kuwait on Proposed Financial Reforms
- NBK Profits Up on Overseas Expansion
- USCB Reports Huge Profit Growth
- GIB Announces $420mn Capital Increase
- NBK/GCC Conference Planned on Gulf Banking
- Alba Mandates GIC and ABC to Raise 10-Year Loan
- Jordan Reschedules French, Austrian Debt
- Iran Takes First Step towards Export Guarantees
- New Islamic Bank Established in Bahrain
- KIO Discusses Partial Sale of Spanish Oil Interests