Middle East Oil and Gas
Kurdistan discovery may tempt oil majors
- International oil companies including Shell, ExxonMobil, Total, BP and Chevron are positioning themselves to exploit Iraq's rich oilfield potential once the country agrees to legislation protecting their investments.
- Iraq: Thursday, September 07 - 2006 at 09:15 |
Qatar is Gas-to-Liquids global leader
- Oryx GTL the joint venture owned by Qatar Petroleum and South Africa's Sasol will start producing commercially in December at its plant in Ras Laffan Industrial City, 45 kilometres south of Doha.
- Qatar: Wednesday, September 06 - 2006 at 09:13 |
Iraqi Minister pledges oil recovery
- A resurgence of Iraq's oil industry would do more than anything else to persuade the outside world than some degree of normalcy was returning to the embattled country. Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani is keen to talk up the prospects for this. Reality checks are in order.
- Iraq: Thursday, July 27 - 2006 at 10:13 |
Election result may delay Project Kuwait
- Kuwait's GDP, driven by higher oil prices, rose 35 per cent in 2005 to reach $81 billion. The surpluses seem likely to continue at least in the near term giving Kuwait time to implement new strategies for its hydrocarbons industry. Yet the clock is ticking.
- Kuwait: Saturday, July 08 - 2006 at 08:17 |
Middle East Gas plays a vital role in European energy security
- The diversification provided by new pipeline projects will be the key to ensuring the security of gas supplies to Europe says a new report by Standard & Poor's rating services.
- Qatar: Sunday, July 02 - 2006 at 09:56 |
Iraq's oil fears deepen
- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki's hurried visit to Basra at the end of May following increasing violence indicated mounting concern that the country's fragile oil exports could be about suffer even greater disruption.
- Iraq: Friday, June 09 - 2006 at 10:47 |
Europe wary of Russia's growing energy clout
- The Middle East is destined to feature increasingly in Europe's natural gas import strategy as concerns grow over the reliability of Russia as a supplier.
- Qatar: Tuesday, May 30 - 2006 at 13:01 |
Where is the global oil shock?
- With oil priced at over $70 a barrel many are asking why the impact is not as severe as the two OPEC-induced oil shocks that struck the world economy in 1973 and 1979.
- Saudi Arabia: Tuesday, May 02 - 2006 at 08:35 |
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