Middle East Oil and Gas
Iranian gas pivotal to global energy
- International concerns over Iran's nuclear ambitions and looming confrontation with the US has seen crude oil prices reach record levels. Tehran appears sanguine over the prospect of sanctions believing the world will still need its oil though gas is also likely to an increasingly important consideration.
- Iran: Thursday, April 20 - 2006 at 08:43 |
Oil prices edge closer to $100-a-barrel
- An expanding global economy fed by the insatiable hydrocarbon consumption of industrialised countries as well as Asia's fast growing economies is witnessing a sustained and rising demand for oil.
- Saudi Arabia: Wednesday, April 05 - 2006 at 16:51 |
Record breaking project finance deals for gas projects
- Current and upcoming liquefied natural gas projects in the Gulf are soaking up huge amounts of available global project finance liquidity. Last year's Qatargas 2 deal broke all project financing records. The overall deal, totalling $10.65 billion, involved 57 major lenders an unprecedented number.
- Qatar: Wednesday, March 22 - 2006 at 08:42 |
Just what are the true levels of oil reserves?
- In a growing debate over data transparency some increasingly searching questions are being asked by energy industry analysts about the true level of world oil reserves and whether official and company statistics really stack up
- Saudi Arabia: Monday, March 20 - 2006 at 09:37 |
Gas development heralds huge shipping boom
- The Oman Maritime Transport Company's new LNG vessel Ibri is due to join the company's fleet in June. Its arrival is an indicator of the massive development of specialist shipping that is occurring in the Gulf as a result of the region's development of natural gas resources.
- Qatar: Saturday, February 18 - 2006 at 11:01 |
Bush's oil pledge lacks credibility
- President Bush's plan to trim America's purchases of Middle East oil by 75 per cent over the next 20 years is likely to misfire according to a wide range of international experts.
- Saturday, February 11 - 2006 at 11:04 |
Why Iran is unlikely to use oil as political weapon
- As the dispute over Iran's nuclear energy programme intensifies officials have sought to dampen suggestions that the Islamic Republic could curtail oil exports if international sanctions are threatened.
- Iran: Saturday, February 11 - 2006 at 11:02 |
Libya steps up oil development programme
- An end to US sanctions has seen companies such as Occidental and Chevron Texaco return to Libya for the first time in nearly 20 years and is already providing a huge boost to the companies operations and profits.
- Saturday, February 11 - 2006 at 11:00 |
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