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ALGERIA Algeria Awards Seven Of 10 Blocks Tendered In Third Licensing Round NOCs Look To The Future Peru Signs Contracts For Camisea Gas Project	CASPIAN CPC Granted Marine Terminal License Kashagan Reserves Put At 7-9Bn Barrels Of CrudeBP Unveils BTC Project Structure
EGYPT Apache Tests Tut-51 Well In Khalda Concession, Reports New Deepwater Gas Find Egyptian Crude Output Edges Higher In 2Q Mid East Conflict Overshadows Inauguration Of Midor Refinery	GENERAL Mommer Charts Power Shift Towards IOCs In Upstream Sector US Stocks Decline Revives Demand Optimism US Faces Hard Energy Choices, Says Independent Task Force
IRAN Iran Confirms Stance On Azadegan Talks, Seeks IAEA Clarification On Protocol Iranian Contractors May Receive Loans From Public Funds, Says Zanganeh Iran Starts Laying South Pars Phase 1 Offshore Pipeline Many Problems Remain Unresolved In Iran’s Oil And Gas Projects	IRAQ Iraq: What Next? Iraq Announces Near-Term Production Capacity Plan US Fast-Tracks Iraq Infrastructure Contracts Worth $18.7Bn Occupied Iraq And OPEC Conference Meetings more >>>
KUWAIT Qatar/Kuwait Gas Supply Agreement Set For September Signing Greater Commercial Orientation For KPC Seen As Key To Better Oil Sector Performance In Kuwait Kuwait Declines Offer Of Stake In Midor Refinery	LIBYA US Expected To Renew Sanctions Against Libya As NOC Considers Opening Up Some Former Oasis Areas To IOCs Under Congressional Pressure, Albright Extends Ban On US Travel To Libya Libya Set To Start Signing Major Oil And Gas Agreements With IOCs By June 2001
MOROCCO Morocco To Progressively Remove Tariffs On Petroleum Products	OAPEC Arab Refinery Capacity Projected At 6.57Mn B/D In 2005
OIL PRICES Mabro On The Futures Markets And The Price Of Oil Investment Funds Overriding Effect Of Fundamentals On Market, Says SG Crude Prices Rise More Than $1/B On Surprise OPEC Quotas Cut more >>>	OPEC Kerry Calls For US ‘Forever Independent Of Mideast Oil’ Ait Laoussine Sees Disturbing Parallels Between OPEC’s 1997 Jakarta And Upcoming Beirut Meetings OPEC Output Continues Upward Trend In January As Iran Sustains Over 4Mn B/D more >>>
OMAN OLNG Exported 5.9Mn Tons In 2001	QATAR Qatar/Kuwait Gas Supply Agreement Set For September Signing Qatar Set To Become World Center Of GTL Production Qatar To Break New Ground As Regional Gas Supplier And New Technology Developer
SAUDI ARABIA Saudis Signal Change In OPEC’s Course To Meet New Realities SABIC Completes Purchase Of DSM Saudi Aramco And KPC Keep LPG Prices Unchanged For July Saudi Aramco Raises Most Western Prices And Cuts Most Asian Prices For August	SUPPLY/DEMAND Crude Price Hovers At $25/B As Market Anticipates Demand Recovery Eni Estimates Worldwide Liquids Production At 75.2Mn B/D In 2001 Middle East Crudes Will Supply Most Of The Rise In Asian Demand, Says FACTS more >>>
SUDAN First Oil From CNPC’s Block 6 To Lift Sudan Production In 2004 Sudan Rejects Sharing Oil Revenue With SPLA	TURKEY Turkey Facing Large Gas Import Penalties As Political And Economic Crisis Deepens Turkey Asks Gas Suppliers To Cut Import Volumes
UAE Technip And CBI Eastern Anstalt Win $480Mn Ruwais Refinery Projects	YEMEN Yemen Launches New Push For Investment In Oil/Gas, Power Sectors