Algeria
November 4, 2003
First Calgary Petroleums has reached an agreement in principle with Sonatrach, the Algerian National Oil Company, to jointly develop the Menzel Ledjmet East gas and condensate field in Block 405b of t
November 3, 2003
Three people, including a member of an Islamic group, were killed in the past two days in two separate incidents, Algerian newspapers reported Monda
The Jordan Cement Factories Company (JCFC) will produce an extra 2,000 tons of cement daily in order to solve the problem of cement shortages in the Kingdom. The company will now have a daily output o
October 31, 2003
Algerian security authorities arrested on Friday the second man in command in the outlawed Islamic Salvation Front Ali Bin Hajj, while he was h
A senior Iranian cleric Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati said on Friday that Iran's agreement to sign the additional protocol of the nuclear Non-Proliferation
October 29, 2003
Hizbullah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah accused Israel Tuesday of wavering in discussions over a prisoner swap and, without exactly explaining what h
BHP Billiton Petroleum has reported first gas production from the wet gas development at Ohanet in southern Algeria. The new facility, jointly operated by BHP Billiton and Algeria’s state-owned Sonat
October 27, 2003
Israel released and handed over to Lebanon on Monday a Lebanese prisoner arrested on an arms boat off the coast of northern Israel, according to Leban
Algerian forces have killed five "terrorists" and blew up hideouts in a military operation in densely wooded regions stretching between Boumidras and
Energy giant BP has formed a joint venture with Algeria’s state oil company Sonatrach to import 500 million cubic feet of liquefied natural gas per day into the UK. Sonatrach is the second largest LNG
Pay-TV Platform in the Middle East and North Africa Orbit Satellite and Radio Television is now offering Al-Riyadhiya a new daily 12-hours sports channel. The new channel will provide its viewers with
October 26, 2003
Algerian security forces have shot dead two alleged armed Islamists in a forest west of the capital of Algiers, security sources said on Sunday. The
Real estate development company Emaar Properties is to launch its first-ever $50 million Islamic leasing bond (Ijara Sukuk )facility to fund its expanding portfolio of new commercial and residential p
October 22, 2003
The Algerian Energy Company has selected separations technology company Ionics for a 25-year seawater desalination build-own-operate project. Ionics and AEC will form a joint project company to financ
The four Pay TV operators in the Arab World will collect an estimated $160 million in subscription revenues for 2003. The major markets for Pay TV remain the richer gulf countries with Saudi Arabia, K