Qatar

July 27, 2000

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(MEBG) A Gulf regional body is carrying out a feasibility study on a proposal to build a gas network linking Gulf states at a cost of up to $2 billion.

July 26, 2000

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(MEBG) - Crescent Petroleum is thinking on adding new members to a consortium which will construct a gas pipeline from Qatar to Pakistan, reported <I>Gulf-News</I> on July 24.

July 25, 2000

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Gulf Air is to ban smoking on all flights from September 1st, extending a regional ban, the Manama-based carrier said Tuesday. Spokesman Chris Taylor

July 23, 2000

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The crown princes of Qatar and Morocco, whose countries have been at loggerheads since Rabat's recall of its ambassador to Doha on July 18th, have hel

July 20, 2000

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(MEBG) – Qatar National Bank experienced a seven-percent rise in profits for the first six months of 2000, representing a five-year consistent gain for its shareholders.

July 18, 2000

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Qatar's Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani discussed bilateral relations with Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei and Foreign Minis

July 16, 2000

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(MEBG) – An official at Qatar’s General Petroleum Corp (QGPC) has proclaimed that Qatar plans to raise its oil production capacity to around one million barrels a day (bpd) by 2001, reported <I>Gulf N

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(MEBG) – An official at Qatar’s General Petroleum Corp (QGPC) has proclaimed that Qatar plans to raise its oil production capacity to around one million barrels a day (bpd) by 2001, reported <I>Gulf N

July 15, 2000

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Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad Bin Khaleifa al-Thani will pay a visit to Yemen by the first half of August during which he will hold talks with President

July 13, 2000

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Under the patronage of Qatar’s royal family, the sheikhdom plans hosting the fourth biennial Doha conference and exhibition on natural gas, from July 11 to 15 next year.

July 12, 2000

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Petronet LNG Ltd (PLL) is currently finalizing a $390 million contract for the construction a liquid natural gas (LNG) terminal and associated facilities in India.

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Most banks in Qatar showed steady growth and improved profitability in 1999, despite a sharp fall in oil prices in late 1998 and early 1999, according to a study conducted by Emad El Zubi, the financi

July 10, 2000

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Despite a steep decline in oil prices in late 1998 and early 1999, the majority of banks in Qatar demonstrated steady growth and improved profitability in 1999.

July 9, 2000

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Qatar’s Qatargas company has reported that its exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from January 1997 until the end of June 2000 totaled $2.5 billion, with 80 percent of that destined for Japan.

July 7, 2000

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By Munir K. Nasser Washington, DC  Arab American Organizations in Washington are pressing the Clinton Administration not to pressure Palestinian Presi