Tag: Oil

Charar drain oil spill could be a lot more

Over 24,000 litres of diesel and petrol that flowed into the Charar Drain after an oil tanker overturned on the Ring Road Bhatta Chowk...

Proposed Saudi cap on remittances

The economic mangers in Pakistan must have raised their eyebrows after the Saudi labour minister’s recent announcement to limit the flow of remittances from...

Oil importing countries to face economic pressures in 2012

The International Monetary Fund’s Regional Economic Outlook for the Middle East and Central Asia, projects mild growth for oil-exporting countries while predicting a dramatic...

OPEC oil price continues to rebound

The weekly average price of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) continued to rebound last week, growing to $108.44 per barrel, the Vienna-based...

NA bill makes oil and gas theft a crime

The National Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 2011 making oil and gas theft a non-bail able offence with maximum...

WTI crude oil price slump not to hit E&Ps profits

With WTI crude oil touching the recent low of $76 per barrel on Oct 4, most of the investors are concerned that local E&P...

POL and Attock Oil to announce financial results for 1QFY12

Pakistan Oilfields Limited (POL) is scheduled to announce its 1QFY12 result on Wednesday, October 18, 2011.The company is expected to earn a profit after...

KSE posts minor gains on account of fertiliser, oil and cement

Bullish activity witnessed after positive reports on Pak-US relations as government met US envoy in the federal capital to work together. The market remained...

Mari Gas makes major oil discovery in Mianwali

The Mari Gas Company Limited (MGCL) has made a significant discovery of crude oil with additional potential of associated gas reserves at the Halini...

Libya’s NTC rules out new oil contracts before election

Libya will not award any further oil contracts until a government is formed after elections, the country’s interim oil and finance minister in the...

Fall in oil prices: local E&Ps still a safe bet

The benchmark WTI crude oil prices have tumbled by 22 per cent since June 1, 2011 on rising concerns over another global recession, following...

Iraq to chase oil funds ‘lost’ during US-coalition regime

Iraq formed a special committee on Thursday to chase down $17 billion in missing oil money that was apparently lost in 2004, when the...

Oil politics in changing times

Obama’s presidency found Washington’s long-time foe Castro at his least potent. Yet, having outlasted the Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush Sr,...

Govt appoints MDs of 5 state owned oil and gas companies

After a delay of five months, the government on Tuesday appointed Managing Directors of the five major public sector oil and gas companies, including...

Oil release a game changer despite price bounce

It might not sound like much of a victory. The United States and other oil-consuming countries release emergency stocks of oil to put a...

Pro-Gaddafi forces kill 15 at Libya oil refinery

Muammar Gaddafi loyalists attacked an oil refinery on Monday, killing 15 guards, in an apparent attempt to disrupt a drive by Libya’s new rulers...

Weak oil, fertiliser performance leads to index decline

As anticipated, local bourse finally succumbed to the profit taking sentiment and ended losing 62 points to close at 11,286 points. The KSE 100...