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 The
Outlook for the World Oil Market
by John Browne
"..I think it is appropriate to start with the immediate events which
are shaping people's thinking about the market and raising new concerns
about the question of energy security. The price of Brent on the
international market has fluctuated over the last 12 months from around
$25/B a year ago to over $45/B for a period in the autumn to just below
$40/B today. To understand the reasons for those shifts, you have to
look back at the events of the last five years. What's changed and
what are the consequences of those changes? Back at the end of the
1990s, we all were accustomed to an oil price which averaged a reasonably
stable $18/B, with only very occasional excursions into the low $20s, and
one brief fall at the end of the 1990s to $10. That was the picture
for a decade, from the end of the first Gulf war
onwards."
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 Saudi
Arabia: Economic, Oil And Mineral Restructuring And Reforms
By Ali Naimi
"Even though our conference
considers the entire region, I want to talk mainly about my country, Saudi
Arabia, a preeminent economic power in the region, with an economy that
ranks among the top 25 largest economies in the world. Saudi Arabia accounts
for fully one fifth of the GDP of the entire Middle East, including Turkey.
Whatever takes place in Saudi Arabia has an enormous effect on the region
and, to some extent, the global economy as well. Equally important for the
future of the region, Saudi Arabia has seen a remarkable resurgence of
investors confidence in the last five years, a fact which has not been
sufficiently noted outside the region.."
-- Ali Naimi
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 Foreign
Investment In Saudi Arabia's Energy Sector
By Gawdat Bahgat
"The
kingdom's adherence to the state-control policy of its energy sector came
into question in September 1998 when Crown Prince 'Abd Allah ibn 'Abd
al-'Aziz met in Washington with senior executives from seven American oil
companies. He said the Saudi government wanted to join them in a new,
strategic energy partnership.."
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Saudi
Arabian Oil Fields Brimming
"If
global petroleum markets required it, Saudi Aramco could nearly double its
current world-leading oil production output to 15 million barrels a day and
comfortably sustain that rate for at least 50 years.."
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Saudi
Arabia Ready to Boost Crude Oil Output
"Saudi
Arabia, the world's largest oil producer, announced August 11 that it was
ready to increase the Kingdom's crude oil production to help reduce and
stabilize high oil prices. The Kingdom estimated that it could increase
production by 1.3 million barrels of oil per day (BPD) if necessary.."
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Homemade
Oil Crisis
By David
Ignatius
"Desperate to slow the
recent rise in oil prices, finance ministers from the Group of Eight
industrialized countries last weekend demanded that OPEC countries raise
their production, arguing in their communique that 'lower oil prices would
be of benefit to the whole world economy.' Since Saudi Arabia is the only
OPEC country with much spare capacity, that put the kingdom back in the
familiar position of receiving entreaties from skittish Europeans, Japanese
and Americans.."
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Novak:
Bandar, Bush and Plan of Attack
By
Robert Novak
"Did President Bush really
brief Prince Bandar on his
Iraq
war plans before he informed Colin Powell? Did the Saudi ambassador really
cut a deal with the Bush administration to increase oil production in time
for the presidential election? The answer to both questions is no, but those
allegations entered the election year bloodstream thanks to distortion of
Bob Woodward's Plan of Attack.."
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Saudi
Arabia's Oil Reserves
By Dr. Sadad Al-Husseini
"Recent
media reports have suggested Saudi Arabia may not be able to supply its
share of the world oil demand for the near future. 'Experts' have argued in
major U.S. papers and at energy forums that not only are the Kingdom's
petroleum reserves overstated but also that the Kingdom has rejected
necessary foreign investments in its energy sector and that poor production
practices have damaged its oilfields.."
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Saudis
Out to Help the U.S., Not Push for Bush Re-election
By Frank Richter
"Bob Woodward's book 'Plan of
Attack' gave critics of President George W. Bush a chance to launch an
attack of their own. Their target was Bush's cozy relationship with the
Saudis, something that could become an election issue. In his book, Woodward
reports that just before the Iraq war, Saudi Ambassador Prince Bandar
promised the president that the Saudis hoped to fine-tune oil prices over 10
months to prime the economy for 2004.."
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U.S.-Saudi
Relations and Global Energy Security
James
Wolfensohn
President, The World Bank, with introduction by Eric Peterson
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Ibrahim
Al-Assaf
Minister of Finance, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with introduction by Eric
Peterson
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Rex
W. Tillerson
President, Exxon Mobil Corporation, with introduction by Dan Yergin
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Abdallah S. Jum'ah
President and CEO of Saudi Aramco, with introduction by Dan Yergin
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Guy Caruso
Administrator, Energy Information Administration, with introduction by
Dan Yergin
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Kyle McSlarrow
Deputy Secretary of Energy, U.S. Energy Department, with introduction by
Brent Scowcroft
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Ali al-Naimi
Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,
with introduction by Brent Scowcroft
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International
Energy Outlook 2004 Highlights
"Over the past
several decades, oil has been the world's foremost source of primary energy
consumption, and it is expected to remain in that position throughout the
2001 to 2025 period.."
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 Future
of Global Oil Supply: Saudi Arabia
A
Conference Hosted at the Center for Strategic and International
Studies on Feb. 24, 2004
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 Saudi Arabia
Country Analysis Brief
Energy Information
Administration
US Dept of Energy
With
one-fourth of the world's proven oil reserves, Saudi Arabia is
likely to remain the world's largest oil producer for the
foreseeable future. During 2002, Saudi Arabia supplied the United
States with 1.5 million barrels per day of crude oil, or 17%, of
U.S. crude oil imports during that period.
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