Oil and gas in the Middle East

Basic information

US Energy Information Administration
Country analysis briefs for the Middle East and North Africa:

Algeria
Egypt
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Libya
Morocco
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Syria
UAE
Yemen

Middle East oil news
Automated news feeds from many sources

BP Amoco Statistical Review of World Energy
A useful source of key facts about oil (available in spreadsheet form)

World Oil and Gas Review
Detailed figures from the Italian company, Eni

Calculation of oil reserves [Medea]

Proven natural gas reserves [Medea]

Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
The official website (NB: not all Arab countries are members)

Oil and the non-OPEC countries
US Energy Information Administration fact-sheet

Facts about OPEC [Medea]

Facts about OAPEC - Organisation of Arab Oil Exporting Countries [Medea]

Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) fact sheet
[US Energy Information Administration]

Oil: potential hot spots
[US Energy Information Administration]

World energy sanctions
Details of sanctions against various oil-producing countries [US Energy Information Administration]

OPEC revenues fact sheet
[US Energy Information Administration]

OPEC fact sheet
[US Energy Information Administration]

US Department of Energy
Fossil energy website

EU trade of oil derivates [Medea]

EU trade statistics for crude oil [Medea]

Assortment of oil-related links
Korea Institute of the Mideast Economies (KIME)


Price of oil

World oil prices since 1970

Energy chronology for this year

Energy chronology 2004

Energy chronology 2003

Energy chronology 2002

Energy chronology 2001

Energy chronology 2000

Energy chronology 1999

Energy chronology 1998

Source: US Energy Information Administration


Oil websites

Centre for Global Energy Studies
(London)

International Energy Agency
(Paris)

Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

PFC Energy
(Washington)