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| 00HANOI899 | VIETNAM: PREPARING FOR APEC ENERGY MINISTERS MEETING [...]CORDING TO THE MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY (MOI), MINISTER DANG VU CHU WILL LEAD VIETNAM'S DELEGATION TO THE MAY 10-12 APEC ENERGY MINISTERS [...] |
2000-04-28 08:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECIN EPET VM APEC |
| 00HARARE4941 | MUGABE DISCUSSES FUEL AND PAN-AFRICAN UNITY IN [...]C) IN A SEPTEMBER 5 CONVERSATION WITH THE AMBASSADOR, FORMER COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY MINISTER -- AND MUGABE CONFIDANT -- NATHAN SHAMUYAR[...] |
2000-09-06 14:15:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET ECON ZI |
| 00HARARE5350 | GOVERNMENT CONTINUES STOPGAP FUEL ACQUISITION [...]BU) ACCORDING TO PRESS REPORTING, THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE SIGNED A ZIM$2.5 BILLION (APPROXIMATELY USD 50 MILLION) LINE OF CREDIT WI[...] |
2000-09-22 10:24:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EIND PGOV AMGT ZI |
| 00HARARE5364 | GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE NOTIFIED ON EXCHANGE [...]R REFTEL INSTRUCTION, EMBOFF REACHED GOZ FOREIGN MINISTER STANISLAUS MUDENGE BY TELEPHONE ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2000 AT 11:45 A.M. LOCAL TI[...] |
2000-09-25 15:09:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG ECON PREL ZI |
| 00HARARE5397 | ZIMBABWE BANK DIRECTOR PROVIDES SOME HOPE FOR [...]C) SUMMARY: DCM AND POLOFF CALLED ON GIDEON GONO, DIRECTOR OF THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF ZIMBABWE (CBZ), SEPTEMBER 25 TO GET AN UPDATE ON[...] |
2000-09-26 14:04:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL PINR ECON SENV ZI SA |
| 00KINSHASA8385 | WEEKLY ECONOMIC REPORT - WEEK OF DECEMBER 11 - [...]) SUMMARY: Gasoline and diesel prices rose on December 11, and public transportation fares went up 50 percent on the 13th. Kinshasa's[...] |
2000-12-18 15:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EPET EMIN KSAC AMGT PREL CG |
| 00KINSHASA8558 | WEEKLY ECONOMIC REPORT - WEEK OF DECEMBER 18 - [...]) SUMMARY: Gasoline and diesel supplies were adequate in Kinshasa, though reports that current supplies are noxious persisted. The Con[...] |
2000-12-26 15:09:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EPET EMIN KSAC AMGT PREL CG |
| 00STATE229666 | TALKING POINTS ON IRAQI SUSPENSION OF OIL EXPORTS [...]ACKGROUND: ON DECEMBER 1, IRAQ SUSPENDED OIL EXPORTS WHICH FUND THE UN OPERATED OIL-FOR-FOOD PROGRAM. IT DID SO EVEN THOUGH THE SECUR[...] |
2000-12-04 18:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG PREL IZ |
| 01ABUJA1529 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SPECIAL ADVISOR [...]) Classified by Ambassador Howard F. Jeter; Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ¶2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 22 Ambassador Jet[...] |
2001-06-29 15:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV PGOV NI OIL |
| 01ABUJA1624 | NIGERIA: MEETING WITH SPECIAL ADVISOR FOR [...]assified by Ambassador Howard Jeter for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ¶2. (C) Summary: On June 22 A[...] |
2001-07-10 12:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ELAB ECON NI |
| 01ABUJA2511 | OBASANJO TO RELEASE 1.2 BILLION EXCESS CRUDE [...]C) Summary: During a September 26 Council of State meeting, President Obasanjo and state governors resolved their highly publicized s[...] |
2001-10-03 10:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EPET EFIN |
| 01ABUJA3201 | NIGERIA: ENDGAME ON GAS FLARING [...]) Summary: Minister of State for the Environment Imeh Okopido has enlisted the World Bank, the Government of Norway and environmentali[...] |
2001-12-13 16:07:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET SENV PGOV NI |
| 01ABUJA3227 | NIGERIA: U.S.-U.K. TEAM RAISES VOLUNTARY [...]) Classified by Ambassador Howard F. Jeter; Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). ¶2. (C) Summary: A joint delegation from the[...] |
2001-12-19 08:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EPET PREL NI |
| 01ABUJA997 | Revenue Sharing and Resource Control [...]) In the interests of de-mystifying what is for everyone, Nigerians included, an extremely convoluted federal revenue-sharing system, [...] |
2001-05-04 17:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EPET PGOV PINS NI |
| 02ABUJA122 | NIGERIA: STRIKE HAS LIMITED IMPACT DURING FIRST [...]) Summary: As of 1:30 pm Nigeria Time (7:30 am EST), the Nigerian Labour Congress, general strike was most effective in Lagos (Lagos s[...] |
2002-01-16 17:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB EPET EFIN ECON NI SCOI |
| 02ABUJA1636 | NIGERIA: BAKASSI MAY LEAD TO CONFLICT [...]) SUMMARY: Tensions between Nigeria and Cameroon are rising in anticipation of the ICJ's ruling on the Bakassi dispute. Many observers[...] |
2002-05-31 16:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PREL MOPS PBTS EPET CM NI ICJ |
| 02ABUJA1814 | NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED REMARKS ON SAO TOME [...]/NF) Regional Affairs Counselor raised Nigeria's relations with Sao Tome and Principe (STP) with National Security Advisor Aliyu Moham[...] |
2002-06-19 15:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL EPET TP NI |
| 02ABUJA2326 | NIGERIA: LETTER FROM CHEVRON NIGERIA: ESCRAVOS [...]bassador Jeter received the following letter from Chevron Nigeria Limited, signifying the end of the occupation of Chevron's Escravos [...] |
2002-08-05 19:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PGOV EPET SOCI NI |
| 02ABUJA2438 | TOP OIL ADVISORS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT ENERGY FUTURE [...]BU) Summary: On July 25 Assistant Secretary Kansteiner and Ambassador Jeter discussed oil and gas issues with Dr. Rilwanu Lukman, Obas[...] |
2002-08-21 17:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ETRD PREL NI |
| 02ABUJA2665 | NIGERIA: U.S. OIL EXECUTIVES TELL SENATOR BINGAMAN [...]C) Summary: On August 31, Senator Bingaman (D-New Mexico) met representatives of the three largest Nigerian-based U.S. oil companies ([...] |
2002-09-13 09:07:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP EPET SENV ECON PGOV NI |
| 02ABUJA2686 | SUBJECT: NIGERIA: USTDA VISIT A SUCCESS STORY [...]ummary. United States Trade and Development Agency (TDA) Special Assistant for Projects Thomas Hardy completed agreements for feasibi[...] |
2002-09-17 18:15:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EAGR ECPS EAID EAIR EINV EPET EMIN KPAO NI |
| 02ABUJA2738 | NIGERIA: OIL WORKERS' STRIKE CAUSES SHORT-LIVED [...]NGASSAN, Nigeria's white collar oil and gas union, in cooperation with the blue collar Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NU[...] |
2002-09-25 15:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ELAB EPET NI |
| 02ABUJA2787 | NIGERIA MIGHT IGNORE UNFAVORABLE RULING ON [...]) Summary: Nigerian Minister of State for Defense (Army) Batagarawa told us on September 27 said that Nigeria would disregard an unfav[...] |
2002-10-03 18:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS MOPS PGOV PREL PREF EPET NI CM |
| 02ABUJA2836 | NIGERIA: DEMARCHE TO GON ON AL-QAIDA THREATS [...][...] |
2002-10-11 17:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PTER ASEC EPET ENRG PREL NI |
| 02ABUJA2933 | NIGERIA: MOD DANJUMA DENIES PARIS AGREEMENT ON [...]C) SUMMARY: During an October 25 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Nigerian Minister of Defense Lieutenant General (ret.) Theophilus Y. D[...] |
2002-10-25 18:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS MOPS PGOV PREL PREF EPET NI CM |
| 02ABUJA2961 | NIGERIA: ECONOMIC ROUNDUP OCTOBER 30 [...]is periodic economic report includes: --U.S.-Nigeria Air Cargo: Taking Advantage of AGOA --GON Re-Thinks Nigeria Airways Deal [...] |
2002-10-30 10:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET EINV EAIR NI |
| 02ABUJA3036 | NIGERIA: MOD DANJUMA ACCUSES FRENCH OF ARMING [...]C) During a private moment at the October 30 Australian National Day, I asked Minister of Defense T.Y. Danjuma if he could confirm rep[...] |
2002-11-06 12:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS MOPS PGOV PREL PREF EPET NI CM |
| 02ABUJA3341 | YEAR-END ECONOMIC POTPOURRI [...] This cable covers: -- Ambassador's Meets with World Bank and IMF prior to Article Four Consultation Meetings in Washington --[...] |
2002-12-19 14:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EPET EAID PGOV NI |
| 02AMMAN3894 | JORDAN'S IRAQ JITTERS [...]) Repeated public statements by Jordanian FM Muasher and PM Abul Ragheb since July 10 denying that Jordan will be used as a "launching[...] |
2002-07-16 08:22:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL ETTC EPET IZ JO |
| 02AMMAN4533 | JORDAN: NO INCREASE IN INSURANCE OR SHIPPING [...]) Summary. According to the head of the Jordanian Shipping Agents Association, the July issuance of a "special advisory" by the Mari[...] |
2002-08-13 07:05:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | MOPS ETTC EPET PREL IZ JO |
| 02AMMAN7125 | JORDAN-IRAQ TRADE AND OIL PROTOCOLS NEARLY SET FOR [...]c) Following preliminary negotiations in Baghdad, terms for Jordan's annual oil and trade protocols with Iraq have been nearly agreed[...] |
2002-12-09 08:56:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC ETRD EPET EFIN IZ JO |
| 02AMMAN7130 | JORDAN'S ENERGY MINISTER ON TANKERS AND PIPELINES [...]s) Energy Minister Mohammed Bataineh updated DCM December 4 on a number of developments in Jordan's energy sector. The Minister comm[...] |
2002-12-09 11:27:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | ENRG EPET ETTC IZ JO |
| 02ANKARA8018 | TURKEY-GREECE GAS INTERCONNECT ADVANCES, BUT KEY [...]) Summary and comment: Turkey and Greece have reached agreement on the text of an Intergovernmental Agreement for the Turkey-Greece g[...] |
2002-11-07 14:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU |
| 02ANKARA8141 | MFA ON TURKEY-GREECE GAS INTERCONNECT [...]) Summary: MFA Deputy DG for Energy Hakki Akil reiterated to Econ Couns BOTAS's request for USG assistance in encouraging the Greeks [...] |
2002-11-12 15:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU |
| 02ANKARA8863 | IRAQ AND THE TURKISH GAS MARKET [...]) Summary and comment: The GOT denies recent press reports that suggest new developments on the Turkey-Iraq gas project. Although th[...] |
2002-12-09 12:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET ETTC AJ GG KZ TU IZ |
| 02ANKARA8986 | BP STILL ANALYZING COMMERCIAL VIABILITY OF SHAH [...]) Summary and comment: BP's gas analyst is struggling to make the commercial case for Shah Deniz -- although he claims top management[...] |
2002-12-16 13:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU |
| 02ANKARA9166 | AMB. MANN'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...]) Summary: AK party officials, including Energy Minister Guler and three newly-elected parliamentarians, confirmed their support for [...] |
2002-12-30 05:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU |
| 02HANOI2709 | VIETNAM-RUSSIA: STRONG BUT "PRAGMATIC" [...]U) SUMMARY. SINCE THE BREAKUP OF THE SOVIET UNION, VIETNAM'S TIES WITH RUSSIA HAVE EVOLVED FROM CLIENT STATE TO A RELATIONSHIP BASED[...] |
2002-11-08 04:47:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ETRD ECON EPET ENRG RS VM |
| 02HARARE1719 | ZIMBABWE FACES FUEL SHORTAGES UNLESS NEW [...]) Summary. Amid rumors of imminent fuel shortages reminiscent of those that occurred in 1998, a local economist estimates that Zimbab[...] |
2002-07-25 12:37:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ETRD ZI |
| 02HARARE2102 | FUEL SHORTAGE OR PANIC BUYING? -- FUEL QUEUES [...]mmary. Various sources suggest that a nation-wide fuel shortage is likely sooner rather than later (reftel). Even with continued fin[...] |
2002-09-17 11:44:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET PGOV ZI |
| 02HARARE2246 | ZIMBABWE'S FOREX/FUEL QUANDARY [...]) Summary: Zimbabwe's fuel shortage has worsened. Each new Libyan demand for foreign exchange sets off an eleventh hour crisis, as the[...] |
2002-10-09 10:05:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EFIN ETRD ZI |
| 02HARARE2397 | Zimbabwe May Scrap Fuel Support [...]) Summary: Reportedly smarting from a first-hand encounter with dry fuel pumps, President Mugabe has suggested parastatal NOCZIM may r[...] |
2002-11-04 12:08:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EFIN ETRD ZI |
| 02HARARE2482 | Will the Economy Implode? [...]mmary: The Government of Robert Mugabe has impoverished nearly every Zimbabwean, a case of collective downward mobility rarely experie[...] |
2002-11-13 10:49:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET EFIN ETRD ZI |
| 02HARARE2544 | U.S. OIL FIRMS COULD GET SQUEEZED [...]) Summary: Indigenous firms are pressing the GoZ to let them take over business from foreign oil firms, according to Mobil officials. [...] |
2002-11-18 06:55:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EPET ZI |
| 02HARARE2747 | Govt shuts bureaux de change [...]mmary: Hundreds of bureaux de change have closed their doors as part of a GoZ strategy to kill the parallel currency market. Many bur[...] |
2002-12-03 09:45:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET EFIN ETRD ZI |
| 02HARARE2809 | Almost No Fuel [...]) Summary: Short of foreign exchange and shunned by Libya, this country is virtually running on empty. Doggedly patient Zimbabweans w[...] |
2002-12-17 14:06:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EFIN ETRD AMGT ZI |
| 02HARARE2819 | Business Leader Believes Zimbabwe Must Change [...]BU) Summary: Jewel Bank CEO Gideon Gono told us he believes Zimbabwe's macroeconomic imbalances are unsustainable over the next 6 mont[...] |
2002-12-18 08:28:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EFIN ETRD ZI |
| 02HARARE2820 | Keeping the Lights On in Zimbabwe [...]mmary: The GoZ will need to spend over twice its revenue to meet appropriation goals in 2003, according to our calculations. It wil[...] |
2002-12-18 09:32:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET EFIN ETRD ZI |
| 02HARARE2835 | Harare's Fuel Lines: It's Not Pretty [...]mmary: An informal poll of Embassy staff today indicates that it remains very difficult to obtain fuel in Harare. Nonetheless, several[...] |
2002-12-19 13:55:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET EFIN ETRD AMGT ZI |
| 02HARARE2876 | GOZ adds more price controls [...]mmary: The macroeconomically-challenged GOZ expanded its price freeze list on December 28. New controls will lead to further shortages[...] |
2002-12-30 14:22:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET EFIN ETRD AMGT ZI |
| 02KUWAIT5415 | KUWAIT ACTING OIL MINISTER ON PROJECT KUWAIT, [...][...] |
2002-12-17 07:29:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ETRD PREL KU SA QA IR ENRG EINV |
| 02KUWAIT5464 | KUWAIT: SENIOR ADVISOR ON STATUS OF PROJECT KUWAIT [...][...] |
2002-12-22 07:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV KU |
| 02RANGOON1233 | PREMIER DIVESTS, PETRONAS DIGS IN [...]) Summary: Premier Oil's decision to pull up stakes here seems based more on financial necessity than the pressure of boycotts. Petro[...] |
2002-09-25 05:35:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV BM |
| 02RANGOON1340 | BURMA: DARKNESS AT NOON [...]) Summary: Power is flowing nearly 24 hours a day in the capital. The government is making this happen through a hodgepodge of policy[...] |
2002-10-16 06:37:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON BM |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2857 | EMBASSY ADVOCACY FOR AES AS THE DECISION ON THE 210 [...]BU) The Embassy continues to advocate strongly for a transparent process that will treat American investors fairly, as the state elect[...] |
2002-10-11 15:43:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EINV ECON HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2897 | AES PROJECT: ANNOUNCEMENT OF 210MW BID WINNER [...]BU) Once again, the announcement of the winning bid in the 210MW energy contract has been delayed (bids were presented on July 26). A[...] |
2002-10-17 22:29:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EINV ECON HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3492 | HONDURAS' PETROLEUM MARKET STABLE FOR NOW, DESPITE [...]BU) Econoff approached Texaco Caribbean General Manager Richard Ritter (please protect) on December 30 to discuss the effect of the oi[...] |
2002-12-31 18:06:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG HO VE |
| 03ABUDHABI1027 | UAE PASSES SAUDI ARABIA TO BECOME JAPAN'S TOP OIL [...]) According to official figures, UAE oil exports to Japan increased 20.6% in January 2003 from December 2002. The Emirates thus offici[...] |
2003-03-02 13:25:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ETRD JA TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1086 | (C) ABU DHABI OVERPRODUCING QUOTA BY 200,000 B/PD, [...]U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ¶2. (C) A western oil executive in an excellent &#[...] |
2003-03-05 13:06:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1088 | UAE OIL OFFICIAL'S VIEWS ON IRAQ AND THE OIL [...]U) Classified by DCM Richard Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ¶2. (C) The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company's (ADNOC) [...] |
2003-03-05 13:58:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1138 | ABU DHABI NATIONAL OIL COMPANY (ADNOC): TOUGH NUT [...]) Classified by DCM Richard Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2.(C) Summary and comment: Aspiring participants [...] |
2003-03-10 10:54:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1292 | (C) ABU DHABI'S OIL PRODUCTION CAPACITY (C- [...]U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ¶2. (S/NF) Summary and comment: In separate m[...] |
2003-03-17 14:18:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | KPRP PINR ENRG EINV EPET ETRD |
| 03ABUDHABI1337 | (C) WESTERN OIL EXEC CLARIFIES COMMENTS REGARDING [...]U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ¶2. (C/NF) A western oil executive previously[...] |
2003-03-19 12:41:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1384 | (S) JORDANIAN OIL NEEDS: UAE READY TO [...]) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR MARCELLE M. WAHBA FOR REASONS 1.5 (B,D). ¶2. (S) IN THE COURSE OF A MEETING ON THE AF[...] |
2003-03-23 13:39:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL EPET EAID PGOV JO SA KU TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1513 | (C) DOLPHIN GAS PROJECT: STILL NO GAS SALES [...]U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ¶2. (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Almost one ye[...] |
2003-03-30 13:20:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | EPET PGOV ENRG ECON EINV IR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1663 | ADGAS ADMITS QATAR UNDERCUTTING LNG MARKET; PLANS [...]U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ABU DHABI CONCEDES LNG MARKET TO QATAR --------[...] |
2003-04-07 13:00:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1830 | TFIZ01: UAEG CONSIDERS REQUEST TO DONATE [...]U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ¶2. (C) In delivering the Secretary's oral mes[...] |
2003-04-15 14:24:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EPET PREL IZ TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1936 | DEMARCHE PRIOR TO OPEC MINISTERIAL [...]) CLASSIFIED BY DCM RICHARD A. ALBRIGHT FOR REASONS 1.5 (B,D). ¶2. (S) ECONCHIEF DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE 4/22 T[...] |
2003-04-22 13:56:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL EPET ECON TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1939 | TFIZ01: UAEG CONSIDERS REQUEST TO DONATE [...]U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ¶2. (C) Ambassador delivered 4/18 DoD Undersec[...] |
2003-04-22 14:29:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EPET PREL IZ TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2641 | UAE TO SUPPORT JORDAN OIL NEEDS FOR [...]) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ¶2. (C) MFA Minstate Hamdan bin Zayid contacted the Ambass[...] |
2003-06-03 12:50:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET EAID PGOV JO MO SA KU TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2761 | UAEG PREDICTS NO MAJOR MOVEMENT AT THE JUNE [...]U) Classified by Acting DCM Thomas E. Williams, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ¶2. (C) UAE Ministry of Petroleum Director o[...] |
2003-06-09 11:32:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC |
| 03ABUDHABI3208 | ABU DHABI'S NEXUS OF ECONOMIC POWER, PART II: THE [...]U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). ------------ Introduction -------[...] |
2003-07-09 13:32:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EFIN EINV EPET PINS PREL PGOV TC |
| 03ABUDHABI3506 | UAE OIL MINISTER SAYS OPEC QUOTAS WILL REMAIN [...]U) UAE PETROLEUM MINISTER OBEID BIN SAIF AL-NASIRI TOLD LOCAL REPORTERS ON JULY 27 THAT HE EXPECTS OPEC'S PRODUCTION QUOTAS TO REMAIN [...] |
2003-07-28 13:40:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EINV EPET TC |
| 03ABUDHABI3591 | UAEG REQUESTS LIST OF U.S. DELEGATES TO THE [...]OST RECEIVED A DIPLOMATIC NOTE FROM THE UAE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS FORMALLY REQUESTING THE NAME OF THE HEAD OF THE U.S. DELEGATIO[...] |
2003-08-03 11:43:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD PGOV TC |
| 03ABUDHABI3721 | UAE MAY CUT OIL PRODUCTION LATER THIS YEAR [...]U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i., Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ¶2. (C) The Abu Dhabi Nationa[...] |
2003-08-12 13:30:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC |
| 03ABUDHABI4361 | UAE'S REPRESENTATIVE TO OPEC "SURPRISED" BY [...]U) Classified by Economic Section Chief Oliver B. John, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ¶2. (C) In a 9/28 meeting with Econ [...] |
2003-09-28 09:49:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC |
| 03ABUDHABI4694 | UAE: DOLPHIN SIGNS MAJOR GAS SUPPLY AGREEMENTS [...]C) Summary and comment: The Ambassador met with Occidental Petroleum CEO Dr. Ray Irani 10/21 -- days after Dolphin Energy Limited (DEL[...] |
2003-10-21 13:50:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC |
| 03ABUDHABI4790 | OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM LOOKING AT 2ND QATAR GAS [...]) On October 27, David Scott, General Manager of Oxy of Abu Dhabi (protect) told Econchief that Occidental Petroleum, along with the U[...] |
2003-10-28 10:41:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON TC |
| 03ABUDHABI5031 | ADNOC EXECUTIVES AND STUDENTS ALLEGE MISTREATMENT OF [...]U) SUMMARY: ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2003, ABU DHABI CONOFF AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS ASSISTANT VISITED THE ABU DHABI NATIONAL OIL COMPANY ([...] |
2003-11-19 14:21:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO CVIS CMGT ECON EPET BEXP TC |
| 03ABUDHABI5076 | UAE: TALK ABOUT TOWN [...]U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ¶2. (U) This is the first in a serie[...] |
2003-11-23 14:03:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR ECON EPET PGOV PREL SOCI TC |
| 03ABUDHABI889 | UAE REITERATES A COMMITMENT TO MAINTAINING OIL [...]) UAE Oil Minister Obaid bin Saif al-Nasseri publicly declared on 2/22, following a meeting with Russian Oil Minister Igor Yusufov, th[...] |
2003-02-24 05:56:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECON ENRG TC |
| 03ABUJA1026 | NIGERIA: ECONOMIC ROUNDUP JUNE 13 [...]) This periodic economic report from Abuja and Lagos includes: --Obasanjo Highlights Economy in Inaugural Speech . . . But Dis[...] |
2003-06-12 09:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EAIR EPET NI |
| 03ABUJA1061 | NIGERIA: US-DONATED BOATS HELP STEM OIL LOSSES [...][...] |
2003-06-13 17:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET PINS ASEC NI |
| 03ABUJA1091 | NIGERIA: FUEL PRICE INCREASE MAY TRIGGER VIOLENCE [...]) SUMMARY: On June 20, the GON announced a 65 percent fuel price hike, increasing consumer prices from 26 naira to 40 naira per liter.[...] |
2003-06-20 17:33:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ELAB PINS PGOV NI |
| 03ABUJA1107 | NIGERIA: NLC THREATENS GENERAL STRIKE OVER FUEL [...]C) SUMMARY: The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) called on June 24 for a nationwide strike beginning Monday June 30 to protest the GON's [...] |
2003-06-26 15:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ELAB PINS PGOV NI |
| 03ABUJA1135 | NIGERIA: FUEL STRIKE SLOWS COUNTRY [...]) Summary: The promised nation-wide strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) over fuel price increases began June 30. While the str[...] |
2003-06-30 19:04:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PINS EPET ENRG ASEC CASC PGOV NI |
| 03ABUJA1138 | NIGERIA: OIL COMPANIES COURT DELTA MILITANTS [...][...] |
2003-07-01 12:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET PREL PGOV PINS NI |
| 03ABUJA1147 | NIGERIA: POLICE KILL FOUR DEMONSTRATORS; STRIKE [...]) Summary: The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) strike entered its second day with reports of sporadic violence, including four people a[...] |
2003-07-01 17:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB EPET ENRG PGOV ASEC CASC NI |
| 03ABUJA1148 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING IN THE DELTA [...][...] |
2003-07-01 18:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ASEC PINS PGOV NI |
| 03ABUJA1157 | NIGERIA: GON AND LABOR REMAIN AT LOGGERHEADS AS [...]) Summary: Nigeria has entered the third day of a national strike, with no agreement in sight between the National Labour Congress (N[...] |
2003-07-02 17:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB EPET ENRG PGOV ASEC CASC NI |
| 03ABUJA1162 | NIGERIA: STRIKE CONTINUES TO HOLD FOR FOURTH DAY [...]U) SUMMARY: July 3 was relatively quiet in Abuja. Vehicular traffic was light, gas lines were growing and most offices and businesses [...] |
2003-07-03 18:31:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB EPET ENRG PGOV ASEC CASC NI |
| 03ABUJA1168 | NIGERIA: STRIKE SITREP DAY 5 - 1200 JULY 4 [...]) Summary: The strike continued for a fifth day. Thus far, Abuja is quiet but there is a possibility of demonstrations after Juma,at [...] |
2003-07-04 12:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB EPET ENRG PGOV ASEC CASC NI |
| 03ABUJA1172 | NIGERIA: STRIKE ENTERS SECOND WEEK [...]) Summary: The labor strike entered its second week today, as the GON and NLC failed to reach a compromise on the extent of the fuel p[...] |
2003-07-07 17:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB EPET ENRG PGOV PHUM ASEC CASC NI |
| 03ABUJA1195 | NIGERIA: FUEL STRIKE ENDS [...]) SUMMARY: The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) accepted the GON's 34 naira (23 cents) fuel price offer early this morning. With this, L[...] |
2003-07-08 17:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB EPET ENRG PGOV PHUM ASEC CASC NI |
| 03ABUJA1230 | NIGERIA'S INITIAL RESPONSE TO COUP IN SAO [...]) Ambassador Jeter talked separately to Sao Tomean President de Menezes and new Nigerian Foreign Minister Adeniji July 16. According [...] |
2003-07-17 19:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MOPS PINS EPET PGOV NI TP |
| 03ABUJA1239 | NIGERIA: GON THINKS SAO TOMEAN COUP LEADERS WILL [...]C) MFA Permanent Secretary, Ambassador Daniel Hart and Nigerian Ambassador to Sao Tome and Principe Saidu Pindar discussed the Sao Tom[...] |
2003-07-19 11:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MOPS PINS EPET PGOV TP NI |
| 03ABUJA1286 | NIGERIA: CLOSER DIALOGUE WITH THE OIL COMPANIES [...][...] |
2003-07-29 15:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PHUM PGOV PINS NI |
| 03ABUJA1314 | NIGERIA: AID ASST. ADMINISTRATOR'S DELTA VISIT [...][...] |
2003-07-31 16:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PINS EPET PREL PHUM NI |
| 03ABUJA1325 | KIDNAPPING OF NIGERIAN CHEVRON WORKER [...][...] |
2003-08-01 15:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET PINS PGOV NI |
| 03ABUJA1328 | RENEWED WARRI VIOLENCE A CAUSE FOR CONCERN [...][...] |
2003-08-04 14:36:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET PINS ASEC PREL PGOV NI |
| 03ABUJA1333 | OBASANJO TALKS TOUGH ON OIL THEFT AND WARRI CRISIS [...][...] |
2003-08-06 16:33:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PINS PGOV ASEC NI |
| 03ABUJA1338 | NIGERIA: RESTARTING OIL PRODUCTION IN WARRI [...][...] |
2003-08-06 18:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PINS ASEC PGOV NI |
| 03ABUJA1354 | ANTICIPATED MILITARY OPERATIONS IN THE DELTA [...][...] |
2003-08-08 17:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PINS PGOV ASEC NI |
| 03ABUJA1359 | PRIVATIZATION OF GON MINORITY SHAREHOLDINGS [...]tion request, para 8. ¶2. Summary. The Government of Nigeria (GON) wants to privatize the approximately forty p[...] |
2003-08-08 18:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EINV BTIO KIDE NI |
| 03ABUJA1372 | ADVANCING THE VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLES IN NIGERIA: USE [...][...] |
2003-08-12 14:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EPET KCRM PHUM SNAR NI |
| 03ABUJA1379 | WARRI CRISIS UPDATE 13AUG03 [...][...] |
2003-08-13 16:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PINS ASEC PGOV PHUM NI |
| 03ABUJA1387 | WARRI CRISIS UPDATE 14AUG03 [...][...] |
2003-08-14 17:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PINS NI |
| 03ABUJA1408 | WARRI CRISIS UPDATE 18AUG03 [...][...] |
2003-08-18 16:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PINS PGOV PHUM NI |
| 03ABUJA1409 | WARRI CRISIS UPDATE 19AUG03 [...]) Classified by Counselor James Maxstadt for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). ¶2. (C) Summary: Violent clashes between I[...] |
2003-08-19 15:35:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PINS MOPS ASEC EPET NI |
| 03ABUJA1411 | WARRI CRISIS UPDATE 20AUG03 [...][...] |
2003-08-20 15:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PINS ASEC PGOV PHUM NI |
| 03ABUJA1430 | WARRI CRISIS UPDATE 21AUG03 [...]) Classified by Counselor James Maxstadt for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). ¶2. (SBU) Warri remained calm overnight Aug[...] |
2003-08-21 17:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET PGOV PINS ASEC PHUM NI |
| 03ABUJA1441 | WARRI CRISIS UPDATE 22AUG03 [...]) Classified by Counselor James Maxstadt for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). ¶2. (SBU) Warri town remains calm, reports [...] |
2003-08-22 16:57:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS EPET PGOV ASEC PHUM NI |
| 03ABUJA1473 | FOLLOW-UP ON APRIL 2003 TRANSOCEAN HOSTAGE TAKING [...][...] |
2003-08-27 15:35:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ASEC PGOV NI PLAB |
| 03ABUJA1635 | OBASANJO VISITS WARRI; HOLDS MEETING WITH WARRING [...]BU) According to press reports and Warri contacts, President Obasanjo traveled to Warri the morning of September 19 for an aerial tour[...] |
2003-09-19 17:04:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EPET PINS NI |
| 03ABUJA1638 | A VIEW TO A SPILL: SHELL IN THE SPOTLIGHT [...]BU) During an early August visit to Port Harcourt, CRO met with the Center for Social and Corporate Responsibility (CSCR), a Port Harc[...] |
2003-09-19 17:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET SENV EWWT PHUM PGOV NI |
| 03ABUJA1656 | SHELL RESUMES LIMITED PRODUCTION IN WARRI; [...]) During a September 23 phone conversation with CRO, Shell's Security Manager for the Warri area, Tony Obuaya, confirmed that three Sh[...] |
2003-09-24 15:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ASEC PINS PGOV NI |
| 03ABUJA1700 | NIGERIA: FUEL PRICES HIKED BY FIAT [...]C) This morning Nigerians returned to work after yesterday's public holiday and learned from the media that the GON had deregulated t[...] |
2003-10-02 15:31:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB EPET ENRG PGOV PHUM ASEC CASC NI |
| 03ABUJA1731 | GAS STRIKE: HEARTBURN TO BEGIN OCTOBER 9 [...]BU) It seems certain that a strike and/or demonstrations will start in at least some parts of Nigeria October 9, led by a coalition of[...] |
2003-10-08 17:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS EPET ECON NI |
| 03ABUJA1735 | OBASANJO CRITICIZES NLC IN NATIONAL SPEECH JUST [...]) On the evening of October 8 President Obasanjo delivered a nationally televised speech sharply criticizing the Nigerian Labour Congr[...] |
2003-10-09 16:39:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS EPET ECON NI |
| 03ABUJA1737 | STRIKE IS OFF, DEREGULATION MAY STILL BE ON [...]) After a "Stakeholders' Forum" October 8, mediating Governor Bola Tinubu announced a four-point agreement between them on behalf of t[...] |
2003-10-09 17:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS EPET ECON NI |
| 03ABUJA1761 | SIGNS OF RENEWED FIGHTING IN WARRI [...]/NF) SUMMARY: Indications from various sources in the Warri area suggest strongly that the relative peace seen in the region for the p[...] |
2003-10-10 16:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PINS PGOV PTER EPET PHUM NI |
| 03ABUJA1762 | GAS PRICES THE MORNING AFTER [...]BU) Touring Abuja city, the Abuja Federal Capital Territory, and neighboring state Niger on October 10, it is clear the end of the pro[...] |
2003-10-10 16:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET PINS ELAB NI |
| 03ABUJA1787 | NIGERIA: POLICE ARREST LABOR OFFICIALS [...]) Summary: Nigerian Police arrested six Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) leaders Monday in an apparent move by the GON to hinder Labor's [...] |
2003-10-15 15:30:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB EPET PGOV PHUM NI |
| 03ABUJA1908 | OIL COMPANIES DIFFER ON RESTARTING WARRI [...]/NF) Summary: Shell's October resumption of oil production in Warri has highlighted a widening split between the Anglo-Dutch oil firm[...] |
2003-11-03 14:27:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV EPET PINS NI |
| 03ABUJA344 | NIGERIA: OBASANJO ON IRAQ, TERRORISM AND OIL [...]C) Summary: President Obasanjo February 13 publicly called for Iraq to disarm peacefully, noting that the US could not be expected to[...] |
2003-02-14 17:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EPET NI IZ |
| 03ABUJA352 | Bakassi -- Meeting with Ould-Abdallah: Cameroon [...]) This is an action message; see para 10. ¶2. (C) Summary: Nigeria's approach to its border dispute with Camero[...] |
2003-02-18 16:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS SENV EPET EFIS NI CM |
| 03ABUJA367 | NIGERIA: ECONOMIC ROUNDUP FEBRUARY 20 [...]is periodic economic report from Abuja and Lagos includes: --Canned Beer and Soda Coming Soon to Nigeria --Nigeria's Juice Ban[...] |
2003-02-20 14:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EAGR ELTN EPET EIND EINV NI |
| 03ABUJA380 | NIGERIA COMPLETES FINANCING PACT FOR BILLION [...]) On January 23, Nigeria LNG (NLNG) held a signing ceremony for the six Nigerian banks providing $160 million of the $1.06 billion fin[...] |
2003-02-21 13:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV OPEC |
| 03ABUJA385 | NIGERIA PROPOSES NEW OPEC QUOTA SCHEME [...]) Summary: Special Assistant on Petroleum Issues Kupolokun told the Ambassador on February 14 that Nigeria had made a thinly-veiled th[...] |
2003-02-21 15:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL NI OPEC |
| 03ABUJA472 | NIGERIA: MEETING WITH NNPC MANAGING DIRECTOR [...]mmary: On January 31, Ambassador Jeter and Econoff met with Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Group Managing Director, J[...] |
2003-03-11 13:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG PREL NI OIL |
| 03ABUJA554 | NIGERIA: VIOLENCE ESCALATES IN ESCRAVOS [...]U) Proprietary information in paragraphs 3-4. Please protect accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) Summary: Escalating violenc[...] |
2003-03-22 19:22:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET CASC PINS ASEC PREF PGOV PHUM NI |
| 03ABUJA555 | NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO'S STRATEGY FOR [...]) Summary: The Ijaw militants in the Delta who instigated this latest round of communal violence are surprisingly well armed, accordin[...] |
2003-03-22 19:27:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ASEC CASC PGOV PINS NI |
| 03ABUJA558 | TFIZ01: NIGERIAN CRUDE PRODUCTION DROPS ABOUT 33% [...]SBU) Summary: Ongoing ethnic strife may cut Nigeria's crude production by 33% and its exports by 43% -- larger cuts than most media a[...] |
2003-03-24 13:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET CASC AINR ASEC PINS ELAB PREF NI IZ |
| 03ABUJA629 | NIGERIA: CONCERN FOR CRISIS IN THE DELTA [...]C) SUMMARY: During a March 26 evening meeting, President Obasanjo, Ambassador Jeter and British High Commissioner Philip Thomas discus[...] |
2003-04-03 18:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL MOPS PHUM NI |
| 03ABUJA653 | NIGERIA: DELTA OIL CRISIS MAY PINCH THE ECONOMY [...]ws that Chevron returned to Escravos to gradually resume oil production is encouraging. Shell also may soon return. However, armed loc[...] |
2003-04-08 09:33:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EPET ENRG EINV PGOV PREL NI |
| 03ABUJA659 | NIGERIA: NAVY MINISTER SAYS MILITARY MUST TAKE [...]C) SUMMARY: During a March 27 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Minister of State for Defense (Navy) Chris Agbobu discussed the recent vi[...] |
2003-04-09 18:04:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV MOPS EPET ASEC CASC PINS NI |
| 03ABUJA666 | RIVERS STATE VIOLENCE COULD IMPACT OIL [...][...] |
2003-04-10 18:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EPET NI |
| 03ABUJA716 | NIGERIA -- SSS DIRECTOR PREDICTS ENFORCEMENT [...]) SUMMARY. During an April 11 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, the Director General of the State Security Service, Kayode Are, (SSS) pre[...] |
2003-04-17 20:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PREL PGOV EPET MOPS NI |
| 03ABUJA718 | NIGERIA: WARRI CRISIS COMING TO A HEAD [...][...] |
2003-04-17 22:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS EPET NI |
| 03ABUJA753 | NIGERIA: GON SAYS OPEC UNLIKELY TO CUT [...]S) On April 22, Ambassador Jeter delivered reftel demarche to President Obasanjo's Special Advisor on Petroleum Affairs and Energy Ril[...] |
2003-04-25 16:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PREL ECON EPET NI IZ |
| 03ABUJA768 | NIGERIA: DISGRUNTLED OIL WORKERS HOLD [...]mmary: Since April 16, disgruntled Nigerian oil service workers have held hostage as many as 97 expatriates, including 23 U.S.-citizen[...] |
2003-04-29 21:00:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ASEC EPET ENRG ECON PINS PGOV NI |
| 03ABUJA806 | NIGERIA: NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE FOR RELEASE OF 17 [...]) Transocean Sedco Forex Managing Director Ian Clark told the Ambassador April 30 that the 273 hostages, including 96 expatriates of w[...] |
2003-04-30 20:07:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC ASEC EPET ENRG ECON PINS PGOV NI |
| 03ABUJA807 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE CRISIS CONTINUES, MILITARY GETS [...]) Transocean Sedco Forex officials confirm that striking oil workers still hold 273 hostages--including 17 U.S. citizens and 79 other [...] |
2003-05-01 16:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC ASEC EPET ENRG ECON PINS PGOV NI |
| 03ABUJA810 | NIGERIA: NO MILITARY ACTION YET ON OIL RIG HOSTAGE [...]) GON National Security Agency Military Assistant Colonel Idris and State Security Service Director General Kayode Are both told the A[...] |
2003-05-02 12:07:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC ASEC EPET ENRG ECON PINS PGOV NI |
| 03ABUJA813 | NIGERIA: AGREEMENT REACHED ON OIL RIG HOSTAGE [...]tional Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) local and national leadership on May 3 agreed unconditionally that all 273 [...] |
2003-05-02 17:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ASEC EPET ENRG ECON PINS PGOV NI |
| 03ABUJA816 | NIGERIA: WARRI IJAWS THREATEN RENEWED VIOLENCE; [...][...] |
2003-05-02 19:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS EPET ENRG NI |
| 03ABUJA817 | NIGERIA - SSS DIRECTOR ON THE ELECTION AND [...]) During an April 30 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, the Director General of the State Security Service (SSS) Kayode Are said that all [...] |
2003-05-02 19:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET PINS MOPS NI |
| 03ABUJA824 | NIGERIA: SHELL'S "SEA EAGLE" ENDANGERED [...]ril 29 local newspapers reported that Shell's newly deployed Floating Production and Storage and Offloading Platform (FPSO), the "Sea [...] |
2003-05-06 14:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS PGOV EPET NI |
| 03ABUJA826 | NIGERIA: OIL RIG HOSTAGES SAFELY ON SHORE [...]ansocean Sedco Forex Managing Director Ian Clark told Econoff May 5 that all hostages and striking oil workers had been safely removed[...] |
2003-05-06 16:36:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ASEC EPET ENRG ECON PINS PGOV NI |
| 03ABUJA887 | NIGERIA: INFORMATION ON GON FISCAL TRANSPARENCY [...]ragraph 2 provides answers to reftel questions. ¶2. ¶A. Does the host government publish the national budget i[...] |
2003-05-14 16:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | AA AMGT EAID ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD NI |
| 03ABUJA905 | NIGERIA: VP ON POLITICS, PROSPECTS FOR REFORM [...]C) Summary: DCM 8 May met with VP Atiku Abubakar and others in Washington. Atiku sought continued USG support for market-based econo[...] |
2003-05-16 16:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MASS ETRD EPET EINV KDEM EAID NI |
| 03ABUJA945 | Evaluating the Terrorist Threat to U.S. Oil [...]SBU) The Mission understands that consideration is being given to issuing a revised travel warning for Nigeria to make specific mentio[...] |
2003-05-27 13:39:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | CASC ASEC PREL PTER EPET NI |
| 03ABUJA984 | NIGERIA: OIL REVENUE ALLOCATION ISSUE UNRESOLVED [...]mmary. This cable provides an update on the ongoing disagreement between the Presidency and National Assembly over the politically sen[...] |
2003-06-05 11:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET PBTS EFIN PGOV NI |
| 03ABUJA990 | NIGERIA: OIL COMPANY SECURITY [...]SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter, Consul General and CG Lagos staff met EXXON/MOBIL, Halliburton and ChevronTexaco Managing Directors on[...] |
2003-06-05 14:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ASEC CASC ECON EINV NI |
| 03AMMAN1234 | DCM'S MEETING WITH ENERGY MINISTER BATAYNEH [...]u) Following are info items from the DCM's February 24 meeting with Energy Minister Mohammed Batayneh: ¶2. (c) Gasoil s[...] |
2003-03-03 06:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EAIR ETTC JO |
| 03AMMAN1252 | BIDDER ON JORDAN-IRAQ OIL PIPELINE SEEKS USG [...]sbu) We were recently contacted by Brock Tuppeny, Business Development Manager for Petrofac, a UK-registered company with extensive o[...] |
2003-03-03 12:15:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EPET ETTC IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1749 | DENYING PETROFAC'S ADVOCACY REQUEST [...]u) On March 13, Embassy informed Petrofac Business Development Manager Brock Tuppeny of the USG's determination that Petrofac's bid o[...] |
2003-03-23 17:49:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP EPET ETTC IZ JO UNSC |
| 03AMMAN1881 | TFIZ01: MUASHER SAYS STORY ON RESUMPTION OF OIL [...]S) The Ambassador raised with Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher March 29 local press reports that as many as thirty Jordanian oil tanke[...] |
2003-03-29 17:23:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL MOPS EPET IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1898 | TFIZ01: INFOMIN: SEVEN OIL TRUCKS GO TO IRAQ, [...]C) Information Minister Mohammad Adwan told the Ambassador March 30 that, contrary to information reported in ref conversation with F[...] |
2003-03-30 12:58:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET ETRD IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2367 | TFIZ01: JORDAN'S ENERGY MINISTER ON OIL SITUATION, [...]c) Summary: Jordanian Energy Minister Mohammed Bataineh told us April 17 that after a slow start, Gulf oil was now flowing into Jord[...] |
2003-04-20 10:28:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ETRD ENRG IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN3375 | JORDANIAN RESPONSE: CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS [...]U) As per REFTEL, responses to questions addressing government fiscal transparency in Jordan are as follows: a-3 b-Th[...] |
2003-06-09 11:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT EAID ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD JO |
| 03AMMAN3512 | JORDAN'S ENERGY MINISTER CONFIRMS CONTINUATION OF [...]sbu) Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Mohammed Batayneh confirmed on June 12 press reports that the GOJ had reached agreement[...] |
2003-06-15 06:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ETRD PREL KU SA JO TC |
| 03AMMAN4650 | GOJ BEGINS OIL DISCUSSIONS WITH IRAQ [...]c) Summary: A working-level GOJ delegation from the Ministries of Energy and Finance, along with refinery officials, traveled to Bag[...] |
2003-07-27 15:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN7299 | NEW ENERGY MINISTER ADDRESSES OIL SUPPLY ISSUES [...]) SUMMARY: Newly appointed Jordanian Minister of Energy Azmi Khreisat told the Ambassador on November 5 that Jordan has agreed to purc[...] |
2003-11-06 18:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV PREL JO IZ |
| 03AMMAN861 | SAUDIS TELL KING ABDULLAH THEY WILL JOIN OIL DEAL; [...]S) King Abdullah told the Ambassador and PolCouns February 5 that Saudi CP Abdullah confirmed to him during his February 4 visit to S[...] |
2003-02-06 16:42:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL EPET MARR IZ EAID SA KU JO UA |
| 03ANKARA1448 | BTC, SHAH DENIZ, TURKEY-GREECE INTERCONNECT: ON [...]) Summary: BP and BOTAS General Manager Bildaci are still concerned that BOTAS does not have sufficient authority to meet its obligat[...] |
2003-03-06 14:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU |
| 03ANKARA1724 | CBED AMBASSADOR MANN'S MARCH 12 VISIT TO ANKARA [...]) Summary: During CBED Ambassador Mann,s March 12 visit to Ankara, MFA and Ministry of Energy officials requested his intervention wi[...] |
2003-03-19 10:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU |
| 03ANKARA1952 | IMPACT OF IRAQ OPERATION ON KIRKUK-YUMURTALIK [...]) Summary: BOTAS General Manager Bildaci told us the oil flow in the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik (Ceyhan) Pipeline had decreased by half and li[...] |
2003-03-25 15:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET ETTC TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA1967 | IMPACT OF IRAQ OPERATION ON BTC PIPELINE, TPAO [...]) BOTAS General Manager Gokhan Bildaci and BP's local BTC Co. President Yasar Latifov told us March 25-26 the Iraq Operation thus far [...] |
2003-03-26 13:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG ETTC TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA2165 | BOTAS GENERAL MANAGER BILDACI DISCHARGED [...]) The Ministry of Energy has officially dismissed Gokhan Bildaci from his position as Chairman and General Manager of BOTAS, the state[...] |
2003-04-03 08:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG TU |
| 03ANKARA2445 | KIRKUK-YUMARTALIK PIPELINE: TANKS FULL, NO NEW [...]) This is an action request. See para 5. ¶2. (SBU) BOTAS Deputy General Manager Fuat Celepci told econoff April [...] |
2003-04-15 07:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG ETTC TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA2459 | BTC OPERATIONAL ISSUES: PROGRESS, BUT CHALLENGES [...]) Summary: The GOT has made progress on outstanding BTC operational issues since BTC Co sent a "material breach" letter to Energy Min[...] |
2003-04-15 12:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU |
| 03ANKARA2552 | KIRKUK-YUMARTALIK PIPELINE: CLARIFICATION ON [...]C) Reftel reported that BOTAS executives had informed Embassy that the storage tanks at Ceyhan were full with about 6.5 million barrel[...] |
2003-04-18 15:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET TU IZ UNSC |
| 03ANKARA2997 | BTC CO LIFTS MATERIAL BREACH CLAIM [...]) Summary: BTC Co has formally informed the GOT that the government is no longer in material breach of its obligations under the BTC [...] |
2003-05-08 04:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU |
| 03ANKARA3190 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PIPELINES, BOT PROJECTS WITH [...]) Summary. Energy Minister Guler reiterated to Ambassador May 13 his personal commitment to completing BTC construction on time in Tu[...] |
2003-05-15 08:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET ETTC GG TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA3268 | MFA RAISES KIRKUK-YUMARTALIK PIPELINE AGAIN [...]) This cable contains an action request. See para 3. ¶2. (C) MFA Deputy Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Alev �[...] |
2003-05-17 05:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG ETTC TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA3537 | DISCUSSION WITH MFA ON TURKEY-IRAQ TRADE AND [...]U) This cable contains an action request. See para 8. ¶2. (SBU) Summary: DCM met with MFA Deputy U/S for Economic &#[...] |
2003-05-30 15:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL EPET IZ TU |
| 03ANKARA373 | USG SUPPORTS MANDIL FOR IEA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: [...][...] |
2003-01-15 14:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET AORC TU IEA OECD |
| 03ANKARA3731 | FACILITATING TURKEY-IRAQ FUEL OIL FOR GASOLINE/LPG [...]C) In separate June 9 meetings, Ambassador and EconCouns urged MFA U/S Ziyal and Foreign Trade U/S Kayalar, respectively, to facilitat[...] |
2003-06-09 15:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL ETRD IZ TU |
| 03ANKARA3794 | KDP'S CONTINUED PRACTICE OF CHARGING FEES AT [...]) This is an action request. See para 4. ¶2. (C) Recent reports that the KDP intends to continue charging taxes/[...] |
2003-06-11 14:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL IZ TU |
| 03ANKARA400 | TURKISH OFFICIALS QUESTION IRAQ IMPACT ON ENERGY [...]) Summary: Turkish officials have begun to ask about the potential impact of an Iraq operation on Turkish energy interests, raising w[...] |
2003-01-16 08:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET ETTC IZ AJ GG KZ TU UNSC |
| 03ANKARA4070 | IRAQI SOMO-DELTA PETROLEUM BARTER DEAL UNDERWAY [...]) Baghdad minimize considered. ¶2. (SBU) Delta Petroleum and the MFA confirmed to us that the GOT had given final[...] |
2003-06-25 15:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET PREL TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA4224 | BOTAS READY TO RESUME PIPELINE OPERATIONS; WAITING [...]) Baghdad minimize considered. ¶2. (SBU) BOTAS General Manager Mehmet Bilgic told econoff July 3 that the storage[...] |
2003-07-03 13:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG PREL TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA528 | ENERGY MINISTER GULER ON RUSSIAN GAS, BTC [...]) Summary. Energy Minister Guler told Ambassador January 15 that one of his top priorities was to renegotiate Turkey's expensive natu[...] |
2003-01-22 14:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET GG TU KZ ETTC |
| 03ANKARA6302 | TURKEY RAISES CONCERN ABOUT STALLED OIL EXPORTS [...]U) Baghdad Minimize considered. ¶2. (C) Turkish officials are concerned by recent press reports that Iraq has de[...] |
2003-10-07 16:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ETRD IZ PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA6345 | TURKEY UNHAPPY WITH DECISION TO REVERSE [...]C) SUMMARY: MFA Deputy DG for Energy and Water Haki Akil told EconCouns that Turkey was opposed to the recently announced agreement t[...] |
2003-10-09 08:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL RS TU UK |
| 03ANKARA7000 | KBR PERSPECTIVE ON HABUR GATE [...]BU-BUS SENS) A senior Kellogg, Brown and Root-Turkey (KBR-T) manager met with PO on Oct. 31 to update the state of current challenges[...] |
2003-11-07 14:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET PREL IZ TU |
| 03ANKARA753 | BTC UPDATE FROM TURKEY [...]) Summary: BTC construction in Turkey is on schedule (first pipe is scheduled to arrive at Iskenderun port on February 7) and on budg[...] |
2003-01-29 17:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU |
| 03ANKARA7878 | AMBASSADOR MANN, TURKISH OFFICIALS DISCUSS NEXT [...]C) Summary: Ambassador Steven Mann, State Department Special Representative for Caspian Energy Diplomacy, visited Ankara, December 16[...] |
2003-12-23 12:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ENRG EPET IZ PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA935 | TURKISH PETROLEUM OPTIMISTIC ABOUT BUSINESS IN A [...]) Summary: The Turkish Petroleum Agency (TPAO) is optimistic about business opportunities in a post-sanctions Iraq. TPAO Vice Presid[...] |
2003-02-06 15:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU |
| 03COLOMBO1027 | FY 2003 TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY [...]ost response for Maldives to reftel survey request follows: a. Does host government publish national budget in a time[...] |
2003-06-12 10:34:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | AA AMGT EAID EFIN EINV EPET ETRD MV ECPN |
| 03COLOMBO2199 | IMI: OIL EXPLORATION OPPORTUNITY IN SRI [...]ummary: Hoping to begin off-shore oil prospecting soon, the Sri Lanka Government intends to announce its plans to international oil c[...] |
2003-12-31 10:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP EPET ENRG BTIO CE ECONOMICS |
| 03COLOMBO747 | FY 2003 TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY [...]ost response to reftel survey request follows. Post consulted IMF and WB rep offices in Colombo and Central Bank contacts in preparing[...] |
2003-05-05 10:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | AA AMGT EAID EFIN EINV EPET ETRD CE ECPN |
| 03HALIFAX352 | AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO NOVA SCOTIA: SECURITY, ECONOMY, [...]UMMARY: Ambassador's visit to Nova Scotia October 9 - 14 was useful in reinforcing a traditionally good relationship between the prov[...] |
2003-10-21 13:52:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD EFIS ECON EPET MOPS SENV ASEC CA |
| 03HALIFAX356 | NEWFOUNDLAND-LABRADOR PROVINCIAL ELECTION: TORY SWEEP ENDS [...]UMMARY: There could be a new round of political wrangling between the federal government and the newly elected Progressive Conservati[...] |
2003-10-23 11:13:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ENRG EPET CA |
| 03HALIFAX394 | PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS PRODUCE NEW LINEUP OF ENERGY MINISTERS [...]BU) SUMMARY: Canada's four Atlantic Provinces have all held provincial elections this year: Newfoundland-Labrador (October 21), Prin[...] |
2003-11-21 11:39:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET PGOV CA |
| 03HALIFAX52 | NOVA SCOTIA ENERGY MINISTER STILL OPTIMISTIC [...]ENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. ¶2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Nova Scotia provincial government remains optimistic about the future [...] |
2003-02-28 17:41:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET PGOV ETRD CA US |
| 03HANOI1258 | VIETNAM: P.L. 108-7 - Consolidated Appropriations [...]his cable was originally sent May 5, 2003 but encountered TERP transmission problems. Post apologizes for the delay. Responses to re[...] |
2003-05-22 10:16:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AA AMGT EAID ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD VM FINREF |
| 03HARARE1156 | Deregulation Deal Could End Dry Spell for Fuel [...]BU) Summary: Fuel continues to be very scarce throughout the country. There are widespread rumors that multinationals will soon be [...] |
2003-06-06 07:23:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EPET ZI |
| 03HARARE1321 | Fuel Strategies Amidst The Downward Spiral [...]BU) Summary: As noted reftel, multinational oil companies remain in limbo as to whether they will be allowed to sell fuel imported w[...] |
2003-06-27 10:19:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EPET ZI |
| 03HARARE152 | ExxonMobil tells GOZ to cut fuel subsidy [...]BU) Summary: A visiting ExxonMobil delegation recently urged the GOZ to stop subsidizing fuel consumption, which has completely overb[...] |
2003-01-22 12:12:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EFIN ECON ZI |
| 03HARARE1710 | GOZ triples fuel price - again [...]mmary: The GOZ has raised the controlled price of leaded fuel from Z$ 450 to 1,170/liter. Not enough to reawaken Zimbabwe's somnolent[...] |
2003-08-28 14:49:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET EINV ZI |
| 03HARARE2091 | GOZ has no money for fuel [...]mmary: Oil parastatal NOCZIM has been unable to import fuel for GOZ purposes over the past week. End summary. ¶2[...] |
2003-10-20 13:43:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET EINV PGOV ZI |
| 03HARARE409 | Modest Hike in Fuel Prices [...]) Summary: The GOZ has nearly doubled the price of fuel, the first increase since June 2001. The higher pump price still reflects a [...] |
2003-02-26 12:33:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET ETRD ZI |
| 03HARARE752 | GOZ hikes fuel price again [...]) Summary: In an attempt to alleviate severe shortages, the GOZ has approximately tripled gas and doubled diesel prices. Economic im[...] |
2003-04-16 11:42:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECON EINV ETRD ZI |
| 03HARARE781 | Zimbabwe's Fuel Hikes: Why No Leadership? [...]BU) Summary: A week after raising fuel prices 3- fold, President Mugabe has offered no rationale or counsel to a shell-shocked popula[...] |
2003-04-23 10:06:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET PGOV EINV ETRD ZI |
| 03HARARE873 | Fuel Crisis Intensifies [...]) Summary: Zimbabwe's fuel supply continues to worsen. Most motorists are grounded, importing their own or buying it at exorbitant bl[...] |
2003-05-07 13:22:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET PGOV EINV ETRD ZI |
| 03HOCHIMINHCITY268 | HCMC BUSINESSES SEE LIMITED ECONOMIC IMPACT FROM WAR IN [...]s U.S. forces launched the first strikes against Iraq, government and business leaders in HCMC were still largely uncertain what effec[...] |
2003-03-20 13:56:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET ETRD PREL VM |
| 03KATHMANDU549 | NEPAL: GOVERNMENT RAISES PETROL PRICES [...]) Summary: The Government of Nepal (GON) raised prices on all petroleum products to prevent further losses by state-owned Nepal Oil C[...] |
2003-03-26 11:20:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET PGOV NP GON |
| 03KUWAIT1002 | KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 19, 2003 [...][...] |
2003-03-20 04:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET KU |
| 03KUWAIT1010 | KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 20, 2003 [...]) A full breakdown of KPC production was not available today, but a senior KPC official reported total output was 2.45 million barrels[...] |
2003-03-20 14:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET KU |
| 03KUWAIT1020 | KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 21, 2003 [...]) Detailed breakdown of Kuwaiti oil production is not available today. A senior KPC official told EconChief today that production in [...] |
2003-03-21 11:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET KU |
| 03KUWAIT1021 | TFIZ01: OIL SMOKE CLOUDS OVER KUWAIT [...]MMARY: People in Kuwait awoke March 21, 2003, to a dark sky north of the city. Post confirmed through US military sources that the s[...] |
2003-03-21 12:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EPET ALOW IZ KU |
| 03KUWAIT1036 | KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 22, 2003 [...]) A senior KPC official told EconChief that the Kuwait Oil Company Firefighting team has been dispatched to Northern Kuwait to assess [...] |
2003-03-22 17:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET KU |
| 03KUWAIT1049 | KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 23, 2003 [...]) A Senior KOC official tells the Embassy that the KOC firefighting team is now on site at the Ratqa Field camp in Northern Kuwait. T[...] |
2003-03-23 17:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET KU |
| 03KUWAIT1063 | KUWAIT REQUESTS IMMEDIATE U.S. ASSISTANCE TO [...]) This is an action request. Please see para. 5. ¶2. (C) Summary: On March 24, the GOK requested immediate USG assistance[...] |
2003-03-24 18:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EPET KU SA JO |
| 03KUWAIT1064 | KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 24, 2003 [...]) A detailed breakdown of Kuwait's oil production is not yet available for today, but Embassy is told output from 0500 03/23/03 to 050[...] |
2003-03-24 18:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET KU |
| 03KUWAIT1074 | TFIZ01: THE WORD ON KUWAIT'S ENVIRONMENT [...]MMARY: As US-led military action against Iraq moved into its sixth day, Kuwait stepped up measures to protect the environment from Ira[...] |
2003-03-25 12:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EPET ALOW IZ KU |
| 03KUWAIT1078 | KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 25, 2003 [...][...] |
2003-03-25 16:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET KU |
| 03KUWAIT1101 | KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 26, 2003 [...]) Local press reports on 3/26 noted the visit of the acting Minister of Oil, Sheikh Ahmed Al-Fahed Al-Sabah to the Ratqa oil field whe[...] |
2003-03-26 15:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET KU |
| 03KUWAIT1112 | KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 27, 2003 [...]) Press reports on 3/27/03 confirm that efforts to extinguish fires burning in the Rumaila field in southern Iraq were abandoned on Tu[...] |
2003-03-27 13:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET KU |
| 03KUWAIT1119 | KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 28, 2003 [...]) Embassy notes that that KOC reported production from its northern fields has risen 7.1% from 400,265 barrels on March 26 to 428,689 [...] |
2003-03-28 13:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET KU |
| 03KUWAIT1148 | KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 29, 2003 [...][...] |
2003-03-29 16:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET KU |
| 03KUWAIT1153 | TFIZ01 - KUWAITI OIL FOR JORDAN [...]) Ambassador spoke with Kuwaiti Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah afternoon of Thursday, M[...] |
2003-03-30 07:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | EPET EAID PREL KU SA JO |
| 03KUWAIT1162 | TFIZ01: KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 30, 2003 [...]) Detailed Kuwaiti production figures are unavailable today, but total production is understood to remain above 2.4 million barrels pe[...] |
2003-03-30 15:04:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET KU |
| 03KUWAIT1176 | TFIZ01: KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 31, 2003 [...][...] |
2003-03-31 15:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET KU |
| 03KUWAIT1195 | TFIZ01: KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- APRIL 1, 2003 [...][...] |
2003-04-01 14:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET KU |
| 03KUWAIT1217 | TFIZ01: KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- APRIL 02, 2003 [...]/NF) Post has investigated rumors of an explosion and fire at the Rawdatain oil field in northern Kuwait, and found them to be untrue[...] |
2003-04-02 14:24:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | EPET KU |
| 03KUWAIT1227 | TFIZ01: KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- APRIL 03, 2003 [...][...] |
2003-04-03 12:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET KU |
| 03KUWAIT1232 | TFIZ01: KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- APRIL 04, 2003 [...][...] |
2003-04-04 09:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET KU |
| 03KUWAIT1274 | TFIZ01: KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- APRIL 05, 2003 [...]) Detailed oil production for Kuwait Oil Company was not available today, but production likely remains just under 2.4 million barrels[...] |
2003-04-06 14:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET KU |
| 03KUWAIT1280 | TFIZ01: KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- APRIL 06, 2003 [...][...] |
2003-04-07 05:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET KU |
| 03KUWAIT1306 | TFIZ01: KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- APRIL 08, 2003 [...]) Local press reports today quote Kuwait Undersecretary for Oil Issa Al-Aoun as saying that Kuwait will continue to produce 2.44 milli[...] |
2003-04-08 14:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET KU |
| 03KUWAIT1381 | TFIZ01: TRYING TO RESOLVE THE UNCC/RECONSTRUCTION [...]) SUMMARY: Decisions will be made soon about distributions of Iraqi oil revenues that may have significant political as well as econo[...] |
2003-04-13 06:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET PREL EFIN KU IZ UNCC |
| 03KUWAIT1454 | TFIZ01: KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- APRIL 14, 2003 [...]) For the period beginning 0500 April 10 and ending 0500 April 14, total Kuwait daily crude oil production averaged 2,405,280 barrels [...] |
2003-04-16 07:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET KU |
| 03KUWAIT3039 | GOK REQUESTS INCREASED SECURITY FOR FUEL SHIPMENTS [...]) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ¶2. (C) MFA U/S Khalid al-Jarallah contacted the Ambassador on the a[...] |
2003-07-09 12:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL EPET IZ KU |
| 03KUWAIT3589 | (C) GOK CLAIMS TURKS BUYING IRAQI OIL, [...]) This is an action request. Please see para. 4. ¶2. (C) During their July 27 meeting, MFA U/S Khaled Al-Jarallah told th[...] |
2003-08-06 03:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET ETRD KU IZ TU |
| 03KUWAIT3775 | SHEPHERDING HUMANITARIAN FUEL FOR BASRA [...]ummary. Apparently frustrated that the Coalition was not heeding Kuwait's requests to tighten controls on the Iraq-Kuwait border to l[...] |
2003-08-19 03:56:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAID ENRG EPET MOPS PREL PGOV PTER KU IZ |
| 03KUWAIT4078 | (U) IRANIAN FM VISITS KUWAIT [...]) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi met with PM Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah and FM Shaykh Dr. Moha[...] |
2003-09-04 18:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET KU IR IZ KNPT IAEA |
| 03KUWAIT4141 | BIO DATA ON DR. ADNAN SHIHAB-ELDIN, OPEC [...]) Bio Data on Dr. Adnan Shihab-ElDin in reference to Kuwait 04078 para. 4. ¶2. (U) Name: Dr. Adnan Shihab-Eldin [...] |
2003-09-07 12:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET IR IZ KU PREL IAEA KNPT |
| 03KUWAIT5454 | (U) IRAQ: KUWAIT WANTS TO INCREASE "HUMANITARIAN [...]C) SUMMARY. Officials from Altanmia, the Kuwaiti consortium transporting humanitarian fuel to Iraq under contract to KBR, have told C[...] |
2003-12-03 09:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAID EPET PREL PGOV MOPS KU IZ |
| 03KUWAIT5756 | (C) GOK STILL AWAITING QATARI GAS; UNLIKELY TO [...]) Summary: Despite increased publicity surrounding a possible Kuwaiti-Iranian natural gas deal, the GOK is unlikely to conclude an agr[...] |
2003-12-20 13:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ETRD PREL KU SA QA IR |
| 03KUWAIT918 | KUWAIT OIL SITREP 3/13/03 [...]) A Senior KPC official informed Embassy late afternoon of March 12 that Kuwaiti production reached 2.4 mmbd. The source noted that E[...] |
2003-03-16 04:04:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET KU |
| 03KUWAIT920 | KUWAIT PREPARES ENVIRONMENT FOR WAR [...]MMARY: As part of Kuwait's wide-ranging contingency plans ahead of a potential US-led conflict in Iraq, the GOK has established an Eme[...] |
2003-03-16 04:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EPET KU |
| 03KUWAIT965 | KUWAIT OIL SITREP 3/17/03 [...][...] |
2003-03-18 07:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET KU |
| 03KUWAIT978 | KUWAIT OIL SITREP 3/18/03 [...][...] |
2003-03-18 13:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET KU |
| 03LAGOS148 | NIGERIA: NOT ONLY GAS FLARES IN NIGERIA, ITS' [...]C) Summary: Arson is strongly suspected in the December 24 fire that destroyed the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) �[...] |
2003-01-17 16:13:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ECON EPET EINV DS DSS ITA IP AF OSAC |
| 03LAGOS1535 | NIGERIA: DELTA KIDNAPPING THREATENS OIL [...]ummary: A Nigerian white collar worker for Chevron Nigeria Ltd. (subsidiary of Chevron/Texaco) and member of the Petroleum and Natura[...] |
2003-07-31 14:50:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EPET ENRG ECON CASC PGOV PINR PINS PTER NI XA XY |
| 03LAGOS168 | A CONVERSATION WITH THE POLICE [...]) Summary: A very discouraged Deputy Police Commissioner (DPC) for Lagos State met with CG and Econoff on January 7 to discuss the rec[...] |
2003-01-24 09:55:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR EPET ASEC NI |
| 03LAGOS1866 | NIGERIA: WARRI: A PAUSE IN THE VIOLENCE? [...]BU) There has been no serious violence reported in Warri for almost two weeks, other than what has been described as an inter-factiona[...] |
2003-09-05 12:54:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS EPET PGOV ASEC PHUM NI |
| 03LAGOS1899 | NIGERIA: UNIONS MAY EXPAND WORK ACTIONS OVER FEAR [...]eaders from the National Union of Petroleum and Gas Workers (NUPENG) and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nig[...] |
2003-09-10 11:57:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL |
| 03LAGOS1937 | SOUTHERN SNAPSHOTS - WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 8, 2003 [...]) Almost exactly one year after the prominent husband and wife team of lawyers, Barnabas Chidi and Amaka Blessing Igwe, was hacked to [...] |
2003-09-16 12:03:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM EPET SENV NI |
| 03LAGOS1940 | NIGERIA: MILITARY BUILD-UP KEEPS WARRI QUIET [...]BU) The town of Warri has remained mostly calm over the last two weeks as the Nigerian military and mobile police (known as MOPOL) con[...] |
2003-09-16 12:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINS EPET PGOV ASEC PHUM NI |
| 03LAGOS1967 | NIGERIA: SHELL AND POSSIBLY CHEVRON MAY RESUME [...]) SUMMARY. Shell Oil has been assessing its crude oil production facilities in the Delta swamps shut down by ethnic violence five mont[...] |
2003-09-18 10:39:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET ETRD NI |
| 03LAGOS2043 | NIGERIA: NLC MEETS TO PLAN MASS ACTION IN RESPONSE [...]he battle lines now appeared to be drawn between government and labor over possible fuel price increases. Long queues at gas stations [...] |
2003-10-02 10:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EPET PGOV KDEM NI |
| 03LAGOS2058 | NLC PLANS TO BOYCOTT ALL AFRICA GAMES AS PART OF A [...]) On October 1, gas stations throughout the nation increased their prices from 34 naira per liter to 39.5 naira in Lagos and Abuja an[...] |
2003-10-03 15:26:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC ELAB ENRG EPET KDEM NI PGOV PHUM |
| 03LAGOS2069 | Strike Begins Thursday, October 9 [...]ollowing its emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Ibadan on Saturday, October 4, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) an[...] |
2003-10-06 16:24:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC ELAB ENRG EPET KDEM NI PGOV PHUM |
| 03LAGOS2078 | CHEVRON'S VIEW ON THE DYNAMICS BEHIND THE FUEL [...]SBU) Summary: According to Chevron management some two weeks ago President Obasanjo ordered the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporati[...] |
2003-10-08 15:41:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ELAB ECON NI |
| 03LAGOS2080 | NIGERIA: POLICE NOT PREPARED FOR OCTOBER 9 STRIKE [...]) Haruna John (PROTECT), Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) resident in Lagos State gave Pol/Econ Officer an update on police prepare[...] |
2003-10-08 17:52:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ELAB ENRG EPET KDEM PGOV NI |
| 03LAGOS2081 | LASCO: NEW STRIKE, NEW PLANNING: NOT A REPEAT OF [...]BU) Summary: Chima Ubani, Executive Director of the Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO), told us that labor and civil society leaders m[...] |
2003-10-09 05:31:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EPET PHUM SOCI NI |
| 03LAGOS2090 | STRIKE SUSPENDED: LABOR AND OIL COMPANY VIEWS [...]) Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President Adams Oshiomhole announced October 8 at approximately 2300 that labor had suspended its plan[...] |
2003-10-09 17:43:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB EPET NI |
| 03LAGOS2100 | NIGERIA: PRIVATE MARKETERS PLAN FUEL IMPORTS [...]) Private marketers are planning to import fuel in the coming weeks for retail sales in Nigeria. Managers at both Texaco and Mobil re[...] |
2003-10-10 17:22:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET NI PGOV PREL |
| 03LAGOS2147 | NIGERIA: FUEL SUPPLY AND PRICE REMAIN IN TENSE [...]) Summary: The status of fuel supply and pricing in Nigeria remains in question as fuel marketers and labor leaders left a stakeholder[...] |
2003-10-17 16:22:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON ENRG EPET NI PGOV |
| 03LAGOS2193 | NIGERIA: WARRI UPDATE 10/24/03 - ITSEKIRI WANT TO [...]) Summary. After more than a month of peace, clashes between ethnic groups in the Niger Delta appear on the rise, although less deadl[...] |
2003-10-24 09:59:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV PINR PINS PHUM ASEC NI |
| 03LAGOS2200 | NIGERIA: TALK OF "MASS PROTESTS" ON FUEL [...][...] |
2003-10-24 16:18:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EPET PGOV PHUM SOCI NI XY |
| 03LAGOS2287 | PRESIDENT SHUFFLES THE DECK WITH NEW OIL ADVISOR [...]) SUMMARY. On Monday, November 3, the GON announced the removal of Jackson Gaius-Obaseki as the Group Managing Director (GMD) of the N[...] |
2003-11-04 17:41:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV PINR PREL EINV NI |
| 03LAGOS2330 | OBASANJO, OIL MARKETERS WIN OVER LABOR AND CIVIL [...][...] |
2003-11-10 18:29:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EPET PGOV PHUM SOCI NI XY |
| 03LAGOS2354 | FMR BIAFRAN PRESIDENT GENERAL OJUKWU MEETS WITH CG [...]BU) SUMMARY: Consul General and POLOFF (notetaker) met with former Biafran President General Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu and his[...] |
2003-11-14 10:44:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PREL PGOV PNAT SOCI EPET NI XY |
| 03LAGOS2357 | AMCITS NOT/NOT TAKEN HOSTAGE IN DELTA - CHEVRON [...]) Chevron's special security manager, Hamish Macdonald (sic), told Econoff on November 14 that no Americans were taken hostage in an [...] |
2003-11-14 15:47:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EPET PINR NI CACS |
| 03LAGOS2363 | OBASANJO SHOULD RESIGN CLAIMS CIVIL SOCIETY GROUP, [...]BU) SUMMARY: Civil society organizations continue to agitate on the national scene in an attempt to realize public policy and institut[...] |
2003-11-17 15:49:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EPET PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI NI XY |
| 03LAGOS2387 | FOUR WORN AND UNDER-UTILIZED REFINERIES FOR SALE [...]) SUMMARY. Nigeria's Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has set November 14 as the deadline for investors to submit expressions of int[...] |
2003-11-20 14:54:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ELAB PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI NI |
| 03LAGOS2422 | NIGERIA'S TRANSITION TO A DEREGULATED DOWNSTREAM [...]) SUMMARY. At the monthly Businessman's Lunch held at the American Guest Quarters pub in Lagos on November 6, executives of two major [...] |
2003-11-26 10:22:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PINR EINV NI |
| 03LAGOS2434 | EXPAT OIL WORKERS KIDNAPPED IN NIGER DELTA -- MORE [...]BU) On Thursday, November 27, seven expatriates were kidnapped in Nigeria's Niger Delta region. One has escaped or has been released. [...] |
2003-11-28 15:55:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EPET PGOV PINR PHUM EINV NI |
| 03LAGOS2467 | FUTURE OF NIGERIAN OIL & GAS [...]ble is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2.(SBU) Summary: On July 11 and 12, Econoffs met w[...] |
2003-12-05 19:35:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | NI ECON EINV EPET ENRG |
| 03LAGOS2493 | ETHNIC CLASHES ON THE BENIN RIVER [...]BU) SUMMARY: On Friday, December 5, Itsekiri militants attacked Ijaws in boats and in villages on the Benin River, north of Warri. Th[...] |
2003-12-09 16:48:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EPET PGOV PHUM PINR EINV NI |
| 03LAGOS2535 | A PEACE FORUM FOR WARRING PEOPLE OF WARRI [...]SBU) SUMMARY: ConGen Lagos officers observed the initial meeting of the Warri Forum on Peace, Security, and Human Rights organized by [...] |
2003-12-16 10:45:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINS EPET PINR MCAP SOCI NI |
| 03LAGOS2574 | PRICE CAPS AND STRIKES CAUSE NIGERIA'S DOWNSTREAM [...]) SUMMARY: Barely 60 days after President Obasanjo declared Nigeria's downstream petroleum sector officially and completely deregulate[...] |
2003-12-18 05:39:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ELAB PGOV NI |
| 03LAGOS2579 | BIO ON WARRI NAVAL COMMANDER CAPTAIN O.B. OGUNJIMI [...] N/F) On November 19, Poloff and Econoff met Captain Olufemi B. Ogunjimi, Commanding Officer (CO) of Nigerian Naval Station Delta (NNS[...] |
2003-12-18 15:36:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PINS MOPS PGOV EPET NI |
| 03LAGOS265 | EXPLOSION IN LAGOS [...]ensitive But Unclassified. ¶2. At approximately 1110 on Sunday, February 2, 2003, there was an explosion in Idum[...] |
2003-02-03 16:45:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KCRM CASC PINS EIND EPET PGOV EINV NI |
| 03LAGOS332 | NIGERIA: PETROLEUM INDUSTRY REGULATORY BODY [...][...] |
2003-02-14 13:07:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ENRG EPET EFIN PGOV NI |
| 03LAGOS344 | NIGERIA: DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES [...]n Saturday, February 15, employees from the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) went on strike to contest unpaid salaries and bene[...] |
2003-02-18 16:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ENRG EPET EFIN PGOV NI |
| 03LAGOS363 | NIGERIA: NUPENG JOINS DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM [...]U) As part of a solidarity agreement between the two major oil workers' unions, members of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR)[...] |
2003-02-21 06:31:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ENRG EFIN EPET PGOV NI |
| 03LAGOS384 | NIGERIA: ENERGY UPDATE, FEB 20 [...]) This periodic update covering energy issues includes: --Oil Strike Suspended, No Effect on Exports --Wellhead Blows in Ogoniland &#x[...] |
2003-02-25 06:32:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EFIN ECON EINV PINS NI |
| 03LAGOS499 | NIGERIA: ENERGY UPDATE, FEB 28 [...]is periodic update covering energy issues includes: --Long Lines - Short on Answers; Fuel Crisis Continues --Obasanjo Offers O[...] |
2003-03-07 12:08:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EFIN ECON EINV PINS NI |
| 03LAGOS568 | NIGERIAN LOCAL VIOLENCE CAUSES MINIMAL IMPACT [...]mmary. A violent clash between local activists and police left seven dead in Delta state late last week. While Shell Oil moved non-es[...] |
2003-03-17 23:58:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EFIN ECON EINV PINS NI |
| 03LAGOS575 | OIL EXEC SAYS NIGERIAN OIL PRODUCTION AT FULL [...]) Summary. A senior industry source reports that Nigerian crude oil production is currently at full capacity. He states that Nigeria [...] |
2003-03-18 18:09:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON ASEC PINS NI |
| 03LAGOS624 | NIGERIA: ESCRAVOS UPDATE - CRISIS WORSENS [...](SBU) Proprietary information please hold closely. ¶2. (SBU) Summary. The situation at ChevronTexaco's Escr[...] |
2003-03-24 06:56:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EPET ENRG ECON PINS PGOV PHUM NI |
| 03LAGOS630 | NIGERIA: ETHNIC POLITICS AND NIGER DELTA CRISIS [...]SBU) SUMMARY. The violent Ijaw confrontations of the Itsekiri in the oil-rich Escravos area result from their fierce political compet[...] |
2003-03-24 16:27:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC EPET ENRG PINS PGOV PHUM KDEM NI |
| 03LAGOS631 | NIGERIA: TOTALFINAELF SUSPENDS OPERATIONS AT FOUR [...]) Summary. TotalFinaElf (TFE) has become the latest victim of the strife between the Ijaws and Itsekiris in the Niger Delta. TFE has [...] |
2003-03-24 18:37:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET CASC PINS ASEC PREF PGOV PHUM NI |
| 03LAGOS637 | NIGERIA: A CONVERSATION WITH ONE IJAW [...][...] |
2003-03-25 18:36:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PINS ASEC PGOV PARM PHUM NI |
| 03LAGOS677 | TFIZ01: NIGERIA ENERGY UPDATE, March 31 [...]) This update includes: -- When Will the Oil Flow? Delta Crisis Update -- Running on Empty: Refine[...] |
2003-04-01 09:00:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EFIN ECON EINV PINS NI |
| 03LAGOS707 | TFIZ01: WAITING FOR A SIGN: NIGERIA OIL EXECS [...]BU) Summary: In the informal setting of a monthly luncheon, oil company executives today talked about the crisis in the Niger River d[...] |
2003-04-04 06:48:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EFIN ECON EINV PINS NI |
| 03LAGOS713 | NIGERIA'S NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION: MIXED [...]ummary: The Niger Delta Development Corporation (NDDC) was established in 2001 to ensure sustainable development of Nigeria's trouble[...] |
2003-04-04 11:59:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EPET EINV EFIN PGOV NI |
| 03LAGOS731 | TFIZ01: BACK IN BUSINESS - CHEVRON NIGERIA [...]BU) Summary: Contrary to recent news reports and statements by oil executives that companies are not ready to resume operations in the[...] |
2003-04-04 17:53:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EFIN ECON EINV PINS NI |
| 03LAGOS736 | NIGERIA: WARRI CRISIS - AN ITSEKIRI LEADER'S [...]ummary: On April 5 EconOff met Chief Rita Lori-Ogbebor, an Itsekiri leader and a princess of the Warri Kingdom. Chief Ogebebor is one [...] |
2003-04-07 13:24:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EPET ECON PINS PGOV PHUM PREF NI |
| 03LAGOS739 | NIGERIA: AN IJAW'S VIEW OF THE IJAW-ITSEKIRI [...]ummary: On April 6, EconOff heard the Ijaws' side of the story regarding their longstanding conflict with the Itsekiris, the subject o[...] |
2003-04-07 16:03:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EPET ECON PINS PGOV PARM PHUM PREF SMIG NI |
| 03LAGOS827 | NIGERIA ENERGY UPDATE, April 22 [...]) This update includes: -- Slowly but Surely: Delta Oil Operations Ramp Up -- Between the Lines: F[...] |
2003-04-23 06:29:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EFIN ECON EINV PINS NI |
| 03LAGOS99 | Nigeria: Biweekly Energy Report No. 1 [...]mmary. In late December, the Government of Nigeria (GON) released 24 billion Naira to its international oil joint venture partners in[...] |
2003-01-14 08:59:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EFIN ECON PINS NI |
| 03OTTAWA1149 | ALBERTA ENERGY LEADERS ON GOOD NEWS, WORRIES [...]SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. ALBERTA ENERGY SECTOR LEADERS SUPPORT U.S. GOALS IN IRAQ, ARE VERY PLEASED THE U.S. ENERGY INFORMATION[...] |
2003-04-24 15:46:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON SENV CA |
| 03OTTAWA334 | CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION IN [...]) This message is sensitive, but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (U) This message was prepared with assistan[...] |
2003-02-03 21:55:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ETRD EINV CA |
| 03OTTAWA503 | NATURAL GAS IN NORTH AMERICA: [...]) Although Canada's energy exports to the United States have grown at impressive rates in recent decades, making Canada our largest to[...] |
2003-02-21 16:36:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET ETRD CA |
| 03OTTAWA566 | ENERGY FROM CANADA: PRELIMINARY 2002 DATA [...]SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: The dominant position of Canadian energy production and trade for the United States is reinforced by preliminar[...] |
2003-02-28 17:42:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON EPET ETRD CA |
| 03RANGOON1197 | NO JOY FOR BURMA'S TRADERS [...]BU) Summary: After claiming with much fanfare to have had a USD 700 million trade surplus last year (a claim doubted by most not dres[...] |
2003-09-24 08:28:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON EPET PGOV BM |
| 03RANGOON574 | ENERGY GIANTS FUND BURMESE MODEL VILLAGES [...]BU) Summary: A visit to the Total/UNOCAL pipeline zone in Tanintharyi Division revealed an impressive level of socio-economic developm[...] |
2003-05-12 09:29:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EPET PGOV BM |
| 03RANGOON832 | U.S. INVESTOR, GARMENT WORKERS FEAR NEW BURMA [...]BU) Summary: The input on pending U.S. sanctions on Burma continues to roll in. In the last several days we've heard the fears and co[...] |
2003-07-09 08:29:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EIND EPET BM |
| 03ROME2598 | ENI UPDATE: ITALY'S ENERGY GIANT LOOKING BOTH [...]BU) Summary: ENI, Italy's dominant energy conglomerate, is expanding into foreign markets, while consolidating its position at home. [...] |
2003-06-10 17:17:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETRD ETTC IT |
| 03SANAA1589 | RUMORED OIL FIND NOT ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN ROYG ECONOMY [...]) Summary: Rumors are circulating in Sanaa that an oil discovery by Canadian Nexen could contain over a billion barrels of oil. Earli[...] |
2003-07-02 14:24:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON YM ENERGY COM |
| 03SANAA2204 | CANADIAN NEXEN IN THE HADRAMAUT: THE TERMINAL AND [...]) Begin summary: During an August 7-11 visit to the governorate of Hadramaut, Embassy officials toured oil company Canadian Nexen's C[...] |
2003-09-03 12:19:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PTER EINV PREL ECON YM COM ENERGY |
| 03SANAA819 | PRESS PLAYS ON EXAGGERATED ECONOMIC FEARS, ROYG [...]) Summary: Grave economic consequences from the war in Iraq have been predicted in both official and unofficial Yemeni press. However[...] |
2003-04-17 14:01:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EPET YM COM |
| 03SANTODOMINGO5135 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ELECTIONS: LEONEL FERNANDEZ ON [...]BU) Summary: Former president and presidential pre-candidate Leonel Fernandez (PLD) emphasized to the Ambassador September 9 the impor[...] |
2003-09-23 16:07:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DR EFIN EPET ETRD PGOV PREL VE |
| 03SANTODOMINGO5157 | DOMINICANS PUZZLED BY CHAVEZ'S ACCUSATIONS AND [...]) Summary. Relations between Venezuela and the Dominican Republic have been strained since July 27, when Venezuelan President Hugo Ch[...] |
2003-09-23 23:32:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET PREL DR VE |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1645 | AES Attempts to Salvage 200MW Energy Contract and [...]BU) AES Honduras' efforts to salvage its 200MW energy contract, awarded and signed Christmas day, 2002 (ref g) despite having overcome[...] |
2003-07-11 22:08:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EINV ECON HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2385 | Honduran Gasoline Pricing: Tempest in a Teapot [...]BU) Summary. In September, former Industry and Trade Minister for President Maduro Juliet Handal began a public campaign to criticize[...] |
2003-10-09 15:51:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EINV ECON PGOV PINR HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA725 | HONDURAN PRESIDENT MADURO ADDRESSES NATION ON IRAQ: [...]) Summary: Honduran President Ricardo Maduro addressed the nation the evening of March 20 on the war in Iraq and possible implications[...] |
2003-03-21 21:38:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EPET OIIP ASEC IZ HO |
| 03THEHAGUE2163 | Secretary Abraham's 8/13 Meeting with Dutch [...]U) Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham met with Dutch Economics (also energy and telecommunications) Minister Laurens Jan Brinkhorst o[...] |
2003-08-27 13:18:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG TPHY EINV KNNP IZ IR NL EUN |
| 03THEHAGUE2290 | ILSA: IRAN-AZADEGAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO ROYAL [...] (C) Summary. Senior Shell Advisor Gavin Graham confirmed that Shell has no plans to make a proposal or tender for the Azadegan oil [...] |
2003-09-11 17:04:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETTC IR JA NL UK |
| 03THEHAGUE2422 | INTERNATIONAL ENERGY FORUM: MAY 22-24 MEETING IN [...]s current chairman of the IEF, the Netherlands has announced the following preliminary program for the 2004 IEF that will take place M[...] |
2003-09-25 05:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG NL |
| 03ZAGREB799 | DRUZHBADRIA AND CPOT PIPELINES -- CROATIA MOVING [...]SBU) THE DRUZHBADRIA PIPELINE PROJECT IS ONE POSSIBLE ROUTE TO BRING RUSSIAN OIL TO WESTERN MARKETS, SOMETHING WHICH WOULD ENHANCE GLO[...] |
2003-04-11 08:15:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET SENV HR |
| 04ABUDHABI1016 | UAE: TALK ABOUT TOWN [...]U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ¶2. (U) The "Talk About Town" [...] |
2004-04-06 11:56:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON EPET PGOV PREL SOCI TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1114 | UAE Environmental Efforts [...]e UAE, led by the emirate of Abu Dhabi, has taken a number of steps to protect the environment and to increase environmental awareness[...] |
2004-04-12 15:35:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA SENV ETRD ECON EPET TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1290 | UAEG INFORMED OF INTERNATIONAL SHIP AND PORT [...]SBU) Econoff delivered ref information April 24 to UAE Federal Customs Authority Deputy Director General Saeed Al- Marri, who undertoo[...] |
2004-04-25 12:55:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC |
| 04ABUDHABI13 | AL-SUWEIDI BROTHERS: INFLUENTIAL ABU DHABI FAMILY [...]U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). ¶2. (SBU) Summary: In a country where tribal [...] |
2004-01-03 11:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EFIN EINV EPET PINS PREL PGOV TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1465 | UAE OIL MINISTER calls for OPEC to take steps to [...]U) ON THE MARGINS OF AN ENVIRONMENT CONFERENCE IN ABU DHABI ON MAY 8, UAE PETROLEUM MINISTER OBEID BIN SAIF AL- NASIRI CALLED FOR OPEC[...] |
2004-05-09 11:23:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EINV EPET TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1701 | UAEG RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON ILSA [...]U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ¶2. (C) The Ambassador raised [...] |
2004-05-24 11:48:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC IR |
| 04ABUDHABI1942 | UAE PRODUCTION IN THE WAKE OF THE JUNE OPEC QUOTA [...]) Ambassador, accompanied by EconChief paid her farewell call to ADNOC CEO Yousef Omair bin Yousef and Deputy CEO Abdullah Nasser Al-S[...] |
2004-06-13 12:42:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON TC |
| 04ABUDHABI195 | UPPER ZAKUM FIELD UPDATE [...]U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). This cable contains business proprietary information. Pl[...] |
2004-01-20 05:37:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2028 | UAE: BOGUS REPORT CLAIMS EXXONMOBIL WINS BID TO [...]U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires Richard A. Albright, a.i., for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ¶2. (U) A Middle East Economic[...] |
2004-06-21 09:40:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2033 | UAEG DECLINES TO PROVIDE FURTHER INFO ON GAS [...]U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i. Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ¶2. (C/NF) In a June 14 meetin[...] |
2004-06-21 13:43:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC IR |
| 04ABUDHABI2206 | UAE COMPLIANT WITH INTERNATIONAL SHIP AND PORT [...]ccording to the International Maritime Organization (IMO), all of the UAE's major seaports and oil and gas terminal operators were ISP[...] |
2004-07-04 12:48:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV |
| 04ABUDHABI2254 | UAE: MAJOR SHAKE-UP IN THE SUPREME PETROLEUM [...]U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i. Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). ¶2. (C/NF) Summary and comment[...] |
2004-07-06 14:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN EINV EPET PINS PREL PGOV TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2263 | UAEG RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON IRAN GAS NEGOTIATIONS [...]U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i. Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ¶2. (C) Charge delivered ref A[...] |
2004-07-07 11:07:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC IR |
| 04ABUDHABI2437 | UAE NEARING MAXIMUM OIL PRODUCTION LIMITS [...]U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires Richard A. Albright, a.i., for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ¶2. (C/NF) Summary: During a J[...] |
2004-07-21 11:53:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3095 | OPEC TO RAISE PRODUCTON QUOTA? [...]) Summary: Ministry of Petroleum advisor Dr. Ibrahim Ismail (protect) told EconChief that he thought that OPEC Ministers would raise [...] |
2004-09-13 13:39:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3380 | INFORMING UAE OFFICIALS REGARDING USE OF SPR [...]U) On September 24, Ambassador telephoned MFA Undersecretary Abdullah Rashid Al-Noaimi and reviewed with him Ref B talking points rega[...] |
2004-09-27 11:44:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET OPEC ECON PREL TC |
| 04ABUDHABI4400 | NEW UAE OIL MINISTER CONFIRMS MODERATE STANCE [...]) Summary: New UAE Energy Minister Al-Hamili told Ambassador on December 5 that the UAE was committed to meeting market needs. He als[...] |
2004-12-05 13:04:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON TC |
| 04ABUDHABI4468 | PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR SUPPORTS MODERATE OIL PRICES, [...]) Summary: Presidential Advisor and Supreme Petroleum Council Member Al-Suwaidi told Ambassador December 8 that the UAE supports a sta[...] |
2004-12-08 13:31:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PGOV TC |
| 04ABUDHABI652 | UAE OIL MINISTER: "OPEC MAY REVIEW PRODUCTION [...]U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Richard ¶A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ¶2. (U) UAE Oil Minister O[...] |
2004-03-09 13:59:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC |
| 04ABUDHABI735 | UAE: SUPREME PETROLEUM COUNCIL DELAYS DECISION ON UPPER ZAKUM [...]U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ¶2. (C/NF) Summary and comment: Almost two ye[...] |
2004-03-16 06:56:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC |
| 04ABUDHABI790 | FORMER UAE OIL MINISTER SHARES "SECRET" DOCUMENT [...]U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ¶2. (C/NF) Special Adviser to the President an[...] |
2004-03-21 05:15:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC |
| 04ABUJA1007 | U/S TAYLOR'S MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER [...]ummary: In a meeting with Treasury U/S Taylor, Nigerian Finance Minister Okonjo-Iweala said the Ministry will carry out an audit of p[...] |
2004-06-08 07:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN EIND EINT EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD ETTC NI |
| 04ABUJA1032 | NATIONAL STRIKE BEGINS SLOWLY, PICKS UP STEAM [...]) SUMMARY: The Nigerian Labour Congress' (NLC) strike to protest the latest hike in fuel prices began the day slowly June 9 but cont[...] |
2004-06-09 14:24:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM EPET NI |
| 04ABUJA1040 | FUEL STRIKE ENTERS DAY 2: COMING OR GOING [...]) SUMMARY: The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) strike began its second day much as the first day. Businesses, especially banks and f[...] |
2004-06-10 13:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EPET NI |
| 04ABUJA1048 | FUEL SUBSIDIES IN NIGERIA: BETWEEN A ROCK AND A [...]U) SUMMARY: Up until April or May, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) received an allocation of petroleum from the GON at[...] |
2004-06-11 13:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB ENRG EPET PGOV PREL NI |
| 04ABUJA1050 | LABOR STRIKE DAY 3: ANTICIPATION OF FRIDAY PRAYERS [...]) SUMMARY: The National Labour Congress (NLC) strike opened its third day with a sense of anticipation. NLC teams continue circulat[...] |
2004-06-11 14:20:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM EPET NI |
| 04ABUJA1054 | LABOR SUSPENDED THE NATIONAL STRIKE [...]) SUMMARY: The National Labour Congress (NLC) strike that began June 9 was "suspended" in the evening of June 11 when the NLC announc[...] |
2004-06-14 13:30:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB EPET NI |
| 04ABUJA1070 | STRIKE WAS MINOR SETBACK FOR GASOLINE [...]) Summary: The strike and rollback of prices are a temporary setback for gasoline deregulation, similar to the other rollbacks on pric[...] |
2004-06-16 13:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EPET ECON EFIN NI |
| 04ABUJA1653 | NIGERIA, CORRUPTION, AND US [...]BU) Summary: Corruption is a serious problem for Nigeria, and harms U.S. interests. President Bush took up the issue in the G8 trans[...] |
2004-09-24 07:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KCOR EPET EAID NI |
| 04ABUJA1655 | (U) DEMARCHE ON RELEASE OF CRUDE FROM [...]) At about noon September 24, Econ Counselor called on President Obasanjo's Special Advisor for Petroleum and Energy Edmund Daukoru an[...] |
2004-09-24 10:31:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG PREL NI OIL |
| 04ABUJA1666 | NLC GASOLINE STRIKE ULTIMATIM -- GON OVER A BARREL? [...]BU) Summary: The Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) issued an ultimatum September 27 that GON had two weeks to roll back gasoline price incr[...] |
2004-09-28 14:27:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB EPET PINS NI OIL |
| 04ABUJA1673 | DELTA VIOLENCE: KEEPING OUR POWDER DRY [...]) Summary: Although the military situation has been relatively quiet the past few days, there is much political movement among the ma[...] |
2004-09-29 12:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PREL MOPS PGOV EPET PINS CASC ASEC NI DELTAVIOLENCE |
| 04ABUJA1675 | DELTA MILITIA LEADER MEETS WITH GOVERNMENT [...]) Dokubo Asari, the leader of a militia recently fighting government forces in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta, met September 29 with G[...] |
2004-09-30 08:57:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV MOPS EPET CASC PREL PINS ASEC NI DELTAVIOLENCE |
| 04ABUJA1727 | PARTIAL COMPLIANCE AS NATIONWIDE STRIKE ENTERS [...]U) SUMMARY: The nationwide sit-at-home strike called by the leadership of the NLC entered its second day October 12. In Abuja, most[...] |
2004-10-12 13:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV EPET KDEM ECON NI |
| 04ABUJA1761 | NIGERIA NATIONWIDE STRIKE -- ROUND ONE ENDS [...]BU) Late October 14 the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) declared that the "first phase" of its nationwide strike had been a success and [...] |
2004-10-15 11:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB EPET NI |
| 04ABUJA1837 | NIGERIA STRIKE TO RESUME NOVEMBER 16, INCLUDE OIL [...]his is a joint Embassy Abuja - Consulate Lagos Report. ¶2. The Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) and allied civil society orga[...] |
2004-11-01 11:52:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EPET ELAB PINS NI |
| 04ABUJA275 | REP. JEFFERSON'S MEETING WITH NNPC MANAGING [...]BU) Summary. Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Managing Director Funsho Kupolokun said February 16 that he has given caut[...] |
2004-02-19 12:52:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET NI |
| 04ABUJA350 | EITI: PUBLIC SHOW WORKSHOP; PROGRESS BEING MADE [...]ummary: Nigeria's February 19-20 EITI Petroleum Revenue Management Workshop was not as happy a step forward on transparency and corru[...] |
2004-02-27 13:36:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR EPET NI |
| 04ACCRA2251 | SENATOR INHOFE MEETS WITH GHANA'S PRESIDENT KUFUOR [...]U) During a brief overnight visit to Accra on November 11, U.S. Senator James Inhofe met with Ghanaian President John Kufuor and held[...] |
2004-11-16 18:46:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET GH MARR PGOV PTER |
| 04ACCRA56 | FOLLOW-UP TO EVIAN SUMMIT ANTI- [...]mmary. Anti-corruption and transparency are critical issues in Ghana. While the G-8 program could add value to on-going anti-corrupti[...] |
2004-01-12 12:01:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KCOR PGOV ECON EINV EPET ETRD GH |
| 04ADANA153 | MERSIN PORT FACING NEED FOR CHANGE [...][...] |
2004-12-06 09:42:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD MARR MCAP EAGR EPET EWWT TU ADANA |
| 04AMMAN10012 | TRUCKERS' DISRUPTION HAVING MINIMAL IMPACT ON [...]SBU) Jordanian officials say the Aqaba port is running smoothly, despite a 18-day-old truckers' work disruption capturing local newsp[...] |
2004-12-20 06:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ELTN EPET JO |
| 04AMMAN2579 | JORDANIAN FINANCE MINISTER ON WANING ASSISTANCE [...]C) SUMMARY: Jordan's Finance Minister revealed that although Saudi Arabia had ended its oil donations to Jordan as of April 1, Jorda[...] |
2004-04-04 13:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EPET JO PREL |
| 04AMMAN2780 | U.S. COMPANY WINS DEFENSE FUELS CONTRACT LOST BY [...]C/NF) SUMMARY: The U.S.Firm Trigeant has replaced the Jordanian-owned Shahin Group under part of a $71.8 million contract to supply[...] |
2004-04-13 14:56:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ETRD MOPS |
| 04AMMAN348 | JORDAN: KUWAITIS DO NOT PROMISE TO CONTINUE FREE [...]C) On the margins of a separate meeting, Foreign Minister Muasher gave the Ambassador a readout of his recently concluded trip to Kuw[...] |
2004-01-15 15:59:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL EPET KU JO |
| 04AMMAN3488 | FREE SAUDI OIL FOR ANOTHER YEAR! OR MAYBE NOT... [...]) SUMMARY: The GOJ announced yesterday that Saudi Arabia will provide Jordan with free oil for another year. Unfortunately, this publi[...] |
2004-05-06 19:44:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON EFIN JO SA |
| 04AMMAN3955 | U/S LARSON MEETING WITH QATARI MINISTER OF ECONOMY [...]BU) U/S Larson met with Qatari Minister of Economy and Commerce Mohammed Bin Ahmed Bin Jassim Al-Thani on May 15 at the margins of the[...] |
2004-05-19 13:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EPET EAID QA IZ NG |
| 04AMMAN4310 | ENERGY MINISTER ADDRESSES TRANSPARENCY CONCERNS, [...]BU) SUMMARY: According to Energy Minister Khreisat, the al-Samra power plant construction tender has been and will remain transparent,[...] |
2004-05-31 14:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV JO |
| 04AMMAN665 | MUASHER ASKS FOR HELP WITH THE SAUDIS ON OIL [...]C) Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher told the Ambassador and PolCouns January 21 that neither Kuwait nor the UAE had yet provided all t[...] |
2004-01-27 13:05:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON PREL KU SA JO TC |
| 04AMMAN7403 | JORDAN'S FINANCE MINISTER ON DEBT AND OIL PRICES; [...]C) SUMMARY: Although making considerable progress on Jordan's public debt front, Jordan's Finance Minister is pushing for more. Dr[...] |
2004-09-07 14:10:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EPET EAID JO IZ |
| 04ANKARA1036 | GEORGIAN FM JAPARIDZE'S FIRST VISIT TO TURKEY [...]C) Summary: Georgian FM Japaridze reportedly gave Turkish FM Gul a positive readout of President Saakashvili's recent Moscow trip but [...] |
2004-02-23 16:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON EPET GG PGOV PREL RS TU |
| 04ANKARA1061 | TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY FLOATS IDEA FOR VOLUNTARY [...]C) MFA Director General for Energy Haki Akil told us the Foreign Ministry is launching a new initiative to reduce the transport of pet[...] |
2004-02-24 16:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EWWT PREL SENV TU |
| 04ANKARA1346 | BOTAS SAYS SIX MILLION BARRELS OF IRAQI OIL NOW AT [...][...] |
2004-03-05 14:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL TU IZ |
| 04ANKARA1542 | TURKISH MFA REQUESTS USG REACTION TO IDEA OF [...]U) This is an action request -- see para 8. ¶2. (C) Summary: MFA Director General for Energy Hakki Akil asked M[...] |
2004-03-16 09:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EWWT PREL SENV TU |
| 04ANKARA1861 | ANOTHER INVESTMENT PROBLEM: THE CASE OF THE OIL [...](SBU) Lawyers representing U.S.-based Toreador Resources Corporation called on the Ambassador March 22 to seek the Mission's assistan[...] |
2004-03-29 14:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EPET PREL TU |
| 04ANKARA2075 | PRESENTING DEPARTMENT REACTION TO MFA VOLUNTARY [...][...] |
2004-04-09 13:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EWWT PREL SENV TU |
| 04ANKARA2721 | TURKEY AS THE HUB IN THE EAST-WEST ENERGY CORRIDOR [...]SBU) Summary: Turkish officials say they continue to strongly support the East-West Energy Corridor and are positioning Turkey to beco[...] |
2004-05-14 09:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ENRG EPET ETRD SENV TU |
| 04ANKARA291 | IMPORTANCE OF COORDINATION IN WASHINGTON ON TRAVEL [...][...] |
2004-01-16 08:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET PGOV PREL TU |
| 04ANKARA2914 | CASPIAN BASIN ENERGY AMBASSADOR MANN DISCUSSES [...]SBU) SUMMARY: On the margins of the IEA's Seminar "Natural Gas in South East Europe," May 5-6, in Istanbul, Ambassador Mann met with [...] |
2004-05-25 15:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ENRG EPET ETTC IR TU |
| 04ANKARA3336 | AMBASSADOR EDELMAN URGES TURKEYS' ENERGY MINISTER [...]C) Summary: In a June 8 meeting with Minister of Energy Hilmi Guler, Ambassador Edelman welcomed progress on the East-West Energy Cor[...] |
2004-06-14 14:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ENRG EPET SENV TU |
| 04ANKARA3419 | BOSPHORUS BYPASS PIPELINES -- THE SITUATION IN [...]SBU) Summary: The Turkish Government supports construction of a bypass pipeline to reduce the rising volume of oil tanker traffic thr[...] |
2004-06-16 08:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET ETRD SENV TU |
| 04ANKARA3900 | MFA DISPUTES REPORT THAT TURKEY AND IRAN AGREED ON [...]U) According to a report carried by the Turkish online news service Zaman and several Iranian news outlets, Iran has offered to reduce[...] |
2004-07-14 16:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETRD ETTC IR TU |
| 04ANKARA4009 | TURKEY: MFA SEEKS CONSENSUS OF OIL COMPANIES ON [...]SBU) Summary: Turkey's MFA continues to oppose issuing licenses now to the companies that have applied for Turkish Straits bypass pip[...] |
2004-07-20 11:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET PREL TU |
| 04ANKARA4109 | CASPIAN BASIN ENERGY DIPLOMACY AMBASSADOR MANN [...]C) Summary: EUR Ambassador Steven Mann encouraged Turkish Energy Minister Guler to work together with the United States to promote Ca[...] |
2004-07-23 10:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETRD PREL TU |
| 04ANKARA4110 | AMBASSADOR MANN DISCUSSES CASPIAN ENERGY ISSUES AT [...]U) Summary: Caspian Basin Energy Development Ambassador Steven Mann met with energy officials on the margins of the June 16-17 Tale of[...] |
2004-07-23 10:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ETRD PREL TU |
| 04ANKARA4186 | MERSIN REFINERY FIRE CONTROLLED [...]U) A FIERCE FIRE BROKE OUT ON JULY 25 AT ATAS OIL REFINERY IN MERSIN. ACCORDING TO PRESS REPORTS, A TANK CONTAINING SOME NINE THOUSA[...] |
2004-07-28 14:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET TU IZ |
| 04ANKARA4421 | TURKISH PM ERDOGAN'S JULY 27-29 VISIT TO IRAN [...]C) Summary: According to MFA and ruling AKP contacts, PM Erdogan urged the Iranians to cooperate with IAEA on their nuclear program. [...] |
2004-08-06 13:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET IR IZ KNNP PREL PTER TU |
| 04ANKARA4443 | TURKEY AND IRAN GAS, BOSPORUS BYPASS, AND BTC [...]) Summary: In a August 5 meeting with Charge, MFA Deputy U/S for Economic Relations Alev Kilic expressed general support for U.S. goa[...] |
2004-08-09 09:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETRD IR GA UK TU |
| 04ANKARA4601 | TURKISH ENERGY OFFICIALS ON LIBERALIZATION, IRAN, [...]SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey's BOTAS (Petroleum Pipeline Corporation) Director Mehmet Bilgic expressed confidence in Turkey and BOTAS' growing[...] |
2004-08-16 16:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ETRD IR TU |
| 04ANKARA4623 | BOSPHORUS BYPASS AND THRACE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY [...]SBU) Summary: Recognizing growing oil tanker congestion in the Bosphorus and associated environmental and safety risks, the Governmen[...] |
2004-08-18 11:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ETRD TU |
| 04ANKARA4733 | PM ERDOGAN VISITS GEORGIA [...]) Summary: According to preliminary readout, Erdogan brought Saakashvili and Zhvania a message of "Turkish support for the GOG" in Sou[...] |
2004-08-20 12:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET TU GG RS |
| 04ANKARA4892 | BOSPHORUS VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLES AND THRACE BYPASS [...]SBU) SUMMARY: Acting Econ Counselor delivered ref a and b demarches to GOT MFA Energy Deputy Director Hakki Akil. Akil expressed stron[...] |
2004-08-28 06:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EWWT PREL ELTN EINV SENV TU |
| 04ANKARA5051 | AMBASSADOR DELIVERS BOSPHORUS DEMARCHES TO ENERGY [...]SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador delivered ref a-d demarches on Bosphorus bypass issues on August 31 to Minister of Energy Hilmi Guler. Ambas[...] |
2004-09-08 15:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EWWT PREL ELTN EINV ENRG SENV TU UK |
| 04ANKARA5306 | SECRETARY ABRAHAM'S SEPTEMBER 21 VISIT TO ISTANBUL [...]BU) Your visit to Turkey comes a few months after the President,s June visit to Ankara and Istanbul for bilateral meetings and the NAT[...] |
2004-09-17 15:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EWWT EMIN ETRD EINV OVIP TU |
| 04ANKARA5698 | SECRETARY ABRAHAM,S SEPTEMBER 21 BILATERAL MEETING [...]BU) SUMMARY: Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham and Turkey Energy Minister Hilmi Guler covered a range of energy issues in a meeting [...] |
2004-10-04 15:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EWWT EMIN ETRD EINV OVIP TU |
| 04ANKARA5719 | TURKEY AS THE HUB IN THE EAST-WEST ENERGY CORRIDOR [...]UMMARY: (SBU) The centerpiece of Turkey's growing role as hub in the East-West Corridor, the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline, is br[...] |
2004-10-05 14:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EWWT TU GA |
| 04ANKARA6043 | TURKISH OIL COMPANY WANTS TO DO BUSINESS IN [...]C) SUMMARY: According to its CEO, the state-owned Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) has developed a "strategic plan" for reengaging[...] |
2004-10-25 12:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EWWT TU IZ |
| 04ANKARA6195 | KARADENIZ STOPS DELIVERY OF ELECTRICITY FROM [...]BU) SUMMARY: According to the Turkish company Karadeniz (KARTET), it informed the Iraq Ministry of Electricity that as of October 26 i[...] |
2004-11-02 14:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ETRD IZ TU |
| 04ANKARA6484 | TURKISH STRAITS VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLES - NEWEST [...]n November 8, Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director General for Energy, Hakki Akil passed to Ambassador Steven Mann the [...] |
2004-11-19 15:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ETRD EWWT TU |
| 04ANKARA6678 | TURKEY STEAM ENERGY CONFERENCE IN ISTANBUL - [...]SBU) SUMMARY: A well-attended energy conference in Turkey provided expressions of commitment on the part of the government to move for[...] |
2004-12-02 09:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EINV EWWT TU |
| 04ANKARA6767 | TALKING POINTS FOR PUTIN'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...]) Econoff delivered ref A points to GOT MFA Deputy Director General for Energy Hakki Akil on December 3, noting that similar points ha[...] |
2004-12-03 16:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG EPET TU |
| 04ANKARA6797 | TURKEY: IMPORTANT, BUT TENTATIVE, STEP ON NATURAL [...]BU) Summary: In a possible step forward on long-delayed gas sector liberalization, the Turkish State Pipeline Company BOTAS announced [...] |
2004-12-07 05:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV EPET TU |
| 04ANKARA6887 | PUTIN VISITS TURKEY: RUSSIA BIDS TO TURN TURKEY [...]) Summary: Putin's visit demonstrated both Russia's assessment that Turkey is in play and the Turks' habit for mixing wishful thinking[...] |
2004-12-10 19:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS EPET ETRD TU |
| 04ANKARA6981 | TURKEY - IEA AND ENERGY DIPLOMACY [...]BU) Energy Officer raised ref A energy diplomacy issues with Sami Demirbilek, Energy Ministry UnderSecretary and Turkey's Internationa[...] |
2004-12-16 07:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET TU |
| 04ANKARA7119 | CONVERSATION WITH MFA ON TRUCKERS' STRIKE, FUEL [...]BU) The Charge called senior Turkish MFA Special Envoy on Iraq, Ambassador Ahmed Koruturk, regarding the fuel shortages in Iraq and th[...] |
2004-12-23 11:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG MOPS PREL IZ TU |
| 04ANKARA7141 | DEMARCHE TO TURKEY ON FUEL SUPPLIES TO IRAQ [...]BU) Summary: Post passed on ref a message to foreign ministry officials on December 24. Turkish MFA says it is seized with the issue [...] |
2004-12-24 10:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET MOPS PREL IZ TU |
| 04ANKARA813 | GOT WELCOMES UKRAINIAN DECISION ON ODESA-BRODY FLOW [...][...] |
2004-02-11 15:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET PREL SENV ENRG TU UP |
| 04BOGOTA11571 | COLOMBIA WOULD BE FURTHER IN THE RED IF NOT FOR [...]SBU) Summary. With oil trading at around USD 50 a barrel, Ecopetrol's windfall profits continue to rise. GOC officials have stated p[...] |
2004-11-02 18:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET CO |
| 04BOGOTA12692 | COLOMBIAN 3RD QUARTER GDP GROWTH MISSES THE MARK [...](U) SUMMARY. The GOC released 2004 Q3 GDP figures showing a sluggish 2.43 percent growth rate. GOC forecasts had predicted a 3.9 perc[...] |
2004-11-02 18:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EPET PGOV PREL CO |
| 04BOGOTA12901 | COLOMBIA INSTITUTES CAPITAL CONTROLS ON INVESTORS [...](U) SUMMARY. President Uribe announced in an evening press conference on December 14 that Colombia would be instituting capital contro[...] |
2004-11-02 18:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EPET PGOV PREL CO |
| 04BOGOTA3373 | UPDATE ON VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLES PROCESS IN [...]BU) British Petroleum (BP) and the Colombian Association of Petroleum Producers (ACP) hosted a briefing for British and U.S. emboffs o[...] |
2004-04-01 18:16:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EPET PHUM PREL CO |
| 04BOGOTA3628 | GOC AIRS CONCERNS OVER CALIFORNIA LAWSUIT AGAINST [...]U)SUMMARY: The MFA has notified the Embassy of its concern over a pending lawsuit in Federal District Court in California concerning t[...] |
2004-04-07 16:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KJUS EPET CO PROL |
| 04BOGOTA4950 | SETTLEMENT OF ECOPETROL STRIKE HINGES ON [...]BU) Twenty-two days into the Syndicated Workers Union's ("Union Sindical Obrero," or USO) strike against Ecopetrol -- Colombia's state[...] |
2004-05-14 23:03:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB EPET PHUM CO |
| 04BRASILIA1185 | SCENE SETTER: PRESIDENT LULA'S VISIT TO CHINA [...]) Summary: Brazil's President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva visits China May 22 - 27, accompanied by a huge entourage of Ministers and b[...] |
2004-05-14 17:01:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BR BTIO EAGR ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL CH UNSC WTRO |
| 04BRATISLAVA1014 | SLOVAKS SEEK TO REPURCHASE TRANSPETROL FROM YUKOS [...]ummary. Three years after selling Transpetrol, the operator of the Slovak portion of the Druzhba pipeline, to Yukos, the GOS will att[...] |
2004-11-08 14:19:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET LO PREL |
| 04BRATISLAVA1151 | SLOVAK REPURCHASE OF TRANSPETROL FROM YUKOS [...][...] |
2004-12-23 13:40:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECON LO |
| 04CARACAS101 | VENEZUELAN OIL PRODUCTION: A LOOK AHEAD FOR 2004 [...]) Despite a number of optimistic predictions that Venezuelan oil production will increase by the end of 2004 (which seem largely to be[...] |
2004-01-09 19:34:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET VE |
| 04CARACAS1241 | PDVSA PRESIDENT RODRIGUEZ COUNSELS PRAGMATISM [...]) In an April 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) President Ali Rodriguez counseled a "dose of pragmatism" f[...] |
2004-04-12 20:24:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL VE |
| 04CARACAS1350 | CHAVEZ RAISES OIL CUT-OFF AGAIN [...]C) President Chavez has again raised the threat of stopping oil sales to the U.S., this time in response to President Bush's alleged [...] |
2004-04-21 21:29:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL EPET VE |
| 04CARACAS1446 | GOV DENIES OIL WILL GO TO CHINA [...]) The GOV said once again on April 26 that Venezuela would continue to be a reliable oil supplier to the United States. The statement[...] |
2004-04-29 10:51:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL EPET VE |
| 04CARACAS163 | EXXONMOBIL PETROCHEMICAL PROJECT LOOKS LIKELY [...]) The following message is Sensitive but Unclassified because it contains corporate information. Please handle accordingly. [...] |
2004-01-16 16:43:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET VE |
| 04CARACAS1879 | MYSTERIOUS GASOLINE SHORTAGE AFFECTS EASTERN [...]) A gasoline shortage affected the eastern, primarily opposition, portion of the city of Caracas over the weekend of May 29-30. The s[...] |
2004-06-02 20:06:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV KDEM VE |
| 04CARACAS1943 | PDVSA MONEY GOES STRAIGHT TO GOV SPENDING [...]) SUMMARY: Central Bank (BCV reserves) peaked on May 14, and have since been dropping sharply. The chairman of the National Assembly [...] |
2004-06-09 12:50:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EPET PGOV VE |
| 04CARACAS2038 | PDVSA: AND YET MORE RESHUFFLING? [...]) RUMORS OF UPCOMING SENIOR LEVEL DEPARTURES/REASSIGNMENTS WITHIN VENEZUELA'S ENERGY SECTOR ARE ONCE AGAIN REACHING FEVER PITCH IN CAR[...] |
2004-06-18 21:14:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET VE |
| 04CARACAS2045 | PDVSA: AND YET MORE RESHUFFLING? [...]) RUMORS OF UPCOMING SENIOR LEVEL DEPARTURES/REASSIGNMENTS WITHIN VENEZUELA'S ENERGY SECTOR ARE ONCE AGAIN REACHING FEVER PITCH IN CAR[...] |
2004-06-21 19:50:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET VE |
| 04CARACAS2118 | PDVSA - OIL COMPANY OR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY? [...]) Through budgetary and non-budgetary spending, Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) is now the primary agent for implementation of Chavez [...] |
2004-06-29 20:16:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EFIN PGOV VE ECON |
| 04CARACAS2254 | SENIOR OFFICIAL PUTS POSITIVE SPIN ON NEW PROJECT [...]) Energy Vice Minister Luis Vierma told Emboffs July 12 that Venezuela is currently producing 3 million b/d of oil. He also provided a[...] |
2004-07-15 19:17:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET VE |
| 04CARACAS2255 | PETROAMERICA: CHAVEZ'S OIL DREAM FOR THE AMERICAS [...]) Energy Vice Minister Luis Vierma told Emboffs July 12 that discussions with Caribbean nations on the formation of a "PetroCaribe" jo[...] |
2004-07-15 19:19:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL VE |
| 04CARACAS2594 | CHEVRONTEXACO: SEIZING THE DAY [...]) ChevronTexaco is pushing to expand its business opportunities in Venezuela. The company received the formal license for Block 3 of [...] |
2004-08-12 20:44:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET VE |
| 04CARACAS2644 | CHAVEZ CAMPAIGNS ON THE PUBLIC'S DIME IN REFERENDUM [...]) Using state finances and manipulation of the structure established in the media accords, President Hugo Chavez mounted a much more i[...] |
2004-08-18 14:01:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KIRC PHUM KDEM EPET VE |
| 04CARACAS2739 | VENEZUELA: EXTRA HEAVY CRUDE-BEST CHANCE FOR [...]) The prospects for additional Venezuelan oil production in the short term come from the four projects that produce synthetic crude f[...] |
2004-08-30 14:42:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET VE |
| 04CARACAS2740 | EXXONMOBIL: STAYING THE COURSE IN VENEZUELA [...]) With the August 12 signing of the Preliminary Development Agreement (PDA) for a giant petrochemical project, ExxonMobil finally look[...] |
2004-08-30 14:43:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG VE |
| 04CARACAS337 | PRIVATE SECTOR OIL PRODUCTION [...]ensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------ SUMMARY ------- ¶2. (SBU)[...] |
2004-01-29 22:31:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECON VE |
| 04CARACAS3584 | "HEGEMONY IS A CHALLENGE:" CHAVISTA LEADER VIEWS [...]C) Summary: Chavez supporter and Patria Para Todos (PPT) secgen Jose Albornoz talked with DCM November 18 about impending cabinet ch[...] |
2004-11-19 20:45:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET PGOV PHUM ENRG VE |
| 04CARACAS366 | PDVSA POWER STRUGGLES: THE REVOLUTION DEVOURS ITS [...]) With street battles between opposing labor groups, mass protests to force the removal of managers, new allegations of corruption in[...] |
2004-02-02 18:46:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON PGOV VE |
| 04CARACAS546 | GROWING PRESSURE FOR RENEGOTIATION OF OIL SERVICE [...]) There are signs that the GOV has started playing hardball in its efforts to force the oil companies that signed operating service a[...] |
2004-02-13 20:21:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON VE |
| 04CARACAS708 | CHEVRONTEXACO GRANTED SECOND OFF-SHORE GAS BLOCK [...]) Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez_ announced February 19 the award of Block 3 of the off-shore Deltana Platform natural gas project to [...] |
2004-03-02 17:39:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON VE |
| 04CARACAS731 | HOW REAL IS CHAVEZ'S OIL THREAT? [...]) On February 29, President Chavez threatened to cut off Venezuelan oil supplies to the U.S. or to nationalize U.S. company assets if [...] |
2004-03-04 22:57:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV VE |
| 04CARACAS851 | IN GAS CEREMONY CHAVEZ SOUNDS A LESS AGGRESSIVE [...]) President Chavez pointedly lowered his anti-U.S. rhetoric in a March 9 ceremony hurriedly organized by the GOV to recognize the awar[...] |
2004-03-12 16:18:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL ECON VE |
| 04CARACAS884 | INCREASED OIL SALES TO CUBA? [...]) Venezuela's crude and refined product exports to Cuba have been increased by an additional 25,000 b/d for an official total of 78,00[...] |
2004-03-15 13:20:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON VE CU |
| 04CARACAS967 | NEW PDVSA BOARD ANNOUNCED [...]) A new, expanded Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) board was announced on March 12. The change is not likely to have any near term effe[...] |
2004-03-22 17:57:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON VE |
| 04COLOMBO1488 | IMI Sri Lanka Oil Exploration Opportunities [...]ummary: The Government of Sri Lanka is planning to open offshore areas off the western coast of Sri Lanka for oil exploration in the [...] |
2004-09-09 02:32:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET BEXP CE ECONOMICS |
| 04COLOMBO1573 | BRIEFING SRI LANKA'S "GOOD FRIEND" HIGH ON FINMIN [...]C) SUMMARY: Finance Minister Sarath Amunugama reviewed for the Ambassador his recent discussions with OPEC and outlined his thoughts o[...] |
2004-09-22 01:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EFIN EPET CE ECONOMICS |
| 04DJIBOUTI1073 | CODEL PAYNE MEETING WITH FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO [...]) Summary: Congressman Donald Payne and HIRC Ted Dagne met with French Ambassador to Djibouti, Philip Selz, 9 August 2004 during a vis[...] |
2004-08-09 13:48:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EPET DJ |
| 04DJIBOUTI1443 | PROGRESS CONTINUES AT DORALEH PORT [...]) Summary: Ambassador and Pol/Econoff visited the construction site of the new port facility at Doraleh on November 8 to track progre[...] |
2004-11-10 12:00:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS EPET ECON EINV EWWT DJ ET TC |
| 04DJIBOUTI1562 | BUDGETARY SESSION OPENING INDICATIVE OF FRICTION [...]) Summary: On November 29th, the Djibouti National Assembly officially opened its second session, known as the budgetary session, for [...] |
2004-12-08 07:39:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL EPET PHUM DJ |
| 04DJIBOUTI380 | BUSES STRIKE IN PROTEST OF FUEL COSTS [...]) On Saturday, March 13, the Buses' Union members went on strike, causing a total disruption of the bus transportation in the capital [...] |
2004-03-14 12:34:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON ELAB ELTN ENRG EPET ASEC DJ |
| 04DJIBOUTI711 | EXXON-MOBIL NOTIFIED OF TERMINAL CLOSURE AND LEAD [...]) Summary: Exxon-Mobil has received notification that it must terminate its operations at the existing port effective May 2005 and re[...] |
2004-05-17 13:39:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EPET DJ TC |
| 04DJIBOUTI731 | EXXON-MOBIL REPRESENTATIVE BRIEFS ON NEXT STEPS [...]is cable contains proprietary corporate information. Please protect accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) Summary: Alain Adam, Director[...] |
2004-05-23 13:02:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET PREL PGOV ECON DJ |
| 04DJIBOUTI874 | U.S. COMPANY BLACK AND VEATCH ON DORALEH PORT AND [...]) SUMMARY: Ambassador and Pol/Econ met 22 June, with visiting Black & Veatch Corporation Director of International Consulting Engineer[...] |
2004-06-24 10:41:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EINV ECON EPET DJ |
| 04DUBLIN1836 | IRISH RESPONSE TO YUGANSKNEFTEGAZ AUCTION DEMARCHE [...]C) On December 20, Post delivered reftel talking points to Austin Gormley, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) First Secretary for Bil[...] |
2004-12-22 15:24:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON PREL PHUM KPAO |
| 04HALIFAX115 | ATLANTIC CANADA: ENERGY TOPICS [...]SBU) SUMMARY: Nova Scotia and Newfoundland have been working to streamline their regulatory regimes for offshore energy exploration,[...] |
2004-04-21 13:47:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG PGOV CA |
| 04HALIFAX199 | ATLANTIC CANADA: TWO LNG PROJECTS EYE NEW ENGLAND MARKET [...]MMARY: The conditional approval of two LNG projects in Atlantic Canada, could substantially increase gas supplies in the U.S. northea[...] |
2004-08-12 15:10:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG SENV PGOV PREL CA US |
| 04HALIFAX259 | ATLANTIC CANADA ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: MODERATE GROWTH FOR 2005 [...]UMMARY: Atlantic Provinces Economic Council's annual business outlook briefing predicts moderating growth for Canada's four eastern p[...] |
2004-11-17 15:15:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PREL EPET CA |
| 04HALIFAX40 | ATLANTIC CANADA/STATEOF MAINE: ELECTRIC AND NATURAL GAS [...]veral energy infrastructure projects being contemplated in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia promise to bind Atlantic Canada further into [...] |
2004-02-10 15:12:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET ENRG ETRD CA |
| 04HOCHIMINHCITY226 | AMERICAN BUSINESS REPS IN HO CHI MINH CITY LOVE BTA, HATE [...]SBU) During his visit to Ho Chi Minh City on February 17-18, Staff Director for the Senate Appropriations Committee James Morhard met [...] |
2004-03-04 10:14:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | VM ECON EPET ETRD KTEX OREP BTA |
| 04ISTANBUL1346 | ISTANBUL'S JULY VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLES MEETING: [...]SBU) Summary: Industry participants in the July 23 Istanbul voluntary principles meeting tell us that while they are "interested in an[...] |
2004-08-27 03:13:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EWWT PREL EINV SENV TU |
| 04KINSHASA1140 | ECONOMIC REPORT - MARCH THROUGH JUNE 2004 [...]MMARY. Prices and the exchange rate remain stable even through political difficulties. The mining sector has been extremely active. Mi[...] |
2004-06-21 14:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ELTN EMIN EPET ETRD PGOV PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA1540 | ECONOMIC REPORT - AUG 05 THROUGH AUG 12 [...]ices remain stable despite the collapse of the Mai- Ndombe bridge. Exchange rates are very stable. COPIREP will pay out USD 11.5 mill[...] |
2004-08-13 15:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ENRG EPET PGOV PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA1562 | ECONOMIC REPORT - AUG 13 THROUGH AUG 20 [...]od prices have decreased due to the reopening of the Mai-Ndombe bridge. Exchange rates remain stable, but the FC is trading at a slig[...] |
2004-08-19 12:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECIN ECON EFIN ELTN EMIN EPET EWWT PGOV PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA1631 | ECONOMIC REPORT - AUG 20 THROUGH AUG 27 [...]) Summary. Both exchange rates and prices remain stable. Gravity Diamonds of Australia is planning a joint venture with BHP Billiton[...] |
2004-08-27 16:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ELTN EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD EWWT PGOV PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA1802 | ECONOMIC REPORT - SEPT 18 THROUGH SEPT 24 [...]mmary. Prices are stable, with no inflation reported. Exchange rates continued to rise, with parallel markets trading at FC 400-420 [...] |
2004-09-27 12:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID ECPS EFIN ELAB ELTN EMIN EPET CG |
| 04KINSHASA1840 | PETROLEUM SHORTAGES IN KATANGA [...]mmary. Petroleum shortages resulting from Zambia closing its border to exports are affecting the Katanga region, home to most of the [...] |
2004-10-04 06:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECIN EPET CG |
| 04KINSHASA1841 | PETROLEUM SHORTAGES IN KATANGA [...]mmary. Petroleum shortages resulting from Zambia closing its border to exports are affecting the Katanga region, home to most of the [...] |
2004-10-04 06:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECIN EPET CG |
| 04KUWAIT1749 | (U) KUWAIT: G-7 FINANCE MINISTERS' STATEMENT AND [...]S) Ambassador delivered the G-7 Finance Ministers' Statement and reftel talking points to Energy Minister Shaykh Ahmed al-Fahd al-Ahme[...] |
2004-06-02 16:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | ECON ENRG EPET |
| 04KUWAIT2072 | (S) OIF FUEL ISSUE: GOK INVITES COMMERCIAL [...]) Further to the conversation reported reftel, Embassy has received a diplomatic note from the MFA Americas Dept. (number 20041488 dat[...] |
2004-07-07 13:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL MARR EPET EAID MOPS IZ KU |
| 04KUWAIT2596 | KUWAIT OIL UPDATE - AUGUST 2004 [...]SBU) Summary: In this version of the Kuwait Oil Update: the long-awaited Project Kuwait is given draft approval by the Supreme Petrol[...] |
2004-08-15 10:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV BEXP KU IZ IR |
| 04KUWAIT295 | (U) PROJECT KUWAIT: CHEVRONTEXACO BRIEFS SPECIAL [...]) Summary: Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs J. Frank Mermoud met with ChevronTexaco Kuwait Manager Hani Iska[...] |
2004-01-27 05:29:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ETRD EINV KU IZ |
| 04KUWAIT3607 | MINDEF TELLS PDASD FLORY FUEL WILL CONTINUE TO [...]) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Kuwaiti Defense Minister Shaykh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah explained in an October 19 meeting with PDASD [...] |
2004-10-23 13:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EPET IZ KU MARR MOPS PREL PTER |
| 04KUWAIT3682 | PRIME MINISTER REITERATES ECONOMY IS TOP PRIORITY [...]) Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah summoned cabinet members, their deputies and key economic figures to Bayan Palace on O[...] |
2004-10-27 13:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EPET KU |
| 04KUWAIT3726 | KUWAITI PRIME MINISTER WARNS IRANIANS OVER [...]) A senior official in the Prime Minister's Diwan told Poloff on October 31 that Kuwaiti Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed warned [...] |
2004-11-01 14:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL EPET KU IR IZ |
| 04KUWAIT4125 | MAJOR PROJECTS WORTH BILLIONS OF U.S. DOLLARS ARE [...]me of Project: Bubiyan Port End-User: Public and private sectors jointly. Cost: $3.47 billion (over 30 years) Scope o[...] |
2004-12-01 11:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELTN EPET ENRG BEXP KU |
| 04KUWAIT4389 | CHINA AND ITALY TO STORE KUWAIT'S STRATEGIC [...]) A senior advisor to Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah told Poloff on December 15 that Kuwait had concluded an agreement [...] |
2004-12-18 13:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL KU CH IT |
| 04KUWAIT4557 | KUWAIT ENERGY UPDATE: PROJECTS, EXPANSION, [...]U) Summary: Ambassador met December 2004 separately with KPC board members, executives and chairmen of the various KPC divisions, and[...] |
2004-12-29 11:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR EPET ENRG BEXP KU IZ |
| 04KUWAIT956 | (S) AIK FUEL: FM TO DISCUSS IN WASHINGTON [...]) MFA clarified to us March 24 that the next step in the AIK fuel issue (reftel) will be for Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Saba[...] |
2004-03-24 12:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL MARR EPET EAID MOPS IZ KU |
| 04LAGOS11 | CAPTAIN CRUSADER VS THE BUNKERING BANDITS: NAVAL [...] N/F) SUMMARY: Captain O.B. Ogunjimi, commander of the Naval base in the heart of Nigeria's oil-rich but troubled Delta region, recent[...] |
2004-01-05 08:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET PINR PINS MOPS PGOV EINV ASEC NI |
| 04LAGOS1106 | NIGERIAN DOMESTIC SHIPPING LAW TAKES EFFECT [...]MMARY. Nigeria's sweeping Cabotage Act took effect on May 1, requiring all vessels used for domestic trade to be Nigerian built, owned[...] |
2004-05-25 13:12:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EPET EINV ECON PGOV NI |
| 04LAGOS111 | NIGERIA: DEREGULATION AND THE FUEL TAX: HIGHER [...]n January 7, 2004, the Nigeria Labour (NLC) warned the GON that labor and civil society groups will call a nationwide strike beginning[...] |
2004-01-18 12:08:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EPET KDEM PGOV NI |
| 04LAGOS1131 | GANG WARFARE IN PORT HARCOURT [...]) SUMMARY. Gang-style fighting near the city Port Harcourt in Rivers State over the last several days has resulted in numerous deaths.[...] |
2004-05-28 05:40:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC EPET EWWT PINR PINS EINV ETRD NI CACS |
| 04LAGOS1163 | NIGERIA - GANGS OF PORT HARCOURT [...]) SUMMARY. Recent gang fighting in the Port Harcourt area of the Niger Delta highlights yet another brand of violence in Nigeria (ref [...] |
2004-06-03 09:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR EPET EINV PHUM NI |
| 04LAGOS1188 | BAD WITH THE GOOD - FUEL PRICES RISE AS OIL [...](SBU) SUMMARY. As Nigerians wonder if a nationwide strike will be called yet again over fuel prices, private fuel marketers have deci[...] |
2004-06-08 10:31:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET EINV PGOV ECON NI |
| 04LAGOS1204 | NIGER DELTA: GUNS AND THUGS RULE THE LAND [...]) SUMMARY: This is the first in a series of four cables addressing the security, political, and humanitarian situation in the Niger De[...] |
2004-06-10 11:50:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINS EPET KDEM PHUM EINV ASEC CASC PTER XY NI |
| 04LAGOS1210 | NIGER DELTA: CEASE-FIRE AGREEMENT IN WARRI [...]C) Introduction and summary. This is the second in a series of four cables addressing the security, political, and humanitarian situat[...] |
2004-06-13 07:34:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINS PINR EPET KDEM PHUM EINV ASEC CASC NI |
| 04LAGOS1383 | Nigerian Crude Not Yet Flowing from Total - [...]ntrary to media reports that an agreement between the French oil company Total and Nigeria's white-collar oil workers union PENGASSAN [...] |
2004-07-08 11:50:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET EINV ELAB PGOV ECON NI |
| 04LAGOS1394 | Total Pumping Again in Nigeria [...]B. Haffner, Corporate Affairs Manager for Total Nigeria, told ECONOFF on Friday, July 9, that the company has resumed crude oil produc[...] |
2004-07-09 15:17:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET EINV ELAB PGOV ECON NI |
| 04LAGOS146 | LASCO CALLS OFF STRIKE [...]n January 21, shortly after the Labor and Civil Society Coalition (LASCO) began a nationwide strike to protest GON policies pertaining[...] |
2004-01-22 12:11:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EPET KDEM NI PGOV |
| 04LAGOS1475 | NO REPORTS OF AMCITS IN BAYELSA KIDNAPPING [...]BU) SUMMARY. Reports indicate several expatriate hostages have been taken near Brass in Bayelsa State in the Niger Delta region of Nig[...] |
2004-07-20 14:12:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EPET PINS PGOV NI CACS |
| 04LAGOS1493 | NIGERIA UPDATE - BAYELSA HOSTAGES RELEASED [...]BU) SUMMARY. On July 20, as reported in reftel, several expatriate oil services employees were taken hostage in Bayelsa State. We hav[...] |
2004-07-21 12:43:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EPET PINS PGOV NI CACS |
| 04LAGOS1527 | POTENTIAL HELICOPTER MISHAP INVOLVING AMCIT [...]BU) Summary: According to preliminary but credible reports, a Pan African Airlines helicopter with an American citizen and three other[...] |
2004-07-26 17:38:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC ASEC EPET PGOV NI |
| 04LAGOS1535 | UPDATE ON HELICOPTER MISHAP INVOLVING AMCIT [...]BU) Pan African Airways has notified us that last night one body was retrieved from the helicopter that apparently went down yesterday[...] |
2004-07-28 05:35:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC ASEC EPET PGOV NI |
| 04LAGOS155 | NIGERIA'S FUEL CRUNCH WORSENS AMIDST STRIKE [...]) SUMMARY: While Nigerians try to determine if a national strike is on or off and whether or not there is a tax on gasoline (refs A, B[...] |
2004-01-23 08:10:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV PGOV PINR ENRG NI |
| 04LAGOS1564 | A SUCCESSFUL MODEL FOR MANAGING OIL IN [...][...] |
2004-07-30 09:44:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ELAB ECON PGOV NI |
| 04LAGOS192 | NEW YEAR OFFERS NO REPRIEVE FROM DELTA VIOLENCE [...]BU) SUMMARY. The New Year has so far offered Nigeria's Delta region little reprieve from the violence that marked ¶2003. Recent in[...] |
2004-01-26 13:54:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR EPET MOPS PGOV PINS NI |
| 04LAGOS1982 | DELTA VIOLENCE UPDATE FOR SEPTEMBER 28 [...]C) GON military efforts (Operation Flush Out 3) to combat Delta militants continue. Oil companies are monitoring the situation closel[...] |
2004-09-28 19:46:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS CASC EPET AA PGOV NI |
| 04LAGOS1998 | DELTA VIOLENCE UPDATE FOR SEPTEMBER 29 [...]C) Given the significant international press coverage and the threats of Ijaw secession made by Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force [...] |
2004-09-29 20:06:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS CASC EPET PGOV NI DELTAVIOLENCE |
| 04LAGOS2011 | DELTA VIOLENCE UPDATE FOR SEPTEMBER 30 [...]S) Local press headlined today with news of government meetings with Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force (NDPVF) leader Asari in Abu[...] |
2004-09-30 14:55:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS CASC EPET PGOV NI |
| 04LAGOS2013 | DELTA UPDATE FOR SEPTEMBER 30 [...]S) Local press headlined today with news of government meetings with Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force (NDPVF) leader Asari in Abu[...] |
2004-09-30 16:12:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | EPET CASC MOPS PGOV NI |
| 04LAGOS2015 | OFFICIAL INFORMAL - DELTA UPDATE FOR OCTOBER 1 [...]SBU) The Port Harcourt area has been quiet and tensions have diminished from earlier this week as Nigeria celebrates October 1, its 4[...] |
2004-10-01 12:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET CASC PGOV MOPS NI |
| 04LAGOS2016 | DELTA UPDATE FOR OCTOBER 1 [...]SBU) The Port Harcourt area has been quiet and tensions have diminished from earlier this week as Nigeria celebrates October 1, its 4[...] |
2004-10-01 14:36:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET CASC PGOV MOPS NI |
| 04LAGOS2028 | DELTA UPDATE FOR OCTOBER 4 [...]) There have been no reports of fighting between the GON military and any of the informal militias in the Port Harcourt area. Press r[...] |
2004-10-05 06:50:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET CASC PGOV MOPS NI |
| 04LAGOS2068 | NIGERIA: PRELUDE TO POSSIBLE NATIONAL STRIKE [...]/NF) Summary: Barring a last-minute breakthrough in tense, on again, off again talks between the GON and the National Labor Congress ([...] |
2004-10-08 15:30:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | ELAB PGOV NI PHUM EPET |
| 04LAGOS2071 | NIGERIA NATIONWIDE STRIKE SITREP #1 - OCTOBER 11 [...]MMARY. Two days before a planned nation-wide stay-at-home strike, the State Security Service (SSS) detained and then released National[...] |
2004-10-12 06:28:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV NI PHUM EPET |
| 04LAGOS2072 | NIGERIA NATIONWIDE STRIKE SITREP #1 - OCTOBER 11 [...]MMARY. Two days before a planned nation-wide stay-at-home strike, the State Security Service (SSS) detained and then released National[...] |
2004-10-12 06:28:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV NI PHUM EPET |
| 04LAGOS2096 | NIGERIA NATIONWIDE STRIKE SITREP #3: OCTOBER 13 [...]U) Summary: The nationwide strike in Nigeria continues to be well-observed throughout most of Nigeria. Of major cities, Abuja apparent[...] |
2004-10-13 16:19:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV EPET KDEM ECON NI |
| 04LAGOS2107 | NIGERIA NATIONWIDE STRIKE SITREP #4: OCTOBER 14 [...]) Summary. The nationwide strike continued for its fourth day. The joint labor-civil society coalition will meet in Abuja this afterno[...] |
2004-10-14 16:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV EPET KDEM ECON NI |
| 04LAGOS2109 | NIGERIA PIPELINE EXPLOSION: NO INJURIES, SMALL [...]SBU) On 10 October, a leaking Shell crude oil export pipeline which had been vandalized caught fire in the River State. There were n[...] |
2004-10-15 08:13:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV PGOV ASEC NI |
| 04LAGOS2110 | NIGERIA PIPELINE EXPLOSION: NO INJURIES, SMALL [...]SBU) On 10 October, a leaking Shell crude oil export pipeline which had been vandalized caught fire in the River State. There were n[...] |
2004-10-15 08:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV PGOV ASEC NI |
| 04LAGOS2134 | WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE DELTA - A LAGOS [...]C) Summary: Supplementing the views expressed reftel, this message provides Lagos' perspective of the Delta crisis. This latest gush [...] |
2004-10-20 16:28:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET PINR NI |
| 04LAGOS2138 | NIGERIA: SOLE IJAW GOVERNOR DOWNPLAYS GON TALKS [...]C) Summary: In an October 14 meeting with the Consul General and Pol/Econ chief, Bayelsa State Governor Alamieyeseigha, Nigeria's on[...] |
2004-10-21 15:24:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NI PGOV EPET KDEM |
| 04LAGOS2195 | NIGERIA ECONOMIC UPDATE OCTOBER 2004 [...]) Summary: Nigerian manufacturers estimate they lost roughly USD 150 million due to the October 11-14 nationwide fuel price strike. T[...] |
2004-10-29 06:19:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR EPET ELAB EFIN NI |
| 04LAGOS2270 | STRIKE UPDATE - FOR CLEARANCE [...]C) The Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) and allied civic organizations continue to lay the groundwork for a November 16 nationwide strike[...] |
2004-11-10 16:43:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB EPET ASEC NI |
| 04LAGOS2273 | LOOKING TOWARD THE NOVEMBER 16 STRIKE [...]SBU) The Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) and allied civic organizations continue to lay the groundwork for a November 16 nationwide stri[...] |
2004-11-10 17:18:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET EINV PGOV ASEC NI |
| 04LAGOS2274 | MISSION FEEDBACK ON WAGP PROJECT [...]U) Mission was contacted by OPIC this week to provide comments regarding environmental, worker health, and safety implications for th[...] |
2004-11-10 17:18:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV PGOV NI |
| 04LAGOS2306 | GON PROMISES FUEL PRICE REDUCTION AND LABOR [...]U) On November 15, the GON announced it would reduce the price of fuel to N49 per liter. Responding to the promised price reduction, t[...] |
2004-11-16 16:02:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ELAB EPET KDEM NI PGOV |
| 04LAGOS2363 | ASARI WITHDRAWAL FROM PEACE PROCESS UNCLEAR; SHELL [...]SBU) Press accounts state Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force (NDPVF) leader Asari has pulled out the peace talks with the Governme[...] |
2004-11-23 17:39:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET CASC PGOV MOPS NI |
| 04LAGOS2384 | HALLIBURTON BAN LIKELY TO BE REVERSED; FIRM [...]C) Halliburton has indicated the GON is likely to quietly lift the ban against the firm's activities in Nigeria. The move was facili[...] |
2004-11-27 15:34:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV NI |
| 04LAGOS2446 | CHEVRON AND SHELL STATIONS OCCUPIED; ONE AMCIT HELD [...]C) Chevron Texaco (CT) Nigeria confirmed that local community members occupied the Robert-kiri flow station near Port Harcourt, River[...] |
2004-12-06 17:33:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET CASC PGOV MOPS NI |
| 04LAGOS2447 | CONVERSATION WITH EXXON MOBIL MANAGING DIRECTOR [...]C) Exxon Mobil Managing Director for Nigeria John Chaplain said the challenges facing Nigeria's energy sector are: 1) under-investmen[...] |
2004-12-07 07:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV NI |
| 04LAGOS2451 | 30 CHEVRON EMPLOYEES, INCL. AMCIT, STILL HELD IN [...]C) As of 0900 (local) December 7, thirty Chevron Texaco (CT) employees, including one Amcit, continued to be held at the Robert-kiri [...] |
2004-12-07 11:34:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET CASC PGOV MOPS NI |
| 04LAGOS2455 | OCCUPATION OF CHEVRON ROBERT-KIRI FACILITY ENDS [...]U) Chevron Texaco (CT) officials informed the Consulate that the townspeople occupying the Robert-kiri facility in Rivers State depar[...] |
2004-12-08 04:07:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI |
| 04LAGOS2456 | OCCUPATION OF CHEVRON ROBERT-KIRI FACILITY ENDS [...]U) Chevron Texaco (CT) officials informed the Consulate that the townspeople occupying the Robert-kiri facility in Rivers State depar[...] |
2004-12-08 04:07:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC EPET MOPS PGOV NI |
| 04LAGOS2470 | Brass LNG Project Overview [...]BU) This cable provides an overview of a major new liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Nigeria. ..Brass LNG is planned as a worl[...] |
2004-12-09 15:20:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV NI ENERG |
| 04LAGOS2492 | MISSION COMMENTS ON OPIC INSURANCE FOR WAGP [...]C) This cable responds to OPIC requests for Mission comments on OPIC insurance for the West Africa Gas Pipeline project. Mission is [...] |
2004-12-13 16:28:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV EAID PGOV NI |
| 04LAGOS2516 | NIGERIA TO ABIDE BY OPEC QUOTA, ENACT PRODUCTION [...]SBU) Alhaji Jafaru Paki, Special Assistant to the President on Petroleum, confirmed to Energy Off on 14 December that the GON intends[...] |
2004-12-16 05:40:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ECON NI |
| 04LAGOS2560 | SHELL DECLARES FORCE MAJEURE AT BONNY TERMINAL [...]U) Shell Head of Media and Communications Bisi Ojediran confirmed to us that Shell has declared force majeure at Bonny Terminal, due [...] |
2004-12-23 14:27:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET EINV NI ENERG |
| 04LAGOS2561 | NNPC PIPELINE FIRE [...]U) Press reports indicate a Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) pipeline was vandalized, with the resulting spill set abla[...] |
2004-12-23 14:54:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET EINV NI ENERG |
| 04LAGOS2562 | DPR STRIKE ENDS PEACEFULLY; NO PRODUCTION IMPACT [...]enior employees of Nigeria's Department of Petroleum Resources ended a 2-day strike on 22 December. DPR Public Affairs Manager Belema[...] |
2004-12-23 14:55:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET EINV NI ENERG |
| 04LAGOS2563 | NIGERIA-SAO TOME JOINT DEVELOPMENT ZONE LICENSING [...]) The Nigeria-Sao Tome and Principe Joint Development Zone (JDZ) call for bids for five deep offshore oil blocs closed December 15, w[...] |
2004-12-23 15:02:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET EINV NI ENERG |
| 04LAGOS2572 | SEABULK EMPLOYEE TAKEN HOSTAGE [...]C) Seabulk reported to Energy Off on 26 December that an employee was taken hostage near Amatu, Bayelsa State, on 25 December while c[...] |
2004-12-28 06:10:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI |
| 04LAGOS2576 | SEABULK HOSTAGE RELEASED IN GOOD CONDITION [...]SBU) Seabulk Managing Director Robert Clemmons reported to Energy Off that Bayelsa State officials have secured the release of Seabul[...] |
2004-12-28 16:01:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI |
| 04LAGOS2588 | CONSUL GENERAL VISITS PORT HARCOURT AND YENAGOA [...]BU) SUMMARY: The Consul General visited Rivers and Bayelsa States December 8-10. He met the Deputy Governors of both states (the Gove[...] |
2004-12-30 11:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV PGOV ASEC NI |
| 04LAGOS30 | NIGERIA'S LINGERING FUEL SCARCITY [...]) SUMMARY: Nigeria continues to face periodic fuel shortages as the GON, fuel marketers and the public adjust to a quasi-deregulated e[...] |
2004-01-07 14:54:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV PGOV ENRG NI |
| 04LAGOS462 | Nigeria: NLC Plans Protests Against Casualization [...]) On February 26, Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) President Adams Oshiomhole announced that the NLC, the Congress of Free Trade Unions (C[...] |
2004-03-02 16:00:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EPET KDEM NI PGOV |
| 04LAGOS523 | NIGER DELTA: FIGHTING IN THE STREETS OF WARRI [...]C) SUMMARY: Fighting has broken out in the streets of Warri involving members of the Joint Task Force (JTF) "Operation Restore Hope" a[...] |
2004-03-10 14:19:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS PINR ASEC EPET MCAP NI |
| 04LAGOS540 | DELTA VIOLENCE ON RISE, ELECTIONS SUSPENDED [...]SBU) SUMMARY: The rate and level of violence in the Niger Delta has been increasing in recent weeks (ref A). Plans for March 27 electi[...] |
2004-03-12 06:27:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PGOV PINS PINR ASEC EPET NI |
| 04LAGOS605 | NIGERIA ECONOMIC UPDATE, MARCH 19 [...]) This update includes: -- Overland Links Inland Airports -- NEPA Improves Collection Efficiency -- GON to Revive Liq[...] |
2004-03-19 16:22:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EAIR ECON NI |
| 04LAGOS627 | NIGERIA: Labor Update [...]n March 2, approximately 30 of the 56 Nigerian banks accused by the Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC) of engaging in anti-labor practices [...] |
2004-03-23 14:54:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EPET KDEM NI PGOV |
| 04LAGOS634 | OIL INDUSTRY CAUTIOUSLY EMBRACES NIGERIAN [...](U) SUMMARY. The GON requires oil companies to use indigenous contractors in joint venture projects, with a current target goal for "[...] |
2004-03-24 05:23:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV PGOV NI |
| 04LAGOS698 | OIL COMPANIES READY TO CUT NIGERIA'S APRIL [...]) ExxonMobil, ChevronTexaco and Shell have received instructions from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to anticipate[...] |
2004-03-30 15:26:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV PGOV PREL NI |
| 04LAGOS704 | NIGERIA - SAO TOME JDZ: EXXONMOBIL BIDS BLOCK 1 [...]) SUMMARY: ExxonMobil has exercised only one of its preferential bids for crude oil exploration and development in the Nigeria - Sao T[...] |
2004-03-31 13:04:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV PGOV PREL ECON NI |
| 04LAGOS75 | EXXON AND CHROME FIRST TO BID ON JDZ BLOCKS [...](U) SUMMARY. The development of natural resources in the Nigeria-Sao Tome and Principe Joint Development Zone (JDZ) took another step[...] |
2004-01-14 16:27:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET EINV PGOV PINR PREL NI |
| 04LAGOS767 | SCANDAL BREWING OVER NIGERIAN FUEL IMPORTS [...]) SUMMARY. A scandal is brewing in Nigeria over prices paid by the government for imported fuel. International fuel traders have been [...] |
2004-04-08 08:33:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET EINV EFIN PGOV NI |
| 04LAGOS82 | EXXON AND CHROME FIRST TO BID ON JDZ BLOCKS [...](U) SUMMARY. The development of natural resources in the Nigeria-Sao Tome and Principe Joint Development Zone (JDZ) took another step[...] |
2004-01-15 09:24:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET EINV PGOV PINR PREL NI |
| 04LAGOS941 | NIGER DELTA WAITS FOR MILITARY ACTION [...]) SUMMARY: We have no reports of military action over the weekend in the Niger Delta swamps as residents and oil companies anticipate [...] |
2004-05-03 17:57:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PINS ASEC MOPS PINR PGOV CASC PHUM NI |
| 04LAPAZ2814 | PRESIDENT MESA AND CONGRESS TO WORK TOGETHER ON [...]C) Summary: The Chamber of Deputies' Economic Development Committee has proposed nullifying all of the contracts signed under the cur[...] |
2004-09-03 20:13:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON SOCI EFIN EINV ENRG PGOV PREL BL |
| 04LILONGWE1013 | MALAWI HIKES FUEL PRICES, BUT NOT ENOUGH [...]BU) The Government of Malawi has recently raised retail fuel prices for the first time since March 2004. The increase amounts to 8.9 [...] |
2004-10-27 14:25:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN PGOV MI |
| 04LJUBLJANA1128 | SLOVENIA ON YUKOS AUCTION [...]C) Pol/econ chief delivered reftel points to Angelina Trajkovski of the MFA's Office for Eastern Europe on December ¶20. Trajkovs[...] |
2004-12-20 11:12:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON KPAO PREL PHUM RS SI |
| 04MADRID2118 | SPAIN: ENERGY SECTOR DEVELOPMENTS [...]his cable summarizes selected developments in the Spain's energy sector. In this issue: -- New Ministry of Industry, Tourism[...] |
2004-06-07 14:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG BTIO EPET SP |
| 04MADRID2762 | SPAIN UNVEILS NATIONAL KYOTO PLAN [...]UMMARY: In an eleventh hour move to avoid EU penalties, Spain's Ministries of Environment and Industry unveiled the provisional Natio[...] |
2004-07-20 13:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ENRG EPET SP |
| 04MADRID3992 | SPAIN: MFA SUPPORTIVE OF SHELL/REPSOL FRAMEWORK [...]U) We delivered reftel demarche to Repsol YPF's Director General for the Eastern Hemisphere and Orient Mario B. Rosso, as well as to A[...] |
2004-10-14 07:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ETTC ENRG EPET SP |
| 04MADRID4243 | ILSA RESPONSE FROM REPSOL IS BUSINESS AS USUAL [...]SBU) We spoke with Mario B. Rosso, Director General of the Eastern Hemisphere and Caribbean for REPSOL-YPF (Repsol) about Reftel A and[...] |
2004-11-03 14:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC ENRG EPET PREL IR SP |
| 04MADRID4612 | CHAVEZ COURTS SPANISH SOCIALISTS;LEAVES POLITICAL [...]C) SUMMARY: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez visited Spain November 21-23, in a trip that was touted by the Spanish government as prim[...] |
2004-12-03 16:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EPET ELAB EIND PHUM PREL MARR SP VE |
| 04MADRID4890 | SPAIN: YUKOS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...][...] |
2004-12-29 17:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ECON PREL PHUM KPAO RS SP |
| 04MADRID763 | OPPORTUNITIES IN SPAIN'S GROWING ENERGY MARKET [...]UMMARY: Since joining the EU in 1986, Spain has experienced dramatic industrialization and economic development. Along with developm[...] |
2004-03-05 16:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG BTIO EPET SP |
| 04MANAMA1422 | MINISTER OF OIL DISCUSSES PETROLEUM SECTOR WITH [...]C) Minister of Oil Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa told the Ambassador September 6 that U.S. companies have participated successfully in the de[...] |
2004-09-15 09:18:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG EPET BA PROG |
| 04MANAMA725 | BAHRAIN MAY SIGN BIG IRAN GAS DEAL AT YEAR'S END [...]C/NF) Bahraini CP Sheikh Salman bin Hamed told CDA on May 15 that Bahrain may conclude a major agreement to buy Iranian gas by the en[...] |
2004-05-17 14:37:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET ENRG ETTC PREL IR QA BA |
| 04MUSCAT2285 | INDIA WINS OMANI SUPPORT FOR UNSC SEAT, DEEPENS [...]) On December 25-26, Indian Minister of External Affairs Natwar Singh met with Sultan Qaboos and various government ministers to boost[...] |
2004-12-29 07:37:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EPET KCRM MARR IN MU |
| 04OTTAWA3413 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES NORTHERN PIPELINES WITH [...]U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for distribution outside USG channels. ¶2. (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador paid a court[...] |
2004-12-20 18:11:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ETRD EPET CA |
| 04PARAMARIBO200 | SIXTH WESTERN HEMISPHER ENERGY MINISTERIAL [...][...] |
2004-03-05 18:49:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET NS |
| 04PARAMARIBO44 | SURINAME'S SERVICE-STATION OWNERS DEMAND HIGHER [...]) On January 6, Suriname's service-station owners threatened to resume a December 2003 strike to protest the government's refusal to n[...] |
2004-01-16 18:36:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET PBTS FR NS |
| 04PRETORIA4565 | South Africa: Fuel Price Increases [...](U) On October 5, the Department of Minerals and Energy announced a 2.64% increase in the price of gasoline at retail outlets, accompa[...] |
2004-10-14 05:53:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EINV EIND SF |
| 04PRETORIA4768 | SOUTH AFRICA: AMBASSADOR MEETS MINISTER OF [...]) SUMMARY. Ambassador Jendayi Frazer called on Minister Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka of the Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) on Octo[...] |
2004-10-28 16:12:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN EPET ENRG KNNP TRGY PINR SF |
| 04PRETORIA5319 | SOUTH AFRICA: MINERALS AND ENERGY NEWSLETTER "THE [...]) Introduction: In January 2004, the Economic Section of Embassy/Pretoria produced the first issue of a new monthly newsletter called[...] |
2004-12-09 11:51:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EINV EIND ETRD ECON SF |
| 04QUITO2327 | THE PROCURADOR STRIKES BACK AT OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM [...]) See paragraph 11 for an action request. ¶2. (C) Summary. Ecuador's Procurador (Solicitor General) may be seeking to te[...] |
2004-08-24 21:01:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EPET ECON EC |
| 04QUITO2380 | PROGRESS ON OCCIDENTAL CASE [...]BU) Summary. Occidental Petroleum (Oxy) and Embassy efforts to tone down the rhetoric and reach an amicable resolution with the GOE ar[...] |
2004-08-27 17:43:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ETRD ECON EC |
| 04QUITO2418 | OXY BRINGS IN THE BIG GUNS - EMBASSY KEEPS FIRING [...]U) Summary. Occidental Petroleum (Oxy) brought a team of lawyers and executives to Ecuador to discuss the GOE's claims that Oxy faile[...] |
2004-09-02 22:01:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ETRD ECON EC |
| 04QUITO2462 | OXY: GOE TAKES A SERIOUS WRONG TURN [...]) See action request in paragraph 12. ¶2. (C) Summary. The GOE is proceeding with the contract nullification process (cad[...] |
2004-09-10 18:42:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ETRD ECON EC |
| 04QUITO2509 | OXY: THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM - OR PROGRESS? [...]) Summary. Occidental Petroleum's (Oxy) meetings in the US and USG efforts have provided a temporary calm in the contract nullificati[...] |
2004-09-16 14:47:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ETRD ECON EC |
| 04QUITO2613 | TIDE TURNING IN OXY'S FAVOR BUT A LONG WAY TO GO [...]) Summary. The efforts of Occidental Petroleum (Oxy) and the Mission are gathering momentum in blunting misperceptions raised by the [...] |
2004-09-28 23:05:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ETRD ECON PREL EC |
| 04ROME4563 | CHEVRON INCIDENT REFLECTS CHANGING DYNAMICS IN [...][...] |
2004-12-01 16:43:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET PINR KZ |
| 04SANAA1537 | PARLIAMENT CHALLENGES GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION [...]) Summary and Comment: Over the course of several months, Members of Parliament (MPs) have conducted an investigation into government [...] |
2004-06-26 12:36:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EPET PHUM KDEM KMPI YM DOMESTIC POLITICS |
| 04SANTODOMINGO3749 | DOMINICAN TRANSITION #4: PRESIDENT-ELECT'S VISIT [...]BU) This no. 4 in our series on the transition to a new presidential administration in the Dominican Republic. DOMINICAN PRES[...] |
2004-06-25 17:45:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EPET DR VE |
| 04SANTODOMINGO4637 | DOMINICAN TRANSITION #14: FERNANDEZ TELLS [...]) This no. 14 in our series on the transition to a new presidential administration in the Dominican Republic. Lunch with Leon[...] |
2004-08-12 10:46:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EPET MCAP DR VE |
| 04SANTODOMINGO4719 | DOMINICAN TRANSITION #13: FERNANDEZ TELLS [...]) This is the amplified and corrected version of ref a, part of our series on the transition to a new presidential administration in t[...] |
2004-08-18 11:29:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EPET MCAP DR VE |
| 04SANTODOMINGO4916 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND VENEZUELAN OIL [...]) This cable is an overview of the Dominican Republic's petroleum sector in response to reftel A. Venezuela in 2003 supplied only 11[...] |
2004-08-30 20:39:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG |