Gulf firms face $6.5bn bond refinancing
Almost $3bn worth of bonds are due to mature in the first half of 2009, with a further $3.5bn in the second.Qatar: Latest 20 news stories
- Friendship Causeway group lines up programme manager
- Qatari Arabian to build Doha commercial centre
- Financial crisis hits regional stock markets
- Firms bid for Qatar north coast gas field
- Finance houses exit Gulf aviation market
- Production Services Network to bid for Ras Laffan gas deal
- Growth in Qatar money supply slows to 10 per cent
- Gulf project finance market collapses
- Region's markets diverge as financial turmoil continues
- Qatari Diar launches subsidiary to develop Lusail
- Dolphin Energy set to supply gas to Oman
- Punj Lloyd wins Qatar gas pipeline work
- Qatari investor buys stake in Iceland's biggest bank
- DFM up 10 per cent as markets digest bank bailouts plan
- Watchdog rules on Qatar mobile switching
- Submission of study puts GCC rail scheme on track for 2010 start
- Financial turmoil in US dampens demand for rights issues
- Gulf counts cost of US bank collapse
- Lehman bank collapse threatens project funding
- Wall Street crisis hits Gulf banks
Special Report: Why Qatar could extend its gas moratorium
Despite the moratorium on new exploration activity, which effectively locks international firms out of Qatar's giant North field, there is still plenty happening in the state's energy sector. Four new offshore exploration rounds are being launched and the oil majors are jostling to gain new acreage.
Special report: Qatar - Doha struggles with rising inflation
With growth of about 14 per cent a year, Qatar is one of the world's fastest growing economies. It has the highest per capita GDP in the Middle East.
Commentary
- Doha right to go slow on regulator
- Infrastructure in the GCC is a top priority
- GCC states lack common financial goal
- Lehman exposure must be made public
- Monetary union and GCC Railway: Gulf states should swallow pride
- Code of conduct is no threat to Gulf funds
- Foreigners can raise standards in financial sector
- Rising dollar is no panacea for GCC inflation
- Regulator should clean up markets in Qatar
- Transformation of Doha is beginning
Tenders
- QATAR TENDER: Overhead power lines
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- QATAR TENDER: Water distribution service connections
- QATAR TENDER: Integrated control system
- QATAR TENDER: Spading, despading and rigging support services
- QATAR TENDER: Gas supplies
- QATAR TENDER: Electrical and telecommunications utilities
- QATAR TENDER: Site development
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- QATAR TENDER: Feeder pillars
