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MIDDLE EAST ECONOMIC SURVEY

INDEX TO VOLUME XLV

(7 January 2002-23/30 December 2002)

C O N T E N T S Page How to Use Index 2 Abbreviations 3 Oil 11 Finance and Banking 71 Political 100 Names 107

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HOW TO USE INDEX

The numbers used in the index refer to the following:

– First figure denotes issue number.

– Second figure denotes page number. For Example:

– 50(A1-A5,B1-B2,C1-C2,D1-D5) would refer to Issue No. 50 pages A1-A5,B1-B2,C1-C2,D1-D5.

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ABBREVIATIONS

AAG Arab Advisors Group AAOIFI Accounting & Auditing Organization for Islamic & Financial Institutions ABC Arab Banking Corpora- tion ABS Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene ACB Askari Commercial Bank ACC Algerian Cement Com- pany ACG Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli ADB African Development Bank ADC Arabian Drilling Com- pany ADCB Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank ADCO Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Opera- tions ADD Ahmad Da'bul & Sons Company for Detergent ADFD Abu Dhabi Fund for Development Adgas Abu Dhabi Gas Lique- faction Company ADIA Abu Dhabi Investment Authority ADIB Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank ADIC Abu Dhabi Investment Company ADMA- Abu Dhabi Marine OPCO Operating Company ADNOC Abu Dhabi National Oil Company ADNOC- Abu Dhabi National FOD Oil Company for Distri- bution ADOC Abu Dhabi Oil Com- pany ADSM Abu Dhabi Stock Mar- ket ADWEA Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority ADWEC Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Corporation AEC Algerian Energy Com- pany AEUC Arab Economic Unity Council AFESD Arab Fund for Econo- mic and Social Develop- ment AFPC Al-Furat Petroleum Company AGD Asab Gas Development Agip KCO Agip Kazakstan North Caspian Operating Company NV AGOC Aramco Gulf Opera- tions Company

AHB Alliance Housing Bank AIG Atlas Investment Group AIOC Azerbaijan International Operating Company AIPAC America Israel Public Affairs Committee AKP Islamist Justice and Development Party Alba Aluminum Bahrain Aman Islamic Insurance and Reinsurance Company AMF Arab Monetary Fund AMU Arab Maghreb Union ANB Arab National Bank ANWR Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ANZ Australia and New Zea- land Banking Group AOC Arabian Oil Company AOPIG African Oil Policy Initia- tive Group APCI Air Products and Chemi- cals APEC Asia Pacific Energy Cooperation APERC Asia-Pacific Energy Research Center API American Petroleum Institute Apicorp Arab Petroleum Invest- ments Corporation APM Administered Price Mechanism Arbift Arab Bank for Invest- ment and Foreign Trade ARIG Arab Insurance Group ASE 'Amman Stock Exchange ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations ASEZ 'Aqaba Special Economic Zone ASRY Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard ATFP Arab Trade Financing Program AWB Al-Watany Bank BAD Banque Algerienne de Developpement Bafco Bahrain Aviation Fuel- ling Company Banagas Bahrain National Gas Company Bapco Bahrain Petroleum Com- pany BAPline Burgas-Alexandroupolis Pipeline BASP Baroid Algerie de Ser- vices aux Puits Batelco Bahrain Telecommuni-

cations Company Baytar al- National Chemical Fertilizer Company BBAC Bank of Beirut and the Arab Countries BBK Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait BCP Banque Centrale Popu- laire BEMO Banque Europeenne pour le Moyen-Orient BFH Bahrain Financial Har- bour BG British Gas BIB Bahrain International Bank EC BIPC Bandar Imam Petro- chemical Company BIS Bank of International Settlements BKME Bank of Kuwait and the Middle East BLF Banque Libano- Francaise BLOM Banque d'Affaires du Liban et d'Outre-Mer SAL BMA Bahrain Monetary Agency BMB Bahrain Middle East Bank BNP Banque Nationale de Paris BOO Build-Own-Operate BOOT Build-Own-Operate- Transfer Borouge Abu Dhabi Polymers Company BOT Build-Operate-Transfer Botas Petroleum Pipeline Corp BOV Bank of Valetta BP British Petroleum BPCL Bharat Petroleum Cor- poration Ltd BSPC Blue Stream Pipeline Company BV BTC Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan BTKD Banque Tuniso- Koweitienne de Deve- loppement CAABU Council for the Advance- ment of Arab British Understanding CABGOC Cabinda Gulf Company CAFE Corporate Average Fuel Economy CanOxy Canadian Occidental Petroleum Ltd

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CAR Cooperative Automo- tive Research CAT Ciment Artificiels Tunisiens CB&I Chicago Bridge & Iron Company CBD Commercial Bank of Dubai CBK Commercial Bank of Kuwait CBQ Commercial Bank of Qatar CCC Consolidated Contrac- tors Company CCFI Consulting Center for Finance and Investment CCGT Combined Cycle Gas Turbine CCIC Consolidated Contrac- tors International Com- pany CCR Continuous Catalytic Reformer CDR Council for Develop- ment and Reconstruc- tion CEDAW Convention on the Elim- ination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women CEGC Central Electricity Generating Company CentGas Central Asia Gas Pipe- line CEPC Cairo Electricity Produc- tion Company CERA Cambridge Energy Research Associates CES Canadian Energy Services CESR Center for Economic and Social Rights CETIC China Electric Power Technology CFC Commercial Facilities Company CFF Compensatory Funding Facility CFO Collaterized Fund Obli- gation CFTC Commodity Futures Trading Commission CGES Centre for Global Energy Studies CGG Compagnie Generale de Geophysique CHP Combined Heat and Power CI Capital Intelligence CIA Central Intelligence Agency CIB Commercial Internation- al Bank CIIC Commercial Internation- al Investment Company

CLO Collateralized Loan Obligation CNCA Caisse Nationle de Credit Agricole CNEEC China National Electric Equipment Company CNG Compressed Natural Gas CNOOC China National Offshore Oil Corporation CNPC China National Petro- leum Corp Combank Commercial Bank of Oman Copei Social Christian Party CPC Caspian Pipeline Consor- tium CPChem Chevron Phillips Chemi- cal Company LLC CSFB Credit Suisse First Boston CSIS Center of Strategic and International Studies CTV Venezuelan Workers Confederation DEL Dolphin Energy Ltd DEPA Greek Public Gas Cor- poration Desgas Dair al-Zur Gas DEWA Dubai Electricity and Water Authority DFLP Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine DFM Dubai Financial Market DIB Dubai Islamic Bank DIFC Dubai International Financial Center DKW Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein DKWR Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein Research DMI Dar al-Mal al-Islami Trust DOTL Dragon Oil Turkmenis- tan Ltd DPC Dubai Petroleum Com- pany DPSA Development and Production-Sharing Agreement Dubal Dubai Aluminum Com- pany E&P Exploration and Pro- duction EAB Egyptian American Bank EAEO East Asian Energy Organization EAOC Exxon Azerbaijan

Operating Company EAPC Eilat-Ashkelon Pipeline Company EBI Emirates Bank Interna- tional EBRD European Bank for Re- construction and Deve- lopment EC European Commission ECAL Economic Competitive- ness Adjustment Loan ECC Energy Cooperation Center ECES Egyptian Center for Economic Studies ECGD Export Credit Guaran- tee Department ECHO EU Humanitarian Aid Office ECMS Egyptian Company for Mobile Services ECPL Engro Chemical Pakis- tan Ltd EDC Export Development Canada EDF Electricite de France EDL Electricite du Liban EEA Egyptian Electricity Authority EEHC Egyptian Electricity Holding Company EFB Export and Finance Bank EFET European Federation of Energy Traders EFF Extended Fund Facility EFS Emirates Financial Ser- vices EFTA European Free Trade Association EG Ethylene Glycol EGAS Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company EGPC Egyptian General Petro- leum Corporation EGU Enhanced Gas Utiliza- Tion EIA Energy Information Administration EIB European Investment Bank EIG Energy Intelligence Group EIU Economist Intelligence Unit EKF Export Kredit Fonden ELNG Egypt LNG Emarat Emirates General Petro- leum Corporation EMB Euro-Mediterranean Bank EMC Energy Market Consul- tants EMG East Mediterranean Gas EMP Emerging Markets Part-

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nership EMSA European Maritime Safety Agency Enafor Entreprise Nationale de Forage ENAGEO Entreprise Nationale de Geophysique ENGI National Enterprises for Industrial Gas ENOC Emirates National Oil Company ENSP Entreprise Nationale des Services aux Puits ENTP Entreprise Nationale des Travaux Petroliers EOR Enhanced Oil Recovery EPA US Environmental Pro- tection Agency EPC Engineering, Procure- ment and Construction EPHC Egyptian Petrochemical Holding Company EPIC Engineering, Procure- ment, Installation and Commissioning EPSA Exploration and Produc- tion-Sharing Agreements EPTX Energy Exhibition for Petroleum Technology and Equipment ERA Electricity Regulatory Authority ERG Swiss Export Credit Agency ESAI Energy Security Analysis Inc ESCA Emirates Stocks and Commodities Authority ESCWA Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia ETAL Exxon Turkmenistan (Amudarya) Ltd ETAP Entreprise Tunisienne d'Activites Petrolieres EU European Union Eximbank Export-Import Bank F&D Finding and Develop- ment FATF Financial Action Task Force FCP First Calgary Petroleum Ltd FDI Foreign Direct Invest- ment FEED Front-End Engineering and Design FEPCO Fujairah Energy Prod- ucts Company FEWA Federal Electricity and Water Authority FIEM Macro-Economic Stabi-

lization Fund FIIB First Islamic Investment Bank FIOC First International Oil Corp FIPPA Foreign Investment Pro- motion and Protection Act FLN National Liberation Front FPCL Fujian Petrochemical Company Ltd FPSO Floating, Production, Storage and Offtake FRN Floating Rate Note FSAP Financial Sector Assess- ment Program FSU Former Soviet Union FTA Free Trade Agreement G8 Group of Eight GAFTA Greater Arab Free Trade Area GAIL Gas Authority of India Ltd GAS National Industrial Gases Company GASCO Egyptian Natural Gas Company GB Global Business GBC Gulf Banking Consul- tants GBOC Georgian British Oil Company GCC Gulf Cooperation Coun- cil GCCIA GCC Interconnection Authority GDF Gaz de France GDP Gross Domestic Product GECF Gas Exporting Countries Forum GECOL General Electricity Com- pany of Libya Genset Hydrogen Generator Set GEOGE German Oil & Gas Egypt GmbH GGS Government Gas System GIB Gulf International Bank GIC Gulf Investment Corpo- ration GICF Ghaddafi International Charitable Foundation GIOC Georgian International Oil Corp GME Maghreb-Europe Gas Pipeline GMRA Great Man-Made River Authority GNPOC Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company GOSI General Organization for Social Insurance

GPC Gulf Petroleum Corpo- ration GPIC Gulf Petrochemical In- dustries Company GRL Goods Review List GSM Global System for Mobile Communications GTL Gas-to-Liquids Gupco Gulf of Suez Petroleum Company GUSA Gulf-Southeast Asia Pipeline Hadeed Saudi Iron and Steel Company Hetco Hess Energy Trading Company HOA Heads of Agreement HP Hewlett Packard HPCL Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency IAS International Account- ing Standards IASPS Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies IBJ Industrial Bank of Japan IBK Industrial Bank of Kuwait Ibn Rushd Arabian Industrial Fibers Company Ibn Zahr Saudi European Petro- chemical Company IBO Industrial Bank of Oman ICC International Criminal Court ICJ International Court of Justice ICOPP International Crude Oil and Product Prices IDA International Develop- ment Association IDAL Investment Develop- ment Authority of Lebanon IDB Islamic Development Bank IDF Israeli Defense Forces IDRO Industrial Development and Renovation Organi- zation IEA International Energy Administration IEC Israel Electric Corpora- tion IEEJ Institute of Energy Eco- nomics, Japan IEOC International Egyptian

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Oil Company IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Develop- ment IFC International Finance Corporation IFCO Iranian Fuel Consump- tion Optimization Organization Iffco Indian Farmers' Ferti- lizer Cooperative IFSB Islamic Financial Ser- vices Board IGAT Iranian Gas Trunkline IGC Israel Gas Corporation IGI International General Insurance Company IHI Ishikawajima Heavy Industries IICIC Iranian Inc for Contem- porary International Conferences and Fairs IIES Institute for Interna- tional Energy Studies IIFM International Islamic Financial Market IIR Institute for Interna- tional Research IIRA Islamic International Rating Agency IISS International Institute of Strategic Studies ILIC International Leasing and Investment Com- pany ILSA Iran Libya Sanctions Act IMB International Maritime Bureau IMF International Monetary Fund IMO International Maritime Organization INA Iraqi National Accord INAA Islamic National Accord Association INC Iraqi National Congress Indigas India Natural Gas INOC Iraq Natioanl Oil Com- pany Inpex Indonesia Petroleum Ltd Intertanko International Association of Independent Tanker Owners IOC Indian Oil Corporation IOCs International Oil Com- panies IOEC Iranian Offshore Engi- neering and Construc- tion Company IOOC Iranian Offshore Oil Company IOR Israel Oil Refineries IPCC Iran Petrochemical Commercial Company IPDC Iran Power Develop-

ment Company IPE International Petroleum Exchange IPG Idependent Petroleum Group IPIC International Petroleum Investment Company IPO Initial Public Offering IPS Industria Petrolifera Siciliana IPSA Iraqi Pipeline Trans- Saudi Arabia IRA Irish Republican Army IRAEE Iranian Association for Energy Economics IRC Insurance Regulatory Commission IRITEC Iranian International Engineering Company ISG In Salah Gas ISND Idd al-Shargi North Dome ISOICO Persian Gulf Shipbuild- ing Company ISPs Internet Service Provid- ers ISSD Idd al-Shargi South Dome IWCPL International Wireless Communications Pakistan Ltd IWO Independent Wireless One IWPP Independent Water and Power Project J&P Joannou & Paraskevai- des JAMC Japan-Arabia Methanol Company JAOC Japan Azerbaijan Operat- ing Company Japex Japan Petroleum Explo- ration Company JBIC Japanese Bank for Inter- national Cooperation JCF Jordan Cement Factories JGB Jordan Gulf Bank JIFB Jordan Investment Finance Bank JKB Jordan Kuwait Bank JNB Jordan National Bank JNOC Japan National Oil Corporation Jodco Japan Oil Development Company Jordinvest Jordan Investment Trust JPMC Jordan Phosphate Mines Company JPRC Jordanian Petroleum Refinery Company JSC Jordan Securities Com- mission

JTC Jordan Telecommunica- tions Company JUPC Jubail United Petrochem- ical Company Kahramaa Qatar Electricity and Water Corporation KAK Kenkiyak-Aralsk- Kumkol KCA Iran KCA Iran Kish Drilling Company KDP Kurdish Democratic Party Kemya Al-Jubail Petrochemical Company Kepco Korea Electric Power Co KFAED Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development KFH Kuwait Finance House KfW Kreditanstalt fur Wie- deraufbau KGOC Kuwait Gulf Oil Com- pany KHI Kingdom Hotel Invest- ment Group KIA Kuwait Investment Authority KIO Karachaganak Inte- grated Operation KIOGE Kazakstan International Oil and Gas Exhibition KIPE Kuwait International Petroleum Exhibition KNMT Kuwait Mobiles Tele- communications KNPC Kuwait National Petro- leum Company KOC Kuwait Oil Company KOGAS Korea Gas Corporation KOTC Kuwait Oil Tanker Company KPC Kuwait Petroleum Cor- poration KPI Kuwait Petroleum In- ternational KPV Kazakstan Pipeline Ven- tures LLC KREB Kuwait Real Estate Bank Kribhco Krishak Bharati Coop- erative Limited KSE Kuwait Stock Exchange KSHC Kuwait-Syrian Holding Company KUFPEC Kuwait Foreign Petro- leum Exploration Com- pany LAB Linear Alkyl Benzene LAFICO Libyan Arab Foreign

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Investment Fund LAPFI Law on the Attraction and Protection of Foreign Investment LDPE Low Density Polyethy- lene LG Lucky Goldstar LGB Lebanon Gulf Bank LNG Liquefied Natural Gas LPG Liquefied Petroleum Gas MAFTA Mediterranean Arab Free Trade Area MAIB Misr American Interna- tional Bank Mapna Iran Power Plant Pro- jects Management Com- pany MBR Bolivian Revolutionary Movement MCC Monetary and Credit Council MCCI McDermott Caspian Contractors Inc MDP Municipal Development Project MEA Middle East Airlines MECO Middle East Crude Oil MEED Middle East Economic Digest MENA Middle East and North Africa MEOW Middle East Oil Week MFC Morten Frisch Consult- ing MGS Master Gas System MHI Mitsubishi Heavy Indus- tries MIBank Misr International Bank Midor Middle East Oil Refinery MidTap Middle East Oil Tankage & Pipelines Company MMAJ Metal Mining Agency of Japan MOL Mitsui OSK Lines MOU Memorandum of Under- standing MPGC Middle East Petroleum and Gas Conference MPL Muzun Partner Limited MSM Muscat Securities Market MunaiTas Northwest Pipeline Company NAFTA North-American Free Trade Agreement NBAD National Bank of Abu Dhabi NBB National Bank of

Bahrain NBD National Bank of Dubai NBE National Bank of Egypt NBK National Bank of Kuwait NBO National Bank of Oman NCB National Commercial Bank NCC National Chemical Carriers NCCT Non-Cooperative Coun- tries and Territories NCL Net Capital Ltd NCSC National Coal Supply Corporation NDDC Niger Delta Develop- ment Commission NDR National Democratic Rally NEAL New Energy Algeria NGL Natural Gas Liquids NGOs Non-Governmental Organizations NGP Northern Gas Pipeline NIC National Industrializa- tion Company NICO Naftiran Intertrade Company NICSOC National Iranian Con- tinental Shelf Oil Company NIDC National Iranian Drilling Company NIGC National Iranian Gas Company NIGEC National Iranian Gas Export Company NIIO National Iranian Indus- tries Organization NIOC National Iranian Oil Company NIORDC National Iranian Oil Re- fining & Distribution Company NITC National Iranian Tanker Company NNPC Nigerian National Petro- leum Corporation NOC National Oil Corporation NOCs National Oil Companies NODCO National Oil Distribu- tion Company NPC National Petrochemical Company NPCC National Petroleum Construction Company NPIC National Petrochemical Industrialization Com- pany NPL National Petroleum Ltd NPRA National Petrochemical and Refiners Association NRP National Religious Party NSCSA National Shipping Com- pany of Saudi Arabia

NSGB National Societe Gener- al Bank NVGC Nile Valley Gas Com- pany NYMEX New York Mercantile Exchange OAB Oman Arab Bank OAPEC Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries OAS Organization of Ameri- can States OAU Organization of African Unity OCI Orascom Construction Industries OCL Oil Capital Ltd OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OEIHC Oman & Emirates In- vestment Holding Com- pany OFAC Office of Foreign Assets Control OFID OPEC Fund for Inter- national Development OGC Oman Gas Company OGD Onshore Gas Develop- ment OIB Oman International Bank OIC Organization of the Islamic Conference OIEC Oil Industries Engineer- ing and Construction OIES Oxford Institute for Energy Studies OIETAI Organization for Invest- ment, Economic and Technical Assistance of Iran OIL Oil India Ltd OKGD Offshore Khuff Gas Development OKIOC Offshore Kazakstan International Operating Company OLNG Oman Liquefied Natural Gas Company Omantel Oman Telecommunica- tions Company OME Observatoire Mediterra- neen de l'Energie Omifco Oman-India Fertilizer Company ONAREP Office National de Recherches et d'Exploi- tations Petrolieres ONE Office Nationale de l'Electricite ONGC Oil and Natural Gas

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Corporation ONIC Oman National Invest- ment Corporation ONII One Nine Investment International OOC Oman Oil Company OPEC Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries OPIC Overseas Private Investment Corporation ORC Oman Refinery Com- pany OT Orascom Telecom OTA Orascom Telecom Algeria OTC Oil and Turbocompres- sor Company OTT Orascom Telecom Tunisia OVC ONGC Videsh Ltd PA Palestinian Authority Paltel Palestine Telecommuni- cations Co Parsee Pars Special Economic/ Energy Zone PCCI Petrochemical Com- mercial Company Inter- national PCSU Privatization Coordina- tion Support Unit PDO Petroleum Develop- ment Oman PDVSA Petroleos de Venezuela SA PECDAR Palestinian Economic Council for Develop- ment and Reconstruc- tion Pedco PetroIran Development Company PEDEC Petroleum Engineering and Development Com- pany PEL Petroleum Economics Ltd Pemex Petroleos Mexicanos PET Polyethylene Tereptha- late Petrokemya Arabian Petrochemical Company Petzone Petrochemical Special Economic Zone PFC Petroleum Finance Company PFLP Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine PGS Petroleum Geo-Services PIC Petrochemicals Indus- tries Company PIDEC Petrochemical Industries Design and Engineering

Company PIF Public Investment Fund PIFSS Public Institute for Social Security PIN Public Information Notice PIRI Prudential Information & Regulatory Frame- work for Islamic Banks PJD Justice and Develop- ment Party PKK Kurdistan Workers' Party PLO Palestine Liberation Organization PMA Palestinian Monetary Authority PMCL Pakistan Mobile Com- munications Ltd PNGV Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles PNOC Philippine National Oil Company POGC Pars Oil and Gas Com- pany PSA Production-Sharing Agreement PSC Petroleum Services Company PUK Patriotic Union of Kurdistan PWC PriceWaterhouseCoopers QAFAC Qatar Fuel Additives Company QAFCO Qatar Fertilizer Com- pany QAM Qyzylkiya-Aryskum- Maybulak QAPCO Qatar Petrochemical Company Q-Chem Qatar Chemicals QEWC Qatar Electricity and Water Company QFC Qatar Fuel Company QIB Qatar Islamic Bank QIIB Qatar International Islamic Bank QNB Qatar National Bank QP Qatar Petroleum QPDC Qatar Petroleum Devel- opment Company Q-Ship Qatar Shipping Company Q-Tel Qatar Telecom QVC Qatar Vinyl Company Rajhi al- Al-Rajhi Banking and Investment Corporation RakBank National Bank of Ras al-Khaimah RasGas Ras Laffan Liquefied

Natural Gas Company RCC Revolutionary Com- mand Council RDPSA Rehabilitation, Develop- ment and Production- Sharing Agreement RFFG Reserve Fund for Future Generations RIIA Royal Institute of Inter- national Affairs RSCAS Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies RUSI Royal United Services Institute S&P Standard and Poor's SABIC Saudi Basic Industries Corporation SADAF Saudi Petrochemical Company SAFCO Saudi Arabian Fertilizer Company SAGIA Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority Saib Saudi Investment Bank SAIRI Supreme Assembly for Islamic Revolution in Iraq SAMA Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency SAMAD Al-Jubail Fertilizer Company Samba Saudi American Bank Samir Societe Anonyme Maro- caine de l'Industrie du Raffinage Samref Saudi Aramco-Mobil Yanbu' Refinery SAROGR State Agency for Regula- tion of Oil and Gas Resources SASO Saudi Arabian Standards Organization Sasol Sasol Synfuels Interna- tional SAT Saudi Arabian Texaco Saudia Saudi Arabian Airlines SCA Suez Canal Authority Sceco Saudi Consolidated Elec- tric Company SCIRI Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq SCOP State Company for Oil Projects SCOT Syrian Company for Oil Transport SCP Societe Cherifienne des Petroles SCRME State Commodity and Raw Material Exchange SEC Saudi Electricity Com- pany

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SEGAS Spanish Egyptian Gas Seidy Omsk-Pavlodar- Shymkent-Chardzhou SEWA Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority SGBL Societe Generale de Banque au Liban SGH Saudi German Hospitals Group SGPs State Equity Manage- ment Entities SGRF State General Reserve Fund SGX Singapore Exchange Sharq Eastern Petrochemical Company SIDA Swedish International Development Agency SIDF Saudi Industrial Develop- ment Fund SIG Sadid Industrial Group SIIG Saudi Industrial Invest- ment Group Sinochem China National Chemical Import and Export Corporation Sinopec China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation SIPC Saudi International Petrochemical Company SIUCI Sohar International & Chemical Industries SMDS Shell Middle Distillate Synthesis SMEs Small and Medium Enterprises SMNG Sakhalinmorneftegaz SNI Societe Nationale de l'Investissement Socar State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic Solidere Lebanese Company for the Development and Reconstruction of Beirut Central District SPC Supreme Petroleum Council SPDC Shell Petroleum Devel- opment Company SPLA Sudan People's Libera- tion Army SPLM Sudan People's Libera- tion Movement SPR Strategic Petroleum Reserve SRC Singapore Refining Company PTE Ltd SRI Saudi Refining Inc SRO Saudi Railways Organi- zation SSC Social Security Corpora- tion STA Societe Tunisie Auto- routes STC Saudi Telecommunica-

tions Company STEG Societe Tunisienne de l'Electricite et du Gaz STFA Sezai Turkes Feyzi Akkahy Sudapet Sudan National Petro- leum Company Sukuk Islamic Leasing Bonds Sumed Arab Petroleum Pipeline Company SWCC Saline Water Conversion Corporation TAIC The Arab Investment Company TAIF The Arab Income Fund Takreer Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company Tashan Energy and Petroleum Infrastructure Company Tavanir Power Generation and Transmission Manage- ment Organization T-Bill Treasury Bills TCA Technical Cooperation Agreement TCGP TransCaspian Gas Pipe- line TCO TengizChevroil TDA US Trade and Develop- ment Agency TEAS Turkiye Elektrik Uretim Iletim AS TEB Turk Ekonomi Bankasi Tepco Tokyo Electric Power Company TGP Trans-Global Petroleum TIE Technology Investment & Exploration Ltd TNG Transport NefteGaz TNK Tyumen Oil Company TOCOM Tokyo Commodity Exchange TPAO Turkish Petroleum Cor- poration TPOC Turkish Petroleum Overseas Company TR Tecnicas Reunidas Transco Abu Dhabi Transmis- sion and Dispatch Com- pany TSA Technical Services Agreement TSE Tehran Stock Exchange UAE United Arab Emirates UCPI United Joint Stock for Petrochemical Industries UDC Utilities Development Company UFSP Socialist Union of Forces

for Progress UHM OAO United Heavy Machinery UIB Union Internationale de Banques UN The United Nations UNB Union National Bank UNCC United Nations Com- pensation Commission UNCTAD UN Conference on Trade and Development UNDP United Nations Devel- opment Program UNEP United Nations Environ- ment Program UNFCCC UN Framework Con- vention on Climate Change United Jubail United Petro- chemical Company UNMOVIC UN Monitoring, Verifi- cation and Inspection Committee UNRWA United Nations Relief Works Agency UNSCO UN Special Coordinator UNSCOM UN Special Commission for the Disarmament of Iraq UNWR US Unwired Inc UOG United Arab Emirates Offset Group UPIC United Petroleum Investment Company US The United States of America USAID US Agency for Interna- tional Development USFP Socialist Union of Popular Forces USGS US Geological Survey UWEC Union Water and Elec- tricity Company VAM Vinyl Acetate Monomer VAT Value-Added Tax WEF World Economic Forum WLGP West Libya Gas Project WMD Weapons of Mass Destruction WOLC Watani Online Corpo- rate System WTO World Trade Organiza- tion YLNG Yemen Liquefied Natural Gas Company YOGC Yemen Oil and Gas Corporation YORC Yemen Oil Refinery

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Corporation

ZADCO Zakum Development Company

ZEVs Zero Emission Vehicles ZIIC Al-Zamil Industrial Investment Company

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AREA INDEX

OIL

ABU DHABI, see UAE AJMAN, see UAE ALGERIA ABB, 13(A17) AEC, 9(A19); 13(A17); 17(A21) Agip, 19(A16); 25(A13) Agip (Algeria), 5(A18); see also Produc- tion Oil Air Products and Chemicals, 20(A11) Algerian Gas Industry Association, 6(A18-A19) Algerienne des Eaux, 17(A21) Alnaft, 40(A3) Amerada Hess, see EOR Projects Amoco, 47(A14) Anadarko Algeria Company, 27(A17) Managing Director, 35(A14) Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, see Drilling; Production Oil; PSA Arco, 40(A7); 44(A12) Arthur Andersen, 1(A20) Banco Pastor, 11(A16) BASF, see BASF Sonatrach Propan Chem; Targor Iberica SA BASF Sonatrach PropanChem Tarragona Propane Dehydrogenation Plant, 25(A13) BASP, 31(A17) Belgium, see Exports LNG BHP Billiton, 5(A18); 14(A4); 19(A15- A16); 20(A11); 40(A6) Black & Veatch, 9(A19) BNP Paribas, 37(A12) BOC Gases, 20(A11) Botas, see Marketing Natural Gas Bouygues, 5(A18); 19(A15) BP, 4(A2); 6(A19); 14(A4); 16(A19); 20(A11); 41(A5); see also EOR Projects; Exports Natural Gas; Gas Projects In Amenas Expansion, ISG; Medgas Shareholders; PSA BP Algeria, 44(A11) Brown and Root, 44(A11); 47(A14) Budget Oil Price Assumption, 27(D1) Burlington Resources, see Production Oil Cabinet Reshuffle, 25(A12) Caixa de Galicia, 11(A16) Caixa Vigo, 11(A16) Cepsa, 4(A3); 14(A23); see also Cepsa Gas Trading Shareholders; Marketing LNG, Natural Gas; Medgas Share- holders; Production Oil; PSA; Sonatrach Partnership Agreement with

Cepsa Gas Trading Shareholders Cepsa, 37(A12) Sonatrach, 37(A12) TotalFinaElf, 37(A12) CERA, 11(A15) China Rongji's Visit, 35(A14) CNODC, 14(A23) CNPC, 14(A23); 35(A14) Conferences Algeria Oil and Gas Exhibition, 13(A20) Gastech, 44(A11) Global Initiative on Natural Gas Flaring Reduction, 16(A18-A19) National Oil Companies Forum, 11(A19); 16(A22); 18(A3-A4); 19(A3-A4) Consumption Electricity, 13(A17); 35(A17) Energy, 32(A10,A12) Natural Gas, 13(A17); 42(A21) Oil Products, 32(A12) Cooper-Bessemer, 42(A21) CWC Associates Ltd, 13(A20) Daewoo, 41(A13) DeGolyer MacNaughton, 13(A18) Deloitte and Touche, 1(A20) Demand Electricity, 42(A21) Gas, 37(A11-A12) Depa, see Marketing Natural Gas Development Gasfields, 13(A18); 14(A3-A4); 19(A15); 20(A10-A11); 23(A16); 44(A11); 47(A14) Oilfields, 5(A18); 19(A15-A16); 20(A9-A10); 40(A6-A7); 44(A11- A12) Distrigas, see Marketing Natural Gas Distrigaz, 37(A12); see also Marketing Natural Gas Drilling, oil and gas, 25(A13) Anadarko Petroleum, 31(A18) Enafor, 39(A15); 47(A14) FCP, 13(A18); 46(A20) GDF, 14(A4) Petronas Carigali Overseas, 14(A4) Sonatrach, 25(A13) Ducroire, 37(A12) Duke Energy, see Marketing Natural Gas EC Framework for European Gas Markets, 37(A11-A12); 41(A5) Edison, 49(A8); see also PSA Edison Gas, 4(A2,A4) EIA, 48(A16) Electricity Generation, 13(A17) Arzew Plant, 9(A19)

Capacity, 35(A17) Peak Loand, 35(A17) EMPL, 36(A11) Enafor, see Drilling Enagas, 36(A11); see also Marketing Natural Gas ENAGEO, 5(A19) Endesa, 11(A16); see also Marketing LNG; Medgas Shareholders Enel, 37(A12); see also Marketing Natural Gas Enelpower, 4(A3); 9(A19); 49(A18) ENGI, 20(A11) Eni, 4(A4); 37(A12); see also Lasmo Oil (Algeria) Limited; Marketing Natural Gas; Medgas Shareholders Enron Corp, 4(A3) ENSP, 33(A19); see also BASP ENTP, 33(A19) Environmental Issues CO2 Emissions, 16(A19) EOR Projects Amerada Hess, 40(A7) BP, 40(A6-A7); 44(A11-A12) Sinopec, 40(A6,A7) EOS Energia, 49(A18) ETAP, see Marketing Natural Gas EU, see Exports Natural Gas, Oil Association Agreement, 40(A3) Gas Deregulation, 6(A18-A19); 14(A5,A13-A14); 18(A4); 37(A11- A12); 41(A5); 44(A11) Eurogas, 37(A12) Exploration Blocks, oil and gas, International Tender, 7(A19) Exports Hydrocarbons, 13(A17); 42(A21) Value of, 42(A21) LNG, 31(D2); 32(D2) Belgium, 31(D2) France, 31(D2) Greece, 31(D2) Italy, 4(A4); 31(D2) Portugal, 31(D2) Spain, 11(A15); 31(D2) Turkey, 4(A12,A14); 16(A20); 31(D2) US, 31(D2); 48(A15-A16) Natural Gas, 6(A19); 14(A3-A4); 18(A4); 20(A11); 32(D2); 36(A11); 40(A4); 44(A11); 48(A16) BP, 44(A11) EU, 4(A1-A4); 11(A15-A16); 14(A5); 15(D5) Portugal, 36(A11) Spain, 11(A15); 36(A11); 45(A15- A16) Oil, 50(A6) EU, 15(D5); 18(A12) US, 9(A5) Petroleum Products, 16(A19)

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FCP, 39(A15); see also Drilling; Seismic Surveys Financial Requirements for Main- tenance and Expansion of Oil Sector, 21(A5) France, see Exports LNG Galsi, 49(A18) Gas Distribution Program, 22(A17) Gas Flaring Reduction Projects, 16(A18-A19) Gas Natural, 36(A11); 37(A12); 42(A21); see also EMPL; Marketing LNG Gas Projects Gassi Touil Integrated Gas Project, 20(A10-A11); 48(A16) In Amenas Expansion BP/Sonatrach, 44(A11); 47(A14) ISG BP/Sonatrach, 47(A14) Projected Investment, 21(A5) Gazprom, 37(A11,A12) GDF, 37(A12); see also Drilling; Marketing Natural Gas; Med LNG & Gas; Medgas Shareholders; PSA GDP, 5(A15); 32(A11) Geoplin, see Marketing Natural Gas Grana y Montero, 30(A19) Greece, see Exports LNG Groupe Tojeiro, 11(A16) GRTN, 4(A3) Halliburton, see BASP Helium/Nitrogen Plant Linde AG/Sonatrach, 20(A11); 22(A17) Hoechst, see Targor Iberica SA Hunt Oil, 30(A19) Hyundai, 41(A13) Iberdrola, see Marketing LNG, Natural Gas IHI, 9(A19) Iraq, see Sonatrach Oil Development Agreement Italy, see Exports LNG; Pipelines Consumption, natural gas, 4(A3-A4) Strategy Agreement, 24(A16) Itochu Corporation, 9(A19) JGC, 44(A11); 47(A14) Kahramaa, 9(A19) Kawasaki Heavy Industries, 41(A13) Kellogg, 44(A11); 47(A14) KPC, see KUFPEC KUFPEC, see PSA Lasmo Oil (Algeria) Limited, see Pro- duction Oil Linde AG, see Helium/Nitrogen Plant LNG Complex Skikda GLIK, 20(A11) LNG Master Sales Agreement Shell Gas and Power/Sonatrach, 30(A19) Maersk Oil, see PSA Maersk Olie Algeriet AS, see Produc- tion Oil Maersk Olie og Gas AS, see Maersk Olie

Algeriet AS Marathon, 14(A23) Marketing LNG Cepsa, 37(A12) Endesa, 14(A4) Gas Natural, 14(A4) Iberdrola, 11(A15); 14(A4) Reganosa, 14(A4) LPG Sonatrach, 14(A18); 25(A13) Natural Gas, 6(A21) Botas, 4(A2) Cepsa, 14(A4); 45(A15) Depa, 4(A2) Destination Clauses, 41(A5) Distrigas, 4(A2) Distrigaz, 4(A2) Duke Energy, 4(A2) Enagas, 4(A2) Enel, 4(A2,A4); 49(A18,A19) Eni, 49(A19) ETAP, 4(A2); 49(A18) GDF, 4(A2) Geoplin, 4(A2); 49(A18) Iberdrola, 11(A15); 14(A4); 45(A15) Long-Term Contracts, 37(A11-A12); 41(A5) SGG, 4(A2) Snam, 4(A2); 49(A18) TotalFinaElf, 45(A15) Propylene Targor Iberica SA, 25(A13) Mazars and Guerard, 1(A20) Med LNG & Gas, 4(A3) Medex Petroleum Ltd, see PSA; Sona- trach Association Agreement with Medgas, see Pipelines Shareholders BP, 45(A16) Cepsa, 45(A16) Endesa, 45(A16) Eni, 45(A16) GDF, 45(A16) Sonatrach, 45(A16) TotalFinaElf, 45(A16) Mineral Deposits Tenders for Development of Mines, 18(A19) Mitsubishi, 41(A13) Morocco, see Pipelines GME Naftal, 14(A23) Naftec, 14(A23) Nalcosa, 27(D1-D5) National Federation of Petroleum and Chemical Workers, 40(A2-A3) NEAL, 31(A17) Niger, see Pipelines Trans-Sahara Gas Pipeline Nigeria, see Pipelines Trans-Sahara Gas Pipeline Nimr Petroleum, 1(A20) NNPC, 14(A4) Peru Camisea Gas Project, 30(A19)

Sonatrach's Stake in, 30(A19) Petrobras, 40(A3) Petrochemical Projects Projected Investment, 21(A5) Petro Vietnam Investment & Develop- ment, see PSA Petronas Carigali Overseas, 1(A20); 20(A11); see also Drilling; PSA PFC, 19(A3-A4) Pipelines, natural gas, Algeria/Italy, 4(A2,A3); 14(A4); 24(A1,A16); 49(A18) Domestic Pipeline, 4(A3) Sabotage, 4(A20); 21(A19) GME, 4(A2,A3); 11(A15); 15(D6, D8); 36(A11); 37(A12); 41(A13); 42(A21); 45(A16) Medgas, 4(A2,A3); 11(A15,A16); 14(A4); 15(D8); 24(A1); 36(A11); 37(A12); 41(A13); 45(A15-A16) TransMed, 4(A2,A4); 15(D6,D8); 49(A18) Trans-Sahara Gas Pipeline, 4(A3); 16(A19) Pluspetrol, 30(A19) Policy Electricity and Gas Law, 1(A19-A20); 4(A19-A20); 17(A21) Gas Flaring, 16(A18-A19) Gas Marketing in Europe, 4(A1-A4); 14(A3-A5) Hydrocarbons Law, 1(A20); 11(A15); 17(A21); 18(A4); 19(A3); 24(A4); 27(D1,D4); 35(A6,A14); 36(A10- A11); 40(A1-A4); 42(A21); 47(A13) Mining Law, 18(A19) Oil, 18(A3-A4); 19(A3-A4) Upstream, 36(A11); 40(A4) Licensing Rounds, 13(A17); 14(A3); 20(A10-A11); 21(A19); 40(A4) Population, 32(A11) Portugal, see Exports LNG, Natural Gas Poten & Partners, 4(A4) Prices LPG Butane, 14(A18) Propane, 14(A18) Oil, 4(A7); 5(A12); 13(A8); 18(A8); 21(A12); 25(A18); 27(D1); 31(A6); 38(A8); 39(A11); 43(A6); 49(A8); 51/52(A12) Production Condensate, 25(A12) Sonatrach, 25(A12) Electricity, 42(A21) Energy, 13(A17); 42(A21) Ethane, 25(A13) Hydrocarbons, 25(A12) LNG, 25(A12) LPG, 25(A12,A13) Butane, 25(A13) Propane, 25(A13) Sonatrach, 25(A12) Naphtha, 25(A13)

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Natural Gas, 4(A2); 13(A17); 14(A4); 15(D4); 25(A12); 32(D2) Sonatrach, 25(A12) NGLs, 4(A2); 6(A21) Oil, 2(A5); 7(A4); 11(A3); 13(A17); 14(A3); 15(D4); 17(A6); 19(A5); 25(A3,A4,A7,A12); 29(A5,A11); 30(A4,A5); 32(A1); 33(A3); 37(A3- A4); 40(A6-A7); 42(A6,A21); 43(A3); 47(A2); 48(A5); 50(A6); 51/52(A13) Agip (Algeria), 3(A17) Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, 3(A17); 9(A17-A19); 18(A3); 20(A9-A10); 31(A17-A18); 35(A14); 36(A11); 40(A4) Anadarko/Sonatrach/Lasmo Oil (Algeria) Limited/Maersk Olie Algeriet AS, 15(A12-A13) Burlington Resources/Talisman, 20(A10) Capacity, 15(D5); 18(A4); 20(A10); 21(A5); 27(D1,D3,D5); 29(A5); 30(A4); 32(A1); 35(A2); 38(A3); 43(A7); 48(A5,A6); 50(A6); 51/52(A13) Expansion of, 15(D5); 21(A5); 36(A11); 40(A4) Spare, 29(A5); 48(A5) Ceiling, 27(D5) Cepsa, 20(A10) Cutback, 1(A3); 27(D1) Quota, 1(A3); 2(A5); 7(A4); 11(A3); 17(A5,A6); 18(A3-A4); 19(A5); 25(A3,A4); 27(D1-D5); 29(A5); 30(A4,A5); 32(A1); 33(A3); 35(A2); 37(A4); 38(A3); 43(A2, A3,A7); 47(A2); 48(A5); 49(A1-A2); 50(A3,A6) Sonatrach, 3(A17); 18(A3); 20(A9- A10); 25(A12); 31(A18) Petrochemical Products, 42(A21) PSA, oil and gas, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation/ KUFPEC, 47(A14) Anadarko Petroleum Corporation/ Maersk Oil, 27(A17,A18) BP/Sonatrach, 44(A12) GDF, 27(A17,A18) Medex Petroleum, 27(A17,A18) Petro Vietnam Investment & Deve- lopment, 27(A17,A18) Petronas Carigali Overseas/GDF, 4(A3); 14(A4) RWE-DEA/Edison/Repsol-YPF, 27(A17,A18) PWC, 1(A20) Red Electrica, 4(A3); 13(A17); 45(A16) Refining, oil, 27(A12-A17) Adrar Refinery, 7(A19); 13(A17); 14(A23) Domestic Distribution, 42(A21) In Amenas Refinery, 13(A17) Output, 42(A21) Skikda Refinery, 16(A18,A19)

Reganosa, see Marketing LNG Regasification Terminal, 11(A16) Relations between Gas Producing and Consuming Countries, 6(A18-A19); 37(A11-A12) Repsol-YPF, 40(A6); see also PSA Reserves Natural Gas, 4(A3); 13(A17,A18); 14(A4); 15(D4); 20(A10); 32(D2); 35(D3); 44(A11); 45(A16) Oil, 3(A17); 5(A18); 9(A18); 13(A17); 15(D4); 20(A10); 25(A7); 29(A11); 35(D3); 40(A7); 42(A6) Revenues Hydrocarbons, 13(A17); 25(A13) Oil, 5(A15); 27(D1) Rolls-Royce, 42(A21) RWE-DEA, see PSA Saipem, 5(A18); 19(A15) Seismic Surveys, 25(A13) FCP, 5(A19) WesternGeco, 21(A19) SGG, see Marketing Natural Gas Shell Gas and Power, see LNG Master Sales Agreement Sider, 4(A2) SIM, see NEAL Sinopec, see EOR Projects SK Corporation, 30(A19) Snam, see Marketing Natural Gas SNC Lavalin, 9(A19); 19(A16) Sonacep, 37(A12) Sonatrach, 4(A1,A2,A3,A4); 5(A18); 6(A19); 11(A15-A16); 13(A18,A20); 14(A3-A5,A23); 15(D5); 16(A19); 19(A4,A16); 27(D1); 30(A4); 35(D3); 37(A12); 40(A6,A7); 41(A5,A13); 45(A15); 49(A18); see also AEC; BASF Sonatrach PropanChem; Cepsa Gas Trading Shareholders; Drilling; ENSP; Gas Projects In Amenas Expansion, ISG; Helium/Nitrogen Plants; LNG Master Sales Agreement; Marketing LPG; Med LNG & Gas; Medgas Shareholders; NEAL; Peru Camisea Gas Project; Production Condensate, LPG, Natural Gas, Oil; PSA Administrative Appointments, 41(A12-A13); 47(A14) Association Agreement with Medex Petroleum Ltd, 1(A20) Corporate Priorities, 35(A13-A14); 40(A2-A3) Licensing Rounds, 20(A10-A11); 25(A13); 27(A17,A18) Oil Development Agreement Iraq, 4(A17); 5(A7) Partnership Agreement with Cepsa, 37(A12) Privatization of, 42(A21); 47(A13) Restructuring of, 11(A15); 18(A4); 19(A3); 24(A4); 25(A13); 33(A19); 36(A11) Revenues, 25(A13)

Sonelgaz, 1(A20); 4(A3,A20); 13(A17); 15(D1); 21(A19); 22(A17); see also AEC; NEAL Spain, see Exports LNG, Natural Gas; Pipelines Medgas Consumption, natural gas, 4(A4) Friendship Treaty, 41(A13) Statoil, 37(A12) Talisman, see Production Oil Tankers LPG, 41(A13) Targor Iberica SA, see Marketing Pro- pylene Techint, 30(A19) TotalFinaElf, 14(A23); 23(A16); 37(A12); see also Cepsa Gas Trading Shareholders; Marketing Natural Gas; Medgas Shareholders; PSA Tractebel, 30(A19) Transgas, 36(A11); 37(A12); see also EMPL; Marketing Natural Gas Turkey, see Exports LNG Union Fenosa, 11(A16) US, see Exports LNG, Oil Water Desalination Arzew Plant, 9(A19) Hamma Plant, 17(A21) Water Supply Transfer System, 19(A16) Weir Westgarth, 9(A19) WesternGeco, see Seismic Surveys Wintershall, 4(A3); 37(A12); 49(A18) Wood Mackenzie, 37(A12) World Bank, 16(A18-A19) Xunta de Galicia, 11(A16) BAHRAIN Alba, 21(A17-A18) Coke Calcining Plant, 6(A22) Expansion Project, 32(A18) Aluminium Pechiney, 32(A18) Apicorp, see Banagas ASRY Ships Repaired, 21(A18) Bahrain Center for Studies and Re- search, 46(A18) Bahrain Freedom Movement, 46(A18) Bafco Jet Fuel Sales, 21(A18) Banagas, 46(A18) Joint Venture with Dynegy Global Liquids, 6(A22) Output, 21(A18) Banoco, 46(A18) Bapco, 21(A18); 36(A14); 46(A18); see also Marketing Oil Bechtel, 32(A18) Cabinet Change, 46(A18) Caltex, see Banagas CGG, see Seismic Survey Consumption Electricity, 35(A17) Energy, 32(A10,A12) Gas, 2(A16); 21(A17-A18)

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Refined Products, 21(A17); 32(A12) Demand, natural gas, 2(A15-A16) Dynegy Global Liquids, see Banagas Joint Venture with Elections Parliamentary, 46(A18) Electricity Generation Capacity, 35(A17) Peak Load, 35(A17) EPSA, oil and gas, Petronas Carigali, 19(A19-A20); 33(A20) Texaco, 33(A20) Exports, oil, 34(A11) ExxonMobil Natural Gas Supplies, 2(A15-A16) Financial Requirements for Maintenance and Expansion of Oil Sector, 21(A5) GDP, 5(A15); 32(A11); 34(A11) GPIC Output, 21(A18) Imports, oil, 21(A18) Saudi Arabia, 21(A17); 36(A14) Intoil, 46(A18) Marketing Gas, 6(A21) Oil, 21(A18) Bapco, 21(A17); 39(A14) Mott MacDonald, 32(A18) Petrochemical Projects, 36(A14) Petronas Carigali, see EPSA Pipelines Natural Gas Qatar/Bahrain, 24(A1-A2) Oil Saudi Arabia/Bahrain, 36(A14); 39(A13-A14) Population, 32(A11) Prices, natural gas, 24(A1-A2) Production Gas, 2(A16); 21(A17,A18) NGLs, 6(A21) Oil, 21(A17,A18) Capacity, 21(A5) Saudi, Aramco, 21(A17); 39(A14) Public Investment Fund, see Alba Qatar, see Pipelines Natural Gas Natural Gas Supplies, 1(A13); 2(A15- A16); 3(A1,A3) Refining, oil, 27(A12-A15) Projected Investment, 21(A5) Sitra Refinery, 21(A17); 36(A14); 39(A13-A14) Reserves, non-associated gas, 2(A15) Revenues, oil, 5(A15) Saudi Arabia, see Imports; Pipelines Oil Abu Safah Oil Output/Revenue Allocated to Bahrain, 21(A17); 39(A14) Saudi Aramco, see Production Oil Seismic Survey CGG, 33(A20) Shi'a Islamic Alliance Group, 46(A18) SPC, 36(A14); 39(A14)

Texaco, see EPSA CASPIAN REGION ABB Lummus Global, 5(A16) ABN Amro Bank, 38(A17) Afghanistan, see Pipelines Natual Gas Trans-Afghan Pipeline Agip, 47(A16-A17); see also BTC Company Shareholders Agip Azerbaijan, 9(A20) Agip International (NA) NV, see CPC Shareholders Agip KCO, 28(A20); 44(A15); see also Kazakstan Discovery Shareholders BG Group, 25(A19); 27(A12) Eni, 25(A19); 27(A12) ExxonMobil, 25(A19); 27(A12) Inpex, 25(A19); 27(A12) Phillips Petroleum, 25(A19); 27(A12) Shell, 25(A19); 27(A12) TotalFinaElf, 25(A19); 27(A12) AIOC, 4(A18); 5(A16); 9(A20); 11(A17); 17(A19); 23(A21,A22); 24(A14); 28(A20); 29(A9); 32(A15); 37(A15); 39(A16); 40(A17); 41(A18); 44(A15); 47(A16); 50(A18); 51/52(A18); see also Delta Hess Stake in; Lukoil Sale of Stake in Drilling, oil and gas, 13(A18-A19) Exports, oil, 1(A16); 13(A19); 19(A15); 21(D5); 37(A16) Production, oil, 1(A16); 9(A9); 13(A19); 22(A11); 36(A11,A12); 49(A14) Upstream Budget, 1(A15-A16); 13(A19) Aktobe Pressag Munai, 48(A14) Aktobemunaigaz, 9(A20) AMEC, 41(A18) Amerada Hess, see Delta Hess Amoco Production Company, 4(A18); 25(A19-A20) Anadarko, see Georgia Exploration and Development ANZ Grindlays Bank Ltd Loans, 8(A19) Aral Petroleum Inc, see Aurado Explo- ration Ltd Stake in; Kazakstan E&P Arco, see LukArco Services BV Arman, 38(A17) Armenia US Ban on Arms Sales Lifted, 15(A17) Asia Development Bank, see Pipelines Natural Gas Trans-Afghan Pipeline Aurado Exploration Ltd Stake in Arab Petroleum Inc, 34(A16) Azerbaijan, see AIOC; Caspian Sea Legal Status; Pipelines Natural Gas South Caucasus Pipeline, Oil Baku Novo- rossysk, BTC; Socar Development

ACG Oilfields, 41(A18) Shah Deniz Gasfield, 34(A15); 41(A18); 48(A14) Drilling, oil and gas, EAOC, 9(A20); 10(A20); 23(A21); 24(A15) JAOC, 42(A20) Exports, oil, 9(A8,A9,A10); 21(D5, D6); 20(A11); 36(A11,A12); 49(A14) Outlets, 21(D5-D6) GDP, 5(A15) Grants TDA, 5(A16) Natural Gas Supplies, 50(A19-A20) Georgia, 1(A16); 2(A22); 12(A21) Greece, 50(A19) Turkey, 1(A16); 2(A22); 4(A11,A12, A14); 9(A21); 12(A21); 16(A20); 32(A15); 34(A15); 37(A11); 41(A18); 43(A12,A13); 48(A14) Ports Modernizing Dubendi Port, 5(A16) Production Natural Gas, 9(A9,A10); 22(A11); 36(A12); 49(A13,A14) Oil, 9(A8,A9); 22(A11); 36(A11, A12); 41(A18); 49(A14) BP Azerbaijan, 51/52(A18) PSA, oil and gas, Withdawal from Eni, 23(A21) ExxonMobil, 23(A21-A22); 24(A15) TotalFinaElf, 23(A21) RDPSA, oil and gas, CNPC/Socar/Delta Hess, 2(A21- A22); 48(A14) Refining, oil, Modernizing of Azerinefteyag Refinery, 5(A16) Azerinefteyanajag Refinery, 5(A16) Reserves Natural Gas, 4(A14); 9(A20); 12(A21); 18(D7); 19(A14); 32(A15); 41(A18) Oil, 18(D7); 19(A14); 23(A21); 24(A14); 32(A15) Revenues, oil, 5(A15) US Waives Economic Sanctions against, 5(A15-A16); 21(A21) Military Aid, 15(A17-A18) Azfen, 11(A17-A18); 32(A15); 41(A18) Azpetrol, 41(A18) Bechtel, 32(A14-A15) Belarus, see Pipelines Oil Druzhba/ Adria BG, see Kazakstan PSA BG Group, see Agip KCO Shareholders; KIO Shareholders BG Overseas Holdings Limited, see CPC Shareholders BNP Paribas Loans, 7(A19)

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Botas, 32(A15); 37(A15-A16); 38(A16); 40(A17); 44(A15) Bouygues Offshore Azerbaijan, 41(A18) BP, 17(A18-A19); 18(A16); 19(A15); 21(A21,D5); 23(A13); 25(A19); 27(A12); 34(A15); 37(A11,A15, A16); 38(A16); 39(A16); 41(A18); 43(A12); 45(A15,A16,A17); 48(A14); 50(A18,A19); see also Amoco Produc- tion Company; Arco; BTC Company Shareholders; BTC Shareholders; Kazakstan Pipeline Ventures Statistical Review of World Energy, 18(D5) BP Azerbaijan, 1(A16-A17); 2(A22); 4(A14,A18); 9(A20,A21); 12(A21); 13(A18-A19); 15(A18); 23(A21); see also Azerbaijan Production Oil Expansion of Sangachal Oil Terminal, 11(A17-A18) BTC, see Pipelines Oil Shareholders Agip, 24(A14-A15) BP, 24(A14-A15); 40(A9) Delta Hess, 24(A15) Eni, 32(A15) Itochu, 24(A15) Socar, 24(A15) Statoil, 24(A15) TotalFinaElf, 24(A14,A15); 32(A15) TPAO, 24(A15) Unocal, 24(A15) BTC Company, 32(A14-A16); 37(A15- A16); 38(A16); 40(A17); 50(A18) Shareholders BP, 32(A15); 38(A16); 44(A15) ConocoPhillips, 44(A15); 50(A18) Delta Hess, 32(A15); 44(A15); 48(A14) Eni, 32(A15); 38(A16); 44(A15); 50(A18) Inpex, 38(A16); 44(A15); 47(A16); 50(A18) Itochu, 32(A15); 44(A15) Socar, 32(A15); 44(A15) Statoil, 32(A15); 44(A15); 47(A16) TotalFinaElf, 32(A15); 38(A16- A17); 44(A15); 50(A18) TPAO, 32(A15); 38(A16); 44(A15) Unocal, 32(A15); 44(A15) BTC Finance Company, 32(A15) Bulgaria, see Pipelines Oil BAPline Burren Energy, see Turkmenistan Pro- duction Oil, PSA Canargo, see Georgia Exploration and Development Caspian Sea Drilling, oil and gas, 33(A19-A20) Exploration and Development Rights, oil and gas, KazMunaiGaz, 33(A19); 36(A13) Lukoil, 33(A19); 36(A13) Rosneft/Zarubezhneft, 33(A19); 36(A13) Statoil/Lukoil, 47(A16)

Legal Status; 4(A18); 5(A16); 13(A18); 15(A18); 17(A17-A18); 20(A17,A18); 21(A21); 24(A15); 36(A13); 39(A16) Bilateral Agreements Russia/Azerbaijan, 20(A18); 21(A21); 24(A15); 39(A15-A16) Russia/Kazakstan, 20(A17-A18); 21(A21); 24(A15); 28(A20-A21); 33(A19); 36(A13) Reserves Condensate, 33(A19) Natural Gas, 33(A19) Caspian Steamship Co, 21(D6) Caspian Transco, 21(D6) CCIC, 32(A14); 38(A16) CentGas, see Pipelines Natural Gas Trans-Afghan Pipeline Central Asia an Alternative to the Gulf, 18(D5-D7) Chevron Caspian Pipeline Consortium Company, see CPC Shareholders Chevron Neftegas Inc, 13(A18) ChevronTexaco, 9(A20); 24(A15); see also KIO Shareholders; TCO Share- holders Operations in Kazakstan, 22(A12); 39(A15); 47(A15); 50(A19) CNPC, see Aktobe Pressag Munai; Azerbaijan RDPSA; Munai Tas; Uzenmunaigaz Stake in Salyan Oil Ltd, 48(A14) CNPC-Aktobemunaigaz, 35(A16); 48(A14) Conferences CIS Oil and Gas Summit, 17(A18- A19); 19(A13-A15) Euroforum, 48(A13) International Caspian Oil and Gas Conference, 9th, 20(A21); 23(A21) Kazakstan Oil and Gas Conference, 28(A19,A20-A21) KIOGE 2002, 44(A14) ConocoPhillips, see BTC Company Shareholders; Kazakstan PSA Consumption Natural Gas, 19(A13) Oil, 19(A13) CPC Administrative Changes, 13(A18) Marine Terminal License Russia, 27(A12) Oil Pipeline, 4(A18); 7(A19); 9(A20); 13(A18); 18(D6); 19(A14,A15); 21(D4,D5); 22(A12); 24(A14,A15); 25(A6,A20); 28(A19,A20,A21); 35(A16); 37(A16); 38(A17); 40(A9); 44(A14); 45(A16); 47(A15, A16); 48(A15) Natural Monopoly, 48(A13); 51/52(A19) Shareholders Agip International (NA) NV, 13(A18); 38(A18); 48(A14); 51/52(A19)

BG Overseas Holdings Limited, 13(A18); 38(A18); 48(A14); 51/52(A19) Chevron Caspian Pipeline Consortium Company, 13(A18); 38(A18); 48(A13); 51/52(A19) Kazakstan, 13(A18); 38(A18); 48(A13); 51/52(A19) KPV, 13(A18); 25(A19-A20); 38(A18); 48(A14); 51/52(A19) LukArco BV, 13(A18); 38(A18); 48(A13); 51/52(A19) Mobil Caspian Pipeline Company, 13(A18); 38(A18); 48(A14); 51/52(A19) Oman, 13(A18); 38(A18); 48(A13); 51/52(A19) Oryx Caspian Pipeline LLC, 13(A18); 38(A18); 48(A14); 51/52(A19) Rosneft/Shell Caspian Ventures Limited, 13(A18); 38(A18); 48(A13-A14); 51/52(A19) Russia, 13(A18); 38(A18); 48(A13); 51/52(A19) Croatia, see Pipelines Oil Druzhba/ Adria Delta Hess, 17(A19); see also Azer- baijan RDPSA; BTC Company Share- holders; BTC Shareholders Stake in AIOC, 48(A14) Delta Oil, see Delta Hess DEPA, 50(A19) Deutsche Bank Loans, 5(A17) Development, oil and gas, Caspian Region, 19(A14-A15) Central Asia, 18(D5-D7) Devon, 24(A14) Discovery, oil, 19(A13) DOTL, 8(A19) Dragon Oil plc, see DOTL; Turkmenis- tan Production Oil, PSA Oil Swap Arrangement with NICO, 41(A19) EAOC, see Azerbaijan Drilling EBRD, 2(A21); 17(A19); 21(D7); 23(A21); 32(A15); 48(A14); 51/52(A18) Loans, 8(A19) EIA, 37(A16) Energy Security Protocol, 18(A16- A17); 21(A21) Eni, 17(A19); see also Agip; Agip KCO Shareholders; Azerbaijan PSA Withdrawal from; BTC Company Shareholders; BTC Shareholders; Kazakstan PSA; KIO Shareholders; LukAgip ENOC, see Dragon Oil plc ETAL, see Turkmenistan Exploration Eupec Pipecoatings, 41(A18) Eurasia Group, 44(A14) Eximbank of Japan, 23(A21) Exports Natural Gas, 9(A9,A10); 22(A11);

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36(A12); 49(A14) Oil, 9(A8,A9); 21(D4-D7); 22(A11); 36(A11,A12); 37(D6); 49(A13,A14) Outlets, 21(D4-D7); 22(A11) ExxonMobil, 24(A14); 37(A14); 44(A14); see also Agip KCO Share- holders; Azerbaijan PSA Withdrawal from; EAOC; Kazakstan PSA; TCO Shareholders Pulling Out of Turkmenistan, 10(A19, A20); 23(A22) FIOC, 4(A18) Friede Goldman Ltd, 33(A19) Frontera Resources, 2(A21); 48(A14); see also Georgia Exploration and Development Gazprom, 4(A17,A18); 28(A20,A21); see also KazRosGaz GBOC, see Georgia Exploration and Development Georgia, see Azerbaijan Natural Gas Supplies; GIOC; Pipelines Natural Gas South Caucasus Pipeline, Oil BTC; Russia Natural Gas Supplies; Saknav- tobi Demand, oil, 34(A16) Exploration and Development, oil and gas, 34(A15-A16) Anadarko, 34(A15) Canargo/Saknavtobi/GBOC, 34(A15) Frontera Resources, 34(A15) NPL, 34(A15) Production Natural Gas, 34(A16) Oil, 34(A16) Reserves Natural Gas, 34(A16) Oil, 34(A16) GIOC, 12(A21) GomeTransneft Druzhba, 51/52(A19- A20) Greece, see Azerbaijan Natural Gas Supplies; Pipeline Oil BAPline Hellenic Petroleum, 45(A18) HSBC Bank Kazakstan Loans, 7(A19) Hungary, see Pipelines Oil Druzhba/ Adria Hurricane Hydrocarbons, 25(A19-A20); 44(A14); 47(A15); see also Kazakstan Production Oil; Pipelines Oil KAK, QAM Hurricane Kumkol Munai Exports, oil, 21(D4) Hurricane Oil Products Oil Refinery, 45(A18) IFC, 17(A19); 23(A21); 32(A15); 51/52(A18) Loans, 47(A16) Inpex, see Agip KCO Shareholders; BTC Company Shareholders; JAOC Share- holders; Kazakstan PSA; Lukoil Sale of Stake in AIOC to Iran, see Caspian Sea Legal Status;

Turkmenistan Natural Gas Supplies Aliyev's Visit, 21(A21) Itera, 23(A22); 31(A16-A17); 34(A16) Itochu, 17(A19); see also BTC Company Shareholders; BTC Shareholders; JAOC Shareholders Janaf, 51/52(A19-A20) Japan, see Pipelines Natural Gas Trans- Afghan Pipeline JAOC, see Azerbaijan Drilling Shareholders Inpex, 42(A20) Itochu, 42(A20) Japex, 42(A20) Socar, 42(A20) Teikoku Oil, 42(A20) Japex, see JAOC Shareholders JBIC, 32(A15) Loans, 7(A19) JNOC, see Inpex Kaspmorbourstroy, 41(A18) KazakOil, see KazMunaiGaz; KPV; TCO Shareholers Eurobond Issue, 7(A19) Loans, 7(A19) Kazakstan, see Agip KCO; Caspian Sea Legal Status; CPC Oil Pipeline Share- holders; KazakOil; Pipelines Oil Atyrau/Samara, BTC, KAK, Kenkiyak/Atyrau, QAM, Seidy Cabinet Reshuffle, 9(A19-A20) Demand, natural gas, 8(A19) Discovery, oil, Agip KCO, 27(A12); 42(A19) E&P, oil and gas, Arab Petroleum Inc, 34(A16) KazMunaiGaz, 34(A16) Exports Natural Gas, 4(A18) Oil, 9(A8,A9); 21(D4,D5); 22(A11); 24(A14); 36(A11,A12); 47(A15); 49(A14) EU, 18(A12) Outlets, 21(D4-D5) Russia, 24(A14); 28(A19,A20) TCO, 7(A19); 38(A17) Imports, natural gas, Uzbekistan, 8(A19) Policy Oil, 9(A19-A20); 47(A15); 49(A15); 50(A19) Investment Law, 44(A13-A15) Sourcing Law, 44(A13,A14) War against Terrorism, 44(A14) Production Natural Gas, 4(A17); 9(A9,A10); 22(A11); 36(A12); 49(A13,A14) TCO, 28(A19) Oil, 1(A3); 9(A8,A9); 21(D4,D5); 22(A11); 24(A14); 25(A6); 36(A11, A12); 42(A6); 49(A14) Hurricane Hydrocarbons, 4(A18); 25(A20) TCO, 7(A19); 22(A12); 28(A19); 39(A15); 47(A15)

Veba Oil, 8(A13) PSA, oil and gas, Eni/BG/ExxonMobil/TotalFina- Elf/Shell/Conoco Phillips/Inpex, 42(A19) Refining, oil, Atyrau Refinery, 7(A19) Reserves Natural Gas, 8(A19); 18(D7); 19(A14) Oil, 18(D7); 19(A14); 21(D4); 25(A19); 27(A12); 28(A19,A21); 29(A11); 39(A15); 42(A6,A19) Resources in Place Extra-Heavy Oil and Natural Bitumen, 27(A16) Seismic Survey Yukos Oil, 4(A18) Kazakstan Pipeline Ventures BP's Stake in, 45(A16) KazakOilAktobe, 35(A16) KazMunaiGaz, 9(A19); 25(A19-A20); 28(A20,A21); 35(A16); 38(A17); 44(A13,A14-A15); 45(A18); 49(A15); 50(A18); see also Caspian Sea Explora- tion and Development Rights; Kazakstan E&P; KazRosGaz; Munai Tas; Pipelines Oil KAK, Kenkiyak/ Atyrau, QAM KazRosGaz, 24(A14) Kazrossudkomp, 20(A18) Kazstroiservis, 35(A16) KazTransGaz, 8(A19); see also TNG KazTransOil, 38(A17); 45(A18); 48(A14-A15); see also TNG Exports, oil, 21(D4) Oil Pipeline, 9(A20) KB Korall, 33(A19) KCA Deutag, 41(A18) Kerr-McGee Group of Companies, 38(A17) KIO, 38(A17); 47(A15) Production Condensate, 22(A12) Natural Gas, 22(A12) Shareholders BG, 47(A16) ChevronTexaco, 47(A16) Eni, 47(A16) Lukoil, 47(A16) KPV, 4(A18); see also CPC Share- holders Krasniye Barrikady, 20(A18) Krasniye Barrikye, 20(A18) Krasnoye Sormovo, 33(A19) Kvaerner Process Systems Canada, 41(A18) Latsis Group, 45(A18) LukAgip, 9(A21) Sale of, 47(A17); 51/52(A19) LukArco BV, 47(A16,A17); see also CPC Shareholders; TCO Shareholders LukArco Services BV, 13(A18) Lukoil, 5(A16); 17(A19); 20(A18); 24(A14); 28(A21); 41(A18); see also

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Caspian Sea Exploration and Deve- lopment Rights; KIO Shareholders; LukAgip; LukArco Services BV Loans, 47(A16) Reserves, oil, 47(A17) Sale of Stake in AIOC to Inpex, 47(A16,A17); 51/52(A19) Strategic Restructuring Program, 47(A16-A17); 51/52(A19) Lukoil Bulgaria, 45(A18) Lukoil Overseas Karachaganak BV, 47(A16) Maersk, 8(A13) Mangistaumunaigas, 9(A19) Marubeni Loans, 7(A19) MCCI, 41(A18) Mitro International (Panama), see Turkmenistan PSA Mobil Caspian Pipeline Company, see CPC Shareholders Mobil Exploration and Producing Azerbaijan, 23(A21) Mobil Exploration and Producing Turkmenistan, 10(A20) MOL, 51/52(A19-A20) Monument Caspian Resources Ltd, 10(A20) MunaiTas, 35(A16) Naftogas Ukrainy, 31(A17) NCL, 34(A16) Nelson Resources, 28(A21) NICO, 9(A21); see also Dragon Oil plc Oil Swap Arrangement with NINISC, 5(A17) Nippon Export and Investment Insur- ance, 32(A15) Nizhegorodsky, 33(A19) NPL, see Georgia Exploration and Development OAO Embamunaigaz, 38(A17) OCL, 34(A16) Oguz Operating Company, 23(A21) OIEC, 41(A18) OKIOC, see Agip KCO Oman, see CPC Shareholders OME, 18(D5-D7) ONGC, 28(A21) OPIC, 23(A21); 32(A15) Oryx Caspian Pipeline LLC, 38(A17); see also CPC Shareholders Pakistan, see Pipelines Natural Gas Trans-Afghan Pipeline Petrofac, 32(A14); 38(A16) Petronas Carigali, see Turkmenistan Discovery Natural Gas, Oil, PSA PFC, 20(A20-A21); 44(A13-A14) Pharmadule Emtunqa AB International, 41(A18) Phillips Petroleum, see Agip KCO Shareholders Pipelines East-West Energy Corridor, 34(A15); 37(A11); 38(A16) Natural Gas, 4(A17-A18)

South Caucasus Pipeline, 1(A16); 2(A22); 9(A20-A21); 12(A21); 17(A18); 18(A16-A17); 23(A13, A21); 32(A15); 34(A15); 37(A11, A16); 38(A16); 41(A18); 43(A12, A13); 47(A16) Trans-Afghan Pipeline, 23(A22); 31(A16-A17); 50(A20) Asia Development Bank to Finance Feasibility Study, 21(A16); 29(A17); 31(A16) Japan's Interest in, 31(A16) Oil, 21(D4,D5,D6,D7); 40(A9) Atyrau/Samara, 7(A19); 45(A16); 48(A14-A15); 51/52(A20) Baku/Novorossysk, 18(A17); 19(A15); 21(D5); 22(A11) Baku/Supsa, 19(A15); 21(D5); 22(A11); 23(A21); 32(A15); 37(A16); 51/52(A18) BAPline, 21(A15-A16); 28(A19); 36(A13); 45(A18) BTC, 1(A16); 2(A22); 4(A14); 5(A16); 9(A21); 11(A17); 12(A21); 13(A19); 17(A18-A19); 18(A16- A17,D6); 19(A14,A15); 21(A21, D5); 23(A21); 24(A14-A15); 28(A19); 32(A14-A16); 34(A15); 37(A11,A15-A16); 38(A16-A17); 40(A9,A17); 41(A18); 44(A15); 47(A16); 48(A13); 50(A18-A19); 51/52(A18) Druzhba/Adria, 51/52(A19-A20) KAK, 45(A16-A18) Kenkiyak/Atyrau, 35(A16); 45(A16, A17) Odessa/Brody, 28(A19) QAM, 45(A16,A17,A18) Seidy, 48(A15) Policy, oil, 19(A14-A15); 28(A20-A21); see also Caspian Sea Legal Status Production Natural Gas, 9(A9,A10); 19(A13,A14, A15); 22(A11); 36(A12); 49(A13, A14) Oil, 3(A8); 9(A8-A9); 19(A13,A14- A15); 22(A11); 29(D4); 36(A11, A12); 37(D5,D6); 49(A11,A13, A14) Central Asia, 18(D5-D6) Gulf, 18(D6) Prometheus Gas, 45(A18) Prommontazh, 20(A18) Purvin & Gertz, 38(A17) Ramco Energy plc Georgia's Karas-1 Well Abandoned, 12(A21) Reserves Natural Gas, 19(A13-A14) Central Asia, 18(D5,D7) Gulf, 18(D5,D7) Oil, 19(A13,A14) Central Asia, 18(D5,D7) Gulf, 18(D5,D7) Rosneft, 28(A20,A21); 31(A16);

45(A18); see also Caspian Sea Explo- ration and Development Rights; KazRosGaz Rosneft-Shell Caspian Ventures Lim- ited, see CPC Shareholders RPI Inc, 9(A8-A10); 22(A11); 24(A16); 32(A16); 36(A11-A12) Oil Exports for the Caspian Region, 21(D4-D7) Russia, see Caspian Sea Legal Status; CPC Marine Terminal License, Oil Pipeline Natural Monopoly; Kaza- kstan Exports Oil Outlets; Pipelines Oil Atyrau/Samara, Baku/ Novorossysk, BAPLine, Druzhba/ Adria, Seidy; Turkmenistan Natural Gas Supplies Drilling for Oil and Gas in Caspian Sea, 33(A19-A20) Eurasian Alliance for Gas Producers, 4(A17-A18) Natural Gas Supplies Georgia, 12(A21); 34(A16) Production., natural gas, 4(A17) Reserves Condensate, 28(A21) Natural Gas, 19(A14); 28(A21) Oil, 19(A14); 28(A21) Russia Volgotanker Co, 21(D6) Saknavtobi, 12(A21); see also Georgia Exploration and Development Salyan Oil Ltd, 2(A22); see also CNPC Stake in SAROGR, 34(A15-A16) SCRME, 21(D7) Shell, see Agip KCO Shareholders; Kazakstan PSA Shell Kazakstan, 44(A14) Slavneft Privatization of, 47(A16,A17) Slovenia, see Pipelines Oil Druzhba/ Adria Socar, 9(A20,A21); 17(A19); 32(A15); 37(A16); 41(A18); 42(A20); 47(A17); 48(A14); 50(A18,A19); see also Azerbaijan RDPSA; Azfen; BTC Company Shareholders; BTC Share- holders; JAOC Shareholders Exports, oil, 1(A16); 9(A10); 21(D5, D6); 36(A12); 49(A14) Production, oil, 9(A9); 22(A11); 36(A12); 49(A14) Spie Capag, 32(A14); 38(A16) SPS, 41(A18) SSRZ III International, see UHM Stake in State Fund of Turkmenistan for Deve- lopment of Oil, Gas and Mineral Resources, 5(A17) Statoil, 4(A14); 9(A21); 17(A19); 25(A19); 27(A12); 41(A18); 47(A16, A17); see also BTC Company Share- holders; BTC Shareholders; Caspian Sea Exploration and Development Rights

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Stroitransgaz, 35(A16) Summit Conferences Caspian Leaders, 13(A18); 15(A18); 17(A17-A18); 20(A17,A18); 21(A21) TCO, see Kazakstan Exports Oil, Pro- duction Natural Gas, Oil Exports, oil, 21(D4) Fine for Environmental Violations Due to Sulfur Storage, 49(A15); 50(A19) Shareholders ChevronTexaco, 13(A18); 39(A15); 47(A15) ExxonMobil, 13(A18); 39(A15); 47(A15) KazMunaiGaz, 13(A18); 39(A15); 47(A15) LukArco Bv, 13(A18); 39(A15); 47(A15) Suspension of Tengiz Oilfield Expan- sion Plans, 47(A15); 49(A15); 50(A19) TDA, see Azerbaijan Grants Technip-Coflexip, 5(A17) Teikoku Oil, see JAOC Shareholders Tekfen Construction and Installation Company, 11(A17-A18); 32(A15); 41(A18) TNG, 9(A20); see also KazMunaiGaz TOO Trading House of KazMunaiGaz, 38(A17) TotalFinaElf, 9(A20,A21); 28(A19); 41(A18); see also Agip KCO Share- holders; Azerbaijan PSA Withdrawal from; BTC Company Shareholders; BTC Shareholders; Kazakstan PSA TPAO, 9(A21); 17(A19); 41(A18); 47(A17); see also BTC Company Shareholders; BTC Shareholders Transneft, 1(A16); 4(A18); 17(A18); 20(A18); 24(A14); 28(A20); 48(A13, A14-A15); 51/52(A19-A20) Transpetrol, 51/52(A19-A20) Turkey, see Azerbaijan Natural Gas Supplies; Pipelines Natural Gas South Caucasus Pipeline, Oil BTC; Turk- menistan Natural Gas Supplies Turkmenistan, see Caspian Sea Legal Status; Pipelines Natural Gas Trans- Afghan Pipeline Discovery, natural gas and oil, Petronas Carigali, 37(A14) Exploration, oil and gas, ETAL, 10(A20) Exports LPG, 24(A16) Natural Gas, 4(A17,A18); 9(A9, A10); 22(A11); 24(A16); 32(A16, D2) Oil, 21(D6-D7); 22(A11); 36(A11, A12); 49(A14) Outlets, 21(D6,D7); 22(A11) Natural Gas Supplies Iran, 32(A16) Russia, 32(A16)

Turkey, 4(A11,A12,A14) Ukraine, 31(A16-A17); 32(A16) Oil and Gas Development Program, 32(A16) Oil and Gas Investments, 24(A16) Oil and Gas Minister, 50(A20) Production LPG, 24(A16) Natural Gas, 4(A17); 9(A9,A10); 22(A11); 24(A16); 32(A16,D2); 36(A12); 49(A13,A14) Oil, 9(A8,A9); 21(D6,D7); 22(A11); 24(A16); 32(A16); 36(A11,A12); 49(A14) Burren Energy, 37(A14) Dragon Oil plc, 8(A18-A19); 21(D7); 28(A19-A20); 37(A14); 41(A18-A19) PSA, oil and gas, Burren Energy, 24(A16); 37(A14- A15) Dragon Oil plc, 24(A16); 37(A14- A15) Mitro International (Panama), 24(A16); 37(A14-A15) Petronas Carigali, 24(A16); 37(A14- A15) Refining, oil, Seidy Refinery, 32(A16) Turkmenbashi Refinery, 5(A17); 32(A16) Reserves Natural Gas, 4(A17); 8(A19); 18(D7); 19(A14); 21(D6); 28(A20); 31(A16,D2) Oil, 8(A19); 18(D7); 19(A14); 21(D6); 28(A20) Turkmenneft, 10(A20); 37(A14); 50(A20) Turkmenneftegaz, 5(A17); 21(D7) TurkmenOil, 37(A14) Tyumen Oil, 28(A21); 51/52(A20) UHM Stake in SSRZ III International, 33(A19-A20) Ukraine, see Pipelines Oil Druzhba/ Adria, Odessa/Brody; Turkmenistan Natural Gas Supplies UkrTransNafta, 51/52(A19-A20) Unocal, 17(A19); 23(A22); 29(A17); see also BTC Company Shareholders; BTC Shareholders US, see Armenia; Azerbaijan Caspian Policy, 21(A21,D7); 23(A13, A21); 24(A14); 29(A17); 40(A9); 44(A14); 50(A18-A19); 51/52(A19, A20) USEximbank, 23(A21); 32(A15) USGS, 18(D5) Uzbekistan, see Kazakstan Imports Production, natural gas, 4(A17) Reserves Natural Gas, 18(D7) Oil, 18(D7) Uzenmunaigaz, 48(A14)

Veba Oil, see Kazakstan Production Oil Wood Mackenzie, 19(A13-A15) World Bank, see IFC Yukos Oil, 28(A21); 45(A18); 51/52(A20); see also Kazakstan Seismic Survey Production, oil, 4(A18) Refining, oil, 4(A18) Zarubezhneft, see Caspian Sea Explora- tion and Development Rights DJIBOUTI Consumption Electricity, 35(A17) Energy, 32(A10,A12) Oil Products, 32(A12) Electricity Generation Capacity, 35(A17) Peak Load, 35(A17) ENOC Djibouti Ltd LPG Supplies, 30(A14-A15); 50(A21) DUBAI, see UAE EGYPT ABB, 2(A14) Abu Zaabel Company for Fertilizers and Chemical Products, see Polyserve Fertilizers and Chemicals Purchase of AES, 2(A14) AFESD, 25(A15) Loans, 12(A20) AFPC, see Enppi Service Contract Alexandria Petroleum Company, 24(A16) Apache Corporation, 2(A12); see also Discovery Condensate, Gas, Natural Gas, Oil; Drilling; Production Natural Gas, Oil Arab Company for Gas Transportation and Marketing, 25(A14,A15) Arab Gas Commission, 25(A14-A15) Bechtel Corporation, see LNG Projects Bechtel Enterprises Holdings Inc, 2(A14) Bechtel Power Corporation, 2(A14) BG Egypt, 1(A17); 4(A5); see also ELNG Shareholders BG Group, 37(A13); 43(A17); 50(A21); see also BG Egypt; Drilling; Orascom Shareholders Gas Operations in Egypt, 22(A13- A15); 47(A7) Bitech Petroleum, 30(A19) Bouygues Offshore, 10(A5) BP, 4(A5); 10(A4); 37(A13); see also Discovery Gas; Gupco Cabre, 30(A18-A19) Cairo Electricity Company, 2(A14) Centurion Petroleum Corp

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Gas Sales to National Grid, 43(A16- A17) CEPC, 12(A20) CERA, 10(A4) Concessions Production-Sharing, oil and gas, Deferral Gas Payments, 10(A4) Dover Petroleum, 30(A18) Naftex Energy Corporation/Coplex (Egypt) Limited Sale of to Lukoil International, 30(A18-A19) Shell Egypt Deepwater/ExxonMobil/ Petronas Carigali Overseas, 10(A4) ExxonMobil's Share for Sale, 11(A16) Conferences Mediterranean Gas Congress, 10(A3- A6) Consumption Electricity, 35(A17) Energy, 32(A10,A12) Oil Products, 32(A12) Coplex (Egypt) Limited, see Conces- sions Production-Sharing Cyprus Maritime Borders, 25(A14) Natural Gas Supplies, 25(A14) Daewoo, 10(A5) Demand Electricity, 2(A14) Natural Gas, 22(A13) Oil, 33(A11) Development, gasfields, 22(A13-A14) Discovery Condensate Apache Corporation, 35(A16); 49(A15) Gas Apache Corporation/RWE-DEA/ BP, 21(A18); 27(A22); 38(A18); 49(A15) GEOGE/BP/RWE-DEA, 17(A19- A20) Melrose Resources, 8(A12) Natural Gas Apache Corporation, 2(A14); 27(A22); 35(A16) Oil Apache Corporation, 2(A14); 15(A14); 20(A21); 21(A18); 27(A22); 35(A16); 49(A15) Tanganyika Oil Company, 8(A12); 13(A16-A17) Dover Petroleum, see Concessions Production-Sharing; Drilling Drilling, oil and gas, Apache Corporation, 21(A18) BG, 14(A21) Dover Petroleum, 50(A21) Edison International, 14(A21) Shell Egypt, 10(A4); 37(A13) Drucker Petroleum, 8(A12) Eatco, 10(A5) EC, 50(A20)

EDF, 2(A14) Edison, 2(A14); see also NVGC Share- holders Edison International, see Drilling; ELNG Shareholders EEA, 2(A14); 4(D2) EEHC, 4(D2); see also CEPC EGAS, 2(A12); 10(A4); 19(A18); 50(A21); see also ELNG Shareholders Upstream Licensing Round, 20(A19- A21) EGPC, 1(A17); 2(A12); 4(A5); 10(A6); 15(D6); 19(A18); 22(A14); 24(A4, A16-A17); see also ELNG Share- holders; EPHC; GASCO; Gupco Upstream Licensing Round, 20(A19- A20); 33(A20); 42(A12) Egyptian Center for Economic Reforms, 4(D1-D4) EIB Loans, 12(A20) Electricity Generation Cairo North Plant, 2(A14); 12(A20) Capacity, 2(A14); 35(A17) CCGT Nubariyah Plant, 2(A14) East Port Sa'id Plant, 2(A14); 4(D2); 12(A20) Gulf of Suez Plant, 2(A14); 4(D2); 12(A20) Peak Load, 35(A17) Sidi Kerir Plant, 2(A14); 4(D2); 12(A20) Electricity Sector, 4(D1-D4) ELNG, 10(A5); 21(A13,A14-A15); 42(A2); see also Marketing LNG LNG Tanks MHI/Vinci, 43(A17) Shareholders BG Egypt, 14(A21); 42(A11,A12) Edison International, 14(A21); 42(A12) EGAS, 14(A21); 42(A12) EGPC, 14(A21); 42(A12); GDF, 14(A21); 42(A11-A12) Emarat, see Emarat-Egypt Emarat-Egypt, 1(A13) Eni, 4(A5); 10(A4); 22(A14) Stake in Galf Energia, 50(A20,A21) Union Fenosa Gas, 50(A20-A21) Enppi, 1(A17); 8(A12) Service Contract AFPC, 30(A19) Enron Corp, 10(A5) EPHC, 8(A12) Esso, 4(A5) ExxonMobil, 37(A13); see also Con- cessions Production-Sharing Financial Requirements for Mainte- nance and Expansion of Oil Sector, 21(A5) First Arabian Development & Invest- ment Company, 2(A14) Foster Wheeler International, 15(A14); 24(A17)

Galf Energia, see Eni Stake in Gas Projects Projected Investment in Natural Gas Projects, 21(A5) GASCO, 2(A14) GDF, see ELNG Shareholders; Mar- keting LNG ELNG GDP, 32(A11) GEOGE, 8(A13); see also Discovery Gas Shareholders RWE-DEA, 17(A19) Veba Oil & Gas, 17(A19) Gupco, 2(A12); see also Production Oil Halliburton, see LNG Projects Hyundai, 2(A14) IEOC, 37(A13) InterGen, 2(A14) Israel, 24(A2,A3); 30(A4) Izar, 10(A5) JGC Corporation, see LNG Projects Jordan, see Pipelines Natural Gas Arab Gas Pipeline KFAED, 25(A15) Kato Investment SAE, 2(A14) Kharafi Group al-, 15(A14) KUFPEC, see Production Natural Gas, Oil Lebanon, see Pipelines Natural Gas Arab Gas Pipeline Libya, see Pipelines Natural Gas LNG Plant Damietta Plant, 50(A20,A21) LNG Projects, 4(A4-A5); 10(A4-A5); 14(A21); 15(D6); see also ELNG Bechtel Corporation, 1(A17); 4(A5); 42(A11) Halliburton/JGC Corporation/TR, 1(A17); 4(A5) Lukoil, 12(A21) Lukoil International, see Concessions Production-Sharing Naftex Energy Corporation/Coplex (Egypt) Limited Sale of to Lukoil Overseas Holding, 30(A18-A19) Marketing LNG ELNG, 10(A4-A5) GDF, 4(A4-A5); 10(A4); 22(A14); 42(A11-A12); 43(A17); 47(A7) Natural Gas, 2(A12,A13); 6(A21); 10(A6); 19(A18); 27(A21); 41(A16) Marubeni, 2(A14) MEED, 10(A3-A6) MEGA, see NVGC Shareholders Melrose Resources, see Discovery Gas Merlon Petroleum, 8(A12) Merhav Group, 15(A14) MHI, 12(A20); see also ELNG LNG Tanks Middle East for Refining, 24(A17) Midor Oil Refinery, 15(A14); 24(A16-A17) Shareholders, 15(A14) NBE, 15(A14); 24(A17)

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MidTap, 24(A17); see also Emarat- Egypt MW Kellogg, 1(A17) Naftex Energy Corporation, see Conces- sions Production-Sharing NBE, see Midor Shareholders NOC, 15(A14); 24(A17) NVGC, 22(A13,A14) Shareholders BG, 22(A13,A14) Edison, 22(A14) MEGA, 22(A14) Orascom, 22(A14) Ocean Energy, see Production Oil Odyssey Petroleum, 8(A12) Orascom, see NVGC Shareholders Petrobel, 2(A12) Petrobras, 30(A19) PetroCanada, see Veba Oil & Gas Sale of Assets to Petrochemical Projects Projected Investment, 21(A5) Petrojet, 1(A17); 8(A12) Petronas Carigali Overseas, see Conces- sions Production-Sharing Phillips Petroleum, 10(A5) Pipelines Natural Gas, 10(A3); 24(A4) Arab Gas Pipeline, 10(A4); 11(A16); 12(A18); 22(A13); 24(A1-A2,A3); 25(A14-A15); 34(A7); 35(A5); 41(A20); 42(A12) Egypt/Libya, 10(A4); 24(A1-A2) Transmission and Distribution Systems, 22(A14); 43(A16-A17) Oil Sumed, 15(A14); 39(A11); 45(A19- A20) Policy Gas Payment to Partners, 42(A12) Oil Upstream, 10(A5-A6); 42(A12) Polyserve Fertilizers and Chemicals Purchase of Abu Zaabel Company for Fertilizers and Chemical Products, 8(A12) Population, 32(A11) Ports 'Ain Sukhna Dry Cargo Port, 45(A19- A20) Prices Natural Gas, 10(A3-A4); 24(A1-A2, A3); 43(A16-A17) Oil, 1(A10); 4(A7); 10(A14); 14(A20); 18(A8); 37(A8); 43(A6); 44(A6) Production Condensate, 2(A12,A13); 10(A6); 19(A18); 27(A21); 41(A16) LPG, 2(A13); 10(A6); 19(A18); 27(A21); 41(A16) Natural Gas, 2(A12,A13); 10(A3,A6); 15(D4); 19(A18); 27(A21); 32(D2); 41(A16) Apache Corporation, 35(A16)

Apache Corporation/KUFPEC, 15(A14) Payment to Partners, 42(A12) Shell, 45(A12) NGL, 6(A21) Oil, 2(A12,A13); 10(A6); 15(D4,D5); 19(A18); 25(A7); 27(A21); 41(A16); 42(A12) Apache Corporation, 27(A22); 35(A16) Apache Corporation/KUFPEC, 15(A14) Capacity, 21(A5) Gupco, 50(A21) Ocean Energy, 4(A5) Shell, 45(A12) Refining, oil, 27(A12-A15); see also Midor Alexandria Refinery, 27(A14) Asyut Refinery, 27(A14) Projected Investment, 21(A5) Suez Refinery, 27(A14) Reserves Gas, 10(A3); 14(A21); 15(D4,D5); 32(D2); 37(A13) Oil, 4(A5); 10(A6); 15(D4); 25(A7); 37(A13) Rising Star Energy Publications Egypt Oil & Gas Report, 42(A12) RWE-DEA, 8(A13); see also Discovery Gas; GEOGE Shareholders Samsung, 2(A14) SCA Annual Report 2001, 18(A17-A18) Transit Rates, 18(A17,A18) Schlumberger, 11(A16) SEGAS, 1(A17); 4(A5); 10(A5) Shell, 4(A5); 22(A14); see also Produc- tion Natural Gas, Oil Shell Egypt, see Drilling Shell Egypt Deepwater, see Concessions Production-Sharing Shell Generating Ltd, 2(A14) Societe Generale, 10(A5) Soluziona, 1(A17) Suez Canal, 39(A11); see also SCA Sumed, see Pipelines Oil Syria, see Pipelines Natural Gas Arab Gas Pipeline Tanganyika Oil Company, see Dis- covery Oil Technigaz, 1(A17); 10(A5) Tomen Corporation, 12(A20) TR, see LNG Projects Tractebel, 2(A14) TransAtlantic Petroleum, 43(A17) Union Fenosa, 1(A17); 4(A5); 10(A4, A5) Union Fenosa Gas, 10(A5); 22(A13); see also Eni Stake in Vanguard Oil Corp, 12(A21); 30(A19) Veba Oil & Gas, see GEOGE Share- holders Sale of Assets to PetroCanada, 8(A12- A14); 17(A19)

Vinci, see ELNG LNG Tanks FUJAIRAH, see UAE IRAN ABB Financial Services, 24(A13-A14) ABB Lummus Global, 16(A16) Abbot Group plc, see KCA Iran Abu Dhabi Investment Fund, see IPIC Administrative Changes, oil, 39(A6) ADNOC, see IPIC Afghanistan, 8(D4) MOU for Power and Water Plant Re- construction, 20(A13) Taliban, 8(D3) Afridi, Angell and Pelletreau, 8(D1-D4) Agip, see Marketing Oil AIPAC, 8(D1,D3) Pressure on US Administration and Congress to Act against Iran, 34(D2- D3,D4-D5) Alstom, 9(A17); 36(A9) American-Iranian Council, 8(D4) Amir Kabir Petrochemical Company, 6(A17) Arak Petrochemical Company, 6(A17) Arvand Petrochemical Company, 8(A17) Atommash, 22(A16); 29(A19) Azarab Industries Company Ethane Plant, 31(A14) Azerbaijan, see Caspian Sea Legal Status Aliyev's Visit, 21(A21) Bandar Imam Petrochemical Company, 6(A17) Baker Potts LLP, 8(D1) Basell, 8(A16-A17); 21(A8) BASF, 20(A12) BHP Billiton, 3(A16); 6(A15); 9(A16); 10(A16); 21(A8,A9); 23(A2); 27(A20- A21); 36(A8) BHP Petroleum, 20(A11) Binnie Black & Veatch, 8(A18) BIPC Olefins Plant, 16(A16) Black, Sivalls & Bryson (UK) Ltd Fine for Exporting Oilfield Equip- ment to Iran, 8(A17) Borzuyeh Petrochemical Company, 6(A17) Botas, 46(A18) Bou Ali Sina Petrochemical Company, 6(A17) Bow Valley Sanctions Issue, 34(D4) BP, 3(A16); 4(A15); 6(A15); 21(A21); 22(A3); 23(A1-A2,A3); 36(A8); 51/52(A2); see also LNG Projects; Marketing Oil BP Chemicals, 21(A6-A7) Brazil, see Marketing Oil BS&B Process Systems Inc

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Fine for Exporting Oilfield Equip- ment to Iran, 8(A17) Budget, 1(A14); 12(A14-A15); 24(D1, D2,D3,D4) Buhler, 45(A15) Canada, see Marketing Oil Caspian Sea Exploration and Development, 6(A15) Legal Status, 4(A18); 17(A17-A18); 21(A21); 24(A15); 39(A16) Bilateral Agreements Russia/Azerbaijan, 20(A18); 21(A21); 24(A15) Russia/Kazakstan, 20(A17-A18); 21(A21); 24(A15) Seismic Survey Lasmo/Shell/Veba, 6(A15) Caterpillar Sanctions Issue, 8(D6) Central Bank of Iran, 15(A12); 34(D1) Central Oil Regions Company, 39(A6- A7) Cepsa, 23(A2); 51/52(A2); see also NIOC Buy-Back Projects CETIC, 35(A13) Chematur Engineering, see Karoon Petrochemical Company Shareholders Chemet Global Ltd Sanctions Issue, 20(A12) China, see Exports Oil; Imports China Machinery and Electric Import and Export Company Sanctions Issue, 30(A12) China Marchinery and Equipment Import Export Corporation Sanctions Issue, 30(A12) China National Aero-Technology Import and Export Corp Sanctions Issue, 20(A12) China National Machinery and Electric Equipment Import and Export Company Sanctions Issue, 20(A12) China National Machinery and Equip- ment Import Export Corporation Sanctions Issue, 30(A12) China Precision Machinery Import/ Export Corp Sanctions Issue, 20(A12) China Shipbuilding Trading Company Sanctions Issue, 20(A12); 30(A12) China Petroleum Corp, see Marketing Oil CIA, 34(D1) CMAI, 21(A7) CMEC Machinery and Electric Equip- ment Import and Export Company Ltd Sanctions Issue, 30(A12) CMEC Machinery and Electrical Import Export Company Sanctions Issue, 30(A12) CNEEC, 35(A13) CNOOC, see NIOC Buy-Back Projects Conferences

Iran Energy Forum, 18(A19); 21(A3- A4); 27(A20) The Impact of Globalization on Middle East Oil and Gas Industry, 50(A18); 51/52(A1-A3) Iran Petrochemical Forum, 4th, 21(A6-A8) Conoco Sanctions Issue, 8(D6,D7); 34(D2,D3, D6) Consumption Natural Gas, 3(A13) Oil, 29(A11) Refined Products, 3(A13-A15) Fuel Oil, 2(A15); 3(A13,A15) Gas Oil, 3(A13,A15) Gasoline, 2(A15); 3(A13,A15); 10(A17) Kerosene, 3(A13,A15) LPG, 3(A13,A15) Continental Shelf Oil Company, see Production Oil Cosmo, see Marketing Oil Council of Guardians, 1(A14); 6(A15); 12(A14-A15); 17(A12-A13); 30(A11) Credit Agricole Indosuez Export Credit Facility, 39(A7) Cuanta SA Sanctions Issue, 20(A13) CWC Associates, 18(A19); 22(A3-A4); 34(D1-D6) Daewoo, 35(A13) Demand, oil, 33(A11) Deutsche Bank, 21(A8) Development Ab-Teymour Oilfield, 23(A1-A2); 36(A8) Ahwaz-Bangestan Oilfield, 18(A14); 22(A3); 23(A1-A2); 35(A12); 36(A8); 39(A6); 51/52(A2) Azadegan Oilfield, 10(A16); 18(A14); 23(A2); 36(A8); 39(A6); 46(A13- A14); 51/52(A2) Bahrgansar Oilfield, 47(A17) Balal Oilfield, 3(A16-A17); 18(A13); 23(A16); 36(A9); 47(A18) Bibi Hakimeh Oilfield, 35(A12) Cheshmeh-Khosh Oilfield, 22(A3); 23(A2); 36(A8); 51/52(A2) Darquain Oilfield, 21(A9); 22(A3); 23(A2); 36(A8) Doroud Oilfield, 17(A13); 18(A14); 20(A11); 23(A16); 36(A9); 38(A16) Esfandiar Oilfield, 21(A8-A9); 23(A2); 27(A20-A21); 36(A8) Foroozan Oilfield, 21(A8-A9); 23(A2); 27(A20-A21); 36(A8) Jufeyr Oilfield, 50(A18); 51/52(A2) Mansouri Oilfield, 23(A1-A2); 36(A8) Marun Oilfield, 35(A12) Masjed-I-Suleyman Oilfield, 8(A16); 22(A15-A18); 36(A8) Moghan Region, 41(A19-A20) Nowruz Oilfield, 36(A9) Pars Oilfield, 51/52(A2)

Resalat Oilfield, 47(A18) Reshadat Oilfield, 47(A18) Salman Oilfield, 47(A18) Sirri Oilfields, 18(A14); 30(A11); 36(A9); 47(A17,A18) Soroush Oilfield, 36(A9) South Pars Gasfield, 3(A15,A16,A17); 6(A16); 10(A17); 11(A7-A8); 14(A22-A23); 17(A11-A12); 18(A13, A14); 21(A7-A8); 22(A4,A5); 23(A2- A3,A4,A16); 27(A20); 28(A13-A14); 30(A11); 31(A14); 36(A9); 38(A15); 40(A14); 42(A15); 45(A14); 46(A15); 51/52(A2) Tabnak Gasfield, 40(A13-A14) DKW, 22(A3) Dong Fang Electric Corporation, 35(A13) Dragados, 45(A14) Drilling, oil and gas, KCA Iran, 20(A11); 38(A15-A16) NIOC, 10(A16); 41(A19-A20); 46(A13-A14) PetroPars/Enterprise Oil, 3(A16); 11(A8); 14(A22); 45(A14) POGC, 22(A15); 46(A15) DSD, 15(A12); 24(A13) Dubai Natural Gas Supplies, 22(A2); 29(A13) ECC, 43(A10); 46(A14) Economic Council, 7(A12); 19(A19) Economic Reforms Blocking of by Conservatives, 1(A14); 17(A12-A13) Edison Gas, 38(A16); see also NIOC Buy-Back Projects Edison International, see Exploration License Electricity Generation, 18(A14); see also IPDC; Mapna; Tavanir Aliabad Plant, 24(A14) Capacity, 7(A12); 15(A12); 17(A13); 18(A14); 35(A13); 36(A10) Expansion of, 7(A12); 15(A12); 35(A13); 36(A10); 48(A19) Geothermal Plant, 17(A13); 48(A19) Hormuzgan Gas-Fired Plant, 18(A14); 36(A9) Isfahan Plant, 24(A14) Jalal Plant, 24(A13-A14) Output, 30(A11) Par-e Sar CCGT Plant, 24(A13) Shirvan CCGT Plant, 18(A14); 24(A13) Tabriz CCGT Plant, 18(A14); 24(A14) Elf Aquitaine, see TotalFinaElf Elf Oman, 18(A14) Enel Power, 35(A13) Energy Charter Observer Status, 49(A15); 51/52(A20-A21) Talks with, 46(A14-A15); 48(D1-D2); 49(A15) Energy Investment Company, see Gulf Utilities

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Engineering and Marine Installation Construction Company, 47(A17) Eni, 3(A16); 4(A15); 6(A15,A16); 20(A11); 23(A1-A2,A3); 31(A14); 36(A8); 51/52(A2); see also NIOC Buy-Back Projects Sanctions Issue, 34(D4) Enron Corp, 21(A8) ENOC, see Marketing Condensate Enterprise Oil, 6(A16); 23(A2); see also Drilling; Shell Acquisition of Esfahan Petrochemical Company, 6(A17) EU, 3(A14); 24(D4); see also ECC; Exports Oil Dialogue with Iran, 26(A14-A15); 43(A10) Gas Exports to Europe, 9(A16-A17); 10(A17); 43(A10,A12) Sanctions Issue, 8(D7); 34(D2,D3-D4, D5,D6) Expediency Council, 12(A14-A15); 24(D3) Exploration License, oil and gas, Edison International/Lundin Petro- leum/Petronas Carigali Overseas, 49(A18) Exports LNG, 25(A20) Natural Gas, 32(D2) Oil, 2(A4); 7(A3); 11(A4); 17(A6); 19(A4); 20(A9); 25(A4); 30(A5, A11); 33(A2); 34(A11); 37(A4); 38(A14); 39(A5); 43(A2); 47(A2); 49(A15-A17); 50(A6) China, 10(A17); 20(A8) EU, 18(A12) India, 10(A17) Japan, 10(A17); 17(A10); 49(A16) Korea, 49(A17) FACTS Inc Iran's Oil and Gas Industry, 23(A1- A4); 51/52(A2) Fajr Petrochemical Company, 6(A17) Fanarvan Petrochemical Company, 6(A17) VAM Plant, 16(A16) Federal Office of Foreign Trade Infor- mation, 35(A13) Fischer-Tropsh, 51/52(A20) Foreign Currency Reserve Fund, 28(A14) Formosa Petrochem, see Marketing Oil Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd, 28(A13); 45(A14) Fujairah, 23(A4) GAIL, 3(A16) Gas Projects Kharg Island Gas Gathering Project, 47(A17) Gazprom, see NIOC Buy-Back Projects Sanctions Issue, 34(D3) GDP, 5(A15); 20(A12); 24(D3); 34(A11) Germany

Sanctions Issue, 34(D2,D3) Government Empoleyees Pension Fund, 24(D2) Greator Tehran Gas Company, 31(A14- A15) Greece, 9(A16-A17); see also Pipelines Natural Gas Greenpeace, 29(A19) GTL Projects, 4(A15); 8(A17); 21(A6); 23(A3-A4) Sasol/NPC, 21(A7); 40(A14); 51/52(A2,A20) Shell/NIOC/NPC, 13(A15-A16); 14(A23); 21(A7); 23(A3,A4); 40(A14); 51/52(A2,A20) Statoil/Mossgas/NIOC, 13(A15); 40(A14); 45(A14); 51/52(A2,A20) GTL Technology Statoil/NIOC, 51/52(A20) Gulf Utilities, 8(A18) Gulf Water Company, see Gulf Utilities Haldor Topsoe, 21(A7) Hamas, 34(D2,D5) Hansa Chemie, see Karoon Petrochemi- cal Company Shareholders Hanwha, see Marketing Oil Hellas, see Marketing Oil Hellenic Petroleum, see Marketing Oil Heritage Foundation 2002 Index of Economic Freedom, 24(D4) Hibernian, see Marketing Oil Hizbollah, 8(D3); 34(D6) House of Labor, 24(D4) Hydro Zagros Oil and Gas, 38(A15) Hyundai, 25(A20); see also Marketing Oil Hyundai Engineering, 17(A11) IAEA, 22(A16); 29(A19) Idemitsu, see Marketing Oil IDRO, 24(D1,D2) IES, see Marketing Oil IFCO CNG Program, 3(A14,A15); 12(A15- A16) IGAT, see Pipelines Natural Gas IICIC, 15(A18) IIES, 43(A10) International Conference, 7th, 50(A18); 51/52(A1-A3) IMF, 24(D1) Imports, gasoline, 3(A15); 10(A16-A17) China, 10(A16) Reliance Petroleum, 10(A17); 26(A11) India, see Exports Oil; Pipelines Natural Gas Inpex, 6(A15); 10(A16); 23(A2); 46(A13-A14) Intecsa-Uhde,28(A14); see also Dragados International Energy Association, 34(D1-D6) IOC, see Marketing Oil; NIOC Buy- Back Projects IOEC, 23(A3); see also NIOC Engineer-

ing, Procurement, Supply, Construc- tion and Commissioning Agreements IOOC, 51/52(A3) IPCC, see Marketing Petrochemicals IPDC, 24(A13-A14); 36(A9) IPIC, 23(A2) Iplom, see Marketing Oil IRAEE, 18(A19); 22(A3-A4) Iran LNG, 23(A3) Iran Maritime Installations Construction and Engineering Company, 27(A20) Iranian-American Bar Association, 8(D1-D4) Iranian Electricity Promotions Organi- zation, 7(A12) Iraq Oil Policy, 50(A11) ISOICO, 45(A14) Israel, see AIPAC Itochu, see Marketing Oil Jam Petrochemical Company, 6(A18); 31(A14), 39(A7) Japan, see Exports Oil Japex, 10(A16); 23(A2); 36(A8); 46(A13-A14) Jiangsu Yongli Chemicals Technology Import and Export Corporation Sanctions Issue, 30(A12) JNOC, 10(A16); 46(A13-A14) Kala, 39(A6); 42(A14) Kamematsu, see Marketing Oil Karoor Petrochemical Company Isocyanates Plant, 24(A13) Shareholders Chematur Engineering, 24(A13) Hansa Chemie, 24(A13) NPC, 24(A13) Kawasaki Heavy Industries, 45(A15) Kazakstan, 34(D5); see also Caspian Sea Legal Status KCA Iran, see Drilling Khafajy al-, 35(A13) Kharg Petrochemical Company, 6(A17) Khorassan Petrochemical Company, 6(A17) Khuzestan Petrochemical Company, 6(A18) Korea, see Exports Oil Kuwait Importing Water from Iran, 8(A17- A18) Kvaerner, 27(A20) Kyushu, see Marketing Oil Lasmo, 6(A16); see Caspian Sea Seismic Survey LG, 3(A16); 10(A17); 17(A12); 23(A3); see also NIOC Engineering, Procure- ment, Supply, Construction and Com- missioning Agreements Liyand Chemical Equipment Company Sanctions Issue, 20(A12) Liyang Yunlong Sanctions Issue, 20(A12) Lizen Open Joint Stock Company Sanctions Issue, 20(A12-A13)

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LNG Projects, 25(A20); 34(D6); 39(A6); 51/52(A2) BP/Reliance Petroleum/NIOC, 23(A3); 51/52(A2) NIOC LNG, 51/52(A2) Shell/Repsol-YPF/NIOC, 23(A3); 51/52(A2) TotalFinaElf/NIOC/Petronas, 18(A14); 23(A3); 51/52(A2) Lundin Petroleum, see Exploration License Lurgi, 20(A12) Management and Planning Organization, 2(A15) Mapna, 24(A13,A14); 35(A13); 36(A9) Mapna International, 24(A13); 35(A13); 36(A9) Mapna Investment Company, 36(A9) Marketing Condensate, 23(A4) ENOC, 23(A4) NIOC, 18(A13); 23(A4); 36(A9) NPC, 23(A4) LNG, 23(A3) Natural Gas Depa, 12(A15) NIOC, 12(A15) Oil, 49(A16-A17) Agip, 49(A17) BP, 49(A17) Brazil, 1(A9) Canada, 1(A9) Chinese Petroleum Corp, 49(A17) Cosmo, 49(A16) Formosa Petrochem, 49(A17) Hanwha, 49(A17) Hellas, 49(A17) Hellenic Petroleum, 49(A17) Hibernian, 49(A17) Hyundai, 49(A17) Idemitsu, 49(A16) IES, 49(A17) IOC, 49(A17) Iplom, 49(A17) Itochu, 49(A16) Kamematsu, 49(A16) Kyushu, 49(A16) Marubeni, 49(A16) Mitsubishi Corp, 49(A16) Mitsubishi Oil Co, 49(A16) Mitsui, 49(A16) Monument, 49(A17) NICO, 38(A14); 49(A16,A17) NIOC, 1(A9); 2(A14-A15); 38(A14); 49(A16,A17) Nippon Oil, 49(A16) Pakistan, 49(A17) Pertamina, 49(A17) Petrola, 49(A17) Petronor, 49(A17) Preem, 49(A17) Reliance Petroleum, 49(A17) Repsol-YPF, 49(A17) Saras, 49(A17) Shell, 2(A14-A15); 49(A17)

Showa Shell, 49(A16) SK Energy, 49(A17) Socap, 49(A17) Sri Lanka, 49(A17) Sumitomo, 49(A16) Tampimex/Dragon, 49(A17) Tomen, 49(A16) TotalFinaElf, 49(A17) Tupras, 49(A17) Uruguay, 1(A9) Zhen Rong, 49(A17) Petrochemicals IPCC, 28(A14) Marubeni, see Marketing Oil Marun Petrochemical Company, 6(A18) Mashaldaran Petrochemical Company , 6(A18) Mitsubishi Corp, see Marketing Oil Mitsubishi Oil Co, see Marketing Oil Mitsui, 35(A13); see also Marketing Oil Mobin Petrochemical Company, 28(A14) Monument, see Marketing Oil Mossgas, see GTL Projects Naftex Petroleum, 22(A4); 51/52(A3) Naftgaran Engineering Services Com- pany, see NIOC Buy-Back Projects Sanctions Issue, 34(D4,D5) Naftkav Engineering Services, 22(A3- A4) Namvaran, 45(A15) Nargan, 39(A7); 43(A11) New Energies Organization, 48(A19) NICO, 23(A3); 42(A15); 45(A14); see also Marketing Oil NICSOC Development Projects, 47(A17-A18) NIDC, 24(D3); 31(A14); 38(A15-A16) NIGC, 9(A17); 16(A16,A20); 28(A14); 38(A15); 39(A6) NIGEC, 39(A6); 42(A14,A15) NIIO, 24(D1,D2) Nikoo Company, 17(A12) NIOC, 5(A18); 6(A16); 9(A16); 11(A8); 21(A7-A8); 25(A20); 28(A13-A14); 49(A18); see also Central Oil Regions Company; Continental Shelf Oil Company; Drilling; GTL Projects; GTL Technology; IFCO; LNG Pro- jects; Marketing Condensate, Natural Gas, Oil; NICO; NICSOC; PEDEC; POGC; Production Natural Gas, Oil Administrative Changes, 42(A14-A15) Buy-Back Projects, 3(A16-A17); 4(A15); 6(A15); 10(A16,A17); 21(A9); 22(A3-A4); 23(A1-A4); 27(A20); 36(A8-A9); 39(A5,A6); 41(A19-A20); 46(A14); 51/52(A1) Cepsa, 6(A15); 36(A8) CNOOC/PEDEC, 50(A18); 51/52(A2) Edison Gas, 41(A19); 44(A17) Eni, 6(A15); 10(A16); 11(A8); 17(A11-A12); 21(A9); 22(A3); 26(A14); 30(A10); 36(A8)

Norsk Hydro, 41(A19); 44(A17) OMV, 41(A19); 44(A17) ONGC Videsh/IOC/OIL, 44(A16- A17) Pedco, 21(A8-A9); 27(A20-A21); 36(A8) Sanctions Issue, 34(D3-D4,D6) Sheer Energy (Cyprus) Ltd/Naftgaran Engineering Services Company, 8(A16); 10(A16); 22(A15-A16); 26(A14); 36(A8) Shell, 36(A9); 42(A15); 51/52(A3) Sinopec, 41(A19); 44(A17) Statoil, 45(A14) TotalFinaElf, 30(A11); 36(A9) TotalFinaElf/Gazprom/Petronas, 11(A7-A8); 23(A4); 49(A18) Cooperation Agreement Statoil, 4(A15); 6(A16); 14(A22); 17(A12); 35(A12-A13); 42(A15); 45(A14) Corruption Charges, 1(A14); 17(A12- A13) Engineering, Procurement, Supply, Construction and Commissioning Agreements LG/OIEC/IOEC, 38(A15); 46(A15) Fire at Headquarters Building, 21(A9- A10) Imports of Spare Parts, 17(A13) NIOC International, 39(A6); 42(A14) NIORDC, 3(A14,A15); 10(A17); 19(A19) Nippon Oil, see Marketing Oil Nissho Iwai, 24(A14); 35(A13) NITC LNG Carriers, 25(A20) VLCCs, 25(A20) Norsk Hydro, see Hydro Zagros Oil and Gas; NIOC Buy-Back Projects Sanctions Issue, 34(D4) Novus Petroleum, 18(A14) NPC, 11(A8); 15(A18); 19(A18); 38(A15); see also BIPC; Fanarvan Petrochemical Company; GTL Pro- jects; IPCC; Jam Petrochemical Com- pany; Karoon Petrochemical Company Shareholders; Marketing Condensate; Mobin Petrochemical Company; Pars Petrochemical Company; Shahid Ton- dguyan Petrochemical Company Ammonia/Urea Projects, 45(A15) Annual Report 2000, 6(A16-A18) Olefins Complexes, 8(A16-A17); 14(A23); 31(A14); 39(A7); 43(A11); 45(A14) Output, 11(A8); 20(A12); 21(A6) Petrochemical Program, downstream sector, 28(A14) Strategic Development Plan, 21(A6- A8) Nuclear Power Plant Bushehr Plant, 22(A16); 29(A19); 31(A13-A14); 34(D2-D3) OECD, 9(A16); 48(D1)

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OIEC, 3(A16); 10(A17); 23(A3); 45(A15); see also NIOC Engineering, Procurement, Supply, Construction and Commissioning Agreements OIL, see NIOC Buy-Back Projects Oil Industry Investment Company, see Naftgaran Engineering Services Com- pany Oman Joint Development of West Bukha/ Hengam Offshore Field, 18(A14- A15) OMV, 23(A2); 36(A8); 38(A16); 51/52(A2); see also NIOC Buy-Back Projects ONGC, see ONGC Videsh ONGC Videsh, see NIOC Buy-Back Projects Orumiyeh Petrochemical Company, 6(A17) Osaka Gas Company, 31(A14-A15) OTC, 9(A17) Pakistan, see Marketing Oil; Pipelines Natural Gas Palestinian Islamic Jihad, 34(D2) Pars Company Inc Fine for Exporting Gas Monitors to Iran, 8(A17) Pars LNG, 23(A3) Pars Petrochemical Company, 6(A18); 28(A14) Olefins Complex, 28(A14); 31(A14); 45(A14) Parsee, 6(A16-A17); 28(A14); 42(A14); 43(A11) PCCI MTBE Imports QAFAC, 19(A18-A19) SABIC, 29(A20) Pedco, 6(A15); 23(A2); 38(A16); 42(A14); see also NIOC Buy-Back Projects PEDEC, 16(A16); 23(A1-A2); 39(A6); 42(A14); see also NIOC Buy-Back Projects Persian LNG, 23(A3) Pertamina, see Marketing Oil PetroCanada, 3(A16); 10(A17) Petrochemical Complexes Abadan Complex, 20(A12) Assaluyeh Complex, 21(A6); 28(A14); 31(A14) Bandar Imam Complex, 21(A6); 45(A15) Kharg Complex, 11(A8) Petrochina, 10(A16) Petrofac International, 20(A11) Petrola, see Marketing Oil Petronas, 8(D7); see also LNG Projects; NIOC Buy-Back Projects Sanctions Issue, 34(D3,D4) Petronas Carigali Overseas, see Explora- tion License Petronor, see Marketing Oil PetroPars, 23(A2-A3); 27(A20);

28(A13-A14); 42(A15); see also Drill- ing Corruption Charges, 1(A14); 11(A8); 15(A12); 16(A16-A17); 17(A11, A12-A13); 30(A11); 36(A8) Ethane Plant, 31(A14) Petzone, 6(A16); 8(A16-A17); 16(A16); 24(A13); 45(A15) PIDEC Ammonia Plant, 45(A15) Pipeline Engineering, 9(A17) Pipelines Natural Gas, 27(A20); 28(A13-A14) Domestic Grid, 31(A14-A15); 36(A9) IGAT Expansion of, 9(A17); 16(A16); 28(A14) IGAT-2, 16(A16) IGAT-3, 3(A15); (A17) IGAT-4, 9(A17) Iran/India, 3(A16); 31(A14) Iran/India/Pakistan, 9(A16) Iran/Turkey, 4(A14); 9(A16-A17); 24(A1-A2,A3) Iran/Turkey/Greece, 12(A15) Oil, 3(A16-A17); 31(A14); 47(A18) POGC, 6(A16); 11(A8); 18(A13); 38(A15); 42(A14); 51/52(A2); see also Drilling Policy CNG Program, 3(A14,A15); 12(A15- A16) Corruption Charges, 1(A14); 12(A14); 15(A12); 16(A16-A17); 17(A12-A13) Energy, 16(A15-A16) FIPPA, 48(D1) Funding Iranian Contractors, 27(A20- A21) LAPFI, 27(A20); 30(A10,A11) Oil, 17(A13); 39(A5-A6) Buy-Back, 1(A14); 12(A14-A15); 30(A10-A11); 35(A5); 36(A7-A9); 39(A5,A6); 51/52(A2,A3); see also NIOC Relations with IOCs, 51/52(A1-A3) Petroleum Products, 3(A14-A15) Government Subsidies, 2(A15); 3(A14) Privatization, 12(A15); 19(A19); 24(D1-D4) Political Situation Jailing of Reformist MPs, 1(A14) Political Weapon, oil, 5(A18); 7(A12); 16(A1,A2) Politics and Oil, 39(A5-A6) Preem, see Marketing Oil Prices Condensate, 23(A4) LNG, 23(A3) Natural Gas, 24(A1-A2,A3); 46(A19) Oil, 2(A8-A9); 5(D2); 7(A8); 10(A14); 11(A12); 15(A11); 19(A11); 20(A5); 24(A5-A6); 28(A8); 33(A8); 34(A8); 37(A9); 38(A8); 41(A9); 46(A6);

50(A15) Refined Products Fuel Oil, 3(A14) Gas Oil, 3(A14) Gasoline, 3(A14,A15) Kerosene, 3(A14) LPG, 3(A14) Privatization Organization of Iran, 24(D1,D2,D4) Production Condensate, 39(A7) Capacity, 51/52(A1) Expansion of, 51/52(A1,A2) TotalFinaElf, 18(A13); 33(A9) Electricity, 30(A11) GTL, 51/52(A1,A2) LNG, 51/52(A1,A2) Natural Gas, 32(D2); 39(A7); 42(A2); 43(A10) Capacity, 51/52(A1) NIOC, 40(A13-A14) TotalFinaElf, 11(A7-A8); 18(A13); 23(A16); 36(A9) NGL TotalFinaElf, 23(A16) Oil, 2(A5); 7(A3,A4); 11(A3,A4); 17(A6); 19(A4,A5); 20(A9); 22(A4); 25(A4,A7); 29(A5,A11); 30(A5, A11); 33(A2-A3,A12); 37(A4); 39(A7); 42(A6); 43(A2,A3); 47(A2); 48(A5); 50(A6); 51/52(A2,A13) Capacity, 17(A13); 22(A3); 27(D5); 29(A5); 38(A14); 39(A6); 48(A5, A6); 51/52(A1,A2,A3,A13) Expansion of, 22(A3,A4); 51/52(A1-A2,A3) Spare, 29(A5); 48(A5) Ceiling, 27(D5) Continental Shelf Oil Company, 17(A13) Cutback, 1(A3) NIOC, 39(A6) Quota, 1(A3); 2(A4,A5); 7(A4); 11(A3,A4); 17(A6); 19(A4,A5); 25(A4); 27(D4,D5); 29(A5); 30(A5, A11); 33(A3); 35(A2); 37(A4); 38(A14); 43(A3); 47(A2); 48(A5); 50(A3,A6,A11) Shell, 45(A12) TotalFinaElf, 20(A11) QAFAC, see PCCI MTBE Imports Qa'ida al-, 8(D3); 34(D5) Razi Petrochemical Company, 6(A17); 11(A8) Refinery Industries Inc Fine for Exporting Gas Detectors to Iran, 8(A17) Refining Gas Farashband Refinery, 39(A7) Hashemi-Nejad Refinery, 16(A16) Parsian Refinery, 40(A13) Oil, 2(A4); 3(A14); 7(A3); 10(A17); 11(A4); 17(A6); 19(A4); 25(A4); 30(A5,A11); 31(A14); 33(A2-A3);

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37(A4); 38(A14); 39(A6); 43(A2); 47(A2); 50(A6) Abadan Refinery, 3(A14); 20(A12) Upgrading of, 19(A19) Capacity, 3(A14) Shiraz Refinery, 39(A7) Reliance Petroleum, see Imports; LNG Projects; Marketing Oil Repsol-YPF, see LNG Projects; Mar- keting Oil Reserves Condensate, 18(A15); 39(A6); 40(A13) Natural Gas, 4(A14); 11(A8); 18(A15, D7); 32(D2); 39(A6-A7); 40(A13) Oil, 18(A13,D7); 21(A9); 22(A3,A4); 25(A17); 29(A11); 42(A6); 46(A13); 50(A18) Revenues, oil, 5(A15) Revolutionary Guards, 7(A12); 8(D2, D3) RIPI, 4(A15) Russia, see Caspian Sea Legal Status Bilateral Cooperation on Nuclear Technologies, 22(A16); 29(A19); 31(A13-A14) Participation in Iranian Oil and Gas Projects, 31(A14) SABIC, see PCCI MTBE Imports Sace, 21(A8) Sadra, 28(A14); 45(A14) Saras, see Marketing Oil Sasol, see GTL Projects Saudi Oger, 24(A14) Sazeh, 28(A14); 45(A14) Seismic Survey, 46(A13-A14) Shahid Tondguyan Petrochemical Com- pany, 6(A18) PET-1 Plant, 45(A15) Sheer Energy (Cyprus) Ltd, see NIOC Buy-Back Projects Sheer Energy Inc, see Sheer Energy (Cyprus) Ltd Sanctions Issue, 34(D4,D5) Shell, 3(A16); 4(A15); 6(A15); 8(A16- A17); 10(A16); 21(A8); 23(A1-A2, A3); 26(A14); 36(A8); 51/52(A2); see also Caspian Sea Seismic Survey; GTL Projects; LNG Projects; Marketing Oil; NIOC Buy-Back Projects; Produc- tion Oil Acquisition of Enterprise Oil, 14(A22- A23); 23(A2); 28(A14); 42(A15); 45(A14) Sanctions Issue, 34(D4) Shell/BASF, see Bassell Shell Development Iran, 51/52(A3) Shiraz Petrochemical Company, 6(A17) Showa Shell, see Marketing Oil SIG, 9(A17) Sinopec, 10(A16); 38(A16); see also NIOC Buy-Back Projects Sanctions Issue, 34(D4) SK Energy, see Marketing Oil Slavneft, 31(A14) SMS Meer, 9(A17)

Snamprogetti, 21(A7) Socap, see Marketing Oil Social Security Fund, 24(D2,D3) Sofiran, 18(A14) Sofregaz Gas Storage Contract, 16(A16) Sondel, 15(A12); 24(A13) SRI Consulting, 21(A7) Sri Lanka, see Marketing Oil Statoil, 3(A16); 11(A8); 23(A2,A3); 28(A14); see also GTL Projects; GTL Technology; NIOC Buy-Back Projects, Cooperation Agreement Sumitomo, 24(A13); see also Marketing Oil Sunfire, 3(A16); 10(A17) Supreme Economic Council, 1(A14) Supreme Energy Council, 16(A15-A16) Tabriz Petrochemical Company, 6(A17) ABS Plant, 20(A12) Tampimex/Dragon, see Marketing Oil Tatneft, 5(A18) Tavanir, 15(A12); 18(A14); 35(A13); 36(A9) BOO Power Projects, 48(A18) Privatization of Power Plants, 19(A19); 48(A18-A19) Technip, 3(A16); 10(A17); 17(A12); 38(A15) Technip-Coflexip, 39(A7) EPC Contract for LDPE Plant, 43(A11) Terrorism American War on, 8(A17) "Axis of Evil", 7(A12); 8(D1-D4); 14(D1-D6); 26(A15); 34(D5) States Sponsoring Terrorism, 26(A15) Tomen, 10(A16); 45(A15); see also Marketing Oil Total, 8(D6,D7); 26(A14); 29(A13) TotalFinaElf, 3(A16-A17); 4(A15); 6(A15); 17(A11,A13); 18(A14); 20(A11); 23(A1-A2,A3,A16); 27(A20); 36(A8); 38(A16); 47(A18); 51/52(A2); see also LNG Projects; Marketing Oil; NIOC Buy-Back Projects; Production Condensate, Natural Gas, NGL, Oil Sanctions Issue, 34(D3,D4) TPI, 23(A4) TSE, 24(D2,D3-D4) Tupras, see Marketing Oil Turkey, see Pipelines Natural Gas Natural Gas Supplies, 4(A11,A12, A14); 12(A15); 16(A20); 37(A10- A11); 38(A18-A19); 41(A17); 43(A12,A13); 46(A18-A19) Sanctions Issue, 34(D3) Turkmenistan, see Caspian Sea Legal Status Uruguay, see Marketing Oil US, 46(A14); see also Terrorism Caspian Policy, 21(A21) Iran's Nuclear Power Technology, 22(A16); 29(A19); 31(A13-A14)

OFAC, 8(A17,D3) Policy on Iran, 34(A10-A11) Sanctions against Iran, 34(D1-D2) Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991, 30(A12) ILSA, 18(D1,D3,D4,D5,D6-D7,D8); 22(A15); 23(A1); 26(A14-A15); 34(D2-D6); 44(A16) Iran-Iraq Arms Non-Proliferation Act of 1992, 30(A12) Iran Non-Proliferation Act of 2000, 20(A12-A13) USAEngage, 34(D5) Varzi Energy, 51/52(A3) Vatten Fall, 35(A13) Veba, see Caspian Sea Seismic Survey Vietsovpetro, 5(A18) Wartsila, 35(A13) Wha Cheong Tai Company Ltd Sanctions Issue, 20(A12); 30(A12) World Energy Forum, 46(A14) WTO, 8(D7); 48(D1) Membership, 24(D4) Sanctions Issue, 34(D3) Xenel Industries, 24(A14) Zagros Petrochemical Company, 6(A18) Zhen Rong, see Marketing Oil Zibo Chemical Equipment Company Sanctions Issue, 20(A12) IRAQ Acon, see Exports Administrative Changes, oil, 2(A16- A17); 38(A7) African Petroleum (Pty) Ltd, see Exports Agip, see E&P; Exports Alcon Petroleum Ltd, see Exports Alexoil, see Exports Alpha Bank, see Alfa-Eko Alpha-Eko, see Exports Alpine, see Exports Altoun, see Exports American Enterprise Institute, 38(A6- A7) Amoco, see Exports AMPTC, see Exports Arab Boycott, oil, 50(A7) Arab League, 46(D6); 50(A7) Arab Trade Development Co, see Ex- ports Arcadia, see Exports Aredio Petroleum, see Exports Asia Middle East, see Exports ASTEC, see Exports Avin Oil Anstalt, see Exports Awad Ammora Co & Partner, see Ex- ports Basra Petroleum Company, 4(A16) Ba'th Party, 20(A1) BB Energy (ME) SAL UAE, see Ex- ports

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Belmetalenergo Ltd, see Exports Belpharm JV, see Exports Betoil, see Exports BHP, 41(A3) BNP Paribas, 9(A4) BP, see Exports IOCs and Post-Saddam Iraq, 44(A3) Brookings Institution, 3(D1-D6) Bulf Drilling & Oil Services, see Ex- ports Canada, see Exports Central Bank of Iraq, 9(A4); 15(A5); 23(D4-D5) Century Market Associate, see Exports Cepsa, see Exports Chaiyaporn Price, see Exports Chaiyaport, see Exports Chaiyaprong, see Exports Chase Star, see Exports ChevronTexaco, see Exports Chia, see Exports China Policy on Iraq, 28(A4); 35(A3) China National United Oil Corp, see Exports China Wan Bo, see Exports CIA Link between Iraq and al-Qa'ida, 39(A2) CNPC, see E&P; Exports Cogep, see Exports Commercial Home Council of Deal Co- operation, see Exports Concern Region of Ukraine, see Exports Conferences Oil, Power and Gas: Near East Per- spectives, 29(A2-A4) Consult Trade, see Exports Consumption Electricity, 35(A17) Energy, 32(A10,A12) Oil, 2(A1,A2-A3); 37(A4); 43(A2); 50(A6) Oil Products, 32(A12) Crescent, 41(A3) Cross-Border Trade Oil, 2(A1,A2-A3); 5(A3); 7(A3-A4); 11(A4); 17(A6); 19(A4); 25(A4); 29(A4); 30(A5); 33(A3); 37(A4); 47(A2); 48(A9); 50(A6) Gulf, 2(A3); 7(A4); 29(A4); 35(A6, A7); 37(A12); 40(D2); 43(A2) Jordan, 2(A3); 5(A5); 7(A4); 29(A4); 31(A10-A11); 40(D2); 43(A2); 48(A4,A9) Syria, 2(A3); 5(A5); 7(A4); 10(A18); 29(A4); 37(A13); 40(D2); 43(A2); 48(A4,A9) UK's Challenge, 5(A7-A8) Turkey, 2(A3); 7(A4); 10(A18); 17(A5); 29(A4); 35(A6,A7); 37(A12); 40(D2); 43(A2); 48(A9) US Demands End of, 37(A12) Petroleum Products Gulf, 35(A6,A7)

Syria, 35(A7); 37(A12-A13) Turkey, 10(A18); 17(A5); 34(A5); 35(A6,A7) CSIS Economic Impact of War on Iraq, 46(A1-A4); 47(A20) CWC Associates, 29(A2-A4) Debts External Debt, 40(D2) De-Development of Iraq, 40(D1-D4) Delta Srvices, see Exports Development Ahdab Oilfield, 50(A10) Al-Gharraf Oilfield, 27(A12) Majnoon Oilfield, 50(A10) Nahr 'Umar Oilfield, 50(A10) West Qurna Oilfield, 50(A10); 51/52(A4) Devon Petroleum Co, see Exports Dome International, 29(A3) Drilling, oil and gas, 5(A7); 29(A3) Slavneft, 18(A7); 34(A4) Syrian Petroleum Company, 4(A17); 5(A7) Tatneft, 18(A7); 34(A4); 36(A10); 42(A11) Zarubezhneft, 18(A7); 34(A4); 36(A10) E&P, oil and gas, Agip/Repsol, 41(A3); 51/52(A5) CNPC, 4(A17); 5(A7); 41(A3); 51/52(A5) ETAP, 4(A16); 5(A7); 41(A3) Lukoil/Zarubezneft/Machinoimport, 4(A16); 5(A7); 34(A4); 41(A3); 42(A11); 43(A9); 51/52(A5) Cancellation of, 50(A10); 51/52(A4) ONGC/Oil Exploration Company, 5(A7) OVC, 41(A3) Pertamina/Oil Exploration Company, 5(A7); 17(A5); 41(A3) Petrovietnam, 41(A3) Post-Saddam Husain, 41(A1-A3); 51/52(A5,A7) Sonatrach/ONGC/Reliance Petro- leum, 4(A17); 5(A7); 41(A3) Syrian Petroleum Company, 4(A17); 5(A7); 41(A3) TotalFinaElf, 41(A3); 50(A10); 51/52(A7) TPAO, 41(A3) EIA, 9(A3); 46(A17) Electricity Authority Bribery Charges, 9(A4-A5) Electricity Generation Capacity, 35(A17); 51/52(A7-A8) Dibis Plant, 46(A17) Peak Load, 35(A17) Emercom Agency, see Exports Emiroil Est, see Exports Emirconvitol, see Exports Energy Investment, see Exports Energy Res Ukra, see Exports Enitra, see Exports

EOTC, see Exports Erdem Holding, see Exports ETAP, see E&P EU, see Exports Exchange Rate, 40(D3); 41(A4) Exports, oil, 1(A7-A8); 2(A1,A2-A4); 5(A3-A5); 6(A14-A15); 7(A14); 9(A3- A4); 10(A17-A18); 11(A4); 12(A14); 13(A3); 14(A7-A10); 19(A4,A13); 20(A9); 22(A10); 23(A5,A9-A10); 25(A7-A8); 26(A2-A3,A6-A7); 27(A11); 28(A3-A7,A10); 29(A4); 30(A10); 32(A2,A3-A6); 33(A1-A2, A3,A5); 34(A11); 35(A3-A4,A5,A6); 36(A2,A10); 37(A4); 39(A2,A7-A8); 40(A4,D2); 44(A5); 45(A4); 46(A16- A17); 47(A2,A12-A13); 48(A4,A9, A10-A11); 49(A12); 50(A6,A18) Acon, 5(D6) African Petroleum (Pty) Ltd, 5(D5) Agip, 39(A7); 40(A4) Alcon Petroleum Ltd, 5(A6,D4,D5, D6,D7,D8) Alexoil, 5(A6,D5,D7) Alpha-Eko, 5(A6,D7); 42(A11) Alpine, 5(D4) Altoun, 5(D5) Amoco, 5(D6) AMPTC, 5(D4) Arab Trade Development Co, 5(A5) Arcadia, 19(A12) Aredio Petroleum, 5(D5,D6,D7) Asia Middle East, 5(D7) ASTEC, 5(A6,D5) Avin Oil Anstalt, 5(A5,D4) Awad Ammora Co & Partner, 5(A6, D5,D6,D7) BB Energy (ME) SAL UAE, 5(D4) Belmetalenergo Ltd, 5(A5,D6) Belpharm JV, 5(D4) Betoil, 40(A4) BP, 40(A4) Bulf Drilling & Oil Services, 5(D4,D5) Canada, 31(A10) Century Market Associate, 5(A5); 40(A4) Cepsa, 19(A12); 40(A4) Chaiyaporn Rice, 5(A6) Chaiyaport, 5(D7) Chaiyaprong, 5(D6) Chase Star, 5(A5) ChevronTexaco, 9(A3); 16(A15); 19(A12); 40(A4) Chia, 5(A5) China National United Oil Corp, 5(A5, D7) China Wan Bo, 5(D7) CNPC, 5(D6) Cogep, 5(D4) Commercial Home Council of Deal Co- operation, 5(A6,D5) Concern Region of Ukraine, 5(A6) Consult Trade, 5(D5) Delta Services, 5(D4,D5,D6) Devon Petroleum Co, 5(A6,D7,D8)

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Emercom Agency, 5(A6,D5,D7) Emiroil Est, 5(D4,D5,D7) Emirconvitol, 5(D7) Energy Investment, 5(D5) Energy Res Ukra, 5(D6) Enitra, 5(A5) EOTC, 5(A5,D4,D5) Erdem Holding, 5(A6,D4,D5,D6,D7) ExxonMobil, 9(A3); 16(A15); 40(A4) EU, 18(A12) Fadi Oil International, 5(A6,D4,D5) Fal Oil, 5(D6) Federalniy Tordoviy Domoil, 5(A6) Feedco, 5(D6) Fenar Petroleum, 5(A6,D4,D5,D6,D7) Fenol, 5(D7) Fosdyke, 5(D7) Ghassan Shallah, 5(A6,D5,D7) Glencore International AG, 5(D4,D6, D7); 19(A12); 40(A4) Gromig, 5(D5) Gunvor, 5(D7) Hellenic Petroleum, 40(A4) Hilal al-, 5(D5) Hoda International Trading Co al-, 5(A6,D4,D7); 40(A4) Hui China, 5(A6,D7) Ibex Energy, 5(D4,D5,D6,D7) Income, 5(A5,D4,D5,D7) Incomed Trading Corp, 5(A6,D5) India, 9(A3); 19(A12); 27(A11); 31(A10) Iplom International, 5(D4) IPS, 5(D5) Italtech, 5(D4,D6) Ives Co, 5(A6) Jaloul Investment Co, 5(A5,D5) Japan, 17(A10) Jawala Corp, 5(A6) Jewen, 5(D6) Jordan Grain Co, 5(A5,D7) Kalmneftegaz, 5(A6) Kampac Oil, 5(D4,D5) Kantford, 5(D7) Klmyk Oil, 5(D7) Koch, 9(A3) Lada OMC Holding, 5(D7) Lexoil, 40(A4) Liechtenstein, 5(A5) Lubna Trading, 5(A6,D4,D5) Lukoil, 5(D5,D7) Machinoimport, 5(A6,D4,D5,D7) MarathonAshland, 9(A3) Marbel Resources, 5(D4,D5,D6,D7) Masefield, 5(D5) Mastek, 5(D4,D6) Medea Consulting, 5(D4) Mednafta, 5(D7) Middle East Advanced Semiconductor, 5(A6,D5) Moaca Trading, 5(D4) Montega Trading, 5(D6) Morocco, 9(A3); 19(A12) Nafta Petroleum, 5(D6) Napthagaz, 5(D7)

Napthaimpex, 5(D6,D7) National Oilwell Maintenance, 5(D5) Nouri for Trading Co, 5(A6,D4,D5, D7) NRG, 5(D4) Oil & Gas Services Group, 5(D5,D7) Oil Services Company of Veng Tau, 5(A6) Omni, 5(D7) Parenco, 5(D5) Petechim, 5(D7) Petraco, 40(A4) Petro Lina Oil, 5(A6) Petrogaz Distribution, 5(D4,D6,D7) Petrola, 19(A12) Petroline, 5(D5,D6,D7); 40(A4) Petrovietnam Trading Co, 5(A6) Phoenix, 5(D6) Pitkin, 5(A5) Primacosa Enterprise, 5(A5,D5) Pt. Medco Duta, 5(A5,D8) PTSC, 5(D4,D7) Quantum, 5(D6) Rasheed International Corp al-, 5(A5, D7) Repsol-YPF, 39(A7); 40(A4) Rompetrol, 5(D4) Rosneft, 5(D5,D6,D7) Rosneftegazexport, 5(A6) Rosneftgas, 5(D5) Rosneftimpex, 5(D4,D5,D7) Russian Engineering Co, 5(A6) Sempra, 5(D7) Seta Insaat Petrol, 5(D4,D5) Shaher Trading, 5(D6) Shanfari Group of Companies, 5(A6) Shell, 40(A4) Sinochem International Oil, 5(A5,D5, D6,D7,D8); 19(A12) Slavneft, 5(D4,D5,D6,D7) SOMO, 1(A7,A8); 5(A3-A4); 6(A14); 7(A3); 9(A3); 10(A17,A18); 11(A4); 13(A3,A4); 14(A7,A8,A9,A10); 16(A14-A15); 17(A6); 19(A12); 23(A9); 25(A7,A8); 26(A2,A6,A7); 27(A11); 28(A3,A4,A5,A6); 29(A3- A4); 31(A10); 32(A2,A4,A9); 33(A1, A3,A7-A8); 34(A4,A9); 35(A3,A6, A8); 36(A6,A10); 37(A8); 38(A6, A9); 40(A13); 41(A9); 42(A8,A10- A11); 43(A2,A6,A9); 44(A7); 45(A9); 46(A7,A16); 47(A1,A6); 49(A12); 51/52(A12) South Africa, 9(A3); 19(A12) Soyuzneftgas, 5(D5) STCO, 5(A6) Suspension of, 15(A1,A4-A5) Synaftagas, 5(D7) Taiwan, 9(A3); 19(A12); 31(A10) Tanker Oil & Gas, 5(D7) Tatneft, 5(A6,D7) Taurus, 5(D8); 40(A4) TotalFinaElf, 19(A12); 39(A7); 40(A4) Tupras, 5(D8); 40(A4)

Trafigura, 5(D6) Tyumen Oil Co, 5(A6,D5,D6) Ukraine, 5(A5) Ultramar Diamond Shamrock, 9(A3) Uniconsult, 5(D5) US, 9(A3,A5); 12(A14); 16(A14-A15); 17(A5); 18(A10); 19(A12); 25(A8); 27(A11); 28(A3); 29(A6); 31(A10); 32(A4); 33(A2); 34(A11); 35(A6); 40(A4); 42(A10); 43(A9); 44(A5); 45(A4); 46(A17); 47(A12); 48(A9, A11); 51/52(A10) Valero Energy Corporation, 9(A3); 16(A15); 19(A12); 32(A4); 33(A1- A2) Vazhmashimpex, 5(A6) Vitol, 5(D6,D8); 19(A12); 40(A4) Wazhmashimp, 5(D5) Zangas, 5(A6,D7) Zarubezhneft, 5(D4,D5,D6,D7) Zerhairong, 5(D7) Zerich, 5(D6) Zuhai Zhenrong Co, 5(A5) ExxonMobil, see Exports Fadi Oil International, see Exports Fal Oil, see Exports Federalniy Tordoviy Domoil, see Ex- ports Feedco, see Exports Fenar Petroleum, see Exports Fenol, see Exports Financial Requirements for Mainte- nance and Expansion of Oil Sector, 21(A5) Fosdyke, see Exports France Policy on Iraq, 23(D3) Oil Price Proposal, 26(A3,A6); 28(A4-A5); 30(A10); 35(A3) WMD, 30(A10) Gazprom, 12(A13) GDP, 32(A11); 34(A11); 40(D2,D3, D4) Ghassan Shallah, see Exports Glencore International AG, see Exports Gromig, see Exports Gunvor, see Exports Hellenic Petroleum, see Exports Hilal al-, see Exports Hoda International Trading al-, see Ex- ports Hui China, see Exports Humanitarian and Social Situation, 23(D4); 40(D1-D4); 49(A3-A5) IAEA, 20(A2,A3,D9,D10-D12); 23(D1,D3); 39(A8); 46(A1-A2,D5- D10); 49(A2) Ibex Energy, see Exports INA Post-Saddam Iraq, 41(A1-A4) INC, 3(D2); 18(A5); 50(A10) Post-Saddam Iraq, 41(A1-A4); 45(A4- A5); 51/52(A4,A5) Income, see Exports Incomed Trading Co, see Exports

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India, see Exports Inflation, 40(D3) Inter-Arab Relations Reintegration of Iraq, 17(D4) INOC, 4(A16) Iplom International, see Exports IPS, see Exports Iran Oil Policy, 50(A11) Revolutionary Guards, 2(A3) Iraqi National Turkmen Party, 45(A5) Italtech, see Exports Ives Co, see Exports Jaloul Investment Co, see Exports James A Baker III Institute for Public Policy Guiding Principles for US Post-Con- flict Policy in Iraq, 51/52(A6-A7) Japan, see Exports Jawala Corp, see Exports Jewen, see Exports JNPC, 41(A3) Jordan, see Cross-Border Trade Oil; Pipelines Oil Supply Protocol, 1(A14-A15); 37(A13); 48(A15) Jordan Grain Co, see Exports Kalmneftegaz, see Exports Kalmyk Oil, see Exports Kampac Oil, see Exports Kantford Oil, see Exports KDP, 3(D2); 23(D2); 34(A5); 35(A7); 38(A6) Koch, see Exports Kurdish Problem, 34(A5); 35(A7); 38(A6-A7); 40(D1); see also Political Situation Iraqi Opposition London Conference Kuwait, 43(A9) Lada OMC Holding, see Exports Lebanon FTA, 29(A4) Rehabilitation of Spur Oil Pipeline between Syria and Lebanon, 29(A4) Tripoli Refinery, 29(A4) Lexoil, see Exports Liechtenstein, see Exports Lubna Trading, see Exports Lukoi, 44(A4); see also E&P; Exports Machinoimport, see E&P; Exports Macroeconomic Advisers, 46(A3) MarathonAshland, see Exports Marbel Resources, see Exports Marketing, natural gas, 6(A21) Masefield, see Exports Mastek, see Exports Medea Consulting, see Exports Mednafta, see Exports Middle East Avanced Semiconductor, see Exports Middle East Institute, 18(A5-A6) Military Expenditure, 40(D3) Moaco Trading, see Exports Mobil, 4(A16)

Montega Trading, see Exports Morocco, see Exports Nafta Petroleum, see Exports Napthagaz, see Exports Napthaimpex, see Exports National Oilwell Maintenance, see Ex- ports NESA Center, 46(A4) Nexen, 41(A3) North Oil Company, 36(A10); 45(A4) Norway, 41(A2) Nouri for Trading Co, see Exports NRG, see Exports Oil & Gas Services Group, see Exports Oil Exploration Company, see E&P Oil Services Company of Veng Tau, see Exports Omni, see Exports ONGC, see E&P OPEC, 41(A2-A3,A4) Iraq's Representative on Board of Governors, 42(A11) Membership, 50(A7) Oil Pricing Policy, 50(A8-A9) Quota System, 44(A4); 45(A4-A5); 50(A8) OVC, see E&P Pacific & Perenco, 41(A3) Parenco, see Exports Per Capita Income, 40(D1,D4) Pertamina, see E&P Petechim, see Exports Petraco, see Exports Petro Lina Oil, see Exports Petrola, see Exports Petrogaz Distribution, see Exports Petroline, see Exports Petronas, 41(A3) Petrovietnam, see E&P Petrovietnam Trading Co, see Exports Phoenix, see Exports Pipelines, oil, Iraq/Jordan, 11(A16-A17); 22(A18); 28(A18); 34(A7-A8); 48(A15) Iraq/Syria, 5(A7-A8); 34(A5); 35(A6, A7); 39(A13) Iraq/Turkey, 32(A5); 35(A6); 42(A11); 48(A4) Strategic Pipeline, 48(A4) Pitkin, see Exports PKK, 34(A5); 35(A7) Policy Bribery Charges, 9(A4-A5) Economic Post Saddam Husain, 41(A4) Oil, 2(A1-A4); 29(A2-A3); 50(A10, A11) Post-Saddam Husain, 41(A1-A3,A4); 44(A3-A4); 45(A4-A5); 50(A7,A8- A9); 51/52(A4-A5,A6-A7) Upstream, 4(A16-A17); 18(A7) Political Situation Iraq Under Siege, 49(A3-A5) Iraqi Opposition London Conference, 50(A10);

51/52(A5-A6) Oil Policy, 50(A7,A8-A9) Shi'a of Iraq, 40(D2) Political Weapon, oil, 14(A1); 15(A1, A2,A4-A5); 16(A1,A2,A14-A15); 17(A4-A5,D3); 18(A1,A6); 19(A1, A4,A12,A13); 50(A7) Population, 32(A11); 40(D2,D3) Prices, oil, 1(A11); 2(A9); 4(A8); 5(A12); 6(A15); 9(A15); 10(A14); 11(A11); 12(A12); 13(A3-A4,A8); 14(A20); 18(A9); 19(A11); 21(A13); 22(A6); 23(A8); 24(A6); 25(A18); 27(A10); 29(A7); 30(A7); 31(A6); 32(A9); 33(A7-A8); 34(A9); 35(A8); 36(A6); 37(A8); 38(A9); 39(A7-A8); 40(A4,A13); 41(A9); 42(A8,A10, A11); 43(A6,A9); 44(A5,A7); 45(A4, A9); 46(A7,A16-A17); 47(A6); 48(A11); 51/52(A12) Impact of War on, 46(A1-A4); 50(A7, A8-A9) Surcharge Issue, 1(A7-A8); 6(A14); 7(A14); 9(A3-A4); 10(A18); 11(A4); 14(A7-A10); 17(A6,D3); 22(A10); 23(A5,A9); 25(A7-A8); 26(A2-A3, A6-A7); 27(A11); 28(A3-A7); 29(A4); 26(A2-A3,A6-A7); 27(A11); 28(A3-A7); 29(A4); 30(A5,A10); 31(A10); 32(A2,A3-A6); 33(A1-A2, A3); 34(A4); 34(A3-A4,A5,A6) Lifting of, 38(A6); 39(A2,A8); 40(A4) Primacosa Enterprise, see Exports Production NGL, 6(A21) Oil, 2(A2,A4,A5); 7(A3,A4); 11(A3, A4); 17(A6,D3); 19(A4,A5); 24(A7); 25(A4,A7); 26(A2); 28(A10); 29(A3, A5,A9,A11); 30(A5); 33(A3); 35(A3); 37(A4,A7); 42(A6); 43(A2, A3); 47(A2); 48(A5); 50(A6,A18); 51/52(A13) Capacity, 5(A7); 9(A5); 21(A5); 26(A2,A3); 29(A2,A5); 35(A3,A4); 48(A5,A6); 51/52(A6,A13) Expansion of, 2(A1-A2,A4); 5(A7); 21(A5); 29(A2-A3); 41(A2) Spare, 29(A5); 48(A5) Post-Saddam Husain, 51/52(A4-A5, A6-A7) Quota, 41(A2,A4); 50(A11); 51/52(A4) South Oil Company, 22(A10); 25(A8) Pt. Medco Duta, see Exports PTSC, see Exports PUK, 3(D2); 38(A6); 41(A1,A2); 51/52(A5) Qa'ida al-, 3(D1,D2,D5,D6); see also CIA Quantum, see Exports Rasheed International Corp al-, see Ex- ports RCC, 20(A1) Refining, oil, 7(A3-A4); 11(A4);

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12(A14); 17(A6); 19(A4); 25(A4); 27(A12-A15); 29(A3); 30(A5); 47(A2) Baiji Refinery, 48(A4) Reliance Petroleum, see E&P Repsol-YPF, see E&P; Exports Republican Guards, 3(D2) Reserves Natural Gas, 17(A5); 18(D7); 22(A10); 29(A3) Oil, 2(A2); 17(A5); 18(D7); 25(A7); 29(A3-A4,A11); 34(A4); 40(A2,D4); 42(A6); 45(A4,A5); 48(A2) Revenues, oil, 1(A8); 2(A3); 9(A4); 13(A3); 16(A15); 19(A13); 22(A10); 32(A5); 39(A8); 40(D1,D2,D3); 45(A4); 47(A13); 49(A3,A13) Rompetrol, see Exports Rosneft, 44(A4); see also Exports Rosneftegazexport, see Exports Rosneftgas, see Exports Rosneftimpex, see Exports Russia Economic Cooperation Agreement, 12(A13-A14); 18(A7); 34(A4); 38(A7) Policy on Iraq, 15(A5); 18(A6); 20(A1- A3); 23(D5); 26(A6); 28(A4); 30(A10); 33(A1); 34(A4); 35(A3, A6); 41(A2); 48(A11) Post-Saddam Iraq, 44(A4); 47(A12); 51/52(A4) Russian Engineering, see Exports SalomonSmith Barney, 46(A3) Saudi Arabia 'Arar Border Opened, 44(A4-A5) Trade with, 10(A18); 44(A5) SCIRI, 3(D2) Post-Saddam Iraq, 41(A1-A4) SCOP Administrative Changes, 2(A16-A17) Bribery Charges, 9(A4-A5) Sempra, see Exports Seta Insaat Petrol, see Exports Shaher Trading, see Exports Shanfari Group of Companies, see Ex- ports Shell, 41(A3); see also Exports Sidanco, 41(A3) Sinochem International Oil, see Exports Slavneft, 12(A13); see also Drilling; Ex- ports Societe Generale The Iraq Crisis and Oil Geopolitics, 50(A7-A10) SOMO, 2(A17); 30(A5); see also Ex- ports Administrative Changes, 45(A4) Bribery Charges, 9(A4-A5) Sonatrach, see E&P South Africa, see Exports South Oil Company, 45(A4); 49(A13); see also Production Oil Soyuzneftgas, see Exports Special Republican Guard, 3(D2)

STCO, see Exports Supply, oil, 37(A6) Disruption of, 12(D2-D3); 13(A3) Synaftagas, see Exports Syria, see Cross-Border Trade Oil, Pet- roleum Products; Pipelines Iraqi Aid, 25(A8) Opposition to US Military Attack, 43(A9) Volume of Trade, 10(A18) Syrian Petroleum Company, see Drilling; E&P Taiwan, see Exports Tanker Oil & Gas, see Exports Tatipeneft, 41(A3) Tatneft, 12(A13); see also Drilling; Ex- ports Taurus, see Exports Tekfen, 48(A4) Terminals Ceyhan, 5(A3,A8); 23(A9); 29(A4); 32(A5); 47(A13) Mina al-Bakr, 5(A3,A8); 23(A9); 29(A4); 32(A5); 39(A8); 47(A13); 48(A4) Terrorism American War on Iraq a Target, 3(D1-D6); 10(A2-A3); 17(D4); 18(A5-A6) "Axis of Evil", 14(D1-D6) TotalFinaElf, see E&P; Exports TPAO, see E&P Trafigura, see Exports Tupras, 10(A18); 17(A5); see also Ex- ports Turkey, see Cross-Border Trade Oil, Petroleum Products; Pipelines; Politi- cal Situation Iraqi Opposition London Conference Oilfield Development Agreement, 27(A12); 28(A4) Policy on Iraq, 45(A5); 46(A17); 49(A13) Tyumen Oil Co, see Exports UK, see Cross-Border Trade Oil Syria UK's Challenge Policy on Iraq, 2(A1); 23(D1,D2,D5); 26(A6); 34(A4); 35(A5,A6); 39(A1- A2); 40(A4); 41(A2); 47(A12); 48(A10-A11); 49(A2,A3,A4,A5,A7, A13) Oil Price Proposal, 28(A5-A7); 30(A10); 35(A3) Ukraine, see Exports Ultramar Diamond Shamrock, see Ex- ports UN Escrow Account, 15(A4,A5); 20(A2); 28(A5); 32(A4,A6); 49(A13) Frozen Iraqi Assets, 41(A4) Humanitarian Program, 9(A4); 18(A7); 22(A10); 26(A7); 32(A5-A6); 33(A1); 36(A10); 38(A6-A7); 39(A8); 42(A11); 49(A3,A13) Coordinator Appointed, 25(A8)

Interception of Ships Smuggling Illegal Goods, 22(A10); 29(A4) Oil-for-Food Program, 1(A7-A8); 2(A1,A2-A4); 5(A3-A6,A8,D4-D8); 6(A14-A15); 7(A3,A14-A15); 9(A3- A5); 10(A17-A18); 11(A4); 12(A3- A4,A6,A13,A14); 13(A3-A4); 14(A7-A10); 15(A4-A5); 16(A14- A15); 17(A4,A5,A6,D3); 18(A6-A7); 19(A4,A12,A13); 20(A1-A3); 23(A9- A10); 25(A4,A7-A8); 26(A2-A3,A6- A7); 27(A11-A12); 28(A3-A7,A10); 29(A4); 30(A5,A10); 32(A2,A4-A5); 33(A3); 35(A3-A4,A6); 36(A10); 37(A4); 38(A6); 39(A2,A7-A8); 40(A4,D1,D2,D3); 42(A10-A11); 44(A4-A5); 45(A4); 46(A16-A17); 47(A2,A12-A13); 48(A9,A10-A11); 49(A3,A7,A12,A13); 50(A6,A18); 51/52(A5,A6) Oil Spare Parts and Equipment, 2(A1- A2); 18(A6,A7); 29(A2-A3); 42(A11) Resolution 1382, 2(A3-A4) Resolution 1409, 20(A1-A3,D9-D12); 23(D1-D5) Sanction against Iraq, 8(D6); 12(A4, A14); 15(A5); 17(D3,D4); 20(A1- A3); 29(A2,A3); 38(A7); 40(D1,D2, D3); 47(A13); 49(A4,A5); 51/52(A4, A5) GRL, 15(A4-A5); 17(A4); 18(A6); 19(A12); 20(A2,A3,D9-D12); 23(D1-D5); 39(A8); 48(A10); 49(A12) War Reparations, 41(A4) WMD, 9(A4); 10(A18); 12(A4,A14); 13(A3); 15(A5); 16(A15); 18(A6, A7); 19(A12); 20(A2,A3); 26(A3); 27(A11); 30(A9-A10); 34(A10); 36(A1,A2); 38(A7,A11); 39(A1- A2); 40(D2); 41(A2); 43(A9); 44(A5-A6) Readmission of Inspectors, 38(A6, A7); 39(A2) Resolution 1441, 46(A1-A2,A5); 47(A13); 49(A1,A2,A5,A7); 50(A7, A8); 51/52(A10-A11) Annex, 46(D8-D10) Text, 46(D5-D8) UN Office of the Iraq Program, 1(A7, A8); 2(A2); 7(A14-A15); 9(A4); 10(A17); 15(A5); 18(A7); 19(A4); 20(A3,D9,D10-D12); 22(A10); 23(A9,D1-D2); 36(A10); 39(A8); 46(A17); 47(A12-A13); 49(A12,A13) Report on Electricity Generation, 51/52(A6-A7) Text of Overseers Document, 14(A7- A10) Text of Sevan's Letter, 32(A5-A6) UN Sanctions Committee, 1(A7-A8); 5(A7-A8); 6(A14,A15); 7(A14-A15); 9(A3,A4); 10(A18); 11(A4); 13(A3- A4); 15(A5); 20(A1,A2,A3); 23(D1- D5); 33(A5); 42(A11); 49(A3)

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Oil Price Surcharge Issue, 14(A7-A10); 17(A6); 23(A5,A9); 25(A7-A8); 26(A2-A3,A6-A7); 27(A11); 28(A4); 29(A4); 30(A5,A9,A10); 30(A10); 32(A2,A3-A6); 33(A1-A2,A3); 33(A4); 35(A3-A4,A5,A6); 36(A10) French Proposal, 26(A3,A6); 28(A4- A5); 35(A3) Lifting of, 38(A6); 40(A4) UK Proposal, 28(A5-A7); 35(A3) Retroactive Pricing System, 40(A4) UNCC, 48(A11) Allocations to Compensation Fund, 1(A8); 23(A3); 49(A13) Unemployment, 40(D2) Unicef Child Mortality, 49(A4) Uniconsult, see Exports Union of Iraqi Geologists, 22(A10) UNMOVIC, 12(A14); 18(A7); 20(A2, A3,D9,D10-D12); 23(D1,D3); 39(A8); 46(A1-A2,D5-D10) Allocations to, 49(A13) UNSCOM, 23(D2); 46(D5); see also UNMOVIC Allocations to, 49(A13) US, see Exports; Political Weapon; Terrorism Policy on Iraq, 2(A1,A4); 15(A5); 18(A6); 20(A1-A3); 23(D1-D5); 26(A6); 28(A4); 29(A6); 30(A10); 31(A10-A11); 33(A1-A2); 34(A4); 35(A3,A5,A6); 40(A4); 48(A10- A11); 49(A12) Ban on Iraqi Oil and Petroleum Prod- ucts Imports, 16(A14-A15); 17(A5); 27(A11-A12) End to Iraq's Cross-Border Oil Trade, 37(A12-A13) Overthrowing Saddam Husain, 3(D1- D6); 13(A3); 17(D4); 18(A5-A6) Military Attack, 33(A8-A9); 34(A10); 35(A4,A5); 36(A1,A2); 38(A1-A2,A3,A6,A7,A11); 39(A1- A2); 43(A9); 44(A5-A6); 45(A4); 46(A1-A4,A5,A17); 49(A1,A2,A3, A4-A5,A7,A12,A13); 50(A8); 51/52(A10-A11) Bush Doctrine, 42(A4-A5) Post-Saddam Iraq, 41(A1-A4); 44(A3-A4); 45(A4-A5); 46(A17); 47(A12); 48(A11); 50(A7-A10); 51/52(A6-A7) Support of Opposition, 36(A10); 50(A10) London Conference, 51/52(A5- A6) Special Envoy, 49(A12-A13) Valero Energy Corporation, see Exports Vazhmashimpex, see Exports Vitol, see Exports Wazhmashimp, see Exports Zangas, see Exports Zarubezhneft, 12(A13); see also Drill- ing; E&P; Exports

Zerhairong, see Exports Zerich, see Exports Zuhai Zhenrong, see Exports ISRAEL Africa Israel Investments, 1(A17); 16(A17); 17(A20); 30(A1,A2); 47(A19) Amisragas, 1(A17) Angel, 34(A14) Arab League, 36(A14) Australia, see Imports Coal Avner Oil & Gas, 2(A21); 13(A20) Avner Oil Exploration Limited Partner- ship, 19(A19); 26(A15) Bank Leumi, 16(A17) BG, 1(A17); 16(A17); 19(A19); 30(A1, A2); 34(A14); see also Drilling; Explo- ration Licenses Gas Reserves, 30(A2,A3-A4) Sale of Gaza Offshore Gas to Israel, 21(A20); 22(A12-A13); 26(A15); 30(A3,A4) Budget, 17(A21) China, see Imports Coal Columbia, see Imports Coal Consumption Coal, 21(A20) Electricity, 21(A20) Natural Gas, 21(A20) Oil, 21(A20); 39(A12) Delek Drilling Limited Partnership, 2(A21); 13(A20); 19(A19); 26(A15) Delek Investments and Properties Limited, 2(A21); 13(A20); 19(A19); 26(A15) Demand Natural Gas, 30(A2); 40(A17) Oil, 33(A11) Development Mari Gasfield, 19(A19) Discovery Natural Gas, 21(A19) Oil Givot Olam Oil, 48(A12) Dor Chemicals, 1(A17) Drilling, oil and gas, 38(A20) BG, 48(A12) Isramco, 3(A20) Oil Fields/Ratio Oil Exploration, 38(A20) EAPC, 39(A11-A12) Eco-Energy, 34(A14) Egypt, 24(A2,A3); 30(A4) EIA Country Analysis Brief, 21(A19-A20) El Paso Energy, 1(A17) Electricity Authority, 2(A21); 13(A20) Electricity Generation, 21(A20); see also IEC Capacity, 21(A20); 29(A20) Eshkol Plant, 34(A14); 40(A17) Gezer Plant, 34(A14); 40(A17) Haifa Plant, 29(A20)

Mishor Rotem CCGT Plant, 31(A15) Switching from Fuel Oil and Diesel to Gas, 30(A1,A2); 40(A17) EMG, 16(A17); 19(A19); 26(A15); 30(A4); 34(A14) Energy and Petroleum Infrastructure Company, 17(A20) Exploration Licenses, oil and gas, 30(A3-A4) BG/Middle East Energy/Granite- Sonol/ Isramco/STX, 1(A18); 48(A12) Gazprom, 30(A2); 34(A14) GDF, 1(A17) Givot Olam Oil, see Discovery Oil Granite-Sonol, see Exploration Licenses Hyundai Heavy Industries Corporation, 29(A20) IASPS, 31(A3) IEC, 1(A17); 17(A20); 21(A20); 29(A20); 30(A2); 31(A15); 40(A16- A17); 47(A19) Financial Losses, 2(A20-A21); 13(A20); 24(A3) Natural Gas Supplies, 30(A4) Yam Thetis, 2(A21); 13(A20); 16(A17); 19(A19); 21(A19); 22(A12); 26(A15); 30(A1,A2); 34(A14); 40(A17) Privatization of, 17(A21) Ratings, 2(A21); 13(A20); 47(A19) IGC, 1(A17); 16(A17); 30(A1-A2); 40(A16); 47(A19) Strategic Partner, 22(A13) IHS Energy Group, 48(A12) Imports Coal Australia, 21(A20) China, 21(A20) Columbia, 21(A20) Indonesia, 21(A20) NCSC, 21(A20) Poland, 21(A20) South Africa, 21(A20) US, 21(A20) Natural Gas, 21(A19) Oil, 21(A19,A20) Indonesia, see Imports Coal IOR Ashdod Refinery Closure of, 43(A16) Haifa Refinery, 43(A16) Israel Corporation, see IOR Isramco, see Drilling; Exploration Licenses Italgas, 1(A17) Itera, 34(A14) Jordan, see Pipelines Sea Water Red Sea/Dead Sea Ma'alot, 13(A20) Mashav, 1(A17) Merhav, 16(A17) Middle East Energy, see Exploration Licenses Middle East Pipelines, 1(A17)

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Moody's Investors Service Ratings, 2(A21); 47(A19) National Gas Transmission System, see Pipelines NCSC, see Pipelines Oil Noble Energy, 19(A19); 26(A15) Noga Paz Omega, 29(A20) Ofer Brothers Group, 1(A17); 31(A15) Oil Fields, see Drilling PA, see BG Sale of Gaza Offshore Gas to Israel Or Gasfield Delineation and Owner- ship, 30(A3,A4) Suspension of Exploration Activities in Offshore Gaza, 30(A3-A4) Paz Gas, 1(A17); 16(A17); 17(A20); 30(A1); 47(A19) Paz Oil Company, 1(A17); 16(A17); 17(A20); 30(A1,A2); 34(A14); see also Noga Paz Omega Petrochemical Factories, 1(A17) Pipelines National Gas Transmission System, 1(A17); 16(A17); 17(A20); 21(A19); 22(A13); 30(A1-A2); 34(A14); 40(A16-A17); 47(A19) Natural Gas, 19(A19); 22(A13); 24(A2) Oil Ashkelon/Ashdod, 39(A12) Ashkelon/Haifa, 39(A12) Eilat/Ashkelon, 39(A11-A12) Sea Water Red Sea/Dead Sea, 36(A14) Poland, see Imports Coal Policy Energy, 21(A19-A20) Natural Gas Law, 1(A17); 30(A2); 40(A16); 47(A19) Upstream Royalty/Tax Rate, 30(A4); 48(A12) Prices, natural gas, 22(A12); 24(A2,A3) Production, oil, 21(A20) Ratio Oil Exploration, see Drilling Refining, oil, see IOR Capacity, 21(A20); 39(A12) Reserves Natural Gas, 3(A20); 19(A19); 21(A19,A20); 30(A2,A3-A4); 38(A20) Oil, 21(A20) Samedan Mediterranean Sea, 2(A21); 13(A20); 19(A19); 48(A12) Sdot Yam, 38(A20) Siemens, 31(A15) South Africa, see Imports Coal SPP, 1(A17); 34(A14) STX, see Exploration Licenses Summit Conferences World Summit on Sustainable De- velopment, 36(A14) Tashan, 16(A17); 30(A2) Terminals Ashkelon, 39(A12) Eilat, 39(A12)

Tractebel, 1(A17); 3(A20); 16(A17); 17(A20); 21(A19); 22(A13); 30(A1); 47(A19) US, see IASPS; Imports Coal Williams, 16(A17) World Bank, 36(A14) Yam Thetis, 30(A2); see also IEC Natu- ral Gas Supplies JORDAN ABB, 25(A14); 34(A7) AFESD, 25(A15) AIG, 51/52(A21) Alstom Power, 1(A15); 12(A18) Ansaldo Energia, 1(A15) Arab Company for Gas Transportation and Marketing, 25(A14,A15) Arab Gas Commission, 25(A14-A15) Arab Investment Company, see JPRC Shareholders Arab League, 36(A14) CCC, 25(A14); 34(A7) CEGC, 4(D1) Conversion of 'Aqaba Power Plant to Gas, 1(A15); 12(A18-A19); 34(A17) Expansion of al-Hussein Power Plant, 35(A16-A17) Quwairah Hybrid Power Plant, 1(A14) Consumption Electricity, 35(A17) Energy, 32(A10,A12) Oil Products, 32(A12) CTIP, 34(A8) Debts, 49(D3) Demand, electricity, 35(A16-A17) Drilling, oil and gas TGP, 37(A14) Economic Reforms, 25(A20) Economic Situation, 49(D1,D3-D5) EDECO, 4(D1) Egypt, see Pipelines Natural Gas Arab Gas Pipeline Egytian Gas Authority, see EPEG Electricity Generation, see CEGC Capacity, 35(A16,A17) Peak Load, 35(A17) Electricity Sector, 4(D1-D4) Embridge, 34(A7) Enppi, see EPEG EPEG, 25(A14); 34(A7) Gas Projects Investment in Natural Gas Projects, 21(A5) GASCO, see EPEG GCC, 49(D3) GDP, 32(A11); 49(D3) Housing Crisis, 49(D5) IDB, see JPRC Shareholders IDECO, 4(D1) ILF Consulting Engineers, 11(A16); 22(A18) IMF Structural Reform Program, 25(A20)

Iraq, see Pipelines Oil Cross-Border Trade, oil, 2(A3); 5(A5); 29(A4); 31(A10-A11) Oil Supply Protocol, 1(A14-A15); 29(A11); 48(A15) Irbid District Electric Power Company, 4(D1) Israel, see Pipelines Sea Water Red Sea/ Dead Sea Jacobs Consultancy, 51/52(A21) Jordanian Electric Power Company, 4(D1) JPRC, 32(A18); 51/52(A21) Board of Directors, 32(A18-A19) Results 2001, 32(A19) Shareholders Arab Investment Company, 32(A19) IDB, 32(A19) JPRC Retirement Fund, 32(A19) SSC, 32(A19) JPRC Retirement Fund, see JPRC Shareholders KFAED Loans, 12(A18-A19) Lebanon, see Pipelines Natural Gas Arab Gas Pipeline Marketing, natural gas, 6(A21) Mitsubishi, 1(A15) MW Kellogg, 32(A18); 51/52(A21) McCarthy Tetrault, 51/52(A21) National Electric Power Company, 4(D1) Natural Resources Authority, 37(A14) Orient Gas Company, 11(A16); 34(A7) Per Capita Income, 49(D1) Petrofac Resources, 25(A14); 34(A7, A8) Petrojet, see EPEG Pipelines Natural Gas Arab Gas Pipeline, 11(A16); 12(A18); 24(A1-A2,A3); 25(A14- A15); 34(A7) Oil Iraq/Jordan, 11(A16-A17); 22(A18); 28(A18); 34(A7-A8); 48(A15) Tapline, 11(A17); 29(A11) Sea Water Red Sea/Dead Sea, 36(A14) Policy Petroleum Products Government Sub- sidies, 16(A22) Population, 32(A11); 49(D3) Prices Electricity, 25(A20) Natural Gas, 24(A1-A2,A3) Petroleum Products, 25(A20) Diesel, 16(A22) Fuel Oil, 16(A22) Kerosene, 16(A22) LPG, 16(A22) Production, gas, 34(A7) Refining, oil, 27(A12-A15) Zarqa Refinery, 27(A14) Expansion of, 32(A18-A19);

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51/52(A21) Saudi Arabia, see Pipelines Oil Tapline Saudi Aramco, 11(A17) Shanfari Group, 34(A8) Shell, 37(A7) SSC, see JPRC Shareholders Stroitransgas, 34(A7) Summit Conferences World Summit on Sustainable De- velopment, 36(A14) Syria, see Pipelines Natural Gas Arab Gas Pipeline Taylor DeJongh, 51/52(A21) TGP, see Drilling Unemployment, 49(D3,D4) World Bank, 25(A20); 36(A14) KUWAIT ABB Lummus Global and Kvaerner, 33(A18); 43(A14) Agip, 40(A14); 51/52(A17) Ahliya Insurance Company al-, 16(A8) Ahliya Investment Company al-, 16(A7) Alberta Energy, 5(A9) Alstom, 7(A13) Amerada Hess, 5(A9) AOC, see KGOC Takeover of Crude Oil Sales Agreement, 49(A12); 51/52(A17) KPC, 13(A5) Kuwaiti Concession, 3(A8-A9) Agreement, 13(A4-A5); 20(A18- A19); 49(A12); 51/52(A17) Merger with Fuji Oil Company, 43(A14-A15) TSA, 3(A8,A9) KGOC, 13(A5); 43(A15); 49(A12); 51/52(A7) Australia, see KUFPEC Discovery Authority to Implement Partitioned Zone Agreements and Develop Kuwaiti Islands and Major Projects, 13(A5) Bechtel, 33(A18); 43(A14) BG Group, 5(A9) BHP Petroleum, 5(A9) Binnie Black & Veatch, 8(A18) BP, 5(A9) TSA, 3(A9); 6(A4) BPAmoco, 29(A14) Central Bank of Kuwait, 30(A14) Central Tenders Committee, 7(A13); 30(A14) ChevronTexaco, 5(A9) TSA, 3(A9); 6(A4) Conferences KIPE 2002, 2(A22) Conoco, 5(A9); 29(A14) Consumption Electricity, 7(A13); 35(A17) Energy, 32(A10,A12) Natural Gas, 5(A9) Oil Products, 32(A12)

Daelim Industrial Company, 30(A14) Demand, water, 8(A18) Discovery, oil, KOC, 3(A9-A10) KPC, 29(A15) Drilling, oil and gas, KPC, 29(A15) Electricity Generation, 7(A13-A14) Capacity, 7(A13); 35(A17) Peak Load, 35(A17) Energi E2, see KPI Sale of Danish Oil Terminal to Energy Investment Company, see Gulf Utilities Eni, 5(A9) Enterprise Oil, 5(A9) Equate, 16(A5) Exports Oil, 20(A9); 34(A11) Japan, 17(A10) US, 9(A5); 18(A10); 34(A11); 51/52(A10) Petrochemicals KPC, 29(A15) Petroleum Products KPC, 29(A14-A15) ExxonMobil, 5(A9); 29(A4) TSA, 3(A9); 6(A4) Financial Requirements for Mainte- nance and Expansion of Oil Sector, 21(A5) Fluor Daniel, 33(A18); 43(A14) Fuji Oil Company, see AOC Merger with GCC, 16(A7) GDP, 5(A15); 32(A11); 34(A11) General Electric, 7(A13) Global Investment House, 30(A14) Gulf Oil, 40(A14,A15) Gulf Utilities, 8(A18) Gulf Water Company, see Gulf Utilities Halliburton, see Landmark Graphic Corporation IEA, 51/52(A13) India, see KPI Overseas Oil Refining Ventures IOC, 5(A9); 40(A15) Iran Importing Water from, 8(A17-A18) Iraq, 43(A9) Italy, see KPI Overseas Oil Refining Ventures ITS, 10(A8) Japan, see Exports Oil JGC, 33(A18); 43(A14) Kazmi Group al-, 44(A16) Kellogg Brown & Root, 33(A18); 43(A14) KGOC, 20(A19); see also AOC TSA; Production Oil Neutral Zone Takeover of AOC's Concession , 3(A8- A9); 10(A9); 13(A4); 43(A15); 48(A17-A18) KIA, 40(A15) KNPC, 6(A4); 7(A13); 8(A18); 9(A13);

10(A8,A9); 27(A13); 29(A14-A15); 39(A14); 44(A16) KOC, 3(A8,A9,A10); 7(A13,A14); 10(A8,A9); 13(A6); 43(A14); see also Discovery; Production Oil Administrative Changes, 33(A18) Expansion of Terminals, 33(A18-A19) Management Structure, 4(A17) Technology Access Agreement Landmark Graphic Corporation, 34(A18) Water Plants Project, 30(A14) KOTC Crude Carriers, 19(A17-A18) LPG Carriers, 19(A17-A18) Oil Product Tankers, 19(A17-A18) KPC, 3(A9,A10); 5(A9); 9(A11,A12- A14); see also AOC Crude Oil Sales Agreement; Discovery; Drilling; Ex- ports Petrochemicals, Petroleum Products; KGOC; KPI; KUFPEC; Marketing LPG, Oil, Petroleum Prod- ucts; Production Oil, Petrochemicals Annual Report 2000-01, 29(A14-A16) Commercial Orientation of, 16(A3- A9); 19(A17) Privatization of Coke Calcination Plant, 30(A14) Privatization of Gas Stations, 23(A23) Restructuring of, 16(A8,A9) KPI Overseas Oil Refining Ventures India, 40(A15) Italy, 40(A14,A15); 51/52(A17) Netherlands, 40(A14) Fire at Europort Refinery, 51/52(A17) Pakistan, 40(A15) Scandinavia, 40(A15) Singapore, 40(A15) Thailand, 40(A15) Sale of Danish Oil Terminal to Energi E2, 40(A14); 51/52(A17) KUFPEC, 7(A14) Discovery, oil, Australia, 24(A16) Production, oil, 24(A16) Kuwait Insurance, 16(A8) Kuwait International Fair Company, 2(A22) Landmark Graphic Corporation, see KOC Technology Access Agreement Lasmo, 5(A9) LG Engineering and Construction Corp, 44(A16) Maersk, 5(A9) Marathon Oil, 5(A9) Marketing Granular Urea PIC, 13(A5) LPG KPC, 1(A10); 5(A11); 6(A1,A4); 7(A7); 10(A13); 14(A18,A19); 18(A7-A8); 22(A5); 27(A8-A9); 29(A14,A16); 31(A5); 36(A4,A5);

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40(A11,A12); 45(A7-A8); 49(A8) Natural Gas, 6(A21) Oil KPC, 6(A1); 7(A7); 29(A16) Petroleum Products KPC, 29(A16) Mitsubishi, 7(A13) Mobil, 40(A15) Netherlands, see KPI Overseas Oil Re- fining Ventures Neutral Zone, see AOC; KGOC; Pro- duction Oil Nippon Oil, 24(A16) Occidental Petroleum, 5(A9) Pakistan, see KPI Overseas Oil Refining Ventures Parsons Brinckerhoff International, 7(A14) Petrochemical Projects, see PIC Equate Project, 6(A4) Projected Investment, 21(A5) Phillips Petroleum, 5(A9) PIC, see Marketing Granular Urea Fire, 15(A17) Olefins and Aromatics Derivative Plant, 13(A5) Polypropylene Plant, 13(A5) Pipelines Natural Gas Corrosion, 13(A5-A6) Leak, 13(A5); 15(A17) Qatar/Kuwait, 5(A9); 24(A1-A2); 27(A21); 40(A5) Policy Oil, 6(A1-A5); 16(A3-A9); 19(A17); 33(A18) Project Kuwait, 3(A10); 5(A9); 6(A2,A5-A6); 16(A4,A8); 23(A23); 34(A11); 35(A5); 41(A19) Privatization, 16(A7); 23(A23) Ruling Family, 14(A22); 23(A23) Sabeeh's Resignation, 6(A1,A4-A5); 7(A13); 9(A11-A14); 10(A8); 11(A7); 16(A3) Political Crisis, 19(A17); 23(A23) Political Weapon, oil, 16(A2) Population, 32(A11) Premier Oil, 7(A14) Prices LPG Butane, 1(A10); 5(A11); 10(A13); 14(A18,A19); 18(A7-A8); 22(A5); 27(A8-A9); 31(A5); 36(A4,A5); 40(A11,A12); 45(A7-A8); 49(A8) Propane, 1(A10); 5(A11); 10(A13); 14(A18,A19); 18(A7-A8); 22(A5); 27(A8-A9); 31(A5); 36(A4,A5); 40(A11,A12); 45(A7-A8); 49(A8) Natural Gas, 24(A1-A2); 40(A5) Oil, 2(A9); 3(A6); 6(A12); 10(A15); 14(A20); 15(A12); 18(A9); 19(A11); 24(A6); 28(A9); 34(A10); 36(A6); 41(A9); 46(A6); 47(A5); 50(A15) Production NGL, 6(A21)

Oil, 2(A5); 3(A10); 6(A2-A4); 7(A4); 11(A3); 16(A8); 17(A6); 19(A5); 25(A4,A7); 29(A5,A11); 30(A5); 33(A3); 34(A8); 37(A4); 42(A6); 43(A3); 47(A2); 48(A5); 50(A6); 51/52(A13) Blast at Raudhatain Oilfield, 5(A9); 6(A1-A5); 7(A7,A13); 9(A14); 15(A17); 16(A3,A4,A6-A7) Capacity, 6(A1-A2,A4); 21(A5); 27(D5); 29(A5,A15); 48(A5,A6); 51/52(A13) Expansion of, 21(A5) Spare, 29(A5); 48(A5) Ceiling, 27(D5) Cutback, 1(A3) KOC, 6(A1,A2,A4); 9(A14); 24(A12) KPC, 16(A4,A7); 29(A15) Market Share, 16(A4,A9) Neutral Zone, 6(A1,A2) KGOC, 48(A17) Quota, 1(A3); 2(A5); 6(A2); 7(A4); 11(A3); 16(A4,A9); 17(A6); 19(A5); 25(A4); 27(D4,D5); 29(A5); 30(A5); 33(A5); 35(A2); 37(A4); 43(A3); 47(A2); 48(A5); 50(A3,A6) Petrochemicals KPC, 29(A16) PTT, 40(A15) Qatar, see Pipelines Natural Gas Natural Gas Supplies, 3(A1,A2-A3); 5(A9); 27(A21); 40(A5) Refining, oil, 27(A12-A15); see also KPI Overseas Oil Refining Ventures Capacity, 29(A16); 39(A14) Mina 'Abd Allah Refinery, 27(A14); 30(A14) Output, 29(A16); 39(A14) Upgrading of, 44(A16) Mina al-Ahmadi Refinery, 7(A13); 10(A9); 27(A14) Expansion of, 43(A14) Gas Leak, 9(A14); 15(A17); 16(A7); 29(A14-A15) Output, 29(A16); 39(A14); 44(A16) Projected Investment, 21(A5) Shu'aiba Refinery, 7(A7); 8(A18); 10(A9) Fire, 7(A13); 15(A17); 29(A14-A15) Output, 29(A16); 39(A14); 44(A16) Repsol-YPF, 5(A9) Reserves Natural Gas, 18(D7) Oil, 18(D7); 25(A7); 29(A11,A15); 42(A6) Revenues, oil, 5(A15) Royal Dutch/Shell, 5(A9) Santos, 24(A16) Saudi Arabia Maritime Border Demarcation, 51/52(A17) Scandinavia, see KPI Overseas Oil Re- fining Ventures Shell, 7(A14); 29(A14)

Siemens, 7(A13) Singapore, see KPI Overseas Oil Re- fining Ventures Singapore Petroleum Corporation, 40(A15) Sinopec, 5(A9) SPC, 3(A8,A9); 7(A13); 9(A11,A13); 10(A8,A9); 16(A3,A5); 19(A17); 23(A23); 33(A18); 49(A12); 51/52(A17) SRC, 40(A15) Statoil, 5(A9) Stocks, oil, 6(A2) Storage Tanks, oil, Mina al-Ahmadi, 6(A1,A2) Technip-Coflexip, 33(A18); 43(A14) Terminals Expansion of Mina al-Ahmadi Termi- nal, 33(A18-A19) Thai Petrochemical Industry, 40(A15) Thailand, see KPI Overseas Oil Refining Ventures TotalFinaElf, 5(A9) TSA, 3(A9); 6(A4) US, see Exports Oil Oil Policy, 16(A7) Veba, 5(A9) Warba Insurance Company, 16(A8) Water Projects Tender for Storage/Distribution Pro- gram, 22(A16-A17) Wintershall, 5(A9) Woodside, 24(A16) LEBANON AFESD, 25(A15) Arab Company for Gas Transportation and Marketing, 25(A14,A15) Arab Gas Commission, 25(A14-A15) Balance of Payments Trade Deficit, 49(D2) Consumption Electricity, 35(A17) Energy, 32(A10,A12) Oil Products, 32(A12) CWC, 30(A15) Debts, 49(D2) Economic Situation, 49(D1,D2,D3-D5) EDL Power Projects, 30(A15) Egypt, see Pipelines Arab Gas Pipeline Electricity Generation Beddawi Combined Cycle Plant, 30(A15) Capacity, 2(A22); 35(A17) Expansion of, 2(A22); 30(A15) Hreiche Plant, 30(A15) Jieh Plant, 30(A15) Peak Load, 35(A17) Power Cuts, 2(A22) Switch to Natural Gas, 30(A15) Zahrani Combined Cycle Capacity, 30(A15)

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Zouk 1-4 Plants, 30(A15) Environmental Issues Emissions Problem, 30(A15) GDP, 32(A11); 49(D2) Hizbollah, 49(D2) Housing Crisis, 49(D4-D5) Imports, LPG, Syria, 24(A18); 39(A13) IPG, see Uniterminals Shareholders Iraq FTA, 29(A4) Rehabilitation of Spur Oil Pipeline between Syria and Lebanon, 29(A4) Tripoli Oil Refinery, 29(A4) KFAED, 25(A15) Per Capita Income, 49(D1,D2) Pipelines, natural gas, Arab Gas Pipeline, 24(A1-A2); 25(A14-A15); 30(A15) Syria/Lebanon, 7(A20); 24(A1-A2); 30(A15) Tripoli/Deir 'Ammar, 7(A20) Policy Electricity Law, 30(A15) Population, 32(A11); 49(D3) Prices, natural gas, 7(A20); 24(A1-A2) Refining, oil, 25(A13) Projected Investment, 21(A5) Tripoli Refinery, 29(A4) Seismic Survey, 20(A17) Spectrum, 34(A17) Spectrum, see Seismic Survey Syria, see Imports; Pipelines Natural Gas Supplies, 7(A20); 39(A13) Power Supplies, 2(A22) Arrears for, 2(A22) Unemployment, 49(D3,D4) Unihold, see Uniterminals Shareholders United, see Uniterminals Stake in Uniterminals Shareholders IPG, 3(A20) Unihold, 3(A20) Stake in United, 3(A20-A21) LIBYA ABB, 45(A3) Agip, 45(A15) Agip Gas BV, see Gas Projects WLGP Agip North Africa BV, 6(A13-A14); 34(A2,A3); 39(A14) AgipPetroli, see Oilinvest Sale of Distri- bution Networks in Eastern Europe to Acquisition of Tamoil Hungaria, 30(A18) Tamoil Praha, 30(A18) Tamoil Slovakia, 30(A18) Amerada Hess, see Oasis Group Bouygues Offshore, 34(A3) EPIC Contract, 39(A14-A15) Bula Resources, see Qadhafi Interna- tional Foundation for Charitable Re-

sources Purchase of Shares in Cabinet Reshuffle, 1(A18) CCIC, 34(A2) China Engineering Petroleum & Con- struction Company, 34(A2); 35(A14); 45(A3) CIA, 18(A15) CNPC, see China Engineering Petro- leum & Construction Company Conferences CEN SAD Energy and Natural Re- sources Investment Conference, 7(A1-A3) Conoco, see Oasis Group Sanctions Issue, 8(D5,D6,D8) Consumption Electricity, 26(A13); 35(A17) Energy, 32(A10,A12) Oil Products, 32(A12) Corporation for Post and Telecommuni- cations, 3(A21) Daesung Industrial Company, 34(A3); 45(A15) Daewoo Engineering and Construction, 23(A18-A19); 25(A19); 34(A2,A3); 45(A3,A15) Demand, electricity, 26(A13) Development Attahady Gasfield, 12(A17) Elephant Oilfield, 34(A1,A2-A3); 45(A15) Farigh Gasfield, 12(A17) NC-137 Block, 43(A16) Discovery, oil, TotalFinaElf/Repsol-YPF/Norsk Hydro/OMV, 14(A23) Doris Engineering, 39(A15) Drilling, oil and gas, Repsol-YPF, 34(A3) E&P, oil and gas, 37(A16) Edison, see Exports Gas Egypt, see Pipelines Electricity Generation, see GECOL Azzawiya Combined Cycle Plant, 26(A13) Benghazi North Combined Cycle Plant, 26(A13) Capacity, 35(A17) Gulf Stem Power Plant, 26(A13) Musrata Power Plant, 26(A13) Peak Load, 35(A17) Tripoli West Extension I, 26(A13) Tripoli West Extension II, 26(A13) West Mountain Plant, 26(A13) Elf, 34(A3); 35(A15); see also Total- FinaElf Energia SpA, see Exports Gas Eni, 6(A13-A14); 7(A2); 8(D7); 12(A17); 15(D5); 34(A1,A2,A3); 35(A14); 39(A14-A15); 45(A15); see also Agip Gas BV; Agip Petroli; Greenstream BV; Production Natural Gas, Oil Sale of Italian Petrol Stations to Tamoil, 35(A15)

EPSA, oil and gas, TPOC/NOC/ONGC, 35(A15) EU, see Exports Oil Sanctions Issue, 8(D8) Exmar, 43(A16) Exports Gas Edison, 6(A14); 34(A2); 45(A4) Energia SpA, 6(A14); 34(A2); 45(A4) GDF, 6(A14); 34(A2); 45(A4) LNG, 15(D5); 32(D2) Oil EU, 18(A12) Petroleum Products, 12(A16) Financial Requirements for Mainte- nance and Expansion of Oil Sector, 21(A5) France Compensation Settlement Agreement for Niger Plane Bombing, 43(A15- A16) Gas Processing Plants Mellitah Plant, 25(A19); 34(A2); 45(A3) Wafa Plant, 25(A19); 34(A2); 45(A3) Gas Projects Projected Investment in Natural Gas Projects, 21(A5) WLGP, 6(A13-A14); 7(A2); 12(A17); 23(A18-A19); 34(A1,A2,A3); 35(A5, A14); 39(A14-A15) Agip Gas BV Contracts, 45(A3-A4) EPIC Contract Saipem/Hyundai Heavy Industries, 25(A18-A19); 34(A2); 45(A3) Gatoil, 35(A15) GDF, see Exports Gas GDP, 5(A15); 32(A11) GECOL Capacity Expansion, 26(A13-A14) GICF, 1(A18) GMRA, 16(A21) Greenstream BV, 6(A13-A14); 34(A2); 45(A3) HEM, see Oilinvest Stake in Hyundai Heavy Industries, 34(A3); 45(A3,A15); see also Gas Projects WLGP EPIC Contract Irish Stock Exchange, 16(A20) Italy, see Pipelines Izar, 43(A16) J&P, 34(A2); 45(A15) JGC Corp, 6(A13); 7(A2); 12(A17); 23(A18-A19); 25(A19); 34(A2); 45(A3) LAFICO, 3(A21) Lasmo, 34(A3); 45(A15) LG Engineering & Construction, 7(A3); 12(A16); 23(A18) Lockerbie Affair, 6(A13); 7(A2); 8(D8, D9); 11(A17); 34(A1) Compensation Issue, 18(A15); 32(A17); 34(A1); 43(A16) Majuko Enterprise, 45(A15) MAN, 34(A2); 45(A15)

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Marathon, see Oasis Group Marketing, natural gas, 6(A21) NOC, 1(A18); 6(A13-A14); 8(A13); 12(A16,A17); 15(D5); 16(A21); 23(A18); 34(A1,A2,A3); 39(A14- A15); 43(A7,A16); 45(A15); see also EPSA; Gas Projects WLGP; Green- stream BV; Oasis Group License to Negotiate with Negotiations with IOCs, 7(A1-A3) Norsk Hydro, see Discovery Oasis Group, 34(A1) License to Negotiate with NOC, 6(A13); 8(D8) Sanctions Issue, 8(D6,D7) Occidental Petroleum, 6(A13); 34(A1) Sanctions Issue, 8(D6,D7,D8) Oilinvest, see Tamoil Holborn Europa Refinery, 35(A15) Sale of Distribution Networks in Eastern Europe to Agip Petroli, 30(A18) Stake in HEM, 35(A15) OMV, 34(A3); see also Discovery ONGC, see EPSA ONGC Videsh, 35(A15) ONII, 1(A18,A19); 16(A20) PEL, 7(A2); 8(D4-D9) PetroCanada, see Production Oil; Veba Oil Sale of Assets to Petrochemical Projects Projected Investment, 21(A5) Petroleum Development Corporation, 34(A3); 45(A15) Pipelines, natural gas, Egypt/Libya, 24(A1-A2) Libya/Italy, 15(D5,D6,D8); 23(A19); 24(A1-A2); 34(A2); 39(A4); 45(A3) Libya/Tunisia, 12(A17) NGP, 7(A2) POCO, 35(A15) Policy Gas, 7(A2-A3); 34(A2) Oil Upstream, 7(A1-A2); 34(A1-A3); 43(A16) Population, 32(A11) Prices Natural Gas, 24(A1-A2); 45(A4) Oil, 1(A11); 6(A12); 10(A15); 14(A20); 18(A9); 23(A8); 27(A9); 31(A6); 36(A6); 40(A13); 44(A6); 49(A9) Petroleum Products LPG, 2(A17) Premium Gasoline, 2(A17) Regular Gasoline, 2(A17) Production Natural Gas, 12(A17); 15(D4); 32(D2); 39(A14) Eni, 34(A3) NGL, 6(A21); 39(A14) Oil, 2(A5); 7(A3,A4); 11(A3); 15(D4); 17(A6); 19(A5); 25(A4,A7); 29(A5, A11); 30(A5); 33(A3); 37(A4);

39(A14); 42(A6); 43(A3); 47(A2); 48(A5); 50(A6); 51/52(A13) Capacity, 15(D5); 21(A5); 27(D5); 29(A5); 43(A7); 48(A5,A6); 51/52(A13) Expansion of, 21(A5); 34(A1-A3); 35(A5) Spare, 29(A5); 48(A5) Ceiling, 27(D5) Cutback, 1(A3) Eni, 34(A3) PetroCanada, 39(A15) Quota, 1(A3); 2(A5); 7(A2,A4); 11(A3); 17(A6); 19(A5); 25(A4); 27(D4,D5); 29(A5); 30(A5); 33(A3); 37(A4); 43(A3,A7); 47(A2); 48(A5); 50(A3,A6) Saga Petroleum Mabruk, 34(A3) Qadhafi International Foundation for Charitable Association, 3(A21) Purchase of Shares in Bula Resources Denied, 1(A18-A19); 16(A20-A21) Qa'ida al-, 8(D8) Refining, oil, 27(A12-A15); see also Tamoil Azzawiya Refinery Upgrading of, 7(A3); 12(A16); 23(A18) European Specifications, 23(A18) Projected Investment, 21(A5) Ras Lanuf Refinery, 12(A16) Fire, 12(A16) Sebha Refinery, 7(A3); 12(A16); 23(A8) Repsol-YPF, 8(D7); 34(A1,A2,A3); 45(A15); see also Discovery; Drilling Reserves Condensate, 12(A17) Natural Gas, 7(A2); 12(A17); 15(D4, D5); 23(A19); 32(D2) Oil, 7(A3); 15(D4); 25(A7); 29(A11); 34(A2,A3); 42(A6); 45(A15) Revenues, oil, 5(A15) Saga Petroleum Mabruk, 34(A3); see also Production Oil Saipem, 45(A3); see also Gas Projects WLGP EPIC Contract Sirte Oil Company, 12(A17) Snamprogetti, 7(A2); 34(A2); 45(A3) SNC-Lavalin, 16(A21) Sofregaz, 6(A13); 7(A2); 23(A18-A19); 25(A19); 34(A2); 45(A3) Sofresid, 12(A17); see also Doris Engi- neering STEG, 12(A17) Tamoil, see Eni Sale of Italian Petrol Stations to; TotalFinaElf Sale of Swiss Petrol Stations to Collombey Refinery, 35(A15) Cremona Refinery, 35(A15) Tamoil Hungaria, see AgipPetroli Acqui- sition of Tamoil Italia, 30(A18) Tamoil Praha, see AgipPetroli Acquisi- tion of

Tamoil Slovakia, see AgipPetrol Acqui- sition of Target Exploration E&P Analysis, 37(A16) Technimont, 6(A13); 7(A2); 12(A17); 23(A18-A19); 25(A19); 34(A2); 45(A3) Technip Group, 6(A14); 7(A3); 12(A16); 23(A18) Tekhnopromexport, 26(A13) TotalFinaElf, 7(A2,A3); 34(A1,A2,A3); see also Discovery FPSO Vessel, 43(A16) Sale of Swiss Petrol Stations to Tam- oil, 35(A15) TPAO, see TPOC TPOC, see EPSA Tunisia, see Pipelines US, see Lockerbie Affair O'Brien's Visit, 32(A17) UN Sanctions Issue, 7(A2); 8(D7,D8-D9); 18(A15); 32(A17) US, see Lockerbie Affair Bilateral Relations, 6(A12-A13) ILSA, 2(A17); 6(A13); 7(A2); 8(D5, D6,D7-D9); 15(D5); 18(A15); 26(A14-A15); 32(A17) USA Engage, 8(D4) Veba Oil Sale of Assets to PetroCanada, 8(A12- A14) Waha Oil Company, 12(A17) Water Projects, see GMRA Desalination Projects, 26(A13-A14) Sarir Water Pipe Plant, 16(A21) Wintershall, 8(D8); 34(A13); 43(A16) WLGP, see Gas Projects WTO, 8(D8) Zimbabwe Oil Supply Agreement, 38(A20) MAURITANIA Agip Mauritania BV, see PSA Bashneft, 5(A19) Consumption Electricity, 35(A17) Energy, 32(A10,A12) Oil Products, 32(A12) Dana Petroleum (E&P), 43(A18); see also PSA; Seismic Surveys Discovery, oil and gas, Fusion Oil & Gas NL, 23(A20-A21) Drilling, oil and gas, 23(A21) Woodside Mauritania Pty Ltd, 32(A19-A20); 36(A15); 38(A20) Electricity Generation Capacity, 35(A17) Peak Load, 35(A17) Elixir Corp Pty Ltd, see PSA Energy Africa, see PSA Fusion Oil & Gas NL, see Discovery; PSA

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GDP, 32(A11) Hardman Resources Ltd, see PSA Hardman Petroleum (Mauritania) Pty Ltd, see PSA International Petroleum Grouping, 5(A19) Petronas Carigali, see PSA Population, 32(A11) PSA, oil and gas, Dana Petroleum (E&P)/Hardman Petroleum (Mauritania) Pty Ltd/Roc Oil (Mauritania) Company/Woodside Mauritania Pty Ltd/Elixir Corp Pty Ltd, 32(A19-A20) Energy Africa Farms into, 39(A16) TIE, 5(A19) Woodside Mauritania Pty Ltd/Agip Mauritania BV/Hardman Resources Ltd/Fusion Oil and Gas NL/Roc Oil (Mauritania) Company, 32(A19- A20); 37(A15); 38(A20) Woodside Petroleum/Hardman Re- sources Ltd/Roc Oil (Mauritania) Company/ Petronas Carigali, 43(A18) Refining, oil, 27(A12-A15) Roc Oil (Mauritania) Company, see PSA Seismic Surveys Dana Petroleum (E&P), 32(A20) Woodside Mauritania Pty Ltd, 23(A21) TIE, see PSA Woodside Australian Energy, see Wood- side Mauritania Pty Ltd Woodside Mauritania Pty Ltd, see Drill- ing; PSA; Seismic Surveys Woodside Petroleum, see PSA; Wood- side Mauritania Pty Ltd MOROCCO ABB, 17(A20) Algeria, see Pipelines GME Bitech Petroleum Corp, 12(A20) Bouygues Offshore, 17(A20) Cabinet Change, 46(A20-A21) China Rongji's Visit, 35(A14) Conferences CEN SAD Energy and Natural Re- sources Investment Conference, 1st, 7(A15-A16); 8(D4-D9) Consumption Electricity, 35(A17) Energy, 32(A10,A12) Oil Products, 32(A12) Corral Petroleum Holdings, 13(A16); 27(A18); 48(A12) CWC Associates, 7(A15-A16) EDF, 22(A18); 24(A18) Elections Parliamentary, 46(A20) Electricity Generation, 4(D2-D3); 7(A15) 'Ain Beni Mathar Hybrid Thermal

Solar Plant, 24(A18) Capacity, 35(A17) Interconnector Spain, 7(A15) Jorf Lasfar Plant, 4(D2); 24(A18) Peak Load, 35(A17) Rural Solar Electrification Program, 22(A18); 24(A18) Tahadart Plant, 24(A18) Electricity Sector, 4(D1-D4) EMPL, 36(A11) Energy Africa, see Reconnaissance Per- mits Engen, see Energy Africa EU, 1(A21); 7(A16) Trade and Internal Market Reforms Program, 27(A18); 48(A12) Fluor Daniel, 17(A20) Foster Wheeler Energy, 13(A16); 17(A20); 27(A18); 48(A11-A12) Fusion Oil & Gas, see Western Sahara TCA Gas Natural, see EMPL GDP, 32(A11) Global Environment Fund, 24(A18) Islamic Justice and Development Party, 46(A20) Istiqlal Party, 46(A20) JGC Corporation, 17(A20) Kerr-McGee, see Reconnaissance Per- mits KfW, 22(A18) Lukoil Sale of Onshore Assets, 12(A20-A21) Mobil, 13(A16) ONAREP, 1(A21); 7(A16); 19(A20) ONE, 4(D2) Renewable Energy Projects, 22(A18); 24(A18) One Nine Investment International, 7(A15-A16) Petronas Carigali Overseas, see Recon- naissance Permits Pipelines, natural gas, GME, 4(A2,A3); 11(A15); 15(D6, D8); 36(A11) Policy Energy Deregulation Program, 7(A15- A16); 13(A16) Oil, 1(A20-A21); 7(A16) Progressive Removal of Tariffs on Im- ported Petroleum Products, 27(A18) Polisario Front, 1(A20); 23(A19) Opposition to Marocco's Oil Policy, 1(A21); 7(A16) Population, 32(A11) Reconnaissance Permits, oil and gas, see Western Sahara TCA Fusion Oil and Gas Energy Africa, 19(A20) Kerr-McGee, 1(A21); 7(A16); 23(A20) Petronas Carigali Overseas, 19(A20) TotalFinaElf, 1(A21); 7(A16); 23(A20) Refining, oil, 27(A12-A15) Mohammedia Refinery

Fire, 48(A11) Upgrading of, 13(A16); 17(A20); 27(A18); 48(A11-A12) Projected Investment, 21(A5) Sidi Kacem Refinery, 13(A16) Repsol-YPF, 1(A20) Samir, 13(A16); 17(A20); 27(A18); 48(A11-A12) SCP, 13(A16); 27(A18) Securities and Exchange Commission, 48(A11) Seismic Surveys TGS-Nopec Geophysical, 23(A20) Shell, 13(A16) Snamprogetti, 17(A20) Somepi, 13(A16) Somergy Holding Company, 13(A16) Spain, see Electricity Generation Inter- connector Dispute over Maritime Borders in Canary Islands Area, 1(A20) Technip, 17(A20) TGS-Nopec Geophysical, see Seismic Surveys Total Energie, 22(A18); 24(A18) Total Maroc, 22(A18) TotalFinaElf, see Reconnaissance Per- mits; Total Energie; Total Maroc Transgas, see EMPL UN Western Sahara Dispute, 7(A16) UNDP, 24(A18) UNEP, 24(A18) USFP, 46(A20) Western Sahara TCA Fusion Oil & Gas, 23(A19-A20) World Bank, 24(A18) NEUTRAL ZONE (Partitioned) AGOC, 3(A9) KOC, see KGOC Crude Oil Sales Agreement, 49(A2) KPC, 13(A5) Kuwait Conession, 3(A8-A9) Agreement, 13(A4-A5); 20(A18- A19); 49(A12); 51/52(A17) Merger with Fuji Oil Company, 43(A14-A15) TSA, 3(A8,A9) KGOC, 13(A5); 43(A15); 49(A12); 51/52(A17) Authority to Implement Partitioned Zone Agreements and Develop Kuwaiti Islands and Major Projects, 13(A5) ChevronTexaco, see SAT Development Dorra Field, 10(A9); 48(A17-A18) Exports, oil, Japan, 3(A9); 17(A10) Fuji Oil Company, see AOC Merger with

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Iran, see Maritime Border Demarcation Japan, see Exports JBIC Loans, 3(A9); 13(A5) KGOC, 3(A8-A9); 10(A9); 13(A4); 20(A19); see also AOC TSA; Produc- tion KOC, see Production KPC, see AOC Crude Oil Sales Agree- ment Kuwait, see AOC; KGOC; Maritime Border Demarcation Maritime Border Demarcation Iran, 51/52(A17) Kuwait/Saudi Arabia, 51/52(A17) Production, oil, 2(A5); 7(A4); 11(A3); 17(A6); 19(A5); 24(A12); 25(A4); 30(A5); 33(A3); 37(A4); 42(A6); 43(A3); 47(A2); 48(A17); 50(A6) Capacity, 20(A19); 49(A12); 51/52(A17) Expansion of, 51/52(A17) KGOC, 48(A17) KOC, 24(A12) SAT, 24(A12) Reserves Gas, 48(A17-A18); 51/52(A17) Oil, 42(A6) SAT, see Production Saudi Arabia, see Martime Border De- marcation OMAN ABB Lummus Global, see Polypropylene Project ABS Lubricants, see al-Maha Petroleum Products Company Amoco, 22(A2) Atlantic Commercial, 30(A17; 49(A19) Atlantis Holdings Norway AS, see EPSA Bahwan Construction, 49(A20); see also Solar Cooling System Belgium, see Exports LNG BP, 22(A2); see also Marketing LNG OLNG; OOC Acquisition of BP's Stake in BP Oman; SRC Shareholders BP Oman, see OOC Acquisition of BP's Stake in Capital Markets Authority, 46(A20) CCC, 34(A14) CES, 1(A20); 34(A14) Chantiers de l'Atlantique, 49(A19) ChevronTexaco, see SRC Shareholders China, see Exports Oil CNPC, see Development Consumption Electricity, 35(A17) Energy, 32(A10,A12) Oil Products, 32(A12) Dabhol Power Company, see Marketing LNG OLNG Daelim, 26(A14)

Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engi- neering, 49(A19) DEL, see OOC MOU with Development, oil and gas, 28(A16,A17) Petrogas/CNPC, 20(A19); 35(A15) Dhofar Power Company, 34(A14) Dodsal, 34(A14) Drilling, oil and gas, PDO, 15(A13); 27(A2-A3); 28(A15- A16,A17) Novus Petroleum, 41(A20) Petrogas, 20(A19) Shell, 42(A18) Dubai Natural Gas Supplies, 22(A2) Eagle Energy (Oman), see EPSA ECPL, see Fertilizer Projects Electricity Generation Capacity, 35(A17) Link-Up UAE/Oman, 2(A17) Peak Load, 35(A17) Salalah Plant, 34(A14) Elf Oman, 18(A14); 20(A19) Embridge and British Columbia Gas, see CES Eni, see Snamprogetti Enron, see Atlantic Commercial Impact of Collapse of, 11(A13,A14); 15(A14); 23(A18); 27(A19); 30(A17); 48(A16); 49(A19) EPSA Novus Oman Ltd/Atlantis Holdings Norway AS/Eagle Energy (Oman), 17(A22); 41(A20) Novus Petroleum, 17(A22); 30(A16- A17) Novus Petroleum/LG International/ Eagle Energy (Oman), 41(A20) PTTP Middle East, 30(A16,A17) TotalFinaElf, 11(A14) Exports LNG, 31(D2); 32(D2); 44(A17) Asia Pacific, 31(D2) Belgium, 44(A17) Japan, 44(A17) Korea, 44(A17) Portugal, 31(D2) Puerto Rico, 31(D2) Spain, 31(D2); 44(A17) US, 31(D2); 44(A17) NGL, 44(A17) France, 44(A17) UAE, 44(A17) Oil, 15(A13); 34(A11); 44(A17); 46(A19) China, 15(A13); 20(A8); 44(A17) Japan, 15(A13); 17(A10); 44(A17); 46(A19) Korea, 44(A17) Taiwan, 44(A17); 46(A19) Thailand, 44(A17) Fertilizer Projects Omifco/Technip-Coflexip/Snam- progetti, 17(A21); 44(A17); 49(A20)

OOC/ECPL, 44(A17); 49(A20) SIUCI/Transammonia Inc, 16(A22); 44(A17); 49(A20) SIUCI/Uhde, 49(A19,A20) Financial Requirements for Mainte- nance and Expansion of Oil Sector, 21(A5) Fortum (E&P) BV, 22(A2) Sale of Interest in Block 9 to Mitsui and Co, 8(A18); 23(A18); 43(A18) Mitsui Oil Exploration Company, 8(A18); 23(A18); 43(A18) Fortum Oyj, see Fortum (E&P) BV France, see Exports NGL Fujairah, see OOC MOU with DEL for Natural Gas Supplies to Gas Natural, see Marketing LNG OLNG Gas Plants Saih Nihayda Plant, 31(A15) Saih Rawl Plant, 12(A19); 26(A14); 28(A17); 31(A15) Yibal Plant, 28(A16) Gas Projects Northern Oman Gas Joint Ventures, 22(A2) Projected Investment in Natural Gas Projects, 21(A5) GDF, see Marketing LNG OLNG GDP, 5(A15); 32(A11); 34(A11) GGS Gas Supplies, 28(A16-A17) Greenfield Holding Company, 30(A17); 49(A19) Greenfield Shipping, see OOC Stake in Haldor Topsoe, 17(A21); 44(A17); 49(A20) Hanjin Heavy Industries, 49(A19) Hassan Engineering Company al-, 31(A15) Heritage Oil Corporation, see Eagle Energy (Oman) HSBC Investment Bank, 16(A22); 49(A20) Hyundai Heavy Industries, 49(A19) Iffco, see Omifco Shareholders ILF & Partners, 34(A14) ILIC, 35(A15) Iran Joint Development of West Bukha/ Hengam Offshore Field, 18(A14-A15) Itochu Corp, 35(A15); see also OLNG Shareholders Izar, 49(A19) Japan, see Exports LNG, Oil Japex, 20(A19); 35(A15) Kawasaki Heavy Industries, 30(A17); 49(A19) KOGAS, see Marketing LNG OLNG Korea, see Exports LNG, Oil Korea LNG, see OLNG Shareholders Kribhco, see Omifco Shareholders Krupp Uhde, 16(A22) Kvaerner Masa-Yards, 49(A19)

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LG International, see EPSA; Polypropy- lene Project LNG Plant Qalhat Plant, 26(A14); 31(A15) LNG Project, see OLNG Maha Petroleum Products Marketing Company al-, see ORC Sale of Stake in Privatization of, 41(A21); 47(A19) Marketing LNG OLNG, 7(A15); 11(A13); 27(A19); 48(A16) BP, 11(A14); 15(A14); 23(A18); 27(A19); 48(A16) Dabhol Power Company Suspension of, 11(A13,A14); 15(A14); 23(A18); 27(A19); 30(A17); 48(A16); 49(A19) Gas Natural, 11(A14); 15(A14); 23(A18); 27(A19); 48(A16) GDF, 11(A14); 15(A13-A14); 23(A18); 27(A19); 48(A16,A17) KOGAS, 11(A14); 15(A14); 23(A18); 27(A19); 48(A16,A17) Osaka Gas, 11(A14); 23(A18); 27(A19); 48(A17) Tohoku Electric, 27(A19) Tractebel LNG, 48(A16) Shell Western Supply and Trading, 11(A13,A14); 23(A18); 27(A19); 48(A16) TotalFinaElf, 11(A14); 15(A14); 23(A18); 27(A19); 48(A16,A17) Union Fenosa, 23(A17-A18); 26(A14); 27(A20); 31(A15); 31(D7); 48(A16); 49(A19) Natural Gas, 6(A21) NGL OLNG, 27(A19) Oil Sinochem, 15(A13) Unipec, 15(A13) Mawarid Securities Company al-, 41(A21) Mazoon Petrogas Company, 20(A19); 35(A15) MB Group of Companies, see Petrogas MB Petroleum Services, 20(A19); 35(A15) MHI, 16(A22); 49(A19) Mitsubishi, see OLNG Shareholders Mitsui, see OLNG Shareholders Mitsui and Co, 30(A17); 49(A19); see also Fortum (E&P) BV Sale of Interest in Block 9 to Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding, 49(A19) Mitsui Oil Exploration, see Fortum (E&P) BV Sale of Interest in Block 9 to MOL, 30(A17); 49(A19) MSM, 46(A20); 47(A19) Neste Oy, see Fortum (E&P) BV Novus Oman Ltd, see EPSA Novus Petroleum, 18(A14); see also

Drilling; EPSA; Novus Oman Ltd Occidental Petroleum, 8(A18); 22(A2); 23(A18); 30(A17); 43(A18); see also Production Oil OGC, 34(A14) Ownership of Gas Transmission System, 1(A20) OHI, see CES OLNG, 12(A19); see also Marketing LNG, NGL LNG Project, 23(A16); 26(A14); 27(A19-A20); 28(A17); 31(A15,D3); 49(A19) Shareholders Itochu Corp, 23(A18); 27(A20) Korea LNG, 23(A18); 27(A20) Mitsubishi, 23(A18); 27(A20) Mitsui, 23(A18); 30(A17) Omani Government, 23(A18); 27(A20) Partex, 23(A18); 27(A20) Shell, 23(A18); 27(A20); 45(A12) TotalFinaElf, 23(A18); 27(A20) Omifco, see Fertilizer Projects Shareholders Iffco, 17(A21) Kribhco, 17(A21) OOC, 17(A21) OOC, see Fertilizer Projects; Omifco Shareholders; SRC Shareholders BP Sale of Shares to Acquisition of BP's Stake in BP Oman, 46(A19-A20) MOU with DEL for Natural Gas Supply to Fujairah, 29(A12); 34(A14) Stake in Greenfield Shipping, 11(A14) ORC Sale of Stake in al-Maha Petroleum Products Marketing Company, 41(A21); 49(A19) Osaka Gas, see Marketing LNG OLNG Partex (Oman) Corporation, see PDO; OLNG Shareholders PDO, 1(A20); 30(A17); 31(A15); see also Drilling; Production Condensate, LPG, Natural Gas, Oil Annual Report 2001, 27(A2-A3); 28(A14-A17) On-Line Bidding, 30(A17) Reorganization of, 15(A13) Pertamina, 18(A15) Petrochemical Projects Projected Investment, 21(A5) Petrofac, 26(A14) Petrogas, see Development; Drilling Petronas, 18(A15) PGS, see Seismic Surveys Pipelines, gas, 34(A14) South Oman Gas Line, 28(A17) Policy Natural Gas, 11(A13) Oil, 12(A19) Privatization, 31(A15); 47(A19) Polypropylene Project LG International/ABB Lummus

Global/Sahar Refinery Company, 9(A21); 16(A22) Population, 32(A11) Ports Sohar Port Management Contract Rotterdam Port Authorities, 31(A15) Portugal, see Exports LNG Prices, oil, 1(A11); 5(A12); 6(A11); 10(A14); 11(A12); 12(A19); 14(A19); 19(A11); 23(A7); 27(A9); 31(A8); 36(A5); 40(A12); 45(A9); 46(A19); 49(A9) Production Condensate, 46(A19) PDO, 28(A17) LPG PDo, 28(A17) Natural Gas, 32(D2); 46(A19) PDO, 28(A15) Shell, 45(A12) NGL, 6(A21) Oil, 1(A3); 11(A13); 23(A18); 25(A7); 27(A1); 29(A11); 46(A19) Capacity, 21(A5) Expansion of, 21(A5) Cutback, 1(A3); 5(D3); 7(A6); 10(A2) Occidental Petroleum, 27(A1); 46(A19) PDO, 11(A13); 15(A13); 27(A1-A3); 28(A11,A14-A15,A16); 42(A18- A19); 44(A17); 46(A19) Shell, 45(A12) PSEG Global, 34(A14) PTTP Middle East, see EPSA Puerto Rico, see Exports LNG Refining, oil, 27(A12-A15) Projected Investment, 21(A5) Sohar Refinery, 9(A21); 46(A19) Reserves Condensate, 28(A15,A16) Natural Gas, 11(A13); 18(D7); 28(A15,A16); 32(D2); 44(A17) Oil, 15(A13); 18(D7); 23(A18); 25(A7); 28(A15); 29(A11); 43(A18); 44(A17) Revenues LNG, 44(A17) Oil, 5(A15); 44(A17) Rolly Company, 20(A19); 35(A15) Rotterdam Port Authority, see Ports Sohar Port Management Contract; Sohar Industrial Port Saipem, 34(A14) Samsung Heavy Industries, 49(A19) Seismic Surveys, 28(A17) PGS, 22(A16) Shell, 30(A17); see also Drilling; OLNG Shareholders; Production Natural Gas, Oil Shell Petroleum Company Ltd, see PDO Shell Western Supply and Trading, see Marketing LNG OLNG Shipping Corporation of India, 30(A17); 49(A19)

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Singapore Petroleum Company, see SRC Shareholders Sinochem, see Marketing Oil SIUCI, see Fertilizer Projects Snamprogetti, 16(A22); 26(A14); 34(A14); see also Fertilizer Projects SNC-Lavalin, 26(A14); 31(A15) Sofiran, 18(A14) Sohar Cooling System Bahwan Construction/STFA Construc- tion Company, 49(A19) Sohar Industrial Port, 31(A15) Sohar Refinery Company, see Polypro- pylene Project Spain, see Exports LNG SRC BP, 18(A15) Sale of Shares to OOC, 18(A15) ChevronTexaco, 18(A15) Singapore Petroleum Company, 18(A15) STFA, see Sohar Cooling System Suhail Bahwan Group, 44(A17); 49(A20); see also Bahwan Construc- tion Taiwan, see Exports Oil Tankers LNG Carriers, 30(A17); 49(A19) Technip-Coflexip, see Fertilizer Projects Thailand, see Exports Oil ThyssenKrupp Technologies Group, see Uhde Tohoku Electric, see Marketing LNG OLNG TotalFinaElf, 23(A16); see also EPSA; Marketing LNG OLNG; OLNG Shareholders; PDO Toyo Engineering Corporation, 16(A22) Tractebel, see Tractebel LNG Tractebel LNG, see Marketing LNG OLNG Transammonia Inc, see Fertilizer Proj- ects UAE, see Electricity Generation Link- Up; Exports LNG Border Demarcation Agreement, 26(A14) Uhde, see Fertilizer Projects Unipec, see Marketing Oil UOG, see OOC MOU with DEL for Natural Gas Supply to Fujairah US, see Exports LNG LNG Market, 27(A19) PALESTINE BG, see Discovery Sale of Gaza Offshore Gas to Israel, 21(A20); 22(A12-A13); 30(A3,A4) Cabinet Change, 24(A19) CCC, see Discovery Discovery, natural gas, BG/CCC, 22(A13) Economic Situation, 49(D1,D3-D5)

Hamas, 49(D4) Housing Crisis, 49(D5) Israel, see BG Sale of Gaza Offshore Gas to Jewish Settlers, 49(D5) Or Gasfield Delineation and Owner- ship, 30(A3,A4) Suspension of Exploration Activities in Gaza Offshore, 30(A3-A4) Per Capita Income Gaza, 49(D1) West Bank, 49(D1) Population, 49(D1,D3) Unemployment, 49(D1,D3,D4,D5) US 'Arafat Accountability Act, 17(A17) QATAR ABB Lummus Global, 15(A16) Abu Dhabi, see DEL Natural Gas Sup- plies; Pipelines AES, 13(A16); see also Ras Laffan Elec- tricity Company Shareholders Agip Qatar BV, see Production Oil Alstom Power, 28(A12) Anadarko Petroleum, see E&P; Produc- tion Oil Purchase of BP's Interests in Blocks 12 and 13, 23(A19); 31(A18) AP Moller, 43(A11); 51/52(A21) Arco, 22(A2); 23(A19) Atofina, see Petrochemical Projects; QAPCO Shareholders; Qatofin Share- holders; QVC Shareholders Purchase of Enichem's Share in QAPCO, 39(A14) Australia LNG Pty, 4(A19) Bahrain, see Pipelines Natural Gas Supplies, 1(A13); 3(A1, A3) QP/ExxonMobil, 2(A15-A16) Barclays Loans, 3(A2) BOC, see Production Oil BP, 1(A13); 7(A15); 8(A5); 22(A2); see also Anadarko Petroleum Purchase of; Marketing LNG Qatargas BP Gas of Indonesia, 4(A19) Caltex, see Marketing Oil Camartina Shipping, 43(A11); 51/52(A21) CB&I, see CBI Eastern Anstalt CBI Eastern Anstalt EPC Oil/Water Separation Contract, 25(A11) Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, see Petrochemical Projects Chevron Phillips International Holdings, see Petrochemical Projects ChevronTexaco, see E&P; Marketing Oil Chinese Petroleum Corporation, see QAFAC Shareholders

Chiyoda Corporation, 3(A3); see also RasGas-2 LNG Project EPC Contract Chubu Power, see Marketing LNG Qatargas CNOOC, 4(A19) Conferences Gastech 2002, 42(A1-A3,A17) Conoco, 1(A13); 7(A15); 8(A5); see also GTL Projects Consumption Electricity, 35(A17) Energy, 32(A10,A12) Petroleum Products, 3(A2); 32(A12) Cosmo, see Marketing Oil Crescent Petroleum, see Pipelines GUSA Pipeline CSFB, see DEL Financial Adviser With- drawal of DEL, 7(A15); 12(A19-A20); 15(A16); see also DPSA Financial Adviser Withdrawal of CSFB, 22(A1-A2); 23(A12-A13); 35(A5) Incorporation of, 22(A2-A3) Natural Gas Supplies Abu Dhabi, 1(A13); 22(A1,A2-A3); 24(A3) ADWEA, 19(A16); 22(A2) Dubai, 22(A1,A2); 29(A13) Dubai Supply Authority, 12(A19- A20); 19(A16) UWEC, 12(A19,A20); 19(A16) Strategic Partners Occidental Petroleum, 19(A16); 22(A1); 23(A13) TotalFinaElf, 1(A13); 3(A3); 7(A15); 8(A5); 12(A19); 19(A16); 22(A1); 23(A13); 42(A17) UOG, 1(A13); 3(A3); 12(A19); 19(A16); 23(A13) Demand, electricity, 28(A13) Development Al-Khaleej Oilfield, 21(A18-A19); 25(A9); 32(A17) Al-Shaheen Oilfield, 21(A19); 25(A9); 31(A13) ISND Oilfield, 25(A11); 46(A15) ISSD Oilfield, 25(A11); 46(A15) DPSA QP/DEL, 1(A12-A13); 3(A1,A3); 7(A15); 19(A16) Drilling, oil and gas, TotalFinaElf, 37(A10) Dubai, see DEL Natural Gas Supplies E&P, oil and gas, 25(A10) Anadarko Petroleum, 25(A10) ChevronTexaco, 25(A10) Maersk Oil Qatar, 25(A9,A10) Occidental Petroleum, 25(A10) Penzoil, 25(A10) QP, 25(A10) TotalFinaElf, 25(A9,A10) UPD Consortium, 25(A10) Wintershall Consortium, 25(A10) Edison Gas, see Marketing LNG

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RasGas-2 Edison International, see Marketing LNG RasGas EGU Project QP/ExxonMobil, 2(A15); 3(A2-A3); 5(A9); 22(A9); 25(A9); 40(A5); 44(A16) Electricity Generation, see Kahramaa; QEWC; Ras Laffan Electricity Com- pany Capacity, 28(A13); 35(A17) Doha South Super Station, 28(A13) Peak Load, 35(A17) Ras Abu Aboud Plant, 28(A13) Ras Abu Fontas A Plant, 28(A13) Ras Abu Fontas B Plant, 28(A12-A13) Ras Abu Fontas B-1 Plant, 28(A12) Saliyah Station, 28(A13) Wajbah Station, 28(A13) ElfAtochem, see QVC Shareholders Elf Petroleum Qatar, see Production Oil Enel, see Qatargas LNG Project MOU for 4th LNG Train Eni, see Agip Qatar BV; Marketing LNG RasGas; TotalFinaElf Purchase of Stake in Galf Energia, 42(A16) Enichem, see Atofina Purchase of Enron Corp, 1(A13); 8(A5) EPSA, oil and gas, Talisman Energy (Qatar), 47(A18) EU, see Marketing LNG Qatargas Exmar, 43(A11); 51/52(A21) Exports LNG, 31(D2); 32(D2) Asia Pacific, 31(D2) France, 31(D2) Portugal, 31(D2) Spain, 31(D2); 42(A15-A16) Turkey, 4(A14) US, 31(D2) Oil, 34(A11) Japan, 17(A10) US, 9(A5); 34(A11) Petroleum Products, 3(A2) Mitsui, 3(A2) ExxonMobil, 1(A13); 7(A15); 8(A5); see also Bahrain Natural Gas Supplies; EGU Project; GTL Projects; Market- ing Oil; Mobil QM Gas; PipeCo; Qatar- gas Downstream Shareholders; Qatargas-2 HOA; RasGas-2 Share- holders; Refining Condensate Ras Laffan Refinery Financial Requirements for Mainte- nance and Expansion of Oil Sector, 21(A5) Foster Wheeler, 37(A10) France, see Exports LNG Fugro Survey Middle East Ltd, 7(A15) Galf Energia, see Eni Stake in Gas Natural Group, see Marketing LNG Qatargas Gas Projects, 23(A16)

Dolphin Project, 1(A12-A13); 2(A16); 3(A1,A3); 7(A15); 8(A5); 12(A19- A20); 15(A16); 19(A16); 22(A1-A2, A9); 23(A16,A19); 23(A2,A3); 25(A9); 29(A13); 35(A5); 37(A10); 40(A5); 42(A17) Projected Investment in Natural Gas Projects, 21(A5) GDP, 5(A15); 32(A11); 34(A11) GIC, see Ras Laffan Electricity Com- pany Shareholders Glencore, see Marketing Oil Goldman Sachs Global Equity Research GTL Risks, 30(A16) GTL Projects, 3(A1); 22(A9) Capacity, 3(A3-A4) Conoco, 3(A4); 8(A5) Ivanhoe Energy, 3(A4); 8(A5) Marathon Oil Company, 3(A3); 8(A5) QP/ExxonMobil, 3(A4); 8(A5) QP/Sasol, 3(A4); 8(A5); 30(A16); 40(A14) QP/Shell International Gas Ltd, 3(A4); 8(A4,A5); 40(A14); 42(A17) Gulf Organization for Industrial Con- sulting, 23(A17) Gulfstream Resources, 23(A19) Halliburton,37(A10) Hyundai Heavy Engineering Industries, 3(A2); 21(A19); 25(A9); 31(A13) Iberdrola, see Marketing LNG RasGas ICJ, 23(A19) Idemitsu, see Marketing Oil International Octane, see QAFAC Shareholders Itochu Corp, 48(A13); see also Mar- keting Oil; RasGas Shareholders Ivanhoe Energy, see GTL Projects J Ray McDermott Middle East (Indian Ocean), 3(A3) Japan, see Exports Oil JGC, 8(A4) Kahramaa, 28(A13) Kellogg, 8(A4) K-Line, 43(A11); 51/52(A21) KOGAS, see Marketing LNG RasGas; RasGas Shareholders K/S Membrane-1, 43(A11) Kuwait, see Pipelines Natural Gas Supplies, 3(A1,A2-A3); 5(A9); 27(A21); 40(A5) Lee Chung Ying Chemical Industry Company, see QAFAC Shareholders Linde, 15(A16) LNG Japan Corporation, see RasGas Shareholders LNG Projects, see Qatargas; Qatargas-2, RasGas; RasGas-2 Maersk Oil Qatar, see E&P; Production Oil Marathon Oil Company, see GTL Proj- ects Marketing Condensate, 23(A4) LNG, 26(A8)

Qatargas BP, 42(A15) Chubu Power, 42(A16) EU, 42(A16) Gas Natural Group, 26(A8); 42(A16) Qatargas-2 UK, 26(A8); 29(A17); 31(D4,D7); 42(A16) RasGas, 4(A19); 42(A3); 51/52(A21) Edison International, 16(A22) Eni, 16(A22); 42(A16) Iberdrola, 16(A22); 42(A16) KOGAS, 42(A17) RasGas-2 Edison Gas, 26(A8); 31(D7); 42(A16); 43(A11) Petronet, 3(A3); 42(A16-A17); 43(A11) Methanol QP Mitsui, 29(A17) Natural Gas, 6(A21) Oil Caltex, 31(A13) ChevronTexaco, 31(A13) Cosmo, 31(A13) ExxonMobil, 31(A13) Glencore, 31(A13) Idemitsu, 31(A13) Itochu, 31(A13) Mitsui, 31(A13) QP, 35(A14-A15) Shell, 31(A13) Vitol, 31(A13) Marubeni Corp, 23(A19); 48(A13); see also Qatargas Downstream Sharehold- ers Marubeni International, see Qatargas Upstream Shareholders Mitsubishi Corporation, 46(A16) Mitsui, 3(A3); 23(A19); 48(A13); see also Exports Petroleum Products; Marketing Methanol QP, Oil Mitsui and Co, see Qatargas Down- stream Shareholders; RasGas-2 LNG Project EPC Contract Mitsui Gas Development Qatar, see Qatargas Upstream Shareholders Mitsui OSK Line, 43(A11); 51/52(A21) Mobil Qatar Gas, see Qatargas Up- stream Shareholders Mobil QM Gas, see RasGas Sharehold- ers; RasGas-2 Shareholders NGL Projects NGL-1, 26(A8-A9) NGL-2, 26(A8-A9) NGL-3, 26(A9) NGL-4, 26(A9) Nissho Iwai Corp, 48(A13); see also LNG Japan Corporation NNPC, 32(A17) NODCO, 3(A2) Norsk Hydro, see QAFCO Sharehold- ers; QVC Shareholders

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NYK, 43(A11); 51/52(A21) Occidental Petroleum, 1(A13); 7(A15); 8(A5); see also DEL Strategic Part- ners; E&P; Production Oil Oilfields Development Agreement, 46(A15) Pakistan, see Pipelines GUSA Pipeline PCCI, see QAFAC MTBE Supplies PDVSA, 46(A16) Penzoil, see E&P Petrochemical Projects, see QAFCO; Qatofin; Q-Chem; QVC QAPCO/Atofina/QP, 25(A9,A11); 39(A14); 42(A17) Projected Investment, 21(A5) QP/Chevron Phillips Chemical Com- pany, 3(A4); 15(A16); 25(A9,A11) QP/Chevron Phillips Chemical Com- pany/Chevron Phillips International Holdings/Atofina/QAPCO, 3(A4); 15(A16) Petronet, see Marketing LNG RasGas-2 PipeCo, 40(A5) Pipelines, natural gas, 24(A4) GUSA Pipeline, 2(A16); 3(A3); 9(A16); 24(A1-A2) Qatar/Abu Dhabi, 37(A10) Qatar/Bahrain, 24(A1-A2) Qatar/Kuwait, 5(A9); 24(A1-A2); 27(A21); 40(A5) Qatar/UAE, 7(A15); 24(A1-A2) Policy Energy Industry, 3(A1-A4) Privatization, 28(A12-A13) Political Weapon, oil, 2(A16) Population, 32(A11) Portugal, see Exports LNG Preussag Energie, 23(A19) Prices Condensate, 23(A4) Natural Gas, 1(A13); 22(A2); 24(A1- A2,A3); 40(A5) Oil, 1(A11); 5(A12); 6(A11); 10(A14); 14(A19); 19(A11); 23(A7); 27(A9); 31(A13); 32(A8); 35(A15); 36(A5); 38(A9); 40(A12); 45(A9); 49(A9) Production Condensate, 23(A4) LNG, 42(A1-A2) Natural Gas, 32(D2) TotalFinaElf, 23(A16) NGL QP, 26(A8-A9); 46(A16) TotalFinaElf, 23(A16) Oil, 2(A5); 7(A4); 11(A3); 17(A6); 19(A5); 25(A4,A7); 29(A5); 30(A5); 33(A3); 37(A4); 42(A6); 43(A3); 47(A2); 48(A5); 50(A6); 51/52(A13) Agip Qatar BV, 21(A19) Anadarko Petroleum, 46(A16) BOC, 46(A16) Capacity, 3(A1,A2); 21(A5); 25(A11); 27(D5); 29(A5); 46(A16); 48(A5,A6); 51/52(A13) Expansion of, 21(A5,A18-A19);

25(A9); 32(A17); 46(A15,A16) Spare, 29(A5); 48(A5) Ceiling, 27(D5) Cutback, 1(A3,A9) Elf Petroleum Qatar, 3(A2); 21(A19) Maersk Oil Qatar, 3(A2); 21(A19); 25(A9); 31(A13); 35(A15); 46(A16) Occidental Petroleum, 25(A11); 46(A16) QP, 1(A9); 21(A19); 22(A9); 31(A13); 46(A16) QPDC, 46(A16) Quota, 1(A3); 2(A5); 3(A2); 7(A4); 11(A3); 17(A6); 19(A5); 25(A4); 27(D4,D5); 29(A5); 30(A5); 33(A3); 37(A4); 43(A3); 47(A2); 48(A5); 50(A3,A6) TotalFinaElf, 25(A9,A10); 42(A17); 46(A16) QAFAC MTBE Supplies PCCI, 19(A18-A19) Output Methanol, 29(A17) MTBE, 29(A17) Shareholders Chinese Petroleum Corporation, 29(A17) International Octane, 29(A17) Lee Chung Ying Chemical Industry Company, 29(A17) QP, 29(A17) QAFCO QAFCO-4 Expansion Project, 3(A4); 25(A11) Financing of, 25(A11) Shareholders Norsk Hydro, 3(A4); 25(A11) QP, 3(A4); 25(A11) QAPCO, 26(A9); see also Atofina Pur- chase of Enichem's Share in; Petro- chemical Projects; Qatofin Share- holders; QVC Shareholders Commercial Offices in China, 15(A16) Ethylene Cracker Revamp Project, 15(A16) Ethylene/Polyethylene Plant, 15(A16); 39(A4) Shareholders Atofina, 39(A14); 42(A17) QP, 39(A14) Qatargas, 23(A19); 26(A9); 48(A12, A13) Downstream Shareholders ExxonMobil, 42(A15) Marubeni Corp, 42(A15) Mitsui and Co, 42(A15) QP, 42(A15) TotalFinaElf, 42(A15,A17) LNG Project, 3(A3); 22(A9); 31(D3); 42(A2,A17) MOU for 4th LNG Train Repsol-YPF/Enel, 26(A8); 42(A16) Output, 26(A8) Capacity, 29(A16-A17)

Sulfur Recovery Project, 29(A17) Upstream Shareholders Marubeni International, 42(A15) Mitsui Gas Development Qatar, 42(A15) Mobil Qatar Gas, 42(A15) QP, 42(A15) Total Qatar Oil and Gas, 42(A15) Qatargas-2 LNG Project HOA QP/ExxonMobil, 26(A8); 29(A17); 31(D4,D7); 38(A12); 42(A16) Output, 26(A8) Q-Chem Q-Chem I, 3(A4) Q-Chem II, 3(A4); 25(A9,A11) Qatofin, 25(A9,A11); 42(A17) Shareholders Atofina, 39(A14) QAPCO, 39(A14) QP, 39(A14) QEWC, see Ras Laffan Electricity Com- pany Shareholders Acquisition of Power Plants, 28(A12- A13) QFC, 12(A18) QGPC, 23(A19); see also QP QP, 3(A2); 5(A11); 7(A20); 22(A2,A8); 24(A3,A4); 32(A17); 36(A9); 46(A15, A16); 47(A18); see also Bahrain Natu- ral Gas Supplies; DPSA; E&P; EGU Project; GTL Projects; Marketing Methanol, Oil; Petrochemical Projects; Production NGL, Oil; QAFAC Share- holders; QAFCO Shareholders; QAPCO Shareholders; Qatargas Downstream Shareholders, Upstream Shareholders; Qatargas-2 HOA; Qato- fin Shareholders; QFC; QVC Share- holders; Ras Laffan Electricity Company Shareholders; RasGas Share- holders; RasGas-2 Shareholders; Refin- ing Condensate Ras Laffan Refinery Annual Report 2000, 26(A8-A9) Tenders and Contract Awards on Internet Site, 30(A17) QPDC, see Production Oil Q-Ship LNG Carriers, 43(A11); 51/52(A21) LPG Carriers, 51/52(A21) Product and Chemical Tankers, 51/52(A21) QVC, 3(A4); 25(A11) Shareholders Atofina, 39(A14) Elf Atochem, 3(A4); 25(A11) Norsk Hydro, 3(A4); 25(A11); 39(A14) QAPCO, 3(A4); 25(A11); 39(A14) QP, 3(A4); 25(A11); 39(A14) Ras Laffan Electricity Company Power/Water Project, 13(A16); 28(A13) Shareholders

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AES, 28(A13) GIC, 28(A13) QEWC, 28(A13) QP, 28(A13) RasGas, 23(A4); 48(A12,A13) LNG Project, 3(A3); 22(A9) Output, 26(A8) Capacity, 29(A17) Shareholders Itochu Corp, 42(A16) KOGAS, 42(A16) LNG Japan Corporation, 42(A16) Mobil QM Gas, 42(A16) QP, 42(A16) RAsGas-2 LNG Project, 3(A3) EPC Contract Chiyoda Corporation/Mitsui and Co/Snamprogetti, 43(A11) LNG Vessels, 42(A17); 43(A11) Shareholders Mobil QM Gas, 3(A3); 42(A16); 43(A11) QP, 3(A3); 42(A16); 43(A11) Refining Condensate, 42(A17) Ras Laffan Refinery, 3(A2) QP/ExxonMobil/TotalFinaElf, 48(A12-A13) Oil, 27(A12-A15) Messaieed Refinery, 3(A2) Projected Investment, 21(A5) Qatar Refinery, 10(A9) Repsol-YPF, see Qatargas LNG Project MOU for 4th LNG Train Reserves Natural Gas, 18(D7); 22(A8-A9); 26(A8); 32(D2); 35(D3) Oil, 18(D7); 25(A7); 29(A11); 42(A6); 46(A15) Revenues, oil, 5(A15) Samsung Heavy Industries, 43(A11); 51/52(A21) Sasol, see GTL Projects Saudi Arabia Diplomatic Row, 40(A5) Sharjah, see Pipelines GUSA Pipeline Shell, 1(A13); 7(A15); 8(A5); 46(A16) Shell International Gas Ltd, see GTL Projects Snamprogetti, 3(A3); see also RasGas-2 LNG Project EPC Contract Sofresid, 37(A10) Spain, see Exports LNG SSI Baker Hughes, 22(A8) STX Shipbuilding Co, 51/52(A21) Talisman Energy, see Talisman Energy (Qatar) Talisman Energy (Qatar), see EPSA Tankers, see Q-Ship LNG, 26(A8); 42(A17) Technip, 15(A16) Total Qatar Oil and Gas, see Qatargas Upstream Shareholders TotalFinaElf, 23(A19); 32(A17);

42(A2,A3); see also Atofina; DEL Strategic Partners; Drilling; E&P; Elf Petroleum Qatar; Production Natural Gas, NGL, Oil; Qatargas Downstream Shareholders; Refin- ing Condensate Ras Laffan Refinery Purchase of Eni's Share in al-Khaleej Field, 22(A9); 25(A9) Turkey, see Exports LNG UAE, see Pipelines UDC Gas Supply for Aluminum Smelter Project, 44(A16) UK, see Marketing LNG Qatargas-2 Univation Unipol Gas Technology, 25(A11) UOG, see DEL Strategic Partners; Gas Projects Dolphin Project UPD, see E&P US, see Exports LNG Investments in Qatar, 12(A18) Venezuela Qatar's Stake in Mariscal Sucre LNG Project, 46(A16) Vitol, see Marketing Oil Water Desalination, 28(A12) Ras Laffan Project, 13(A16); 28(A13) Wintershall, 23(A19); see also E&P Wuqood, see QFC RAS AL-KHAIMAH, see UAE SAUDI ARABIA 'Abd Allah Abu Nayan Co, see Aqua Power and Sasakura ADC, 2(A12); see also Drilling AGOC, 2(A12); 41(A14) Amerada Hess, see Norway Gas/LNG Project Aqua Power and Sasakura, see Power/ Water Desalination Plants Rehabilita- tion Aramco Overseas Company Joint Feasibility Study ExxonMobil China Petroleum/FPCL, 31(A8) Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, 42(A13-A14) Babtain Arabian Company al- Formaldehyde Plant, 33(A18) Bahrain, see Exports Oil; Pipelines Oil Baytar al-, 50(A21) Bechtel, 14(A11) BP, 36(D5); see also Marketing Oil; Policy Natural Gas Initiative Core Ventures Bright Star Shipping Company, 40(A6) British Aerospace, see Defense Deals Yamamah Offset Program Budget, deficit, 5(D2) ChevronTexaco, see SAT Annual Report, 24(A12) China

Expansion of Xiacuo Refinery FPCL/ExxonMobil/Saudi Aramco, 43(A9-A10) Petrochemical Complex, 43(A10) Chiyoda Corporation, 32(A14) Chiyoda Petrostar, 32(A14) Conferences Future Vision for the Saudi Economy, 43(A1); 44(A1-A3); 47(A9-A12) Conoco, see Policy Natural Gas Initia- tive Core Ventures Consumption Electricity, 35(A17) Energy, 32(A10,A12) Ethane Gas, 17(A11) Methane Gas, 17(A11) Natural Gas, 3(A12); 47(A9) Oil, 3(A12); 5(D1); 29(A11) Refined Products, 32(A12) Asphalt, 3(A12) Diesel, 3(A12) Fuel Gas, 3(A12) Fuel Oil, 3(A12) Jet Fuel and Kerosene, 3(A12) LPG, 3(A12) Lubericating Oil, 3(A12) Premium Gasoline, 3(A12) Corral Petroleum Holdings AB, see Preem Petroleum CPChem, 16(A15) Credit Bank, 20(D6) CSFB, 14(A10) Defense Deals Yamamah Offset Program British Aerospace, 21(A16-A17) Demand Gas, 47(A9) Refined Products, 31(A8) Development Abu Safah Oilfield, 44(A15-A16) Qatif Oilfield, 10(A7-A8); 44(A15- A16) Discovery Natural Gas Saudi Aramco, 12(A17); 42(A12) Oil Saudi Aramco, 12(A17) Drilling, oil and gas, ADC, 41(A14) Halliburton, 44(A15) DSM Hydrocarbons Americas Inc, 14(A10) DSM Hydrocarbons BV, 14(A10) DSM Petrochemicals, see SABIC Acqui- sition of DSM Polyethylenes BV, 14(A10) DSM Polyolefine GmbH, 14(A10) DSM Polypropylenes BV, 14(A10) DSM Polypropylenes North America Inc, 14(A10) DSM Sales International, 14(A11) DSM Transport Maatschappij, 14(A11) EC, 25(A13-A14); 27(A21) Electricity Generation, 47(A10,A11); see also ERA; Power/Water Desalina-

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tion Plants Rehabilitation, SEC; Sceco Capacity, 35(A17) Ghazlan II Plant, 14(A11) Khobar Plant, 42(A13) Natural Gas Supplies, 17(A10-A11) Peak Load, 35(A17) Energy Services Holding Company, 18(A16) Eni, see Enichem; Snamprogetti EniChem, 16(A15) Environmental Issues Kyoto Protocol, 9(D1-D3) Equilon Enterprises, see Shell Oil Acquisition of Texaco's Share in; SRI Acquisition of Texaco's Share in ERA, 14(A11) EU, see Exports Oil Oil Policy, 6(A14) Pressure Equipment Directive, 51/52(A16) Exports NGL, 47(A10) Saudi Aramco, 31(A9) Oil, 3(A12); 5(D1); 20(A9); 34(A11); 37(D6) Bahrain, 21(A17); 36(A14) China, 20(A8) EU, 18(A12) Japan, 17(A10) Outlets, 36(D4) Saudi Aramco, 31(A7,A9) US, 18(A10); 34(A11); 36(D4,D5); 51/52(A10) Refined Products, 3(A12) Saudi Aramco, 31(A9) Sulfur Saudi Aramco, 31(A9) ExxonMobil, 4(A5-A6); 7(A10); 8(A9); 9(A22); 11(A6); 23(A10); 24(A12); 25(A13); 26(A7); 28(A3); 29(A1); 30(A8-A9); 32(A3); 43(A1); see also China Expansion of Xiacuo Refinery; Policy Natural Gas Initiative Core Ventures Strategic Alliance with Sinopec, 43(A9-A10) ExxonMobil China Petroleum, see Aramco Overseas Company Joint Feasibility Study; Samref FDI Inflows, 11(D1-D2,D6) Financial Requirements for Mainte- nance and Expansion of Oil Sector, 21(A5-A6) Fluor Daniel, 32(A14) Foster Wheeler, 10(A7); 31(A10); 44(A15) FPCL, see Aramco Overseas Company Joint Feasibility Study; China Expan- sion of Xiacus Refinery GAS Industrial Gases Output, 22(A16) Gas Projects, see Policy Natural Gas Initiative Berri Gas Plant, 42(A13); 44(A15);

47(A9) Haradh Gas Plant, 31(A7,A10); 42(A13); 44(A15); 47(A9,A10) Hawiyah Gas Plant, 31(A7,A10); 37(A5); 42(A12,A13); 44(A15); 47(A9,A10) Projected Investment in Natural Gas Projects, 21(A5-A6) GATT Membership, 11(D4) GCC, 11(D2,D3,D5) GDF, see Norway Gas/LNG Project GDP, 5(A15); 11(D1,D5); 31(A10); 32(A11); 34(A11); 39(D2,D3); 47(A9) General Communications Authority, 20(D5) Global Oil Market Saudi Arabia's Role, 37(D4-D7) Gulf Das Company Magnesium Plant, 32(A14) Gulf Organization for Industrial Con- sulting, 33(A18) Hadeed, 42(A13) Halliburton, 10(A7); see also Drilling Higher Tourism Authority, 11(D6); 20(D5) Hyundai Heavy Industries, 40(A6) Ibn Rushd, 14(A19) Acetic Acid Plant, 8(A9); 11(A6) Ibn Zahr, 42(A13) Ethylene Plant, 30(A9) Polypropylene Plant, 30(A9) IEA, 10(A7); 39(D2) IEEJ, 39(D1-D3) Industrial Cities Jubail Industrial City, 42(A13) Riyadh Industrial City, 42(A13) Yanbu' Industrial City, 42(A13) International Energy Forum, 2(A11); 6(D2,D4); 39(A3-A5,D2,D3-D6); 40(A6) Riyadh Permanent Secretariat, 6(A14, D3); 10(A6-A7); 17(A2); 39(A3,A5, D2,D5,D6,D7) International Methanol Company, 32(A14) IPCC, 9(D1) IPE, 27(A7); 36(A3); 41(A7) IPSA, see Pipelines Oil Iraq, see Pipelines Oil IPSA 'Arar Border Opened, 44(A4-A5) Rapprochement with, 20(D3-D4) Trade with, 10(A18); 44(A5) Itochu, see Aqua Power and Sasakura JAMC, 32(A14) Japan, see Exports Oil Jordan, see Pipelines Oil Tapline JP Morgan, 11(D5); 14(A10) Jubail Technology Center, 42(A13) Kemya, 42(A13) LLDPE/HDPE Plants, 30(A8) Kuwait Maritime Border Demarcation, 51/52(A17) Labor Force

Foreign Workers, 20(D6) Saudi Manpower, 20(D6-D7) Linde, 22(A16) London Stock Exchange, 11(D5) Ma'aden Bauxite/Aluminum Project, 42(A13- A14) Marathon, see Policy Natural Gas Initia- tive Core Ventures Market Stability, oil, 12(A2-A3); 17(A2-A3); 36(A1-A2,D4-D7); 39(A3-A4,D1-D3) Marketing LPG Saudi Aramco, 1(A10); 5(A11); 9(A14-A15); 14(A18,A19); 18(A7- A8); 22(A5); 27(A8-A9); 31(A5); 36(A4-A5); 40(A11-A12); 45(A7- A8); 49(A8) NGL, 6(A21) Oil BP, 21(A16) Saudi Aramco, 1(A8-A9); 2(A7-A8); 6(A10-A11); 9(A7); 10(A12-A13); 14(A17-A18); 19(A9-A10); 21(A17); 23(A6-A7); 27(A7-A8); 32(A7-A8); 36(A3-A4); 41(A7-A8); 45(A6-A7); 50(A13-A14) Shell, 21(A16) US, 7(A11); 9(A5,A7) MGS, see Pipelines Natural Gas MHI, 14(A11); 30(A9) Middle East Policy Council, 17(A3-A4) Mineral Deposits, 2(A12) Mitsui and Co, 32(A14) Motor Oil (Hellas), see Saudi Aramco Stake in Motiva Enterprises LLC, see Shell Oil Acquisition of Texaco's Share in; SRI Acquisition of Texaco's Share in US Federal Action against, 29(A19- A20) Muhaydah Holding Co al-, see Aqua Power and Sasakura Natural Gas Distribution Company, 17(A10) Norsk Hydro, see Norway Gas/LNG Project; Refinery Mergers Scanraff Refinery Norway Gas/LNG Project Svenska Petroleum/Statoil/Petoro/ TotalFinaElf/GDF/Norsk Hydro/ Amerada Hess/RWE-DEA, 12(A17-A18) NSCSA, see NCC Board of Directors, 3(A10) Profits, 3(A10) Sale of Container Ships, 5(A18) VLCCs, 23(A10) Occidental Petroleum, see Policy Natu- ral Gas Initiative Core Ventures OECD, 9(D2) OIES, 44(A1-A3) OK Petroleum, see Preem Petroleum

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OPEC, 10(A7); 44(A3) PCCI, see SABIC MTBE Supplies Petoro, see Norway Gas/LNG Project Petrochemical Projects, 47(A10,A11) Expansion of Jubail Aromatics Project, 16(A15) Jubail Complex, 11(A6); 32(A14); 33(A18) Projected Investment in Petrochemical Industry, 21(A5-A6) Petrokemya, 42(A13) Olefins III Unit, 30(A8) Polyethylene Plant, 30(A8) Petroleum Industry Research Founda- tion, 17(A2-A3) Petromin, see ADC Petron Corporation, 31(A8) Bataan Oil Refinery, 34(A18) Financial Results 1999-2001, 34(A18) Shareholders PNOC, 34(A18) Saudi Aramco, 34(A18) PGS, see Seismic Surveys Phillips Petroleum, see Policy Natural Gas Initiative Core Ventures PIF, 8(A9) Pipelines Natural Gas, 17(A10-A11); 32(A14) East-West Gas Pipeline, 32(A13- A14) MGS, 31(A7); 42(A13); 43(A2); 46(A4); 47(A9,A11-A12) NGLs, 17(A10,A11) Oil East-West Pipeline Conversion of to Natural Gas, 17(A10-A11) IPSA II, 17(A11); 32(A14) Tapline, 11(A17); 29(A11); 32(A14) Decruding of, 36(A7) Saudi Arabia/Bahrain, 36(A14); 39(A13-A14) Saudi Arabia/Yemen, 29(A11) PNOC, see Petron Corporation Share- holders Policy Administration, 20(D6) Defense, 21(A16-A17) Education, 20(D6) Energy, 9(A6-A7) Judicial System, 20(D7-D8) Gas Strategy, 42(A12-A13); 47(A9- A12) Investment Code, 11(D2-D3) Labor Unions, 20(D8) Mining Investment Law, 2(A12) Ministry of Water Set Up, 38(A13) Natural Gas Initiative, 1(A19); 4(A5- A6); 7(A10-A11); 8(A9); 9(A22); 11(A6,D1,D3-D4); 13(A1-A2); 14(A24); 24(A12); 30(A7); 31(A7); 34(A11); 35(A5); 47(A9,A11) Core Ventures, 23(A10); 25(A13); 26(A7); 28(A3); 29(A1-A2); 31(A1- A2); 32(A3); 36(A7); 43(A1-A2);

44(A1-A3) ExxonMobil/BP/Shell/Phillips Petroleum, 21(A17); 29(A1-A2); 31(A1,A2); 36(A7); 37(A4-A5); 38(A13); 40(A6); 46(A4); 47(A3) ExxonMobil/Occidental Petro- leum/Marathon, 21(A17); 29(A2); 31(A2); 36(A7); 38(A13); 40(A6); 47(A3) Shell/Conoco/TotalFinaElf, 21(A17); 29(A2); 31(A1,A2); 36(A7); 37(A4-A5); 38(A13); 40(A6); 46(A4-A5); 47(A2-A3) Ministerial Negotiating Committee, 41(A13) Oil, 1(A5-A7); 2(A11); 18(A16); 37(D4-D7); 39(A3-A4,D1-D3); 46(A13) US-Saudi Mutual Oil Interests, 36(D4-D7) Privatization, 11(D4-D5); 20(D5-D6) Electricity Sector, 14(A11) Publications Law, 20(D8) Saudization, 2(A12); 20(D6-D7) Tax Rates, 11(D3) Tourism, 11(D5-D6) Polimeri Europa, 16(A15) Political Weapon, oil, 15(A2); 16(A2); 17(A2,A3,A7); 36(D5) Population, 20(D7); 32(A11) Power/Water Desalination Plants Re- habilitation Aqua Power and Sasakura, 43(A10) Preem Petroleum, see Refinery Mergers Scanraff Refinery; Statoil Purchase of Preem Petroleum's Gas Stations in Poland Preem Polska, 42(A14) Prices LPG Butane, 1(A10); 5(A11); 9(A14,A15); 14(A18,A19); 18(A7-A8); 22(A5); 27(A8-A9); 31(A5); 36(A4-A5); 40(A11-A12); 45(A7-A8); 49(A8) Propane, 1(A10); 5(A11); 9(A14, A15); 14(A18,A19); 18(A7-A8); 22(A5); 27(A8-A9); 31(A5); 36(A4-A5); 40(A11-A12); 45(A7- A8); 49(A8) Oil, 1(A5-A6,A7); 2(A7-A8); 3(A11); 5(D1,D2); 6(A10-A11); 10(A12- A13); 12(A2-A3); 14(A17-A18); 17(A2); 19(A9-A10); 23(A6-A7); 27(A7-A8); 36(A3-A4,D2,D5-D7); 37(D5,D6); 41(A7-A8); 45(A6-A7); 50(A13-A14) Band Mechanism, 46(A12-A13) Production Ethane, 42(A13); 47(A10) Capacity, 47(A9) Gas, 47(A10) Saudi Aramco, 31(A7) MTBE, 29(A20) NGL, 6(A21); 42(A13); 47(A10) Saudi Aramco, 31(A9)

Oil, 2(A5); 7(A4); 11(A3); 17(A6); 19(A5); 20(A9,D7); 25(A4,A7); 29(A5,A10,A11); 30(A5); 33(A3); 36(D4,D6); 37(A3,A4,D4,D5,D6); 42(A6); 43(A2,A3); 47(A2); 48(A5); 50(A6); 51/52(A13) Capacity, 10(A3); 21(A5); 27(D5); 29(A5); 48(A5,A6); 51/52(A13) Expansion of, 21(A5); 36(D7) Spare, 2(A11); 12(A2); 17(A2,A3); 29(A5); 36(D4,D5); 37(D4-D5, D6); 48(A5,A9) Ceiling, 24(D5) Cutback, 1(A3,A5-A6); 5(D1); 50(A2) Market Share, 1(A6,A7); 5(D1-D2) Quota, 1(A3,A6-A7); 2(A5); 5(D1, D2); 7(A4); 11(A3); 17(A6); 19(A5); 25(A4); 27(D4,D5); 29(A5); 30(A5); 33(A3); 35(A2); 36(A1-A2,D1); 37(A4); 43(A3); 47(A2); 48(A5); 50(A1-A2,A3,A6) SAT, 24(A12) Saudi Aramco, 31(A7-A8,A9); 39(A14) Petrochemicals, 47(A10) Refined Products, 3(A12) Asphalt, 3(A12) Diesel, 3(A12) Fuel Oil, 3(A12) Kerosene, 3(A12) LPG, 3(A12) Naphtha, 3(A12) Premium Gasoline, 3(A12) Saudi Aramco, 31(A9) Sulfur Saudi Aramco, 31(A9) Purvin & Gertz, 9(A14); 27(A8); 40(A12) Qatar Diplomatic Row, 40(A5) Rand Corporation PowerPoint Report, 32(A13) Text, 32(D4-D6) Ravensdown, see SABIC Urea Supplies Refinery Mergers Scanraff Refinery Preem Petroleum/Norsk Hydro, 12(A17) Refining, oil, 27(A12-A15); 31(A8) Jiddah Refinery, 31(A9) Output, 31(A9) Projected Investment, 21(A5-A6) Raligh Refinery, 31(A9) Ras Tanura Refinery, 10(A9); 31(A9, A10); 39(A14) Fire, 7(A11-A12); 14(A11) Riyad Refinery, 31(A9) Sulfur Plant, 20(A18) Yanbu' Refinery, 10(A9); 31(A9); 33(A18) Regulatory Authority for Electricity Services, 3(A10-A11) Governor Appointed, 3(A10) Relations between Oil Consuming and

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Producing Countries, 17(A2-A3); 36(D1-D8); 39(D2) Relations between OPEC and Non- OPEC Oil Producing Countries, 39(D1-D2) Reserves Condensate, 31(A7) Gas, 18(D7); 31(A7,A8); 42(A12); 47(A10) Oil, 2(A11); 5(D1); 18(D7); 25(A7); 29(A11); 31(A7); 36(D4); 37(D4); 42(A6) Revenues Mineral Resources, 2(A12) Oil, 5(A15,D1); 39(D2-D3) Riyad Bank, 42(A13-A14) Royal Dutch Petroleum, 38(A13) Royal Dutch/Shell, 38(A13); see also Shell Oil Russia Oil Policy, 9(A6-A7); 39(A3,D1); 46(A13) RWE-DEA, see Norway Gas/LNG Project SABIC, 11(D5); 13(A2); 16(A15); 24(A12); 26(A6); 28(A3); 29(A2); 31(A1-A2); 33(A18); 42(A13); see also al-Baytar; GAS; Ibn Rushd; Ibn Zahr; Jubail Technology Center; Kemya; Petrokemya; SAFCO; SAMAD; Sharq; United Annual Report 2001, 30(A8-A9) Acquisition of DSM Petrochemicals, 14(A10-A11); 16(A15); 25(A13- A14); 27(A21); 51/52(A16-A17) MTBE Supplies PCCI, 29(A20) Output, 8(A9); 30(A8-A9) Profits, 8(A9) Sales, 8(A9); 30(A8) Strategic Business Units, 23(A10) Urea Supplies Ravensdown, 50(A21) SABIC EuroPetrochemical BV, 27(A21) PPF6 Polypropylene Plant, 51/52(A16-A17) SAFCO, 50(A21) SAGIA, 11(D2-D3,D7-D8); 15(A18); 20(D5); 32(A14) SAMA Annual Report 2001, 3(A11-A12) SAMAD, 50(A21) Samba, 11(D5) Saipem, see Saudi Arabian Saipem Ltd Samref, 10(A9) CCR Unit, 33(A18) Output, 31(A9) Samsung Heavy Industries, 23(A10) Sasakura, see Aqua Power and Sasakura Sasref Output, 31(A9) SAT, 2(A12); see also Production Oil Saudi Arabian Investment Fund, 11(D5) Saudi Arabian Saipem Ltd, 17(A10- A11); 32(A13-A14)

Saudi Aramco, 1(A19); 2(A12); 4(A6); 7(A10,A11); 8(A9); 10(A7-A8); 11(A6,A17); 13(A2); 14(A11); 18(A16); 20(A18); 24(A12); 26(A7); 28(A3); 29(A2); 31(A1-A2); 32(A13- A14); 34(A11); 35(A9); 36(A7,D5); 37(A4-A5); 38(A13); 42(A13); 44(A1, A2); 45(A19); see also Aramco Over- seas Company; China Expansion of Xiacuo Refinery; Discovery Natural Gas, Oil; Exports NGL, Oil, Refined Products, Sulfur; Gas Projects; Mar- keting LPG, Oil; Motiva Enterprises LLC; Petron Corporation Shareholders; Production Gas, NGL, Oil, Refined Products; Samref; Sasref; SRI; Vela International Marine Ltd Annual Report 2001, 23(A7-A9) Board Members, 33(A17) Corporate Management, 33(A17) Gas Development Projects, 47(A9- A12) Natural Gas Deliveries, 17(A10-A11) Oil Development Projects, 44(A15- A16) Stake in Motor Oil (Hellas), 31(A8) S-Oil Corporation, 30(A9); 42(A14) Saudi Export Development Center, 44(A4-A5) Saudi Oger Partnership MOU with Stroytransgas, 45(A19) Saudia Restructuring of, 11(D5) Sceco, 17(A11); 32(A14) Schlumberger, 41(A14); see also Ser- vices Petroliers Schlumberger SEC, 3(A11); 11(D5); 14(A11); 20(D5); 26(A7); 28(A3); 29(A2); 31(A1-A2); 35(A9) Loans, 14(A11) Profits, 19(A16-A17) Seismic Surveys PGS, 22(A16) Services Petroliers Schlumberger, see ADC Sharq, 42(A13) LLDPE Plants, 30(A9) Shell, 4(A5-A6); 23(A10); 24(A12); 25(A13); 26(A7); 28(A3); 29(A1); 32(A3); 43(A1); see also Marketing Oil; Policy Natural Gas Initiative Core Ventures Shell Oil Acquisition of Texaco's Share in Equilon Enterprises, 10(A8) Motiva Enterprises LLC, 10(A8); 29(A19-A20); 31(A8) Shura Council, 7(A11); 11(D6); 20(D5); 44(A4) SIDF, 11(D2); 33(A18) SIIG, 16(A15) Sinopec, see ExxonMobil Strategic Alli- ance with; FPCL

SIPC, 11(A6) Methanol Plant, 32(A14) Snamprogetti, 10(A7); 44(A15) S-Oil Corporation, see Saudi Aramco Stake in Fraud Charges, 30(A9); 42(A14) Oil Refining Capacity, 30(A9) Onsan Refinery, 31(A8) SRI Acquisition of Texaco's Share in Equilon Enterprises, 10(A8) Motiva Enterprises LLC, 10(A8); 31(A8) Standard Oil Company, 36(D5) Star Enterprise, 10(A8) Statoil, 7(A10-A11); see also Norway Gas/LNG Project Purchase of Preem Petroleum's Gas Stations in Poland, 42(A14) STC Privatization of, 20(D5-D6) Stock Market, 11(D5) Storage Project Petroleum Products, 31(A8); 35(A9) Stroytransgas, see Saudi Oger Partner- ship MOU with Supply Gas, 47(A9) Oil Security of, 37(D1-D7); 39(A3-A4, D1-D3) Supreme Economic Council, 11(D2, D4); 20(D5) Supreme Petroleum & Mineral Affairs Council, 11(D3); 47(A12) Svenska Petroleum, see Norway Gas/ LNG Project SWCC, 11(D5); 38(A13); 45(A19) Tapline, see Pipelines Oil Technip, 8(A9) Technip-Coflexip, 10(A7); 11(A6); 20(A18) Technip Saudi Arabia, 20(A18) Terrorism Impact on US Relations with Russia and Saudi Arabia, 36(D1-D8) Saudi Opposition to, 20(D2-D3,D4- D5) Saudi Role, 32(A13,D4-D6) TotalFinaElf, see Norway Gas/LNG Project; Policy Natural Gas Initiative Core Ventures UK, see Defense Deals Yamamah Off- set Program UNFCCC, 9(D1,D2) United, 42(A13) EG Plant, 30(A8) Ethylene Plant, 30(A8) Olefins Complex, 30(A8) UPIC, 29(A11) US, see Exports Oil; Marketing Oil; Terrorism Campaign against Saudi Arabia, 7(A11); 32(A13,D4-D6) Oil Policy, 5(D1); 6(A14); 17(A2-A3)

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Dependence on Saudi Oil, 36(D1- D8); 37(D1-D7) Kyoto Alternative, 9(D1-D3) Saudi-US Relations, 9(A7); 7(A1-A2, A3-A4); 18(A16) Crown Prince 'Abd Allah's Meeting with Bush, 17(A1,A2,A7); 20(D1- D4) US-Saudi Arabian Business Council, 17(A2-A3,A7) Vela International Marine Ltd, 31(A8); see also Bright Star Shipping Company VLCCs, 40(A6) Water Desalination, 47(A11); see also Power/Water Desalination Plants Rehabilitation Capacity, 47(A10) Khoba Plant, 42(A13) World Economic Forum, 6(A14) WTO Membership, 11(D2,D4,D6); 20(D8) Yamamah Offset Program, see Defense Deals Yemen, see Pipelines Oil SHARJAH, see UAE SOMALIA Consumption Electricity, 35(A17) Energy, 32(A10,A12) Oil Products, 32(A12) Electricity Generation Capacity, 35(A17) Peak Load, 35(A17) Refining, oil, 27(A13,A15) SUDAN Al Thani Petroleum, see EPSA; Petrodar Shareholders Arakis Energy, 44(A12) China Upstream and Pipeline Agreements, 46(A20) Civil War, see SPLA; SPLM Impact on Oil Operations, 14(A23- A24); 30(A17-A18); 36(A15); 40(A17); 44(A12) Machakos Talks, 33(A4-A5); 35(A6); 36(A14-A15); 40(A17); 43(A15); 46(A20) CNPC, 3(A19); 46(A20); see also EPSA; GNPOC Shareholders; Petrodar Shareholders Consumption Electricity, 22(A17); 35(A17) Energy, 32(A10,A12) Oil Products, 32(A12) Demand, electricity, 22(A17) Development, oil and gas, 33(A4-A5)

Drilling, oil and gas, Lundin Petroleum, 1(A21); 33(A4-A5) Petrodar, 33(A5) Electricity Generation, 22(A17-A18) Capacity, 35(A17) Khartoum Plant, 7(A20) Merowe Hydro Project, 22(A17,A18) Output, 22(A17) Peak Load, 35(A17) EPSA Concession Map, 33(A6) Lundin Petroleum/Petronas Carigali/ OMV/Sudapet, 1(A21); 4(A19); 33(A4) Petronas Carigali/GPC/CNPC/Al Thani Petroleum/Sudapet, 43(A15) Ethiopia Border Demarcation Agreement, 20(A15) Exports, oil, 40(A17) Japan, 17(A10) Financial Requirements for Mainte- nance and Expansion of Oil Sector, 21(A5) GDP, 32(A11) GNPOC, see Production Shareholders CNPC, 20(A15); 25(A17); 33(A4); 44(A12); 46(A20) Petronas Carigali, 20(A15); 25(A17); 33(A4); 44(A12) Sudapet, 20(A15); 25(A17); 33(A4); 44(A12) Talisman Energy, 20(A15) Sale of Share to ONGC Videsh, 25(A16-A17); 30(A17-A18); 33(A4); 36(A15); 44(A12) GPC, 3(A19); see also EPSA; Petrodar Shareholders H Cegielski SA, 7(A20) Japan, see Exports Lahmeyer International, 22(A17) Lundin Petroleum, see Drilling; EPSA; Seismic Surveys Suspension of Operations, 4(A19); 14(A23-A24); 20(A15); 30(A17) National Electricity Company, 7(A20) OMV, see EPSA ONGC, 20(A15); see also ONGC Pridesh Ltd; ONGC Videsh ONGC Pridesh Ltd, 25(A17) ONGC Videsh, 46(A20); see also GNPOC Shareholders Talisman Energy Sale of Share to Petrodar, see Drilling Shareholders Al Thani Petroleum, 33(A5) CNPC, 33(A5) GPC, 33(A5) Sudapet, 33(A5) Petronas Carigali, 46(A20); see also EPSA; GNPOC Shareholders Pipelines, oil, 33(A4); 36(A15); 40(A17); 46(A20) Policy, oil, 14(A23-A24)

Upstream, 33(A4-A5); 43(A15) Population, 32(A11) Production, oil, 20(A15); 30(A17); 33(A4-A5); 43(A15) Capacity, 21(A5) Expansion of, 21(A5) GNPOC, 14(A24); 20(A15); 25(A17); 33(A4); 36(A15); 40(A17); 46(A20) Talisman Energy, 3(A19); 20(A15); 25(A17) PSA, oil and gas, Slavneft, 3(A19); 33(A5) Refining, oil, 27(A12-A15) Khartoum Refinery, 46(A20) Reserves, oil, 20(A15) Seismic Surveys Lundin Petroleum, 1(A21) Siemens Industrial Solutions and Ser- vices Group, 7(A20) Slavneft, see PSA SPLA, 46(A20); see also US Peace Plan; SPLM Ceasefire Agreement, 4(A19); 14(A24) Fighting in the South, 36(A14-A15); 40(A17); 43(A15) SPLM Peace Talks, 30(A17-A18); 33(A4-A5) Sudapet, 3(A19); see also EPSA; GNPOC Shareholders; Petrodar Share- holders Talisman Energy, 33(A4,A5); see also GNPOC Shareholders; Production Lawsuit Field against, 14(A24) TotalFinaElf, 33(A5) UN Peace Talks, 30(A18) US Peace Plan, 3(A19); 30(A18); 33(A4- A5); 36(A14-A15); 40(A17) Sharing Oil Revenue with SPLA, 20(A14-A15,A15-A16); 25(A17) Sanctions against Sudan, 30(A18) Sudan Peace Act, 25(A17); 30(A18); 43(A15) SYRIA AFPC, see Production Oil ENPPI Service Contract, 30(A19) Agip, see Export Oil API, see Exports Oil Arab Company for Gas Transportation and Marketing, 25(A14,A15) Arab Gas Commission, 25(A14-A15) BHP Billiton, 25(A16); 46(A17) BP, see Exports Oil Cepsa, see Exports Oil Chevron, see Exports Oil Coastal, see Exports Oil Conoco, 6(A22); 8(A10); 25(A16); 39(A13); 46(A17); see also Exports Oil; Production Oil Consumption Electricity, 35(A17)

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Energy, 32(A10,A12) Gas, 32(A19) Oil, 8(A10,A11) Petroleum Products, 20(A17); 32(A12) Fuel Oil, 20(A17) Gas Oil, 20(A17) Gasoline, 20(A17) Jet Kerosene, 20(A17) Kerosene, 20(A17) LPG, 20(A17) Cyprus Maritime Border, 46(A18) Natural Gas Supplies, 46(A18) Deminex, 8(A13) Development Alian Oilfield, 39(A13) Oud Oilfield, 25(A16) Suwaidiyah Oilfield, 25(A16); 39(A12) Tadmariyah Gasfield, 25(A16); 46(A17) Discovery, gas, INA Industries Nafta, 32(A19); 35(A16) Syrian Petroleum Company, 35(A16) E&P, oil and gas, 8(A10) Licensing Round, 8(A10,A11); 25(A16); 39(A13) Economic Situation, 49(D1,D2-D3,D3- D5) Egypt, see Pipelines Natural Gas Arab Gas Pipeline EIA, 8(A9-A11); 39(A12) Electricity Generation, 4(D1-D4) Capacity, 35(A17) Peak Load, 35(A17) Enppi, see AFPC EU, see Exports Oil Exports LPG Lebanon, 24(A18); 39(A13) Oil, 5(A8); 8(A9-A10) Agip, 8(A10) API, 8(A10) BP, 8(A10) Cepsa, 8(A10) Chevron, 8(A10) Coastal, 8(A10) Conoco, 8(A10) EU, 18(A12) Shell, 8(A10) TotalFinaElf, 8(A10) Financial Requirements for Mainte- nance and Expansion of Oil Sector, 21(A5) Gas Projects Desgas, 6(A22); 8(A10) Projected Investment in Natural Gas Projects, 21(A5) GDP, 5(A15); 32(A11) Housing Market, 49(D5) Imports, oil, 8(A10); see also Iraq Cross- Border Trade Oil INA Industries Nafta, see Discovery Iraq, see Pipelines Oil; Syrian Petroleum Company Gas Drilling Agreement, Oil

Development Agreement; US Opposi- tion to Military Attack against Iraq Cross-Border Trade Oil, 2(A3); 5(A5); 8(A9); 10(A18); 29(A4) UK's Challenge, 5(A7-A8) Petroleum Products, 35(A7) Iraqi Aid, 25(A8) Trade with, 10(A18); 49(D2) KFAED, 25(A15) Lebanon, see Exports LPG; Pipelines Natural Gas Natural Gas Supplies, 7(A20); 39(A13) Power Supplies, 2(A22) Arrears for, 2(A22) Marketing Natural Gas, 6(A2) Oil Sytrol, 3(A17-A18) Nexant, 46(A18) Ocean Energy, 25(A16) Per Capita Income, 49(D1) PetroCanada, see AFPC; Veba Oil Sale of Assets to Pipelines Natural Gas Arab Gas Pipeline, 24(A1-A2); 25(A14-A15); 35(A5); 39(A13); 41(A20); 46(A18) Syria/Lebanon, 7(A20); 24(A1-A2) Oil Iraq/Syria, 5(A7-A8); 25(A16); 34(A5); 35(A6,A7); 39(A13); 49(D2) Policy Gas, 39(A13) Oil Upstream, 39(A13) Population, 32(A11); 49(D3,D5) Prices Natural Gas, 7(A20); 24(A1-A2) Oil, 2(A9); 3(A17-A18); 8(A8); 9(A15); 11(A12); 17(A8); 18(A9); 23(A8); 28(A9); 31(A6); 38(A8); 41(A10); 45(A9); 48(A8) Petroleum Products, 20(A16) Diesel, 22(A18) Fuel Oil, 20(A16) Gas Oil, 20(A16) Kerosene, 20(A16) LPG Butane, 20(A16) Premium Gasoline, 20(A16) Regular Gasoline, 20(A16) Production Natural Gas, 8(A10); 25(A16); 35(A16) NGL, 6(A21) TotalFinaElf, 23(A16) Oil, 8(A9,A10,A11); 25(A7,A16); 39(A12-A13) AFPC, 8(A10) Capacity, 21(A5) Conoco, 3(A18) Shell, 25(A16); 39(A13); 45(A12)

Syrian Petroleum Company, 25(A16); 39(A12,A13) TotalFinaElf, 3(A18); 8(A10); 25(A16) Refining, oil, 27(A12-A15) Projected Investment, 21(A5) Reserves Natural Gas, 8(A10) Oil, 8(A10); 25(A7) Revenues, oil, 5(A15) Russia Oil and Gas Cooperation Agreement, 39(A13) SCOT, 6(A22) Seismic Survey, 20(A17) Shell, 8(A10); see also AFPC; Exports Oil; Production Oil Sumitomo, 25(A16); 46(A17) Syrian Petroleum Company, 32(A19); 39(A13); 46(A17); see also AFPC; Discovery; Production Oil EOR Agreement Tanganyika Oil Company, 8(A10); 25(A16) Gas Drilling Agreement Iraq, 4(A17); 5(A7) Licensing Round, 20(A17) Oil Development Agreement Iraq, 4(A17); 5(A7) Sytrol, 6(A22); see also Marketing Oil Tanganyika Oil Company, see Syrian Petroleum Company EOR Agreement TotalFinaElf, 6(A22); 8(A10); 25(A16); 39(A13); 46(A17); see also Exports Oil; Production NGL, Oil UK, see Iraq Cross-Border Trade Oil Unemployment, 49(D2,D3,D4) US Opposition to Military Attack against Iraq, 43(A9) Syria Accountability Act of 2002, 17(A16-A17) Veba Oil & Gas, 8(A10) Sale of Assets to PetroCanada, 8(A12- A14) Zarubezhneft, 39(A13) TUNISIA Agip Tunisia BV, 28(A18); 37(A13) Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, 28(A18) Bechtel, 33(A20) BG, 24(A18); see also BG Tunisia BG Tunisia, 33(A20); see also Discovery Gas Sales Contract STEG, 33(A21) BNP Paribas Sale of Stake in Coparex International, 28(A18-A19) Coho Canada, see Pioneer Natural Re- sources Acquisition of Exploration Permits from Consumption

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Electricity, 35(A17) Energy, 32(A10,A12) Oil Products, 32(A12) Coparex International, see BNP Sale of Stake in; Lundin Petroleum Purchase of Stake in Development Miskar Gasfield, 33(A20-A21) Discovery, oil, BG Tunisia/ETAP, 33(A21); 37(A13) Eni, 37(A13) Electricity Generation Barca Project, 24(A18) Capacity, 35(A17) Peak Load, 35(A17) Eni, see Discovery; Production Oil ETAP, 37(A13); see also Discovery Financial Requirements for Mainte- nance and Expansion of Oil Sector, 21(A5) GDP, 32(A11) Global Santa Fe, 33(A20) Gulf Canada, see Pioneer Natural Re- sources Acquisition of Exploration Permits from Iraq Oil Development Agreement, 4(A16); 5(A7) Libya, see Pipelines Lukoil, 12(A21) Lundin, Petroleum Purchase of Stake in Coparex Interna- tional, 28(A18-A19) Marketing, natural gas, 6(A21) MP Zarat, see Production Oil Paladin Expro Limited, 28(A18); 37(A13) Pioneer Natural Resources Acquisition of Exploration Permits from Coho Energy, 28(A18) Gulf Canada, 28(A18); 37(A13) Pipelines, natural gas, Libya/Tunisia, 12(A17) Population, 32(A11) Production Gas, 33(A21); 37(A13) NGL, 6(A21) Oil, 25(A7); 33(A21); 37(A13) Capacity, 21(A5) Eni, 37(A13) MP Zarat, 1(A20) Soco International, 1(A20) Refining, oil, 27(A12-A15) Reserves Condensate, 33(A21) Gas, 24(A18); 33(A21) Oil, 25(A7) Rolls Royce Energy System, 33(A20) Siemens Demag Delaval Turboma- chinery, 33(A20) SITEP, 37(A13) Soco International, see Production Oil STEG, 12(A17); 24(A18); see also BG Tunisia Gas Sales Contract

TURKEY ABB, 41(A17) Abu Dhabi, see Imports Oil Afken, 48(A17) AKP, 47(A18) Alarko, 48(A17) Algeria, see Imports LNG, Natural Gas, Oil Alstom, 38(A19) Amity Oil, see Discovery Arco, see Production Oil Austria, see Pipelines Natrural Gas Australia, see Imports LNG Aytemiz, 7(A18) Azerbaijan, see Imports Natural Gas, Oil; Pipelines Natural Gas South Caucasus Pipeline, Oil BTC Baymina Enerji AS Loans, 38(A19) Bechtel, 3(A18); see also InterGen BNP Paribas Loans, 38(A19) Bolunmez, 7(A18) Bosphorus Crude and Product Tankers Travel Re- strictions, 45(A19) Botas, 3(A18); 8(A14); 31(A17); 37(A15-A16); 38(A16,A18,A19); 40(A17); 41(A17); 43(A12); 49(A20); see also Imports Natural Gas, Oil Gas Supply/Demand Scenario, 4(A11- A14); 5(A18); 10(A18,A19); 16(A20); 23(A13); 27(A17); 28(A1- A2); 34(A5-A7); 38(A19); 46(A19) Privatization of, 10(A19) Bouygues Offshore, 8(A15) BP, 3(A18); 4(A12,A14); 7(A18); 23(A13); 34(A6); 37(A15,A16); 38(A19) BPAO, 7(A18) BSPC, 8(A14-A15); 43(A12) BTC Company, 37(A15-A16); 40(A17) Bulgargaz, 49(A20) Bulgaria, see Pipelines Natural Gas Bursa Privatization of, 29(A18) Cabinet Change, 47(A18) China, see Imports Oil CMI, 41(A17) Conferences Oil Power and Gas: Near East Per- spectives, 28(A1-A2) Consumption Energy, 7(A17) Natural Gas, 4(A12); 34(A5,A6) Oil, 7(A17) CSIS, 34(A6-A7) CWC Associates, 28(A1-A2) Debts Domestic Debt, 28(A3) External Debt, 28(A13) Delta, 7(A18)

Demand Natural Gas, 4(A12,A14); 5(A18); 16(A20); 23(A13); 27(A17); 28(A1- A2); 33(A15); 34(A5-A7); 46(A19) Oil, 33(A15) Petroleum Products, 2(A18-A19) Democratic Left Party, 28(A3) Discovery, natural gas, Amity Oil/TPAO, 15(A16) Dogan Holdings, 13(A19); see also Is Dogan Petrol Yatirimlari AS Economic Crisis, 28(A1-A3); 34(A6) Economic Reforms, 28(A3); 29(A18) EgeGaz, 4(A14) Egypt, see Imports Oil; Pipelines Natural Gas Arab Gas Pipeline EIA, 4(A14) EIB Loans, 10(A19-A20) Elections Parliamentary, 28(A1,A3); 47(A18) Electricity Generation, 38(A19) Adapazari Gas-Fired Plant, 41(A17) Capacity, 41(A17) CCGT Plant, 38(A19) Gebze Gas-Fired Plant, 41(A17) Izmir Gas-Fired Plant, 41(A17) Energy Market Regulatory Board, 10(A19); 38(A19) Eni, see BSPC; Saipem ENKA, 41(A17) Eskisehir Privatization of, 29(A18) EU, 3(A18); 10(A19); 13(A19); 28(A3); 31(A17); 43(A13); 45(A19) Fuel Standards, 7(A18); 29(A18) Eximbank of Korea Loans, 29(A18) Exports Gas Transit Route, 28(A2) Petroleum Products, 7(A18) ExxonMobil, 7(A18) Fernas Insaat, see Gas Storage Surface Facilities Gas Storage Surface Facilities, 10(A19- A20) Lurgi Oel Gas Chemie/Fernas Insaat, 45(A19) Gazexport, 8(A15) Gazprom, 16(A20); 46(A19); see also BSPC General Electric, 38(A19); 41(A17) Georgia, see Pipelines Oil BTC Greece, see Pipelines Natural Gas Consumption, gas, 28(A2) Demand, gas, 28(A2) Guris Insaat, 3(A18); 29(A18) HSBC, 2(A19-A20); 24(A17) Hungary, see Pipelines Natural Gas IBS Energyline, 24(A17) IBS Research and Consultancy, 28(B1- B2); 47(A18) IEA, 4(A12); 7(A17-A18) Energy Policies of IEA Countries - Turkey 2001, 10(A18-A19); 15(A17)

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IFL Consulting Engineers, 3(A18) Igdas, 47(A18) IMF, 10(A18,A19); 45(A5) Economic Recovery Package, 2(A18, A19); 28(A1,A3); 29(A18) Loans, 2(A18) Imports LNG, 4(A14); 31(D2) Algeria, 4(A12,A14); 16(A20); 23(A13); 27(A17); 31(D2); 34(A5, A6,A7); 38(A19) Australia, 4(A14) Nigeria, 4(A12,A14); 16(A20); 23(A13); 31(D2); 34(A5,A6,A7); 38(A19) Qatar, 4(A14) UAE, 4(A14) Natural Gas, 4(A12,A13); 5(A18); 16(A20); 27(A17); 28(A1-A2); 34(A5-A7); 45(A19); 46(A19) Algeria, 5(A18); 28(A1) Azerbaijan, 4(A11,A12,A14); 16(A20); 34(A5,A6,A7,A15); 37(A11); 43(A12,A13) Botas, 46(A18) Iran, 4(A11,A12,A14); 5(A18); 16(A20); 27(A17); 28(A1,A2); 34(A5,A6,A7); 37(A10-A11); 38(A18-A19); 41(A17); 43(A12, A13); 46(A18-A19) Nigeria, 5(A18); 28(A1); 46(A19) Russia, 4(A12,A14); 5(A18); 16(A20); 28(A1,A2); 34(A5,A6,A7); 37(A10,A11); 38(A19); 41(A17); 43(A12); 46(A19) Turkmenistan, 4(A11,A12,A14); 34(A5,A7) Oil, 7(A17-A18); 33(A15) Abu Dhabi, 33(A15) Algeria, 33(A15) Azerbaijan, 33(A15) Botas, 33(A15) China, 33(A15) Egypt, 33(A15) Iran, 7(A17,A18); 33(A15) Iraq, 7(A17,A18); 33(A15) Kazakstan, 33(A15) Libya, 7(A18); 33(A15) Russia, 7(A18); 33(A15) Saudi Arabia, 7(A17,A18); 33(A15) Syria, 7(A18); 33(A15) Tupras NIOC, 33(A15) Petroleum Products, 7(A18) InterGen, 41(A17) Iran, see Imports Natural Gas, Oil Iraq, see Imports Oil; Pipelines Oil Cross-Border Trade Oil, 2(A3); 10(A18); 29(A4) Petroleum Products, 10(A18); 34(A5) Policy on Iraq, 45(A5); 49(A13) Iraqi National Turkmen Party, 45(A5) Is Bankasi, see Is Dogan Petrol Yatirim- lari AS Is Dogan Petrol Yatirimlari AS

Purchase of Government Shares in Petrol Ofisi, 29(A18) Italgas, 28(A2) Italy Consumption, gas, 28(A2) Kazakstan, see Imports Oil KDP, 34(A4) Kexim Bank UK Limited Loans, 29(A18) Kurdish Problem, 34(A5) LG Engineering, 3(A18); 29(A18) Libya, see Imports Oil LPG Depots Fire at Akcagaz Depot, 31(A17) Lurgi Oel Gas Chemie, see Gas Storage Surface Facilities Mais, 22(A19) Marmara Petroleum, 7(A18) Mimag Insaat ve Ticaret AS, 38(A19) MOL, 49(A20) NIGC, 16(A20) Nigeria, see Imports LNG, Natural Gas NIOC, see Imports Oil Tupras OMV Erdgas, 49(A20) Opet, 7(A18) OPIC, 3(A18) Oyak, 22(A19) Perenco NV, see Production Natural Gas, Oil Petkim, 2(A19) Privatization of, 29(A18) Petline, 7(A18) Petrol Ofisi, 7(A18) Privatization of, 7(A18); 13(A19); 29(A18) Petroleum Pipeline Corp, 43(A12) Petrom (Dorchester), see Production Oil Pipelines East-West Energy Corridor, 34(A6, A7,A15); 37(A11); 38(A16) Natural Gas, 4(A13); 15(A16) Arab Gas Pipeline, 24(A1-A2) Blue Stream Pipeline, 4(A11,A14); 8(A14-A15); 16(A20); 23(A13); 27(A17); 28(A2); 34(A6,A15); 37(A10,A11); 38(A19); 41(A17); 43(A12); 46(A19) Iran/Turkey, 4(A14); 24(A1-A2,A3); 27(A17) South Caucasus Pipeline, 1(A16); 2(A22); 9(A20-A21); 12(A21); 17(A18); 18(A16-A17); 23(A13); 34(A15); 37(A11,A16); 38(A16); 43(A12,A13) TCGP, 4(A11) Turkey/Bulgaria/Romania/Hungary/ Austria, 49(A20); 50(A19-A20) Turkey/Greece, 13(A19); 23(A13); 31(A17); 43(A12-A13); 49(A20); 50(A19) Oil BTC, 3(A18); 4(A14); 34(A6); 37(A11,A15-A16); 38(A16-A17); 40(A17)

Iraq/Turkey, 7(A17); 48(A4) PKK, 34(A5) Policy Natural Gas Market Law, 10(A18- A19); 28(A2) Operation White Energy, 29(A18-A19) Petroleum Market Law, 2(A19); 24(A17) Privatization, 13(A19-A20); 24(A17); 29(A18); 47(A18) Tender Law, 2(A18) Political Crisis, 28(A1,A3); 29(A18); 34(A6) Prices Natural Gas, 16(A20); 24(A1-A2,A3); 46(A19) Petroleum Products, 2(A19) Production Natural Gas, 7(A17); 15(A17) Perenco NV, 7(A17) TGT, 7(A17) TGT-HTI, 7(A17) TPAO, 7(A17); 15(A17) Oil, 7(A17) Arco, 7(A17) Perenco NV, 7(A17) Petrom (Dorchester), 7(A17) TPAO, 7(A17) Qatar, see Imports LNG Refining, oil, 2(A19-A20); 7(A18); 33(A15) Atas Refinery, 7(A18) Batman Refinery, 7(A18) Capacity, 2(A19) Izmir Refinery, 3(A18); 7(A18) Desulphurization Unit, 29(A18) Izmit Refinery, 2(A19); 7(A18); 24(A17) Upgrading of, 48(A17) Kirikkale Refinery, 7(A18) Yarimca Refinery, 3(A18); 29(A18); 48(A17) Republican People's Party, 47(A18) Reserves Natural Gas, 7(A17); 15(A17) Oil, 7(A17) Romania, see Pipelines Natural Gas Russia, see Imports Natural Gas, Oil; Pipelines Natural Gas Blue Stream Pipeline SACE Loan Guarantees, 8(A15) Saipem SpA, 8(A14); 16(A20); 23(A13); 43(A12) Saudi Arabia, see Imports Oil Selyak, 7(A18); see also TotalFinaElf Acquisition of Shell, 7(A18); see also InterGen Snam Trading BV, 8(A15) Snamprogetti, 8(A14) Sofregaz, 31(A17); 43(A12-A13); 49(A20) State Planning Organization, 7(A17) Suez SA, 38(A19) Syria, see Imports Oil

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TEAS, 38(A19); 41(A17) Corruption Charges, 29(A18-A19) Tecnicas Reunidas, 48(A17) Tekfen, 48(A4) Terminals, LNG, 4(A13); 31(D4) Aliaga Terminal, 4(A14) Marmara Ereglisi, 4(A14) TETAS, 4(A17) TGT, see Production Natural Gas TGT-HTI, see Production Natural Gas Total, 7(A18) Total Oil Turkiye, 22(A19) TotalFinaElf, 31(A17) Acquisition of Selyak, 22(A19) Subsidiaries Tupgaz, 22(A19) TPAO, 10(A18); see also Discovery; Production Natural Gas, Oil Gas Storage Facility, 45(A19) Financing of, 10(A19-A20) Tractebel SA, 38(A19) Transgaz, 49(A20) True Path-Motherland Party, 34(A6) Tupgaz, see TotalFinaElf Subsidiaries Tupras, 2(A18-A20); 3(A18); 7(A18); 10(A18); 48(A17); see also Imports Oil Exports, 24(A17) Loans, 29(A18) Output, 24(A17); 33(A15) Petroleum Products Domestic Sales, 24(A17) Privatization of, 2(A19); 3(A18); 7(A18); 13(A20); 24(A17); 29(A18); 48(A17) Turcas, 7(A18) Turkeye Is Bankasi, 13(A19) Turkmenistan, see Imports Natural Gas Turkuaz, 7(A18) Tu-Ta, 7(A18) UAE, see Imports LNG US, 23(A13) Ecevit's Visit, 3(A18) Wolfowitz' Visit, 49(A13) US Eximbank Loans, 38(A19) VA Tech Hydro, 38(A19) Wood Mackenzie, 4(A12) World Bank, 3(A18); 10(A18,A19); 38(A19) UAE Abu Dhabi, see DEL Natural Gas Sup- plies ADNOC, 11(A14-A15) ADWEA, see DEL Natural Gas Sup- plies Al Bawardi Enterprises Group, 45(A20) Atlantis Holding, see Sinochem Pur- chase of BNP Paribas, 22(A2) BP, 1(A13); 7(A15); 11(A14-A15); 12(A19); 19(A16); 22(A1)

China, see Exports Oil Conoco, 1(A13); 7(A15); 11(A14); 19(A16) Consumption Electricity, 35(A15) Energy, 32(A10,A12) Oil Products, 32(A12) CSFB, see DEL Financial Adviser With- drawal of DEL, 7(A15); 11(A14); 12(A19); 15(A16); see also DPSA Financial Adviser Withdrawal of CSFB, 22(A1-A2); 23(A12-A13) Incorporation of, 22(A2-A3) Natural Gas Supplies Abu Dhabi, 1(A13); 22(A1,A2-A3); 24(A3) ADWEA, 19(A16); 22(A2) Dubai, 22(A1,A2) Dubai Supply Authority, 12(A19- A20); 19(A16) Fujairah, 24(A12-A13) UWEC, 12(A19,A20); 19(A16) Strategic Partners Occidental Petroleum, 19(A16); 22(A1); 23(A13); 24(A13) TotalFinaElf, 1(A3); 3(A3); 7(A15); 11(A14); 12(A19); 19(A16); 22(A1); 23(A13); 24(A13) UOG, 1(A13); 3(A3); 11(A14); 12(A19); 19(A16); 23(A13); 24(A13) DPSA QP/DEL, 1(A12-A13); 3(A1,A3); 7(A15); 19(A16) Dubai, see DEL Natural Gas Supplies Dubai Supply Authority, see DEL Natu- ral Gas Supplies EDF, 20(A14); 23(A11-A12) Electricity Generation, see Solar Energy Projects Capacity, 20(A14); 35(A17) Link-Up UAE/Oman, 2(A17) National Power Grid, 20(A14); 23(A11-A12) Peak Load, 35(A17) Emdad LLC, see Solar Energy Projects Emirates Control and Settlement Cen- ter, 23(A11,A12) Emirates Electricity Grid Company, 20(A14); 23(A12) ENOC, 4(A11) Enron Corp, 1(A13); 11(A14); 12(A19); 19(A16); 22(A1) Exports LNG Turkey, 4(A14) Oil, 20(A9); 34(A11) China, 20(A8) Japan, 17(A10) US, 9(A5); 34(A11) ExxonMobil, 1(A13); 7(A15); 11(A14, A15); 12(A19); 19(A16); 22(A1)

FACTS Inc, 12(A19-A20) FEWA, 20(A14); 23(A11,A12) Natural Gas Supplies, 20(A14) Financial Requirements for Mainte- nance and Expansion of Oil Sector, 21(A5) Foster Wheeler, 12(A19); 15(A16); 37(A10) Fugro Survey Middle East Inc, 7(A15); 12(A19) Fujairah, see DEL Natural Gas Supplies Gas Projects Development of Gas Reserves Off- shore Umm al-Quwain/Sharjah/ Ajman, 23(A10-A11); 28(A12) Dolphin Project, 1(A12-A13); 2(A16); 3(A1,A3); 7(A15); 12(A19-A20); 15(A16); 19(A16); 20(A14); 22(A1- A2); 23(A11); 37(A10) Strategic Partners, 11(A14); 12(A19) Projected Investment in Natural Gas Projects, 21(A5) GDP, 5(A15); 32(A11); 34(A11) GE Power Systems, 20(A14) Halliburton Brown & Root, 12(A19); 15(A16) Halliburton Group, see Halliburton Brown & Root HSBC Holdings, 22(A2) Japan, see Exports Oil Jodco, 11(A15) Marketing, natural gas, 6(A21) MEED, 23(A11) Occidental Petroleum, 1(A13); 7(A15); 11(A14); 12(A19); see also DEL Stra- tegic Partners Oman, see Electricity Generation Link- Up Border Demarcation Agreement, 26(A14) PGS, see Atlantis Holding Pipelines, natural gas, Qatar/UAE, 7(A15); 24(A1-A2) Population, 32(A11) Prices Natural Gas, 1(A13); 12(A20); 22(A1, A2); 24(A1-A2); 29(A14) Petroleum Products Aviation Fuel, 29(A14) Diesel, 29(A14) Gasoline 90 Octane, 29(A14) Gasoline 97 Octane, 29(A14) LPG, 29(A14) Unleaded Gasoline 97 Octane, 29(A14) Production NGL, 6(A21) TotalFinaElf, 23(A16) Oil, 2(A5); 7(A4); 11(A3); 17(A6); 19(A4,A5); 20(A9); 25(A4,A7); 29(A5,A11); 30(A5); 33(A3); 37(A4); 42(A6); 43(A3); 47(A2); 48(A5); 50(A6); 51/52(A13) Capacity, 21(A5); 27(D5); 29(A5); 48(A5,A6); 51/52(A13)

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Expansion of, 21(A5); 37(A9-A10) Spare, 29(A5); 48(A5) Ceiling, 27(D5) Cutback, 1(A3) Quota, 1(A3); 2(A5); 7(A4); 11(A3); 17(A6); 19(A5); 25(A4); 27(D4, D5); 29(A5); 30(A5); 33(A3); 37(A4); 43(A3); 47(A2); 48(A5); 50(A3,A6) Qatar, see Pipelines QP, see DPSA Refining, oil, 27(A12-A15) Projected Investment, 21(A5) Reserves Natural Gas, 18(D7) Oil, 18(D7); 25(A7); 29(A11); 42(A6) Revenues, oil, 5(A15) Shell, 1(A13); 7(A15); 11(A14,A15); 12(A19); 19(A16); 22(A1) Shell Solar, see Solar Energy Projects Sinochem Purchase of Atlantis Holding, 4(A11); 23(A10-A11); 28(A12) Sofresid, 37(A10) Solar Energy Projects Shell Solar/Emdad LLC, 45(A20) SPC, 11(A15); 22(A2-A3) TotalFinaElf, 11(A14-A15); see also DEL Strategic Partners; Production NGL Turkey, see Exports LNG UOG, 2(A17); see also DEL Strategic Partners; Gas Projects Development of Gas Reserves Offshore Umm al- Quwain/Sharjah/Ajman, Dolphin Project US, see Exports Oil UWEC, see DEL Natural Gas Supplies Veritas DGC, 23(A11) ZADCO, 11(A14-A15) ABU DHABI ADCO, 35(A9-A10); 37(A9); see also Production Oil Adgas, see Marketing LNG ADMA-OPCO, see Production Oil Zakum Gas Injection Project, 40(A15) ADNOC, 5(A1-A3); 35(A10); 40(A15); see also ADMA-OPCO; Borouge Shareholders; Marketing Oil; Production Oil; Takreer; ZADCO Shareholders Development Program, 5(A1-A3); 20(A14) Natural Gas Supplies ADWEA, 1(A13); 22(A2) ADNOC-FOD, 29(A14) ADOC, see Production Oil ADWEA, 23(A11,A12); see also ADNOC Natural Gas Supplies Power/Desalination Project, 4(A10); 14(A13); 15(A15); 16(A21);

20(A13-A14); 48(A18) Privatizing Power Production, 20(A13) ADWEC, 16(A21); 20(A13); see also Takreer Power Purchase Agreement AES, 14(A13) Atkins Process, 40(A16) Bechtel, 27(A16); 37(A10) Borealis, see Borouge Shareholders Shareholders IPIC, 5(A17); 44(A13) OMV, 5(A17); 44(A13) Statoil, 5(A17); 44(A13) Borouge Petrochemical Complex, 44(A12- A13) Shareholders ADNOC, 5(A17); 44(A13) Borealis, 5(A17); 44(A13) Borouge PTE, see Exports Borstar, 44(A12) Bouygues Offshore, 37(A9) BP, 14(A12); 22(A10); see also ADMA-OPCO; Marketing LNG Adgas CBI Eastern Anstalt, see Takreer Oil Refinery Contracts ChevronTexaco, 14(A12); 22(A10) CMS Energy Power Project, 4(A10); 15(A15); 16(A21); 20(A13) Consumption, electricity, 15(A14-A15) CSFB, 14(A13); 48(A18) Dabhol Power Company, 7(A15) DEL Natural Gas Supplies, 1(A13); 22(A1, A2); 24(A3) Development, see Gas Development Projects; Oil Development Projects Bab Oilfield, 35(A9); 37(A9) Bu Hasa/Huwaila Oilfield, 35(A9- A10); 37(A10) North East Abu Dhabi Phase I, 35(A9); 37(A9) Umm Shaif Oilfield, 37(A10) Dubai Natural Gas Supplies, 1(A13); 12(A19-A21); 22(A1,A2); 24(A3); 29(A13); 35(A5) EBI, 40(A16) EDF, 14(A13) Egypt, see Exports Borouge PTE Electricity Generation Capacity, 15(A15); 16(A21); 20(A13) Shuweihat S-1 Plant, 4(A10); 16(A21); 20(A13) Taweelah A-1 Plant, 4(A10); 15(A15); 16(A21); 20(A13-A14) Taweelah A-2 Plant, 4(A10); 15(A15); 16(A21); 20(A13) Umm al-Nar Plant, 4(A10) Expansion of, 14(A13); 15(A15); 16(A21); 20(A13) Emirates CMS Power Company Power Project, 4(A10); 15(A15);

16(A21); 20(A13) Emirates Power Company, 16(A21); 20(A13) Enel Power, 14(A13); 48(A18) Enron Corp, 7(A15) Exports, polyethylene, Borouge PTE, 5(A17); 44(A12) Egypt, 5(A17); 44(A12) India, 5(A17); 44(A12) ExxonMobil, 14(A12); 22(A10) Fitchner, 14(A13); 48(A18) Fluor Daniel, 27(A16) Foster Wheeler Ltd, 14(A12); 27(A16) Foster Wheeler International Corpora- tion, 35(A10) Gas Development Projects, 5(A2-A3) AGD, 5(A2) AGD-2, 5(A2); 25(A15); 27(A16); 35(A10); 37(A10) OGD-1, 5(A2) OGD-2, 5(A2) OGD-3, 5(A2); 25(A15); 27(A16); 35(A10); 37(A10) OKGD, 5(A3) Gas Industries Company, 25(A15); 35(A10); see also Production Natural Gas GDP, 15(A14,A15) India, see Exports Borouge PTE IPIC, see Borealis Shareholders Jaber Group al- Chemicals Project, 40(A16) Jodco, 14(A12); see also ADMA- OPCO; ZADCO Shareholders Kepco, 14(A13) LPG Plant Das Island, 37(A10) Marketing LNG Adgas, 7(A15) BP, 7(A15) Tepco, 7(A15) LPG ADNOC, 5(A11) Oil ADNOC, 1(A9); 23(A6) Marubeni Corp, 14(A13) Mitsui, 14(A13); 48(A18) NPCC, 37(A9,A10); 48(A18) Oil Development Projects, 5(A2-A3) OMV, see Borealis Shareholders Petrochemical Complex Ruwais Complex, 5(A17); 44(A12- A13) Petroleum Institute Governing Board, 9(A21) Pipelines, natural gas, Qatar/Abu Dhabi, 37(A10) Policy Privatization, 20(A13) Population, 15(A14) Power International, 14(A13); 16(A21); 20(A13); 48(A18) Prices Electricity, 15(A15)

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Natural Gas, 1(A13); 12(A20); 22(A1,A2); 24(A3) Oil, 1(A11); 5(A12); 6(A11); 10(A14); 14(A19); 18(A8); 19(A11); 23(A6,A7); 27(A9); 32(A8); 36(A5); 40(A12); 45(A9); 49(A9) Production Natural Gas Expansion of Capacity, 40(A15) Gas Industries Company, 14(A12) Oil, 5(A1); 51/52(A18) ADCO, 5(A1); 14(A12); 24(A12); 35(A10); 45(A12); 51/52(A18) ADMA-OPCO, 5(A1,A2); 35(A10); 51/52(A17-A18) ADNOC, 14(A12); 20(A14); 24(A12); 50(A6) ADOC, 23(A13) Capacity, 5(A1); 22(A10); 35(A10); 51/52(A18) Expansion of, 5(A1-A2,A2-A3); 14(A12); 20(A14); 22(A10); 24(A12); 35(A9-A10); 37(A9- A10); 51/52(A18) Shell, 45(A12) ZADCO, 5(A1,A2-A3); 14(A12); 22(A10); 35(A10); 51/52(A18) Qatar, see DEL Natural Gas Supplies; Pipelines Refining, oil, Ruwais Refinery, 25(A15); 35(A10) Upgrading of, 27(A16); 37(A10) Umm al-Nar Refinery Unleaded Gasoline/Low Sulfur Gas Oil Project, 48(A18) Reserves Natural Gas, 5(A3) Oil, 5(A3) RWE, 14(A13) Safewater Chemicals, 40(A16) Seismic Survey Zakum Field, 20(A14) Shaw Group, 37(A10) Shell, 14(A12); 22(A10); see also Pro- duction Oil Shuweihat CMS International Power Company Power/Desalination Project, 4(A10); 15(A15); 16(A21) Shuweihat Ltd, 16(A21); 20(A13) Siemens, 16(A21); 20(A13) Snamprogetti, 25(A15); 27(A16) SNC Lavalin, 14(A12) SPC, 14(A12); 22(A10) Statoil, see Borealis Shareholders Steag, 14(A13) Stone & Webster, 37(A10) Takreer, 35(A10); 48(A18) Oil Refinery Contracts CBI Eastern Anstalt, 27(A16) Technip, 27(A16) Output, 25(A15) Power Plant, 25(A15) Power Purchase Agreement

ADWEC, 25(A15) Technip, see Takreer Oil Refinery Con- tracts Technip-Coflexip, 14(A12); 24(A12); 35(A9); 37(A9,A10) Tepco, 14(A13); 48(A18); see also Marketing LNG Adgas TotalFinaElf, 4(A10); 14(A12,A13); 15(A15); 16(A21); 20(A13-A14); 22(A10); 48(A18); see also ADMA- OPCO Tractebel, 4(A10); 14(A13); 15(A15); 16(A21); 20(A13-A14); 48(A18) Transco, 25(A15) Umm al-Nar Power Company, 48(A18) Veco, 14(A12); 24(A12); 35(A9); 37(A9) Water Desalination Capacity, 15(A15); 16(A21); 20(A13) Shuweihat S-1 Plant, 4(A10); 16(A21); 20(A13) Taweelah A-1 Plant, 16(A21); 20(A13-A14) Taweelah A-2 Plant, 16(A21); 20(A13) Umm al-Nar Plant, 4(A10) Expansion of, 14(A13); 15(A15); 16(A21); 20(A13); 48(A18) White and Case, 14(A13); 48(A18) Worley, 37(A10) ZADCO, 40(A15); see also Production Oil IOC's Equity Stake in, 14(A12); 22(A10) Shareholders ADNOC, 22(A10) Jodco, 22(A10) AJMAN Atlantis Holding, see Concessions; Sinochem Purchase of Concessions, gas, Crescent Petroleum/Atlantis Holding, 28(A12); 29(A13); 37(A10) Crescent Petroleum, see Concessions Gas Development Project Ajman/Sharjah/Umm al-Quwain, 23(A10-A11); 28(A12); 29(A13) PGS, see Atlantis Holding Production, natural gas, 23(A11) Sharjah, see Gas Development Project Sinochem Purchase of Atlantis Holding, 23(A10-A11); 28(A12); 29(A13) Umm al-Quwain, see Gas Develop- ment Project UOG, see Gas Development Project Ajman/Sharjah/Umm al-Quwain Veritas DGC, 28(A12); 29(A13) DUBAI

Abu Dhabi Natural Gas Supplies, 1(A13); 12(A19-A20); 22(A1,A2); 24(A3); 29(A13); 35(A5) Alstom, 25(A15) Belhasa Construction, 35(A11) DEL Natural Gas Supplies, 12(A19-A20); 22(A1,A2) Demand, natural gas, 29(A13) DEWA, 23(A11,A12) Construction Accident, 35(A11) Electricity Substations Contract Mitsubishi Corp/Mitsubishi Electric Corp, 28(A12) Djibouti, see ENOC Djibouti Ltd LPG Supplies to DPC, see Production Gas Dubai Drydocks, 13(A19) Dubai Investment Park, 14(A12-A13) Dubai Investment PJSC, 14(A12-A13) Dubai Supply Authority Natural Gas Supplies, 1(A13); 29(A13) Dubal, 14(A13) Kestrel Expansion Project, 25(A15) Electricity Generation, see DEWA Capacity, 28(A12) Jebel Ali Plant, 28(A12) Emiroll Aluminum Foil Rolling Mill, 14(A12- A13) Enel Power, 35(A11) ENOC, see ENOC Djibouti Ltd Lubricant Oil Distribution in Bangladesh RR Automobiles, 50(A21) Stake in Petronas Energy Philippines, 50(A21) ENOC Djibouti Ltd LPG Supplies to Djibouti, 30(A14- A15); 50(A21) Exports, oil, 27(A3) Ghurair Private Company LLC al-, 14(A12-A13) Iran Natural Gas Supplies, 22(A2); 29(A13) Mitsubishi Corp, see DEWA Electric- ity Substations Contract Mitsubishi Electric Corp, see DEWA Electricity Substations Contract Oiltanking, see Star Energy Resources Development Agreement with Oman Natural Gas Supplies, 22(A2) Pechiney, 14(A12-A13) Petronas Energy Philippines, see ENOC Stake in Pipelines, natural gas, 29(A13) Prices, natural gas, 1(A13); 12(A20); 22(A1,A2); 24(A3) Production Gas DPC, 29(A13)

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Oil, 37(A10) Qatar Natural Gas Supplies, 22(A2); 29(A13) RR Automobiles, see ENOC Lubricant Oil Distribution in Bangladesh Sharjah Natural Gas Supplies, 1(A13); 22(A2); 29(A13) Star Energy Resources Development Agreement with Oil- tanking, 18(A18-A19) Total, 29(A13) Water Desalination Capacity, 28(A12) Jebel Ali Plant, 28(A12) FUJAIRAH ABB, 34(A17) ADWEA, 34(A17); 40(A16) AES, 35(A10) Atlantis Holding, see Natural Gas Supplies Babcock Borsig Power, 35(A10) CMS Energy, 35(A10) Crescent Petroleum, see Natural Gas Supplies DEL, see Natural Gas Supplies Development, oil and gas, 37(A10) DEWA, 34(A17); 40(A16) Dodsal, 24(A13) Doosan Heavy Industries & Construc- tion Company, 34(A17); 35(A10); 40(A16) Electrical Power Development Com- pany, 35(A10) Electricity Generation, see UOG; UWEC Qidfa Power/Water Project Emirates National Grid, 47(A18) Fujairah/Sharjah Transmission Line, 34(A17); 35(A10); 42(A22) Electromontaj, 34(A17) Emarat Fuel Storage Tanks, 32(A18) Enel Produzione, 35(A10) ENOC Bunkering (Fujairah), 4(A11) ESB International, 35(A10) FEPCO, 4(A11) PEWA, 34(A17); 40(A16); 42(A22) Fujairah Petroleum Investment Estab- lishment, 4(A11) Halliburton Brown & Root, 24(A12) Halliburton Group, see Halliburton Brown & Root Hyundai Engineering & Construction Company, 34(A17); 40(A16) IPG, 4(A11) Jaber Energy Services al-, 24(A13); 34(A17); 35(A10); 40(A16) KEC, 34(A17); 40(A16) Larsen & Toubro, 34(A17); 40(A15- A16); 42(A22) Natural Gas Supplies

Atlantis Holding, 4(A11); 23(A11); 29(A13) Crescent Petroleum, 4(A11) DEL, 12(A19,A20); 24(A12-A13) MOO with OOC, 29(A12-A13); 34(A17) Oman, see OOC OOC, see Natural Gas Supplies DEL MOU with Pipelines, natural gas, Al-Ain/Fujairah, 24(A12); 29(A12) Power Transmission Company, 34(A17); 40(A16) SEWA, 34(A17); 40(A16) Sharjah, see Electricity Generation Fujairah/Sharjah Transmission Line Sogex Oman Company, 35(A10) Technip-Coflexip, 24(A13); 34(A17); 35(A10); 40(A16) Thames Water Overseas, 35(A10) Tractebel Electricity and Gas Interna- tional, 35(A10) UOG Desalination/Power Project, 4(A11); 23(A11); 24(A12-A13); 29(A12- A13); 34(A17); 35(A10); 40(A15- A16); 42(A22) UWEC, 23(A11,A12); 24(A12); 29(A12-A13); 34(A17); 35(A10); 40(A16); 42(A22) Qidfa Power/Water Project, 2nd, 47(A18-A19) Veco Engineering, 24(A13) Water Desalination, see UOG; UWEC Qidfa Power/Water Project RAS AL-KHAIMAH Exploration, oil and gas, Novus Petroleum, 29(A13) Novus Petroleum, see Exploration Supplies Condensate, 29(A13) Gas, 29(A13) LPG, 29(A13) SHARJAH Ajman, see Gas Development Project Atlantis Holding, see Concessions; Sinochem Purchase of Concessions, gas, Crescent Petroleum/Atlantis Hold- ing, 28(A12); 29(A13); 37(A10) Crescent Petroleum, 23(A11); see also Concessions; Pipelines GUSA Pipe- line Dubai Natural Gas Supplies, 1(A13); 22(A2); 29(A13) Gas Development Project Ajman/Sharjah/Umm al-Quwain, 23(A10-A11); 28(A12); 29(A13)

Natural Gas Distribution Project, 24(A13); 29(A13-A14) Pakistan, see Pipelines GUSA Pipeline PGS, see Atlantis Holding Pipelines, natural gas, 24(A13); 29(A13) GUSA Pipeline, 2(A16) Prices, natural gas, 1(A13); 24(A13) Production, natural gas, 23(A11) Qatar, see Pipelines GUSA Pipeline SEWA, 23(A11,A12); 24(A13); 29(A13-A14) Sinochem Purchase of Atlantis Holding, 23(A10-A11); 28(A12); 29(A13) Umm al-Quwain, see Gas Develop- ment Project UOG, see Gas Development Project Ajman/Sharjah/Umm al-Quwain Veritas DGC, 28(A12); 29(A13) UMM AL-QUWAIN Ajman, see Gas Development Project Atlantis Holding, see Concessions; Drilling; Sinochem Purchase of Concessions, gas, Atlantis Holding, 23(A10-A11) Development, oil and gas, 37(A10); see also Gas Development Project Drilling, oil and gas, Atlantis Holding, 4(A11); 23(A10- A11) Gas Development Project Ajman/Sharjah/Umm al-Quwain, 23(A10-A11); 28(A12); 29(A13) KCC, 4(A11) Petrofac International, 4(A11) PGS, see Atlantis Holding Production, natural gas, 23(A11) Propac, 4(A11) Reserves, gas, 4(A11) Sharjah, see Gas Development Project Sinochem Purchase of Atlantis Holding, 23(A10-A11); 28(A12); 29(A13) UOG, see Gas Development Project Ajman/Sharjah/Umm al-Quwain Veritas DGC, 28(A12); 29(A13) Zapata Exploration, 4(A11) YEMEN Ansan Wikfs (Hadhramaut) Ltd, 43(A14); see also PSA Arcadia, see Exports BG, 21(A11) BG UK Holdings, 21(A10) BP, see Exports Calvalley Petroleum, see Discovery; Drilling; PSA CanOxy, see Nexen Inc CCIC, 2(A17)

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China, see Exports CIA, 45(A20) Concessions, oil and gas, see EPSA; PSA Occidental Petroleum, 4(A19) Conferences Yemen Oil and Gas Conference, 2nd, 4(A21); 22(A19); 27(A4-A5) Consumption Electricity, 27(A5); 35(A17) Energy, 32(A10,A12) Oil, 17(A15) Refined Products, 32(A12); 34(A15) Crescent Petroleum, 21(A11) CSFB, 27(A5) Demand Electricity, 27(A5) Oil, 27(A4) Discovery, oil, Calvalley Petroleum, 31(A18) DNO ASA, 5(A17); see also Produc- tion Oil Interests in Yemen, 43(A14) Dove Energy, 7(A16); 43(A14); see also Production Oil Drilling, oil and gas, Calvalley Petroleum, 21(A11); 31(A18) Nexen Inc, 2(A18); 21(A11) Transglobe Energy Corporation, 7(A16) Electricity Generation Capacity, 27(A5); 35(A17) Gas-Fired Plants, 27(A5) Peak Load, 35(A17) EPSA, oil and gas, Oil Search/Saba Oil and Gas Com- pany, 38(A19-A20) Euronav SA, 41(A14) Exports, oil, 17(A15-A16); 28(A17- A18) Arcadia, 28(A18) BP, 28(A18) China, 20(A8); 28(A17) France, 28(A17) India, 28(A17) IOC, 28(A17) Italy, 28(A17) Japan, 17(A10) Mitsui, 28(A18) MOL Trade, 28(A18) Nexen Marketing, 28(A17,A18) Nissho-Iwai, 28(A18) Reliance, 28(A18) SC Corp, 28(A18) Sinochem, 28(A18) South Africa, 28(A17) Stasco, 28(A18) Sumitomo, 28(A18) Thailand, 28(A17) Total Yemen, 28(A18) Unipec, 28(A18) US, 28(A17) Vitol, 28(A18) Wintershall, 28(A18) ExxonMobil, see YLNG Shareholders FCP, 43(A14)

Financial Requirements for Mainte- nance and Expansion of Oil Sector, 21(A5) France, see Exports; Terrorism Attack on French Tanker GCC Membership, 2(A18) GDP, 5(A14,A15); 32(A11) General Corporation for Oil and Mine- rals, 38(A19) Hayel Saeed Anan Group, 21(A11) Hood Oil Ltd, 24(A18); 24(A4); see also PSA Hunt Oil, see Yemen Exploration and Production Company; YLNG Share- holders Heliocopter Fired on, 45(A20) Hyundai, see YLNG Shareholders IBC Gulf Conferences, 27(A4-A5) IMB, 42(A20) India, see Exports Indigas, 21(A10-A11) IOC, see Exports Italy, see Exports Jannah Hunt, see Production Oil Japan, see Exports Mitsui, see Exports OOE Oil & Gas, 5(A17); 43(A14) Mol Trade, see Exports Mujahideen, 45(A20) Nexen Inc, 43(A14); see also Drilling; Production Oil Nexen Marketing, see Exports Nissho-Iwai, see Exports Occidental Petroleum, 2(A17); seel also Concessions; PSA Oil Search, see EPSA PetrolinTrading, 5(A17); 43(A14) Petronas, 41(A14) Pipelines, oil, Saudi Arabia/Yemen, 29(A11) Policy Energy Sector Investment, 27(A4-A5) Population, 32(A11) Poten and Partners, 42(A20) Prices, oil, 1(A12); 3(A6); 5(A12); 9(A16); 11(A12); 14(A21); 16(A12); 17(A9); 23(A8); 28(A9); 32(A9); 34(A10); 35(A8); 41(A10); 46(A6); 48(A8) Production NGL, 6(A21) TotalFinaElf, 23(A16) Oil, 2(A17-A18); 5(A17); 7(A16); 17(A13-A15); 25(A7); 27(A4); 34(A15); 38(A20); 43(A14) Capacity, 21(A5) Expansion of, 21(A5) DNO ASA, 17(A14); 43(A13-A14) Doven Energy, 5(A17); 17(A14) Jannah Hunt, 17(A14) Nexen Inc, 2(A17); 17(A14) Shell, 45(A12) TotalFinaElf, 17(A14) YCO, 17(A14)

Yemen Hunt, 17(A14) PSA Calvalley Petroleum/Reliance Indus- tries/Hood Oil Ltd, 21(A11); 31(A18) Occidental Petroleum/Ansan Wikfs (Hadhramout) Ltd, 4(A19) Qa'ida al-, 42(A20) Refining, oil, 27(A12-A15) 'Aden Refinery, 7(A16); 17(A15); 24(A18); 27(A4); 28(A17); 34(A15) Marib Topping Plant, 7(A16); 17(A15); 28(A17); 34(A15) Upgrading of, 24(A17-A18); 27(A4) Private Refinery, 7(A16); 24(A18); 27(A4); 29(A11) Projected Investment, 21(A5) Ras 'Isa Refinery, 24(A18); 27(A4) Reliance, see Exports Reliance Industries, see PSA Reserves Gas, 27(A5) Oil, 5(A17); 25(A7); 43(A14) Revenues, oil, 5(A14,A15); 27(A4) Saba Oil and Gas Company, see EPSA Saudi Arabia, see Pipelines Saudi Fund for Development, 27(A5) SC Corp, see Exports Shell, see Production Oil Sinochem, see Exports SK Corp, see YLNG Shareholders South Africa, see Exports Stasco, see Exports Sumitomo, see Exports Tankers, see Terrorism War Risk Premiums, 42(A20-A21) Technip, 27(A5) Terrorism Attack on French Tanker, 41(A14); 42(A20,A21) TG Holdings Yemen, 43(A14) Thailand, see Exports Total Yemen, see Exports TotalFinaElf, see Production NGL, Oil; YLNG Shareholders Trans World Company, 7(A16) Transglobe Energy Corporation, see Drilling Unipec, see Exports UPIC, 7(A16); 29(A11) US, see Exports; Terrorism Veco Refinery Studies, 24(A17-A18) Vitol, see Exports Wintershall, see Exports World Bank, 27(A4) YCO, see Production Oil Yemen Exploration and Production Company, 27(A5) Yemen Gas Company, see YLNG Share- holders Yemen Hunt, see Production Oil YLNG LNG Project, 21(A10-A11); 25(A16); 27(A4-A5); 35(A6)

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Shareholders ExxonMobil, 21(A10); 25(A16); 27(A5) Hunt Oil, 21(A10); 25(A16); 27(A5) Hyundai, 21(A10); 25(A16); 27(A5) SK Corp, 21(A10); 25(A16); 27(A5) TotalFinaElf, 21(A10); 25(A16); 27(A5) Yemen Gas Company, 21(A10); 25(A16); 27(A5) YOGC, 4(A19); 5(A17); 43(A14) Oil: Reality and Challenges 2001, 17(A13-A16); 28(A17-A18) YORC, 24(A17-A18) GENERAL ABN-AMRO, 1(A9); 8(A5-A6); 11(A9); 22(A6-A7); 23(A15-A16); 33(A13-A14); 35(A11-A12); 45(A11- A12) Accion Democratica, 10(D1) ADOC, 41(A11) AES Oil Sands Ltd Partnership, 2(A11) AFESD, 4(D1-D4); 21(A3-A6); 22(D3); 27(A12-A15); 35(A17-A18) The Arab Human Development Report - Creating Opportunities for Future Generations, 28(D1-D11) Afghanistan, 3(D4); see also Pipelines Natural Gas CentGas, Turkmenistan/ Afghanistan/Pakistan Northern Alliance, 3(D3) Taliban Regime, 3(D1,D2,D3); 42(D2) Agence de Gestion et de Cooperation entre le Guinea-Bissau et le Senegal, 23(A20) Agip, 20(A8); see also Nigeria LNG Projects; Petrolina Air BP, 42(A22) Air Liquide, 43(A17) Aker Kvaerner Multi-Megawatt Fuel Cells Project, 24(A10) Alberta Energy, 35(A12) Alternative Sources of Energy, 36(A15- A16); 43(A8) Amerada Hess, 5(A10); 35(A12); 47(A20); 51/52(A11) Amnesty International, 33(A21-A22) AMU, 15(D1-D2,D6,D8-D9) Anadarko Petroleum, 35(A12) Angola Exports, oil, Cutback, 2(A6) Japan, 17(A10) US, 9(A6); 18(A10); 51/52(A10) GDP, 5(A14,A15); 11(A10) Production, oil, 1(A3); 7(A6,A9); 11(A5,A9-A10) CABGOC, 11(A9) Chevron, 11(A9) Cutback, 1(A3); 5(D3); 7(A6); 11(A9)

TotalFinaElf, 11(A9) Reserves, oil, 29(A11) Revenues, oil, 5(A14,A15); 11(A10) AOPIG, 31(A3) Apache, 35(A12) APEC, 17(A9); 18(D1); 25(D6); 39(A5,D6) Energy Working Group, 48(D5); 51/52(D1,D2,D4,D6-D7,D9) APERC, 20(A7,A8); 51/52(D1,D8,D9) API, 1(A9); 2(A6); 3(A5); 4(A6,A7); 5(A10); 6(A9); 7(A7-A8); 8(A2); 9(A2); 10(A2); 11(A2,A3); 12(A6- A7); 13(A6-A7); 14(A2); 15(A3); 16(A2); 17(A9); 18(A2); 19(A1-A2, A6); 20(A4); 21(A2); 22(A4); 23(A5); 24(A4); 25(A2); 26(A10); 27(A6); 28(A8); 29(A6); 30(A6); 31(A4); 32(A2); 33(A5); 34(A8); 35(A7); 36(A2); 37(A3); 38(A7); 39(A2); 40(A11); 41(A6); 42(A7-A8); 43(A3); 44(A5); 45(A5); 46(A5); 47(A3); 48(A7); 49(A7); 50(A12); 51/52(A11) Apicorp Investments in the Arab Upstream and Downstream Petroleum Sector, 21(A4-A6) Arab Free Trade Area, 28(D3,D4) Arab Industrial Development and Mining Organization, 21(A3-A6) Arab-Israeli Conflict Impact on Oil Market, 16(A1,A2); 17(A1-A4,D1-D4); 18(A1-A2,A3, D2); 19(A1,A4); 21(A1); 23(A4-A5, A14); 25(A2); 26(A10) Arab League, 21(A3-A6); 27(A15) Aral, 8(A12) Arcadia, 29(A6) Arco, 19(D1) Argentina Exports, oil, US, 51/52(A10) Policy, oil and gas, 33(A13) Production, oil, 33(A13) Reserves, oil, 29(A11) ASEAN, 48(D4,D5,D6) Asia Pacific Energy Consulting, 5(A13- A14); 34(A19) Asian Energy and Its Global Implica- tions, 51/52(D1-D9) Athabasca Oil Sand Investments Inc, 2(A11) Australia, see Energy Charter Treaty Consumption, oil, 29(A11); 49(A11) Demand, oil, 45(A13) Exports LNG China, 45(D5) Oil Japan, 17(A10) US, 51/52(A10) Opposition to Kyoto Protocol, 23(A22) Production, oil, 49(A10)

Reserves, oil shale, 48(A3) Stuart Oil Shale Project, 48(A3) Austria, see Russia Exports Natural Gas Imports, oil, 18(A13) Baker Institute, 20(A7,A8) Ballard Power Systems, 43(A17) Ecostar Genset, 33(A22) Bashneft Production, oil, 12(A8) Refining, oil, 12(A8) Reserves, oil, 12(A8) Bechtel, 13(D7) Belgium Exports, oil, 18(A13) Imports LNG, 31(D2) Algeria, 31(D2) Nigeria, 31(D2) Oil, 18(A13) LNG Terminal, 31(D4) Prices, LNG, 31(D5) BG Group, 31(D4); 32(D3); 35(A11, A12); see also Italy LNG Terminals BG LNG Services, 42(A3) BHP, 35(A12) BNP Paribas, 46(A10-A11) Bolivia Exports, natural gas, 32(D2) Production, natural gas, 32(D2) Reserves, natural gas, 32(D2) BP, 3(A19); 5(A10,A20); 12(A8); 18(A1-A2); 19(A1,A6); 20(A8); 27(A6); 29(A6); 35(A11,A12); 36(D2); 37(A7); 38(A12,D2); 45(D2- D3); 47(A20); 48(A10); 50(A20); see also Russia Petroleum Shareholders Agreement with E ON, 8(A12-A13) Emissions Trading Scheme, 15(A17) Production, oil, 8(A5-A6); 44(A8-A9) Profits, 44(A9) Sale of Retail and Inland Fuel Busi- nesses in Cyprus to Hellenic Petro- leum, 42(A22) Statistical Review of World Energy 2002, 25(A2,A6-A7); 32(D2); 33(A13); 36(D1,D6) Upstream Strategy, 44(A9) BPAmoco, 19(D1,D2) BP Cyprus Ltd, see Cyprus Petroleum Product Distribution and Retail Market BP Lubricants, 42(A22) BP Marine, 42(A22) BPCL Refining, oil, 13(A7-A8); 16(A14); 19(A8,A9) Brattle Group, 13(D1) Brazil Consumption Oil, 29(A11) Petroleum Products, 33(A13) Demand, oil, 24(A7); 33(A11); 45(A13) Exports, oil, US, 51/52(A10)

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Imports, oil, 12(A10) Policy, oil and gas, 33(A13-A14) Production Natural Gas, 12(A10) Oil, 3(A8); 4(A9); 12(A10); 29(A11); 33(A13); 42(A6) Reserves Oil, 29(A11); 42(A6) Oil Shales, 27(A16) Supply, oil, 45(A13) Bridas, 21(A16) British Airways Emissions Trading Scheme, 15(A17) Brunei Exports LNG, 32(D2) Oil Japan, 17(A10) Production, natural gas, 32(D2) Reserves, natural gas, 32(D2) BSES, 13(D7) Bulgaria, see Pipelines Oil Burgas/Alex- androupolis; Russia Exports Natural Gas Burlington Resources, 35(A12) CABGOC, see Angola Production Cameron Hanover, 2(A6) Cameroon GDP, 5(A15) Revenues, oil, 5(A15) Canada, see Energy Charter Treaty Consumption, oil, 29(A11); 49(A11) Demand, oil, 45(A13) Exports, oil, US, 9(A6); 18(A10); 51/52(A10) Oil Sands Development Projects, 5(D3) Nexen Inc, 2(A10) OPTI Canada/Nexen Inc, 2(A11) PetroCanada, 2(A10-A11) Shell, 2(A11); 5(D3) Suncor Energy, 2(A11); 27(A15) Syncrude Canda Ltd, 2(A11); 27(A15) Production Extra-Heavy Oil and Natural Bitu- men, 27(A16); 33(A10); 48(A2) Oil, 4(A9); 5(D3); 15(A9); 20(A9); 29(A11,D3,D4); 48(A2); 49(A10) Resources in Place Extra-Heavy Oil and Natural Bitu- men, 27(A16); 48(A2) Oil, 48(A2) Oil Shales, 27(A16) Tar Sands, 48(A2) Supply, oil, 45(A13) Canadian Oil Sands Ltd, 2(A11) Cato Institute, 4(A16) CEDAW, 28(D8) Cedigaz, 31(D1-D2) CentGas, see Pipelines Natural Gas Center for National Policy, 4(A15-A16) Central Bank of Nigeria Deferring Payment of Foreign Debt, 35(A9)

Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Min- eral Law and Policy, 25(D1) Centrica, 38(A12); 51/52(A15) CERA, 1(A4); 8(A1-A2); 19(A20); 46(D1-D4); 48(A5) CERI, 5(D1-D3) CFTC, 12(A2) CGES, 1(A4); 5(D1-D3); 8(A6-A7); 12(A4-A5,A6,A11-A12); 16(A12- A13); 21(A13); 25(A2,A17-A18); 26(A2,A3-A4); 30(A13-A14); 35(A2, A4); 38(A3-A4,A11-A12); 41(A21); 43(A5); 47(A3); 50(A3,A4) Chem Systems-Nexant Strategic Directions for the Middle East Petrochemical Industry - Out- look for Development, 23(A17) Chevron, see Angola Production ChevronTexaco, 4(A16); 7(A7); 19(D1); 20(A8); 35(A11,A12); 47(A20); see also Nigeria GTL Plant, Production Oil; Venezuela Production Syncrude Production, oil, 8(A5-A6); 47(A8) Africa, 47(A8) Asia-Pacific, 47(A8) US, 47(A8) China, see Russia Pipelines Natural Gas, Oil Consumption Coal, 31(A11) Diesel Fuel, 31(A11) Gasoline, 31(A11) Oil, 20(A7); 25(A7); 29(A11); 31(A11); 45(D2); 49(A11) Demand Gas, 45(D5) Oil, 10(A10); 15(A7); 18(A11-A12); 20(A7); 24(A7); 39(A9); 45(A13); 50(A15,A16) Petroleum Products, 43(A4) Development, natural gas, 20(A9) Exports, oil, 29(D3) Japan, 17(A10) US, 51/52(A10) Imports LNG, 13(D5); 45(D5) Australia, 45(D5) Indonesia, 45(D5) Oil, 20(A7-A8,A9); 31(A11); 45(D2) Africa, 20(A8) Asia-Pacific, 20(A7,A8) Middle East, 20(A7-A8); 31(A11, A12) Iran, 20(A8); 31(A11,A12) Oman, 20(A8) Saudi Arabia, 20(A8); 31(A11,A12) UAE, 20(A8) Yemen, 20(A8) Refined Products, 20(A7); 31(A11, A12) Fuel Oil, 48(A9) LNG Project, 3(A19-A20) Pipelines, natural gas, 20(A9) Policy, oil, 31(A11-A12)

Overseas Projects, 40(A7) Population, 18(A11) Production Gas, 45(D5) Oil, 15(A9); 20(A7,A8,A9); 29(A11, D4); 31(A11); 42(A6) Refining, oil, 26(A12); 31(A12) Reserves Oil, 29(A11); 42(A6) Oil Shales, 27(A16) Stocks Oil, 31(A12) Petroleum Products, 31(A12) Strategy in the Middle East, 48(D5) Supply, oil, 45(A13) WTO Membership, 31(A11) Chinaoil, 31(A12) Christian Aid, 33(A21-A22) Chubu Electric Power Company, 41(A12) CIA, 3(D1) Citgo, 6(A8); 51/52(A11) CNOOC, 20(A8,A9); 35(A11,A12); 45(D5) CNPC, 20(A8); 31(A12); 40(A7); 45(D2,D3) Colombia Exports, oil, US, 9(A6); 18(A10); 51/52(A10) Conference Connection Inc, 7(A20); 29(A21) Conferences Annual Arab-US Policymakers Con- ference, 11th, 34(A19); 37(D1-D7) Annual Asia Oil & Gas Conference, 7th, 6(A22); 24(A11) Annual Caspian Energy Retreat, 4th, 1(A21) Annual Conference on European Gas, 12th, 31(D1-D7) Annual Gas and Power in Turkey, 5th, 35(A19) Annual Middle East Institute Confer- ence, 56th, 42(A4-A5) Annual Middle East Power Generation Summit, 8th, 29(A21) The Arab Countries and the World Trade Organization: Economic and Social Impact and the Prospects for Inter-Arab Cooperation, 24(A19) Arab Energy Conference, 7th, 15(A18); 21(A3-A6); 22(D1-D4); 27(A12- A15); 32(A10-A12); 35(A17-A18) CEN SAD Energy and Natural Re- sources Investment Conference, 1st, 7(A15-A16); 8(D4-D9) CIS Oil and Gas Summit, 4(A20); 17(A18-A19); 19(A13-A15) Commercial Energy Summit, 40(A8- A9) Cross-Border Oil and Gas Pipelines: Political, Economic and Legal Issues, 3(A21) Egyptian Petrochemicals Conference, 39(A17)

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Energy: New Era, New Governance, 3(A21) Energy Security Conference, 43(A8) EPTX 2002, 12(A22) The Financial and Social Impact of Private Sector Participation in Fi- nancing Physical and Infrastructure Projects, 4(D1-D4) Flame European Gas Conference, 14(A13-A14) Gastech 2002, 42(A1-A3) Gulf Oil, Global Politics, 44(A17-A18) International Caspian Oil and Gas Conference, 9th, 20(A21) International Conference on Oil and Gas in West Asia, 2nd, 4(A20); 18(D5-D7) International Oil Summit, 3rd, 18(D1- D4) Iran Energy Forum, 18(A19); 22(A3- A4) Iran Petrochemical Forum, 4th, 15(A18); 21(A16-A18) KIOGE 2002, 34(A19) KIPE 2002, 2(A22) LNG 2002 Developing the European Market, 31(D1-D7) MEOW, 7(A20) Middle East and North Africa Oil and Gas Conference, 3rd, 31(A18) Middle East Energy Strategy to the Year 2014, 14(D1-D9) Middle East Geosciences Conference and Exhibition, 5th, 10(A21) The Middle East: What Does the Future Hold after 11 September? 11(A19) MPGC, 10th, 7(A20); 15(A6-A8,A11); 16(D1-D4) MPGC, 11th, 29(A21) National Oil Companies Forum, 11(A19); 16(A22); 18(A3-A4); 19(A3-A4) 9/11 and the Middle East, 3(A21) Non-Conventional Oil Conference, 48(A1-A3) Oil and Gas Pipelines in the Middle East, 2nd, 18(A19) Oil and Gas Sector: Business Opportu- nities in Modern Technologies, Equip- ment and Services, 17(A23) Oil and Gas Transportation in the CIS and Caspian Region, 4th, 39(A17); 45(D1-D6) Oil & Money Conference, 45(A1-A3); 46(A12-A13) Opportunities for Business & Invest- ment in Saudi Arabia: An Interactive Conference for the Asia-Pacific Region, 15(A18); 29(A21) Power-Gen Middle East Conference, 46(D1-D4) Priorities and Parameters for Energy Development in the Gulf Region, 9(D3-D8)

Symposium on Pacific Energy Coop- eration, 10(A9-A10) A Tale of Three Seas, 5th, 19(A20) World Hydrogen Energy Conference, 14th, 24(A10) World Oil Conference, 5(D1-D3) World Petroleum Congress, 17th, 47(A8) Yemen Oil and Gas Conference, 2nd, 4(A20); 22(A19); 27(A4-A5) Congo GDP, 5(A15) Revenues, oil, 5(A15) Conoco, 15(A11); 35(A12); see also Petrozuata Shareholders GTL Projects, 2(D2); 48(A10) Conoco Oil Sands Partnership, 2(A11) ConocoPhillips, 35(A12); 47(A20) Hydrocarbon Production Growth Strategy, 51/52(A13-A15) Consumption Coal, 39(A10) Asia, 51/52(D4) Electricity, 39(A10) Asia, 51/52(D5) Energy, 39(A10); 50(D3) Arab Countries, 21(A4); 32(A10- A12) Natural Gas, 13(A9); 39(A9,A10) Arab Countries, 21(A4); 32(A10,A11) Oil, 13(A9); 25(A6-A7); 29(A11); 30(A14); 34(A8); 39(A9,A10); 49(A11); 50(D3) Africa, 49(A11); 50(D3) Asia, 49(A11); 50(D3) Asia-Pacific, 25(A6,A7) Developing Countries, 49(A11); 50(D3) East Asia, 48(D3,D4) Eastern Europe, 49(A11) Eurasia, 49(A11) Industrialized Countries, 49(A11); 50(D3) Latin America, 50(D3) Middle East, 49(A11); 50(D3) South and Central America, 49(A11) Western Europe, 49(A11) Petroleum Products Arab Countries, 21(A4); 32(A10,A11, A12) Asia-Pacific, 26(A12) Heating Fuel, 39(A10) Coordinadora Democratica, 48(A6-A7); 49(A6); 50(A12) Copei, 10(D1); 43(A7) Cosmo Oil, 33(A14); 46(A10-A11) Crescent Group, 21(A16) CSFB, 1(A9); 41(A6-A7) CSIS, 37(D6) CTV, 10(A11-A12,D3); 12(A4,A11); 15(A6); 16(D4); 23(A14); 25(A6); 41(A12); 42(A6); 47(A8-A9); 48(A6- A7); 49(A6); 50(A12) CWC Associates, 18(A19); 22(A3-A4) CWC Group, 1(A21); 15(A18); 29(A21)

Cyprus, see BP Sale of Retail and Inland Fuel Businesses in Cyprus to Hellenic Petroleum Arab Gas Pipeline, 25(A14-A15); 41(A20) LNG/LPG Supply Options, 41(A20) Maritime Borders with Egypt, 25(A14) Petroleum Products Distribution and Retail Market BP Cyprus Ltd, 29(A12); 42(A22) ExxonMobil, 29(A12) Lukoil, 29(A12) Petrolina, 29(A12) Upgrading Larnaca Oil Refinery, 29(A12) Czech Republic, see Russia Exports Natural Gas Dabhol Power Company, 13(D6-D7, D9) Daimler-Benz Fuel Cells Cars, 33(A22) Daimler-Chrysler, 43(A17) Delta Oil Co, 21(A16) Demand Coal, 39(A9) Electricity Arab Countries, 35(A17) Asia, 51/52(D5) Hydro, 39(A9) Nuclear, 39(A9) Energy, 39(A8-A9) Arab Countries, 21(A4) Asia, 51/52(D1-D3,D6-D7,D9) Naphtha, 6(A20) Natural Gas, 6(A17); 35(D1,D2,D3- D5); 39(A8,A9); 43(D1) Asia, 51/52(D4) Oil, 1(A4); 2(A10); 3(A5,A8); 4(A8, A9); 5(A10-A11); 6(A8,A19); 7(A7, A8-A9); 10(A10-A11); 11(A4-A5); 12(A2,A4-A5,A6-A7,A11-A12,D1- D2); 13(A9-A10); 15(A8-A9,A10); 16(A13); 18(A1-A3,D1-D4); 19(A1- A2,A7-A8); 20(A4,A5-A6); 21(A3- A4,A5-A6,A13); 22(A4-A5,A7,D1, D2); 23(A4-A5); 24(A4-A5,A7-A8, A9,A11); 25(A1-A2,A5,A17-A18); 26(A2,A3-A5,A10); 28(A7-A8,A9- A10); 29(A6,A8-A9,A10,D1-D6); 30(A5-A6,A12,A13-A14); 31(A4); 32(A2,A13); 33(A9-A10,A11-A12); 34(A8); 35(A2-A3,A4,A7-A8); 37(A2,A3,A5,A6,A7,D1,D3,D5); 38(A3-A4,A7,A11,A12); 39(A1-A2, A4,A8,A9,A10); 41(A6,A12); 42(A6, A8-A10); 43(A5,D1); 45(A2,A3, A12-A13); 46(A7-A8,A9,A12); 49(A7,A10); 50(A4,A15-A17) Africa, 45(A13) Africa and Middle East, 29(D3) Asia, 25(A17); 29(D2,D3); 39(A9); 45(A13); 51/52(D3-D4) Asia-Pacific, 10(A9-A10); 15(A7); 43(A4) Developing Countries, 39(A9)

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East Asia, 48(D3,D4) Impact of Weak Dollar, 26(A10-A11) Latin America, 29(D3); 45(A13) Middle East, 45(A13) Non-OECD, 4(A8,A9); 7(A9); 11(A5); 13(A10); 15(A9); 20(A5, A6); 24(A7,A8); 29(A10); 33(A11, A12); 41(A12); 42(A10); 45(A13); 47(A8); 50(A16,A17) North America, 29(D3) Western Europe, 29(D3) Refined Products, 34(A13) Asia-Pacific, 43(A4) Democratic Action, 43(A7) Denmark Exports, oil, 18(A13) Imports, oil, 18(A13) Production, oil, 9(A10,A11); 47(A7) Deutsche Bank, 48(A5,A6) Development The Arab Human Development Report - Creating Opportunities for Future Generations, 28(D1-D11) Devon Energy, 35(A12) Discovery, oil, 43(D3-D4) DKWR, 3(A7-A8); 12(A10); 13(A9- A10); 17(D1-D4); 33(A9-A10); 47(A8); 51/52(A14,A15) Drilling, oil and gas, 43(D3) E&P, oil and gas, Middle East, 12(A22) North Africa, 12(A22) Worldwide Expenditure, 26(A12); 30(A13) E ON, see BP Agreement with EAEO, 48(D5-D6) East-West Center, 20(A8) EC, 25(D4); 32(D3); 35(D3) Gas Supply Agreements, 29(A8) High Level Group for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells, 43(A17) "Prodi Initiative", 36(D2) Security of Oil and Gas Supplies, 38(A9-A11); 39(A5) Economic Growth, 45(D2) Middle East, 28(D1-D11); 30(D1-D6) Economic Recovery Impact of Oil Price Increases, 47(D1- D6) Economic Situation Arab World, 21(A3,A4); 49(D1-D5) Ecuador Exports, oil, Japan, 17(A10) US, 9(A6); 51/52(A10) GDP, 5(A15) Revenues, oil, 5(A15) EDF, 10(A21); 46(D1); 48(A8) Edison, see Italy LNG Supplies, Natural Gas Supplies Edison Gas, 31(D4); 42(A2) EFET, 18(A15-A16) EIA, 1(A4,A9); 2(A6); 3(A5,A6-A7); 4(A7); 6(A9); 7(A8); 8(A2); 9(A2,A5- A6,A11); 10(A2); 11(A2,A9); 12(A2,

A4-A5,A6,A7); 13(A6); 14(A2); 16(A2); 17(A7,A8); 18(A2,A3); 19(A2); 20(A4); 21(A2); 22(A4); 23(A5); 24(A4-A5); 25(A1,A2); 26(A2,A3-A4,A10); 27(A6); 28(A8); 29(A5-A6,A7); 30(A6); 31(A4); 32(A2); 35(A2-A3,A4,A7); 36(A2- A3); 37(A3); 38(A3-A4,A7); 39(A2); 40(A9-A10,A11); 41(A6); 42(A8); 43(A3); 44(A6); 45(A5); 46(A5); 47(A3-A4); 48(A5); 49(A7); 50(A3, A4,A12-A13); 51/52(A11) Annual Energy Outlook 2002, 2(A8) Annual Energy Outlook 2003, 49(A10-A11) International Energy Outlook 2002, 13(A9); 37(D3) Short-Term Energy Outlook, 2(A10); 6(A19-A20); 10(A10-A11); 12(A2); 15(A10); 19(A7-A8); 24(A9); 28(A9- A10); 32(A13); 37(A7); 41(A12); 46(A9); 50(A17-A18) EIB, 14(A14) EIG, 37(D5); 41(A21); 44(A18); 45(A1-A3); 46(A12-A13) El Paso, 31(D5); 42(A3) Electricity Generation Arab Countries, 4(D1-D4); 35(A17- A18) Capacity, 35(A17) Peak Load, 35(A17) Clean and Efficient Technologies, 41(A14-A16) MEDRING, 35(A18) Use of Natural Gas, 35(D2,D3) CCGT Plants, 35(D2); 41(A15) CHP Plants, 35(D2) EMC, 34(A12-A13) EMSA, 51/52(A22) Enagas, 29(A4) EnCana, 35(A12) Enel, see Italy Natural Gas Supplies Energia, see Italy Natural Gas Supplies Energy and Poverty Electricity, 44(A9-A11) Energy Charter Dialogue with OPEC, 49(A6-A7) Treaty, 25(D1-D7); 48(D1-D2) The Energy Exchange Ltd, 4(A20); 18(A19) Energy Security, 9(D3-D8); 10(A10); 11(A10); 15(D1-D9); 18(D1-D4); 19(A7); 24(A9-A10,A11); 27(A15- A16,A23); 34(A11-A12); 35(A5-A6, D3); 38(A1-A3,A9-A11); 39(A3-A5); 43(A8,D3); 46(D1-D4); 51/52(D6- D7,D8-D9) Dependence on Middle East Oil, 35(D3); 36(D1-D8) East Asia, 48(D2-D6) US-Russia Energy Dialogue, 22(A7- A8) Energy Technologies Trends in Upstream Oil and Gas Tech- nology, 43(D1-D5)

Eni, 35(A12); 36(D2); 47(A20); see also Italy Natural Gas Supplies; Venezuela Production Oil E&P Budget, 26(A12) World Oil and Gas Review, 29(A10- A11) Enron Corp, 4(A16); 5(A19); 8(D9); 13(D6-D7); 26(A10) Enterprise Oil, 19(D2); 35(A12); see also Shell Acquisition of Environmental Issues, 22(D2) Cleaner Fossil Fuels for Electricity Generation, 41(A14-A16) Climate Change, 45(A20) CO2 Capture Technology, 24(A10); 41(A15-A16) CO2 Emissions, 36(A15) Ecostar Genset, 33(A22) Electric Cars, 43(A17-A18) Fuel Cells Project, 24(A10); 29(A12); 33(A22); 43(A17) Global Warming, 36(A15) Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 45(A20) Kyoto Protocol, 8(A15-A16); 9(D1- D3); 10(A20-A21); 23(A22-A23); 26(D1); 35(D4); 41(A14); 45(A2, A20) Emissions Trading Scheme, 15(A17) Oil Spills, 51/52(A22) Use of Natural Gas Power Generation, 35(D2,D3); 41(A15) Transportation Sector, 35(D4) EOG Resources, 35(A12) EPEDECO, 41(A11) Equatorial Guinea GDP, 5(A15) Revenues, oil, 5(A15) Equiva, 7(A7); 9(A10-A11); 51/52(A11) ESAI, 5(A10-A11); 35(A2-A3,A4); 38(A3-A4); 46(A5); 51/52(A11-A12) Estonia Production, oil shales, 27(A16) EU, 18(D1); 28(D1,D3,D4); 35(A17); 42(D1,D4); 49(D4) Consumption Gas, 42(A2); 45(A10,A11) Hydro Electricity, 45(A11) Nuclear Electricity, 45(A11) Oil, 25(A6,A7); 45(A11) Solid Fossil Fuels, 45(A11) Demand Gas, 14(A13-A14); 15(D2-D3); 42(A2); 45(A10,A11) Oil, 15(D2-D3); 45(A13) Environmental Issues European Environment Agency Data, 23(A22) Kyoto Protocol Ratification of, 10(A20-A21); 23(A22-A23) Single –Hull Tankers Banned, 51/52(A22) Use of Hydrogen and Fuel Cells,

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43(A17) Gas Market Liberalization, 10(A21); 12(A22); 14(A13-A14,A16); 18(A15- A16); 29(A8); 32(D1,D3); 35(D2, D3); 48(A8); 51/52(A15,A16) Imports Electricity, 45(A11) Gas, 14(A13); 15(D3); 45(A10,A11) Algeria, 29(A8); 45(A10) Norway, 16(A9-A11); 29(A8) Russia, 29(A8); 45(A10) LNG, 31(D1-D2,D4-D5,D6-D7) Oil, 15(D3); 18(A12) Algeria, 18(A12) Iran, 18(A12) Iraq, 18(A12) Kazakstan, 18(A12) Libya, 18(A12) Nigeria, 18(A12) Norway, 18(A12) OPEC, 18(A12) Russia, 18(A12) Saudi Arabia, 18(A12) Syria, 18(A12) Value of, 18(A12-A13) Policy Oil, see Energy Charter Treaty EU-Russia Dialogue, 22(A8); 36(D2); 46(D3) Renewable Energy, 36(A15-A16) Prices LNG, 31(D5) Natural Gas, 32(D2) Production, gas, 14(A13); 45(A10, A11) Seccurity of Energy Supplies, 16(A11); 24(A9-A10); 38(A9-A11); 39(A5); 46(D3) North Africa, 15(D1-D9) Stocks, oil, 22(A7); 24(A9-A10) Supply Gas, 45(A10,A11) Oil, 45(A13) Eurogas, 42(A2) Annual Report 2001, 45(A10-A11) European Court of Human Rights, 25(D4) European Court of Justice, 25(D3,D4) European Energy Charter, 25(D2) Eurostat, 17(A9); 18(A12); 39(A5,D6) Exports LNG, 32(D2,D3) Natural Gas, 32(D2-D3) Oil, 20(A9); 29(D3); 48(D4) Asia-Pacific, 4(A10) Middle East, 48(D4) Asia-Pacific, 15(A7,A8) Petroleum Products Middle East Asia-Pacific, 15(A7,A8) Exxon, 38(D2) ExxonMobil, 4(A16); 7(A7); 13(D2); 19(D1); 20(A8); 22(A8); 35(A11, A12); 36(D2); 38(A12); 45(D3); 47(A20); see also Cyprus Petroleum

Products Distribution and Retail Market; Russia Development PSA Sakhalin-1; Venezuela Exports Cerro Negro Upgraded Crude Oil E&P Budget, 26(A12) GTL Projects, 2(D2); 46(A10); 48(A10) Production, oil, 8(A5-A6) Growth Strategy, 46(A9-A10) F&D, oil and gas, Costs, 35(A11-A12) FACTS Inc, 2(D1-D3); 4(A10); 15(A7- A8); 16(A13-A14); 26(A11-A12); 31(A11,A12); 33(A14-A15); 34(A19); 41(A12); 48(A9) Fedecámaras, 10(A11-A11,D3); 15(A6); 41(A12); 42(A6); 47(A9); 48(A6-A7); 49(A6); 50(A12) Fedepetrol, 11(A11); 42(A6-A7); 48(A7) Financial Requirements for Mainte- nance and Expansion of Arab Oil Sector, 21(A4-A6) Financial Transparency in Developing Countries, 33(A21-A22) Finland, see Russia Exports Natural Gas Imports, oil, 18(A13) Firebird Management, 9(A6-A7) Fischer-Tropsch Process, 2(D1) Ford Motor Company Electric Think Vehicles, 43(A17) Ford Power Products Ecostar Genset, 33(A22) France, see Russia Exports Natural Gas Consumption Gas, 42(A2) Oil, 29(A11) Gas Market, 51/52(A16) Imports LNG, 31(D2) Algeria, 31(D2) Nigeria, 31(D2) Qatar, 31(D2) Oil, 18(A13); 20(A9) LNG Terminals, 31(D4) Policy Energy Market Liberalization, 10(A21); 12(A22); 48(A8) Oil, 39(A4) Prices, LNG, 31(D5) Friends of the Earth, 33(A21-A22) FSU, see Energy Charter Treaty Consumption, oil, 49(A11) Demand, oil, 4(A9); 5(A11); 7(A9); 11(A5); 15(A9); 20(A6); 24(A8); 29(A10); 33(A12); 37(A6); 42(A10); 46(A8); 50(A17) Exports Oil, 6(A9); 11(A4); 20(A9); 25(A2); 29(D3); 37(D5-D6) Japan, 17(A10) Petroleum Products, 20(A9) Production, oil, 20(A9); 24(A7); 25(A6); 29(D4); 36(D1); 37(D5-D6) Cutback, 37(D5)

Reserves Oil, 27(A15-A16) Oil Shales, 48(A2) Supply, oil, 4(A9); 7(A9); 11(A5); 15(A9); 20(A6); 24(A8); 29(A10); 33(A12); 37(A6); 42(A10); 46(A8); 50(A17) Gabon Exports, oil, US, 9(A6); 51/52(A10) GDP, 5(A15) Revenues, oil, 5(A15) GAIL, 13(D7) Gas Market Continental Europe, 51/52(A15-A16) Gas Natural, 42(A2) Gassco, 16(A10,A11) Gasunie, 14(A16); 38(A12); 51/52(A15) GATT, 25(D1,D3,D5,D6) Gazprom, 15(D6); 21(A16); 22(A8); 25(D2,D5); 35(D3); 45(D3,D4,D5, D6); 51/52(A15) Exports, natural gas, 14(A15,A16); 29(A8) Production, oil, 12(A8) GCC, 6(D1-D4); 15(D6-D7); 35(A18); 49(D4) GCCIA Power Grid, 46(A21,D4) Membership, 2(A18) Policy, oil, 44(A8) Political Weapon, oil, 14(A1-A2) GDF, 10(A21); 13(D7); 31(D4); 48(A8) GDP, 30(D1-D6); 33(A9); 41(A6); 45(A2); 46(A9) Arab Countries, 32(A10,A11) GDP Associates, Inc, 42(D1-D5) GECF, 6(A6-A7); 32(D1-D3); 38(A12- A13) Press Release, 6(A8) G8, 18(D1); 42(D2) Oil Policy, 19(A7) Gelsenberg, 8(A13) General Electric, 13(D7) Germany, see Russia Exports Natural Gas Consumption, oil, 29(A11) Exports, oil, 18(A13) Gas Market, 51/52(A16) Imports, oil, 18(A13); 20(A9) Production, oil, 47(A7) Giant Oilfields, 13(A10-A14) Global Energy Developments Implications for Arab World, 21(A3- A4); 22(D1-D4) Global Energy Policy Interrelationship, 6(D1,D2) Dependence on Middle East Oil, 36(D1-D8); 37(D1-D7) The Role of Natural Gas, 35(D1-D5) Global Witness, 33(A21-A22) GNI Research, 1(A9) G9, 42(D2) Greece, see Pipelines Oil Burgas/Alex-

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androupolis; Russia Exports Natural Gas Exports, oil, 18(A13) Imports LNG, 31(D2) Algeria, 31(D2) Nigeria, 31(D2) Oil, 18(A13) LNG Terminals, 31(D4) GTL Products, 48(A9-A10) Viability in Asia, 2(D1-D3) Hellenic Petroleum, 21(A15); see also BP Sale of Retail and Inland Fuel Busi- ness in Cyprus to Hetco, 9(A6-A7); 48(A4-A6) Hizbollah, 14(A2) Honda Fuel-Cell Vehicles, 31(A16) HPCL Refining, oil, 13(A7,A8); 16(A14); 19(A8,A9) HSBC, 48(A9-A10); 49(A19) The European Gas Market, 51/52(A15-A16) Hungary, see Russia Exports Natural Gas Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co Ltd, 21(A16) Hyundai Oil Refinery Co Oil Refining Capacity, 30(A9) IASPS, 31(A3) IBC Energy Conferences, 3(A21); 35(A19) IBC Global Conferences, 11(A19) IBC Gulf Conferences, 4(A20); 22(A19); 27(A4-A5) ICC, 42(D3) ICOPP, 38(D1-D5) IDBI, 13(D6-D7) IEA, 1(A4); 5(A10); 6(A8,A9); 7(A5- A6); 9(D4,D7); 12(A4-A5,A6,A7); 13(A7); 15(A2); 16(D3); 17(A7,A9, D1); 18(A2,D1-D4); 20(A4,A7,A8); 21(D1-D3); 23(A5); 24(A4,A9-A10); 25(A1,A2); 26(A2,A3-A4); 27(A15- A16,A23,D5); 29(A6,D6); 30(A9, A13); 31(D3,D5); 33(A9); 35(A2-A3, A4); 36(A2); 37(A2-A3,D1,D2,D3, D4); 38(A3-A4,A10,A12); 39(A4,A5, D2,D4,D6); 40(A8); 43(A5,D1); 44(A18,A19); 45(A2); 47(D2,D6); 48(A1-A2,A4,A5,A6,D2,D4,D5,D6); 49(A6); 50(A3,A4); 51/52(D8) Cooperation with OPEC, 47(A8) Energy Experts' Meeting, 6(D1-D4) Energy Policies of IEA Countries: The US 2000 Review, 18(A10) Oil Market Report, 3(A5); 4(A8-A9); 7(A8-A10); 11(A1,A4-A5); 12(A2); 13(A9-A10); 15(A8-A10); 18(D4); 20(A5-A7,A9); 24(A7-A8); 28(A7- A8); 29(A8-A10); 32(A2); 33(A11- A12); 37(A5-A6); 41(A6); 42(A8- A10); 46(A7-A8); 50(A15-A17); 51/52(A12-A13)

Russia Energy Survey 2002, 12(A7- A10); 14(A14-A17) World Energy Outlook 2002, 39(A8- A10); 42(A5-A6); 45(A12-A13) Energy and Poverty, 44(A9-A11) IEEJ, 2(D1-D3); 31(A11-A12); 39(A3, D1-D3); 46(A10-A11); 47(A4-A5) IFAD, 22(D3) IFR-Pegasus, 1(A9) IIR, 29(A21) IISS, 33(A21-A22) Beijing's Oil Diplomacy, 20(A7-A9) Illiteracy Arab Countries, 49(D4) IMERYS, 15(A15) IMF, 10(D2); 30(D1,D4,D6); 44(A20); 47(D1,D2,D3,D6) Hedging Governmental Oil Price Risk, 5(A14-A15) IMO, 51/52(A22) Imperial Oil Resources, 2(A11) Imports LNG Asia-Pacific, 31(D2) Europe, 31(D1-D2,D4-D5,D6-D7) North America, 31(D1-D2,D6,D7) Oil, 20(A9) Asia-Pacific, 4(A10); 15(A8) Product Specifications, 5(A13-A14); 15(A8) East Asia, 48(D4) Inchon Oil Refinery Co Oil Refining Capacity, 30(A9) India Consumption, oil, 25(A7); 29(A11); 49(A11) Demand Oil, 15(A7); 24(A7); 33(A11); 45(A13) Petroleum Products, 43(A4) Exports, petroleum products, 19(A8- A9) Imports LNG, 13(D5,D6-D7) Oil, 13(A7); 19(A9); 20(A9) Policy, oil, 39(A5) Abolition of APM, 13(A7-A8); 16(A13); 19(A8) Production, oil, 13(A7); 19(A8) Refining, oil, 16(A13-A14); 19(A8- A9); 26(A11) Supply, oil, 45(A13) Indonesia Consumption, oil, 29(A11) Demand, oil, 15(A7); 45(A13) Exports LNG, 32(D2) China, 45(D5) Natural Gas, 32(D2) Oil Japan, 17(A10) US, 9(A5); 51/52(A10) Production Natural Gas, 32(D2) Oil, 2(A5); 7(A4); 11(A3); 17(A6);

19(A4,A5); 25(A4); 29(A5,A11); 30(A5); 33(A3); 37(A4); 42(A6); 43(A3); 47(A2); 48(A5); 50(A6); 51/52(A13) Capacity, 27(D5); 29(A5); 48(A5, A6); 51/52(A13) Spare, 29(A5); 48(A5) Ceiling, 27(D5) Cutback, 1(A3) Quota, 1(A3); 2(A5); 7(A4); 11(A3); 17(A6); 19(A4,A5); 25(A4); 27(D4,D5); 29(A5); 30(A5); 33(A3); 37(A4); 43(A3); 47(A2); 48(A5); 50(A3,A6) Reserves Natural Gas, 32(D2) Oil, 29(A11); 42(A6) Supply, oil, 45(A13) Inpex, 21(A16); 41(A11); 46(A11) InpexABK, 41(A11) Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, 24(A19) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 9(D1) International Energy Associates, 37(D1- D7) International Energy Forum, 6(D2,D4); 17(A9); 18(D1); 21(D3); 30(A6); 35(A1) Secretariat, 6(D3) International Energy Forum, 8th, 19(A7); 32(A6); 38(A3); 39(A3-A5, A8-A10,D2,D3-D6); 41(A14-A16, D1-D7); 43(D1-D5); 44(A18-A19); 46(D3); 51/52(D1-D9) Permanent Secretariat in Riyadh, 39(A3,A5,D2,D5,D6,D7); 50(D4) International Relations US-Russia-China-India Entente, 42(D1-D5) Interros, see Russia Petroleum Share- holders Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Com- mission, 26(D1) Intertanko, 51/52(A22) Investments in Arab Gas, Refining and Petrochemical Projects, 21(A5-A6) IOC, 13(A7,A8) Refining, oil, 16(A13-A14); 19(A8,A9) IPE, 2(A5,A6); 15(A1,A3-A4); 27(A6); 37(A7-A8) IRA, 42(D2,D5) Ireland Imports, oil, 18(A13) Irkutsk, see Russia Petroleum Share- holders Italy, see Russia Exports Natural Gas Consumption Gas, 42(A2) Oil, 29(A11) Demand, gas, 42(A2) Imports LNG, 31(D2) Algeria, 31(D2) Nigeria, 31(D2)

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Oil, 18(A13); 20(A9) LNG Supplies Edison, 49(A19) LNG Terminals, 31(D4) BG Group, 47(A7) Natural Gas Supplies Edison, 49(A19) Enel, 49(A19) Energia, 49(A19) Eni, 49(A19) Prices, LNG, 31(D5) Production, gas, 49(A19) Itochu Oil Exploration Co Ltd, 21(A16); 46(A10-A11) Japan, see Russia Pipelines Natural Gas Consumption, oil, 25(A7); 29(A11); 49(A11) Demand LNG, 42(A2-A3); 45(D5) Oil, 15(A7); 45(A13) Petroleum Products, 17(A9); 33(A14-A15) Electricity Generation Fossil Fuel Demand, 41(A12) Nuclear Reactors, 41(A12) GDP, 17(A9) Imports LNG, 13(D2-D4); 35(D2) Oil, 17(A9-A10); 20(A9) Angola, 17(A10) Australia, 17(A10) Brunei, 17(A10) China, 17(A10) Ecuador, 17(A10) FSU, 17(A10) Indonesia, 17(A10) Iran, 17(A10) Iraq, 17(A10) Kuwait, 17(A10) Malaysia, 17(A10) Mexico, 17(A10) Middle East, 37(D1,D2) Neutral Zone, 17(A10) Nigeria, 17(A10) Oman, 17(A10) Qatar, 17(A10) Saudi Arabia, 17(A10) Sudan, 17(A10) Thailand, 17(A10) Timor, 17(A10) Vietnam, 17(A10) Yemen, 17(A10) Petroleum Products, 20(A9) Kyoto Protocol Ratification of, 23(A22-A23) Policy, oil, Restructuring Plan, 21(A14-A15); 30(A14); 31(A12-A13); 41(A10- A11); 43(A13); 46(A10-A11) Prices, natural gas, 32(D2) Production, oil, 41(A11); 49(A10) Refining, oil, 17(A9); 26(A12); 33(A14-A15) Stocks, oil, 22(A6,A7); 31(A13) Japan Energy, 33(A14)

Japex, 41(A11); 46(A10-A11) JNOC, 51/52(D1-D9) Dissolution of, 21(A14-A15); 30(A14); 31(A12-A13); 41(A10- A11); 43(A13); 46(A10-A11) Jodco, 41(A11); 46(A11) JP Morgan, 2(A6); 3(A5); 9(A2); 12(A6, A7); 15(A3); 19(A2); 23(A5); 29(A6- A7); 30(A6); 32(A2); 33(A5-A6); 34(A8); 35(A8); 37(A3); 38(A7); 39(A2-A3); 44(A5); 46(A5); 51/52(A9-A10) Kaliningradmorneftegaz, see Russia Exports Oil Kawaski Heavy Industries, 31(D3) Kerr-McGee, 35(A11,A12) Koch Industries, 40(A7); 51/52(A11) KOGAS, 13(D9) Korea (South) Consumption, oil, 25(A7); 29(A11); 49(A11) Demand, oil, 15(A7); 45(A13) Imports, oil, 20(A9) Refining, oil, Capacity, 30(A9) Stocks, oil, 22(A6,A7) Kuwait Institute of Scientific Research, 27(A12-A15) Latsis Group, 21(A15) Lattice Group, 31(D4); 38(A12) Lehman Brothers, 26(A12) LG-Caltex Oil Corporation Oil Refining Capacity, 30(A9) LNG Japan Corporation, 13(D3,D9) LNG Market, 13(D1-D8); 31(D1-D7); 35(D1-D2,D5); 42(A1-A3) Middle East Exporters, 13(D8-D9) LNG Projects, 8(A7-A8); 31(D5,D6- D7) Cost, 31(D2-D3) Middle East, 8(A7) Lukoil, 7(A7); 12(A9); 36(D3); see also Cyprus Petroleum Products Distribu- tion and Retail Market Production, oil, 12(A8) Refining, oil, 12(A8) Reserves, oil, 12(A8) Lukoil Bulgaria, 21(A15) Lundin Petroleum, 2(A11) Lyondell, 6(A8-A9) Madagascar Resources in Place Extra-Heavy Oil and Natural Bitu- men, 27(A16) Maharashtra State Electricity Board, 13(D6) Major Private Oil Companies Reserves: Volumes, Values and Impli- cations, 19(D1-D5) Malaysia Exports LNG, 32(D2) Natural Gas, 32(D2) Oil Japan, 17(A10)

Production, natural gas, 32(D2) Reserves, natural gas, 32(D2) Marathon Ashland, 4(A6); 5(A10); 10(A2); 19(A6); 35(A12); 47(A20); 51/52(A11) Maraven, 10(D3) Market Stability Gas, 14(A13-A14) Oil, 1(A1-A4,A5-A7); 9(D3-D8); 12(A2-A4,A5-A6,D1-D5); 14(A6- A7,A14); 15(A1-A3); 18(A2); 21(D1- D3); 22(D1-D4); 24(A11); 25(A1- A3,A5); 27(D1-D4); 32(A6); 36(A1- A2,D1-D8); 37(D1-D7); 38(A1-A3, A5); 39(A3-A5,D1-D7); 45(A1-A3); 47(A8); 51/52(D8-D9) Marketing LNG, 13(D1-D9) Natural Gas Arab Countries, 6(A21) MBR-200, 10(D1-D2) MEED Conferences, 39(A17) MENA Production, oil, 25(A7) Reserves, oil, 25(A7) MENA Energy, 8(A19) Merrill Lynch, 6(A9); 8(A2); 9(A2); 10(A3); 13(A7); 19(A2); 21(A2); 22(A4-A5); 24(A5); 27(A6); 30(A6- A7); 31(A4); 40(A11); 45(A6) Global Energy Conference, 46(A9- A10) Mexico Budget Oil Price Assumption, 9(A8) Consumption, oil, 29(A11); 49(A11) Demand, oil, 45(A13) Exports, oil, 7(A6); 9(A8); 20(A9) Cutback, 1(A3); 2(A6); 3(A5); 7(A5, A6); 9(A8); 14(A2); 19(A2); 25(A5) Japan, 17(A10) US, 9(A6); 18(A10); 51/52(A9,A10, A11-A12) GDP, 5(A15) Production, oil, 1(A3); 3(A8); 9(A8); 20(A9); 29(A11,D3,D4); 42(A6,A9); 49(A10) Cutback, 5(D3); 7(A9); 15(A3) Reserves, oil, 29(A11); 42(A6); 48(A2) Revenues, oil, 5(A15) Supply, oil, 45(A13) MFC, 13(D1-D9); 31(D1-D7) Middle East Association, 11(A19) Mitsubishi, 46(A10-A11); see also Russia Development PSA Sakhalin-2 Mitsui, see Russia Development PSA Sakhalin-2 MMAJ Dissolution of, 21(A14); 30(A14) Mobil, 13(D1); 31(D1) Mocal Energy Ltd, 2(A11) MOECO, 41(A11) Morgan Stanley, 2(A6); 51/52(A11) Mossgas GTL Project, 48(A10)

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Motiva Delaware City Refinery, 4(A6) Mubaraz Oil, 41(A12) Murphy Oil Company, 2(A11); 35(A12) NAFTA, 25(D1,D2,D3,D4) Nalcosa Energy Consulting Services, 14(A13-A14); 26(A2,A3-A4); 27(D1- D5); 38(A3-A4) National Council on US-Arab Relations, 34(A19); 37(D1-D7) NATO, 42(D4) Natural Gas Market, 15(A11,D1-D9); 16(A9-A11); 35(D1-D5); see also FGEC Middle East, 24(A1-A4) Netherlands Consumption, oil, 29(A11) Exports, oil, 18(A13) Imports, oil, 18(A13); 20(A9) Production, oil, 9(A11); 47(A7) New Zealand Consumption, oil, 49(A11) Demand, oil, 45(A13) Production, oil, 49(A10) Nexen Inc, 2(A11); see also Canada Oil Sands Development Projects NGOs "Publish What You Pay" Campaign, 33(A21-A22) Nigeria Budget, 31(A3) Debts, external debt, 31(A3); 35(A9) Demand, gas, 33(D5) Electricity Generation, 33(D5) Exports LNG, 31(D2); 32(D2) Belgium, 31(D2) France, 31(D2) Greece, 31(D2) Italy, 31(D2) Portugal, 31(D2) Spain, 31(D2) Turkey, 31(D2) US, 31(D2) Oil, 20(A9) EU, 18(A12) Japan, 17(A10) US, 9(A5); 18(A10); 51/52(A10) GDP, 5(A15); 33(D1) GTL Plant NNPC/ChevronTexaco, 33(D5) LNG Projects, 33(D5) Agip/Phillips Petroleum, 33(D5) Statoil/Shell, 33(D5) Pipelines, gas, West African Gas Pipeline Project, 33(D5) Policy Gas, 33(D4-D5) NNDC Bill, 33(D2) Oil Downstream, 33(D5-D7) OPEC Membership, 31(A2-A3); 46(A11) Upstream, 33(D1-D4)

Petroleum Products, 33(D7) Petroleum Equalization Fund, 33(D7) Petroleum Technology Development Fund, 33(D7-D9) Political Crisis, 33(A10-A11) Prices, oil, 4(A8); 8(A8); 12(A13); 17(A8); 21(A12); 29(A7); 31(A7); 34(A10); 38(A9); 43(A6); 47(A6) Production LNG, 33(D5) LPG, 33(D5) Natural Gas, 32(D2); 33(D4) Oil, 2(A4,A5); 7(A4); 11(A3); 17(A6); 19(A5); 25(A4); 29(A5, A11); 30(A5); 31(A2); 32(A1); 33(A2,A3,A4); 37(A4); 42(A6); 43(A3); 47(A2); 48(A5); 50(A6); 51/52(A13) Capacity, 27(D5); 29(A5); 31(A2); 32(A1); 33(D3,D4); 35(A2); 43(A7); 48(A5,A6); 51/52(A13) Spare, 29(A5); 48(A5) Ceiling, 27(D5) ChevronTexaco, 33(A2) Cutback, 1(A3) Quota, 1(A3); 2(A5); 7(A4); 11(A3); 17(A6); 19(A5); 25(A4); 27(D4,D5); 29(A5); 30(A5); 31(A2-A3); 32(A1); 33(A3); 35(A2); 36(A2); 37(A4); 43(A2, A3,A7); 46(A11); 47(A2); 48(A5, A7); 49(A2); 50(A3,A6) SPDC, 48(A7) Refining, oil, 33(D5-D6) Reserves Foreign Exchange, 31(A3); 35(A9) Natural Gas, 32(D1); 33(D4) Oil, 29(A11); 31(A3); 33(D3,D4); 42(A6) Revenues, oil, 5(A15); 35(A9) NIOC, 6(A6) Nippon Oil, 33(A14) Nixon Center, 42(A4) NNPC, 33(D6,D7); see also Nigeria GTL Plant Norsk Hydro, 16(A11); 29(A8); 35(A12) Non-Proprietorial vs Proprietorial Governance, oil, 27(A22-A24) Norsk Hydro, 43(A17) Norway, see Pipelines Natural Gas CO2 Emissions, 16(A10,A11) Exports Gas, 32(D2) EU, 16(A9-A11); 29(A8) Oil, 20(A9) EU, 18(A12) US, 9(A6); 18(A10): 51/52(A10) GDP, 5(A14,A15); 28(A10) LNG Export Projects, 16(A10); 31(D5,D6) Policy Gas, 16(A9-A11); 28(A10-A11) Oil, 6(D1-D4); 28(A10-A11); 39(A4); 41(D5); see also Energy

Charter Treaty Prices, oil, 44(A19) Production Gas, 16(A10); 28(A10); 32(D2) Capacity, 16(A11) Oil, 1(A3); 3(A5); 7(A5,A6); 9(A10, A11); 19(A2); 20(A9); 28(A10); 29(A11,D3); 39(A4); 42(A6); 47(A7) Cutback, 1(A3); 2(A6); 3(A5); 5(D3); 6(A9); 7(A5,A6,A9); 11(A2); 14(A2); 15(A2-A3,A9); 19(A2); 21(A2); 25(A5); 28(A8, A10) Reserves Condensate, 16(A10,A11) Gas, 16(A10,A11); 28(A10); 32(D2) Oil, 16(A10); 28(A10); 29(A11); 42(A6) Revenues, oil, 5(A14,A15); 28(A10) NPRA, 12(A6) NYK, 31(D3,D4) NYMEX, 1(A9); 2(A5); 5(A10); 8(A2); 9(A2); 10(A3); 15(A1,A8); 16(A2); 18(A3); 19(A2); 22(A4,A6); 24(A4); 26(A10); 27(A6); 31(A4); 36(A3); 45(A6); 48(A7,A8) OAPEC Arab Oil Refining Industry, 27(A12- A15) Energy Consumption, 21(A4); 32(A10-A12) Natural Gas, 32(A10,A11) Oil Products, 32(A10,A11,A12) Marketed Natural Gas, 6(A21) NGL Production, 6(A21) Secretary General, 1(A19) OAS, 44(A8); 47(A9); 50(A11,A12) OAU, 42(D2) Occidental Petroleum, 35(A12) OECD, 2(A10); 3(A5); 18(D1,D4); 25(D2); 43(D1); 44(A11); 45(A2); 49(D4,D5) Consumption Gas, 39(A10) Oil, 39(A9,A10) Demad Oil, 4(A8,A9); 10(A9,A10); 11(A5); 13(A10); 15(A9); 18(D2); 20(A5, A6); 21(A13); 24(A7,A8); 27(A23); 28(A7,A10); 29(A9,A10,D1-D2, D3); 32(A2); 33(A11,A12); 37(A6, A7,D2); 39(A9,A10); 41(A6,A12); 42(A9,A10); 45(A13); 46(A8); 50(A16,A17) Petroleum Products, 24(A8); 43(A4) Imports, oil, 37(D2-D3) Middle East, 37(D1,D2-D3) Policy Electricity Generation, 41(A15,A16) Oil, 17(D1-D2); 37(D1-D4) Prices, oil, 21(D3); 32(D2) Production, oil, 29(D4); 37(D2) Refining, oil, 7(A10) Stocks

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Oil, 4(A9); 6(A19-A20); 7(A9,A10); 10(A11); 11(A4,A5); 12(A2); 14(A2); 15(A8,A9,A10); 19(A8); 20(A6,A7); 21(A2); 22(A6,A7); 24(A5,A7-A8,A9); 26(A10); 28(A9); 29(A10); 30(A6-A7); 33(A12); 37(A6); 38(A7,A11); 42(A9,A10); 43(A3); 46(A5,A7, A8); 50(A16,A17,A18) Petroleum Products, 4(A9); 7(A9, A10); 11(A5); 15(A10); 20(A6,A7); 24(A8); 26(A10); 29(A10); 33(A12); 37(A6); 42(A10); 46(A7, A8); 50(A16,A17) Supply, oil, 45(A13) OFID, see OPEC Ohanet O&G, 41(A11) OIC, 42(D2) OIES, 4(A20); 15(D1); 19(D1-D5); 21(A3-A4); 27(A22-A24); 32(D1-D3); 33(A8-A9) 20th Anniversary, 50(A20,D1-D5) OLADE, 17(A9); 39(A5,D6) OME, 35(D1-D5) OMV, 12(A9); 35(A12) Onako Production, oil, 12(A8) Refining, oil, 12(A8) Reserves, oil, 12(A8) ONGC, see Russia Development PSA Sakhalin-1 E&P Budget, 26(A12) OPEC, 17(A9); 21(A3-A4); 22(D1- D4); 31(D2,D3); 39(A5,D6); 41(A14- A16); 42(D2); 43(D1,D3) Cooperation with IEA, 47(A8) Demand, oil, 1(A4); 4(A9); 6(A19); 7(A9); 10(A10); 11(A5); 12(A4-A5, A6,D1-D2,D3,D4-D5); 13(A10); 15(A6,A9); 18(A2); 20(A6); 21(D1, D2); 24(A7,A8); 26(A2,A3-A5); 29(A9,A10,D1-D6); 30(A5-A6); 32(A2); 33(A10,A11,A12); 34(A8); 35(A3,A4); 37(A2,A5,A6,D2,D3, D5); 38(A3); 39(A1-A2); 42(A10); 43(A5); 45(A2,A3,A5,A12); 46(A7, A8,D3); 50(A3,A4,A15,A16,A17) Dialogue with Energy Charter, 49(A6- A7) Economic Commission Board, 29(D1- D6) Energy Dominance Issue, 9(A6-A7, D3-D8) Exports, oil, 29(D3) EU, 18(A12) US, 9(A5,A6) Future of OPEC, 26(D1-D4); 27(A22- A24) Membership, 31(A2-A3); 46(A11); 50(A7) Kyoto Protocol, 45(A2) Long-Service Awards for Journalism, 12(A12) MOU with UNCTAD, 30(A5) OFID, 22(D3)

Osaka Meeting, 32(A6); 36(A1-A2); 37(A1-A4); 38(A1-A3,A5) Political Weapon, oil, 15(A1-A2); 16(A1,A2,A12); 17(A5,D1-D4); 18(A1); 19(A4); 23(A14); 36(A2); 37(D2) Press Releases, 1(A4); 12(A5-A6); 26(A5); 38(A5); 50(A2,A5); 51/52(A9) Prices., oil, 1(A1-A2,A5-A6,A7,A9); 2(A7); 3(A6); 4(A6,A7,A8-A9); 5(A10,A11,D1-D3); 6(A9); 7(A7, A8); 8(A3,A4,A6,A7,A8); 9(A3); 10(A3,A11); 11(A1,A3); 12(A1,A2- A3,A6,A7,A11-A12,D1,D2,D3-D5); 13(A6,A7); 14(A1-A3); 15(A1-A4, A6,A7,A10); 16(A1-A2,A13,D1-D3); 17(A7-A8,D1-D2); 18(A1-A2,A3); 19(A3,A8); 20(A4,A5); 21(A2,A13, A14,D1-D3); 22(A5); 23(A5); 24(A5, A9,A11); 25(A1-A3,A6,A17-A18); 26(A1,A2,A5,A10,D1-D4); 27(A6, D2-D3); 28(A8,A9,A10); 29(A7,D1, D5-D6); 30(A5-A6,A7,A12,A13- A14); 31(A5); 32(A1-A2,A6); 33(A6, A7,A9-A10); 34(A7,A8,A9); 35(A2, A3,A7-A8); 36(A1-A2,A3,D1-D2, D5-D7); 37(A3,A7,D2,D3,D5); 38(A1-A3,A11,D2-D5); 39(A3,A4); 40(A11); 41(A6-A7); 42(A8); 43(A4, A5); 44(A6); 45(A1,A2,A5,A6); 46(A6,A9); 47(A1-A2,A3-A4,D6); 48(A1,A2,A8); 49(A8); 50(A8-A9, A12,A13,D2); 51/52(A11,A12) Band Mechanism, 1(A1,A2,A5); 11(A1-A2); 12(A3,A7,A12,D1,D3, D4,D5); 14(A6); 15(A2); 16(D1, D3-D4); 18(D1-D2,D4); 19(A1); 21(A13,A14); 26(D3); 29(A6); 32(A13); 33(A6,A9,A10); 36(D7); 37(A2); 38(A1,A2); 39(A1,A4); 40(A10); 42(A7); 44(A18,A19, A20); 45(A2,A3); 46(A11,A12-A13, D2); 47(A8,D4-D5); 49(A1-A2); 50(A1,A2,A5,D3); 51/52(A10) Spot, 1(A12); 6(A12); 10(A15); 14(A21); 19(A12); 23(A9); 27(A10); 32(A9); 37(A9); 41(A10); 45(A8); 49(A9) War Premium, 37(A1,A2-A3); 38(A2,A11); 39(A1-A2); 40(A10); 41(A6,A7); 42(A7,A9); 43(A3,A5); 47(A3); 51/52(A10-A11) Production NGL, 29(A9,A10); 37(D4) Non-Conventional Oil, 49(A11) Oil, 2(A4,A5); 3(A8); 4(A8,A9); 5(A10); 7(A3-A4,A9); 8(A6); 11(A3-A5); 12(D3,D4); 13(A12- A13); 14(A2); 15(A6,A9); 16(A1, A12-A13); 17(A5-A6,D1-D2); 19(A4-A5); 20(A6); 24(A4,A7,A8, A9,A11); 25(A3-A4,A18); 29(A5, A9,D4-D6); 30(A4-A5,A13,A14); 31(A3,A4); 32(A2,A13); 33(A2-A3,

A6,A10,A12); 34(A8); 35(A2,A3); 36(D6); 37(A2,A3-A4,A6,A7,D4); 38(A11-A12,D4,D5); 41(A6); 42(A9,A10); 43(A2-A3,A5); 44(A5, A9); 45(A1-A2,A3,A12); 46(A8, A9); 47(A1-A2,D5); 48(A3,A5); 49(A7,A10,A11); 50(A1,A3,A6, A15-A16,A17,A18); 51/52(A10, A13) Capacity, 10(A10); 27(D5); 29(A5, A6); 32(A1); 48(A4-A5,A6); 51/52(A13) Spare, 5(D1); 6(A8); 11(A2); 12(A2,A3,D2,D3); 29(A5,A6); 31(A5); 37(D4-D5); 38(A13); 45(A1); 48(A4,A5); 51/52(D8- D9) Ceiling, 2(A4); 7(A3,A4); 27(D2, D3,D5); 30(A4); 37(A1-A2,D3); 38(A1-A2,A5); 41(A6); 47(D5); 49(A1,A2); 50(A1,A2,A5,A10) Cutback, 1(A1-A3,A4,A5-A6,A8- A9); 2(A4-A5,A6); 3(A5,A7-A8); 4(A6,A7,A8); 5(A10,D1,D2,D3); 6(A8-A9,A19); 7(A3,A4,A5-A6, A7,A9); 8(A1-A2,A3-A4,A6-A7); 9(A1-A2,A6); 10(A1-A2,A3,A11); 11(A2,A9,A10); 12(A3,A5-A6, A11-A12,D2,D4); 13(A10); 14(A6-A7); 15(A2-A3,A8,A10); 16(A13); 18(A2,D1,D2,D4); 19(A8); 20(A4); 21(A1-A2,A14, D2); 24(A5); 25(A2,A5,A6); 27(D1); 28(A7); 36(D2); 37(D5); 50(A1,A2,A3,A5,A12); 51/52(A10) Market Share, 1(A6,A7); 4(A8-A9); 5(D1-D3); 8(A3); 12(D1); 14(A6); 15(A7); 21(A13); 25(A18); 26(D3, D4); 29(D4,D5-D6); 30(A13); 37(D3,D5); 48(A1,A3); 50(A9- A10,A15) Quota, 1(A2,A3,A6-A7); 2(A4,A5); 5(D1,D2); 7(A3,A4); 10(A11); 11(A1,A2,A3); 12(A1-A2,A3,A4- A5,A6); 14(A6); 15(A7); 16(A1- A2,A12,A13); 17(A5,A6); 18(A2, D1); 19(A1,A2,A4,A5,A8); 22(A4); 24(A7,A9,A11); 25(A1, A2,A4,A6,A17,A18); 26(A1-A2, A5,A10,D3,D4); 27(D1-D5); 28(A9-A10); 29(A5-A6); 30(A4, A5-A6,A7,A12); 31(A2-A3,A4); 32(A1-A2,A13); 33(A2,A3,A6,A9, A10); 35(A1-A3,A5,A7-A8); 36(A1-A2); 37(A1-A4,A7,D5,D6); 38(A1-A3,A5,A7,A11,D3); 40(A10); 41(A6); 42(A7); 43(A2, A3,A5,A7); 44(A7-A8,A9,A19); 45(A1,A2,A3,A5,A6); 46(A5,A9, A11); 47(A1-A2,A3); 48(A5,A7); 49(A1-A2,A6); 50(A1-A3,A6,A8, A11,A12) Swing Producer, 21(D2); 38(D3) Reserves, oil, 36(D4,D5-D6); 42(A5-

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A6); 43(A5); 46(A10); 48(A3,A7) Revenues, oil, 15(A6); 26(D3-D4); 29(D5,D6); 33(A9,A10); 36(D5-D6) Secretary General, 17(A6); 20(A4); 22(A4); 24(A10); 25(A2); 26(A5,D1- D4) Supply NGL, 4(A9); 7(A9); 11(A5); 13(A10); 15(A9); 20(A6); 24(A8); 29(A10); 33(A12); 35(A3,A4); 37(A2,A6); 38(A4); 42(A10); 45(A13); 46(A8); 50(A4,A16,A17) Oil, 13(A10); 16(A2); 17(A7-A8); 19(A2); 26(A2-A3); 29(D4); 33(A10); 35(A2-A4); 38(A3,A4); 39(A10,D2,D4); 41(A6); 42(A7); 43(D5); 45(A13); 49(A1,A2); 50(A16) Disruption of, 12(D2-D3,D4) Market Share, 17(D1) Security of, 47(A3) US Antitrust Ruling, 32(A6) US Military Intervention in Iraq, 33(A8-A9); 36(A1,A2); 38(A1-A2, A3,A11-A12); 45(A1-A2); 47(A3); 49(A1,A2) US Strategy, 50(A7-A10) OPTI Canada, see Canada Oil Sands De- velopment Projects Ormat Industries, 2(A11) Osaka Gas Company, 13(D9); 31(D3, D4); 42(A2) Oxfam, 33(A21-A22) Oxford Energy Forum, 32(D1-D3) Oxford Energy Policy Club, 15(D1) Pakistan, see Pipelines Natural Gas Turkmenistan/Afghanistan/Pakistan Demand, oil, 33(A11) PanCanadian, 35(A12) PDVSA, 1(D1,D2,D3); 2(A6); 6(A8- A9); 8(A8); 10(D2,D3); 18(A1); 19(A4); 21(A1,A11-A12); 22(A4); 23(A6); 29(A6); 31(A3); 37(A3); 42(A7); 43(A7); 44(A7); 47(A3,A9); 48(A2,A6,A7,A8); see also Petrozuata Shareholders; Venezuela Sincor Heavy Crude Project Administrative Appointments, 23(A14) Assets, 23(A14) Board of Directors, 11(A10-A11); 12(A4,A11); 13(A15); 14(A5-A6); 15(A5-A6); 16(A2,A12); 17(A6-A7) Resignation of, 50(A11,A12) Exports, oil, 49(A7); 51/52(A9-A10) Force Majeure, 49(A5-A6); 50(A5, A12) GTL Projects, 2(D2) Politicization of, 46(A12) President's Appointment, 7(A6); 8(A8); 9(A8); 10(A11-A12,D2-D3); 17(A6); 18(A2); 24(A10); 25(A2); 26(A5,D1); 29(A4-A5) Production, oil, 49(A6); 51/52(A8, A12) Reserves, oil, 23(A14)

Workers Strike, 51/52(A8-A10,A11) PEL, 37(D3,D6) Pemex, 3(A5); 19(A4); 50(A20) E&P Budget, 26(A12) Exports, oil, 14(A2) Production, oil, 9(A8) Perez Companc, 35(A12) Petrobras, 33(A13); 35(A11,A12) Production Natural Gas, 12(A10) Oil, 12(A10) PetroCanada, 35(A12); see also Canada Oil Sands Development Projects Purchase of Veba Oil's Upstream Oil and Gas Assets, 8(A12-A14) PetroCanada Oil and Gas, 2(A11) Petrochemicals Industry Middle East, 23(A17) Petrochina, 31(A12); 35(A12); 45(D3, D5) E&P Budget, 26(A12) Petrofina, 19(D1) Petroleum Association of Japan, 17(A9- A10) Petrolina, see Cyprus Petroleum Pro- ducts Distribution and Retail Market Petrologistics, 5(A10); 7(A5) Petronas, 6(A22); 46(A11) Petronet, 13(D6) Petroplus International NV, 31(D4) Petrozuata, see Venezuela Production Syncrude Shareholders Conoco, 2(A10) PDVSA, 2(A10) PFC, 19(A3-A4) Developments in Projects to Export Oil and Gas from Russia to Asia, 45(D1-D6) NOC-IOC Relations and Their Impact on Investment in the Upstream Sector, 41(D1-D7) Urbanization and Energy Demand in China, 18(A11-A12) Philippines Abu Sayyaf Guerrilla Bases, 3(D1) Phillips Petroleum, 5(A10); 13(D1); 31(D1); 35(A12); see also Nigeria LNG Projects Pipelines Natural Gas, 35(A18) CentGas, 21(A16) Middle East, 24(A1-A4) Norway/UK, 38(A12) Turkmenistan/Afghanistan/Pakistan, 21(A16); 31(A16-A17) West/East Pipeline, 45(D3) Oil, 29(A11) Burgas/Alexandroupolis, 21(A15- A16) PIRA Energy Group, 3(A5); 26(A10- A11); 47(A19-A20) PIW, 48(A5) Platts, 9(A10-A11); 16(A12); 27(A3, A6); 33(A7)

MECO Futures Contract, 46(A6) Poland, see Russia Exports Natural Gas Political Weapon, oil, 14(A1-A2); 15(A1-A2,A8); 16(A1,A2); 17(A7,D1- D4); 18(A1); 19(A1,A4); 21(A1); 23(A14); 37(D1,D2); 40(A10); 46(D3); 47(A8) Population Arab Countries, 32(A10,A11); 49(D5) Portugal Imports LNG, 31(D2) Algeria, 31(D2) Nigeria, 31(D2) Oman, 31(D2) Qatar, 31(D2) Trinidad & Tobago, 31(D2) Oil, 18(A13) LNG Terminals, 31(D4) Poten & Partners, 40(A8-A9); 43(A4- A5); 51/52(A22) Naphtha Prognosis, 6(A20) Prewitt Enterprises, 32(A6) Prices LNG, 13(D3-D4,D8-D9); 31(D5-D7) Natural Gas, 24(A1-A4); 32(D2-D3); 51/52(A15-A16) Oil, 1(A8-A9); 2(A5-A7,A10); 3(A4- A6,A8); 4(A6-A7,A8-A9); 5(A10- A11); 6(A8-A9,A20); 7(A6-A8); 8(A1-A3); 9(A1-A3,A10-A11); 10(A1-A3,A10,A11); 11(A3); 12(A2, A3,A6-A7,A11-A12); 13(A6-A7); 14(A1-A3); 15(A1-A4,A8,A10); 16(A1-A2,A12,A13); 17(A7-A8,D1- D4); 18(A1-A3,D1-D4); 19(A1-A3, A8); 20(A4-A5); 21(A1-A2,D1-D3); 22(A4-A5,A6); 23(A4-A5); 24(A4- A5); 25(A1-A3,A5,A6); 26(A10,D1- D4); 27(A1,A3,A6,A23); 28(A7-A8); 29(A6-A7,D5-D6); 30(A5-A7); 31(A4-A5); 32(A2); 33(A5-A7); 34(A8-A9,A12-A13); 35(A7-A8); 36(A1-A3); 37(A3,A7-A8,D1,D2); 38(A7-A8,A9-A10,D1-D5); 39(A3, A4-A5,D4); 40(A11); 41(A6-A7); 42(A7-A8); 43(A3-A4,A5); 44(A6, A9); 45(A5-A6); 46(A6,A7,A8,A9, D2,D4); 47(A3-A5); 48(A7-A8); 49(A7-A8,A10); 50(A12-A13,A18, D1-D5); 51/52(A11,A12,A15,D8) Global Band Mechanism, 44(A18- A20) Hedging Strategy, 5(A14-A15) Impact on Economic Recovery, 47(D1-D6) Impact of Weak Dollar, 26(A10-A11) War Premium, 21(A1); 24(A4,A9); 30(A12,A13-A14); 31(A4); 32(A2); 37(A1,A2-A3,A5)38(A11); 39(A1- A2); 40(A10,A11); 41(A6,A7); 42(A7); 43(A3); 44(A5-A6); 44(A5- A6); 46(A5); 47(A3); 51/52(A10- A11) Refined Products, 34(A13)

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Primera Justicia, 43(A7) Production Natural Gas, 32(D2) Middle East, 15(D4) North Africa, 15(D4) NGL Arab Countries, 6(A21) Nonconventional Oil, 27(A15-A16); 48(A1-A3); 49(A11) Africa, 49(A11) Asia, 49(A11) Middle East, 49(A11) Non-OPEC, 49(A11) North America, 49(A11) South and Central America, 49(A11) Western Europe, 49(A11) Oil, 4(A9); 7(A9); 15(A9); 20(A9); 24(A7); 25(A6,A7); 29(A9,A10-A11, D4); 33(A12); 37(A6); 39(D3); 41(A6); 42(A6,A9); 46(A9-A10); 49(A11); 50(A16) Africa, 49(A11) Asia, 49(A11) Asia-Pacific, 4(A10); 15(A8); 29(D3, D4) Capacity, 15(A7) Spare, 50(D3-D4,D5); 51/52(D8- D9) Developing Countries, 49(A11) East Asia, 48(D3) Eastern Europe, 49(A11) Giant Oilfields, 13(A10-A14) Impact of War on Iraq, 48(A9) Industrialized Countries, 49(A10- A11) Latin America, 29(D3,D4); 49(A11) Middle East, 8(A5-A6); 10(A10); 15(D4); 29(D3,D4); 37(D1-D7); 49(A11) Non-OPEC, 2(A10); 3(A8); 4(A9); 5(D2-D3); 7(A9); 11(A4-A5); 13(A13); 15(A9); 20(A9); 25(A6); 29(D2,D3-D6); 30(A6,A13); 37(A6, D3,D5); 38(A12,D4-D5); 39(A4, D1); 41(A6); 42(A9); 45(A1,A2); 48(A3); 49(A10,A11); 50(A16) North Africa, 15(D4); 29(D3,D4); 49(A11) North Sea, 3(A8); 9(A10-A11); 16(A12); 29(A9,D3); 47(A7) South and Central America, 49(A11) West Africa, 3(A8); 29(D3); 49(A11) Western Europe, 29(D4); 49(A10) Prometheus Gas, 21(A15) Publications Received The Almanac of Russian and Caspian Petroleum 2002, 41(A21) The Arab Oil & Gas Directory 2002, 31(A19) Condensate Outlook East of Suez 2002: Natural Gas Boom Sparks Con- densate Comeback, 34(A19) EU-GCC Cooperation in the Field of Education, 8(A19) Europe, the Mediterranean and the

Middle East, 15(A18) Europe's Emerging Foreign Policy and the Middle East Challenge, 15(A18) Financial Markets in the GCC: Pros- pects for European Cooperation, 8(A19) Global Oil and the Nation State, 24(A22-A24) Governance, Human Rights, and the Case for Political Adaptation in the Gulf: Issues in the EU-GCC Political Dialogue, 8(A19) The Iraqi Oil and Gas Report - The Essential Guide to the Iraqi Oil and Gas Market, 8(A19) Market Dominance and Success: Stra- tegies of the World's Top 10 Energy Companies, 47(A19-A20) The Market for Heavy Sour Crude Oil in the US Gulf Coast: The PEMEX/ PDVSA Duopoly, 4(A20) The Political Economy of the Middle East, 35(A18-A19) Saudi Arabia to 2002-Oil and Gas, Economics, Government and Politics, 41(A21) State-Owned Enterprises in the Mid- dle East and North Africa - Privatiza- tion, Performance and Reforms, 39(A16-A17) Terrorism, Gulf Security and Palestine: Key Issues for an EU-GCC Dialogue, 8(A19) The World's Giant Oilfields, 13(A10- A14) Puerto Rico Imports, LNG, 31(D2) Oman, 31(D2) Trinidad & Tobago, 31(D2) LNG Terminal, 31(D6) Purvin and Gertz, 48(A3) LPG Market, 45(A8) Qa'ida al-, 3(D1,D2,D5,D6); 8(D5); 34(A11); 42(D1,D2,D3,D4,D5) Rand Corporation Power Point Report, 32(A13) Text, 32(D4-D6) Refining, oil, 7(A10) Asia-Pacific, 4(A10); 5(A13-A14); 26(A11-A12); 48(A9) Capacity, 39(A10) Quality Changes, 34(A12-A13) Relations between Gas Producting and Consuming Countries, 6(A6-A8); 32(D1-D3); 38(A10,A11) Relations between IOCs and NOCs, 19(A3-A4); 26(D3-D4); 27(A22- A24); 41(D1-D7) Relations between IOCs and OPEC, 14(A6-A7); 26(D1-D2) Relations between Oil Producing and Consuming Countries, 14(A6-A7); 18(D1-D4); 21(D1-D3); 26(D2-D4); 27(A24); 36(A2); 36(D1-D8); 39(A3- A5); 44(A18-A20); 50(D1-D5)

Dialogue, 6(D1-D4); 24(A11); 27(A23); 39(D2,D3-D7); 47(A8); 51/52(D7-D9) Relations between OPEC and Non- OPEC Oil Producing Countries, 24(A11); 36(D1-D2); 37(D5); 38(A5); 39(D1-D2); 45(A3) Cutback Issue, 1(A1-A3,A4,A5-A6,A8, A9); 2(A5-A6); 3(A4-A5,A7-A8); 4(A9); 5(A10,D1,D3); 6(A9); 7(A5- A6,A7,A9); 8(A1-A2,A3,A6); 9(A1- A2,A7,A8); 10(A1-A2,A11); 11(A2, A4,A9,A10); 12(A3,A4-A6,D2,D4- D5); 14(A2,A6); 15(A2-A3); 18(A2, D1,D2,D4); 19(A2); 21(A1-A2,A14); 25(A5); 26(A2,A5); 28(A8,A10,A11); 36(D2); 37(D5); 38(D4-D5) Energy Dominance Issue, 9(A6-A7, D3-D8) Market Stability, 32(A6) Oil Supplies, 33(A10) Reliance Petroleum Ltd Refining, oil, 13(A7,A8); 16(A13- A14); 19(A8,A9) Renault, 43(A17) Renewable Energy, 36(A15-A16) Rentech, 48(A10) Repsol-YPF, 19(D4); 35(A12); 47(A20) Reserves Natural Gas, 32(D2); 35(D3,D5); 46(A10) Africa, 33(D4) Major Private Oil Companies, 19(D1- D5) Middle East, 15(D4); 35(D3); 48(D4) North Africa, 15(D4) Oil, 25(A7); 29(A11); 35(A11-A12); 42(A5-A6); 46(A10); 48(A3); 50(D1) Major Private Oil Companies, 19(D1- D5) Middle East, 15(D4); 35(D3); 48(D4) Non-Conventional Resources, 27(A15-A16); 48(A3) Non-OPEC, 43(D4); 48(A3) North Africa, 15(D4) Revenues, oil, Hedging Strategy by Oil-Dependent Countries, 5(A14-A15) RIIA, 3(A21); 9(D3-D8); 34(A11-A12) Robertson's 2002 International New Ventures Survey, 12(A22) Rolls Royce, 43(A17) Emissions Trading Scheme, 15(A17) Romania, see Russia Exports Natural Gas Rosneft, 21(A15); 45(D6); see also Russia Development PSA Sakhalin-1 Production, oil, 12(A8) Refining, oil, 12(A8) Reserves, oil, 12(A8) Royal Dutch/Shell, 19(D1,D2); 35(A11,A12); 36(D2); 47(A20) Acquisition of Enterprise Oil, 45(A11, A12) Growth Target, 45(A11-A12)

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Multi-Megawatt Fuel Cells Project, 24(A10) Production Natural Gas, 45(A12) Oil, 8(A5-A6); 45(A12) Reserves Natural Gas, 45(A12) Oil, 45(A12) RPI Inc, 17(A23) RSCAS, 8(A19) Ruhrgas, 8(A13) RUSI, 43(A8); 44(A17-A18) Russia, see Pipelines Oil Burgas/Alexan- droupolis Budget, 36(D1) Consumption Oil, 29(A11) Petroleum Products, 12(A10) Demand, oil, 12(A10); 29(D2); 45(A13) Development PSA, oil and gas, 45(D6) Sakhalin-1 ExxonMobil/Sodeco/ONGC/Rose- neft, 45(D4-D5) Sakhalin-2 Shell/Mitsui/Mitsubishi, 45(D4,D5- D6) Energy Strategy, 14(A14-A17) Exports Natural Gas, 32(D2) Asia, 14(A16) Austria, 14(A15) Bulgaria, 14(A15) Czech Republic, 14(A15) Europe, 14(A14-A16) Finland, 14(A15) France, 14(A15) Germany, 14(A15) Greece, 14(A15) Hungary, 14(A15) Italy, 14(A15) Poland, 14(A15) Romania, 14(A15) Slovakia, 14(A15) Switzerland, 14(A15) Turkey, 14(A15) Yugoslavia, 14(A15) Oil, 1(A9); 3(A5); 6(A9); 7(A6); 12(A8-A10); 14(A2); 19(A2); 25(A2); 28(A8); 32(A6); 36(D1,D2, D3); 37(D6); 40(A8) Cutback, 1(A2,A3,A5,A9); 3(A5, A7-A8); 5(A10); 6(A9); 7(A5,A6); 8(A1-A2); 9(A1-A2,A7); 11(A2, A10); 12(D2); 14(A2); 18(A2); 19(A2); 21(A2,A14); 25(A5); 36(D2) EU, 18(A12) Kaliningradmorneftegaz, 12(A9) Outlets, 12(A9-A10); 36(D3) SMNG, 12(A9) US, 22(A8); 36(D2-D4); 40(A8- A9); 51/52(A10) Petroleum Products, 40(A8) GDP, 5(A15); 12(A8); 36(D1)

GNP, 36(D1,D3) Investment, gas sector, 14(A17) LNG Project, 45(D3,D4,D5,D6) Pipelines Natural Gas, 14(A15,A16) Russia/China, 45(D3,D4,D5) Russia/Japan, 45(D5) Oil, 12(A9-A10); 40(A9); 45(D3) Russia/China, 45(D2-D3) Policy Exporting Oil and Gas to Asian Mar- kets, 45(D1-D6) EU-Russia Energy Dialogue, 22(A8); 36(D2) Natural Gas, 32(D1) Oil, 9(A6-A7); 12(A7-A10,D5); 21(A13-A14); 36(D1-D4); see also Energy Charter Treaty Privatization, 36(D3) SPR, 25(A2-A3,A5) US-Russia Energy Dialogue, 22(A7- A8); 32(A6); 36(D1-D4,D7); 40(A7-A9) Prices, oil, 1(A2,A5-A6); 8(A1-A2); 12(A3,A8,D5); 21(A14); 32(A6); 36(D1-D2); 44(A19) Production Natural Gas, 14(A16); 15(D4); 32(D2) Oil, 1(A3); 2(A6); 3(A7-A8); 4(A9); 7(A9); 9(A6); 11(A5); 12(A7-A8, D2); 14(A2); 15(D4); 20(A9); 22(A8); 25(A2,A6); 29(A9,A11, D4); 30(A12-A13); 33(A12); 35(A5); 36(D1,D2,D3,D7); 37(D6); 40(A8); 42(A6); 49(A11) Cutback, 5(D3); 10(A1,A2); 12(A6); 15(A3); 21(A1-A2,A14) Refining, oil, 12(A8,A10) Reserves Extra-Heavy Oil and Natural Bitu- men, 27(A15,A16) Natural Gas, 14(A15); 15(D4); 32(D2); 35(D3); 45(D3,D4,D5) Oil, 12(A8); 15(D4); 29(A11); 36(D1,D3,D4,D7); 37(D6); 42(A6); 45(D4,D5) Revenues, oil, 5(A15); 12(A8); 36(D1) Supply, oil, 45(A13) Russia Petroleum, 45(D3) Shareholders BP, 45(D3) Interros, 45(D3) Irkutsk, 45(D3) TNK, 45(D3) S&P, 13(D9) Oil and Gas: Equipment and Services, 30(A12-A13) SAGIA, 29(A21) Sakheneftegaz, 45(D2) Salomon Smith Barney, 1(A9); 11(A3); 14(A2-A3); 17(A8); 20(A4); 36(A2); 41(A6); 42(A8); 43(A3-A4); 46(A5); 49(A7); 50(A13); 51/52(A13,A14- A15)

Sasol GTL Projects, 2(D2); 48(A9-A10) Sasol/Chevron GTL Projects, 2(D2) Saudi Aramco, see Equiva Save the Children, 33(A21-A22) Seismic Surveys D3,43(D3) D4,43(D4) Sempra, 2(A6); 4(A6,A7); 5(A10); 7(A7); 9(A10); 29(A6) SGX MECO Futures Contract, 46(A6) Shanghai Group, 42(D2) Shell, 11(A19); 13(D7); 16(A11); 20(A8); 27(A6); 29(A6); 37(A7); 42(A9); 43(A17); 45(D3); 47(A8); see also Canada Oil Sands Develop- ment Projects; Equiva; Nigeria LNG Projects; Russia Development Sakhalin-2 Emissions Trading Scheme, 15(A17) GTL Projects, 2(D2); 48(A9-A10) Shell de Venezuela, 10(D3) Shell Hydrogen CO2 Capture Technology, 24(A10) Shell Norway, 16(A11) Showa Shell, 33(A14) Showa Shell Sekiyu GTL Imports from SMDS, 2(D3) Sibneft, 2(A6); 5(D3) Production, oil, 12(A8) Refining, oil, 12(A8) Reserves, oil, 12(A8) Sicor Ethiopia GTL Projects, 2(D2) Sidanko Production, oil, 12(A8) Refining, oil, 12(A8) Reserves, oil, 12(A8) Siemens-Westinghouse, 43(A17) CO2 Capture Technology, 24(A10) Simmons & Company International The World's Giant Oilfields, 13(A10- A14) Sinochem, 31(A12) Sinopec, 20(A8,A9); 31(A12); 35(A12) E&P Budget, 26(A12) SK Corporation Oil Refining Capacity, 30(A9) Slavneft Production, oil, 12(A8) Refining, oil, 12(A8) Reserves, oil, 12(A8) Slovakia, see Russia Exports Natural Gas SMDS, see Showa Shell Sekiyu GTL Imports from SMNG, 45(D4); see also Russia Exports Oil Société Générale, 43(A4) Sodeco, 46(A11); see also Russia Devel- opment PSA Sakhalin-1 S-Oil Corporation Fraud Charges, 30(A9)

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Oil Refining Capacity, 30(A9) Sonatrach, 29(A8); 51/52(A15) Spain Consumption Gas, 42(A2) Oil, 29(A11) Demand, gas, 42(A2) Gas Market, 51/52(A16) Imports LNG, 31(D2) Algeria, 31(D2) Nigeria, 31(D2) Oman, 31(D2) Qatar, 31(D2) Trinidad & Tobago, 31(D2) Oil, 18(A13); 20(A9) LNG Terminals, 31(D4) Oil Spill, 51/52(A16) Prices, LNG, 31(D5) SPDC, see Nigeria Production Oil Spectra LLC, 43(A17) Statkraft Multi-Megawatt Fuel Cells Project, 24(A10) Statoil, 2(A6,A10); 9(A11); 13(D1); 16(A9,A10); 19(A4); 25(D3); 29(A8); 31(D1); 35(A12); 38(A12); 41(D5); 51/52(A15); see also Nigeria LNG Projects; Venezuela Sincor Heavy Crude Project Stocks, oil, 17(D3); 21(D1-D3); 22(A6); 26(A3-A5) Europe, 22(A6,A7) North America, 22(A6,A7) Stone Bond Corporation, 10(D1-D4) Summit Conference World Summit on Sustainable Devel- opment, 6(D4); 19(A7); 36(A15- A16) Suncor Energy, 15(A9); see also Canada Oil Sands Development Projects Sunoco, 5(A10) Philadelphia Refinery, 4(A6) Supply Electricity, 44(A9-A11) LNG, 31(D1-D7) Naphtha, 6(A20) Oil, 13(A10); 15(A8,A9); 20(A6); 25(A5); 27(A3); 50(A16,A18) Africa, 45(A13) Asia, 45(A13) Giant Oilfields, 13(A10-A14) Latin America, 45(A13) Middle East, 45(A13); 48(D4) Non-OECD, 37(A6); 45(A13) Non-OPEC, 4(A9); 6(A8); 7(A9); 11(A5); 13(A10); 15(A9); 20(A6); 24(A7,A8); 29(A9,A10,D2,D4,D5- D6); 33(A10,A12); 35(A3,A4); 37(A2,A5,A6,D5); 38(A3,A4,D4- D5); 42(A10); 43(D5); 45(A13); 46(A8,A9); 48(A2); 50(A4,A16, A17) Security of, 30(A12-A13); 31(D1- D7); 39(A3-A5,D1-D7); 43(A8,

D3); 46(D1-D4); 50(D3-D4); 51/52(D6-D7) Transition Economies, 45(A13) Supply/Demand Balance Natural Gas, 45(A10-A11) Oil, 3(A6-A8); 4(A8-A9); 7(A8-A10); 11(A4-A5); 12(A4-A5,A6-A7,D1- D5); 13(A9-A10); 15(A8-A10); 16(A12-A13); 20(A4,A5-A6); 21(D1-D3); 22(A4-A5,A6-A7); 24(A7-A10); 25(A6-A7); 26(A3-A5, A10-A12); 28(A7-A8,A9-A10); 29(A8-A10,D1-D6); 30(A12-A14); 33(A11-A12); 35(A4,A11-A12); 36(A1-A3); 37(A5-A7); 38(A2,A3- A4,A7,A11-A12); 39(A8-A10); 40(A7-A10); 41(A6-A7); 42(A8- A10); 43(A3-A4,A5,A8); 44(A8-A9); 45(A12-A13); 46(A7-A10); 47(A7); 48(A9); 49(A10-A11); 50(A3-A4,A5, A15-A18,D1-D5); 51/52(A12-A13) Surgutneftegaz E&P Budget, 26(A12) Production, oil, 12(A8) Refining, oil, 12(A8) Reserves, oil, 12(A8) Sweden Imports, oil, 18(A13) Switzerland, see Russia Exports Natural Gas Syncrude, see Canada Oil Sands Devel- opment Projects Syntroleum, 48(A10) GTL Projects, 2(D2) Taiwan Consumption, oil, 25(A7); 29(A11) Talisman Energy, 35(A11,A12) Tankers LNG, 13(D7-D8); 31(D3-D4); 42(A3) ULCCs, 43(A4) VLCCs, 43(A4) Rates, 43(A4-A5) Tata Power Co, 13(D7) Tatneft Production, oil, 12(A8) Refining, oil, 12(A8) Reserves, oil, 12(A8) Tepco, 41(A12) Terminals LNG, 31(D4-D5,D6) Terrorism American War on "Axis of Evil", 7(A6-A7); 8(D1-D4); 14(D1-D6); 17(D1); 26(A15) Impact on US Relations with Russia and Saudi Arabia, 36(D1-D8) Saudi Arabia's Role, 32(A13,D4-D6) States Sponsoring Terrorism, 26(A15) Targeted Countries, 3(D1-D6); 17(D4) Energy Supply Security, 46(D3) Terrorism as a Strategy, 42(D2-D5) Terrorism as a Tactic, 42(D1-D2,D5) Texas Railroad Commission, 26(D1) Thailand

Consumption, oil, 25(A7) Demand Oil, 15(A7); 33(A11) Petroleum Products, 43(A4) Exports, oil, Japan, 17(A10) Thomas Enger Associates, 30(D1-D6) Timor Exports, oil, Japan, 17(A10) TNK, 45(D2,D3); see also Russia Petro- leum Shareholders Production, oil, 12(A8) Refining, oil, 12(A8) Reserves, oil, 12(A8) TOCOM MECO Futures Contract, 46(A6) Tohuko Electric Power Compnay, 41(A12) Tomen General Sekiyu, 33(A14) TotalFinaElf, 13(D7); 19(D1); 35(A11, A12); 47(A8,A20); see also Angola Production; Venezuela Sincor Heavy Crude Project E&P Budget, 26(A12) Natural Gas Projects Middle East, 23(A16) Production Hydrocarbons, 23(A15) Middle East, 23(A15-A16) Natural Gas Middle East, 23(A16) NGLs Middle East, 23(A16) Oil, 8(A5-A6) Toyota Fuel Cell Hydrid Vehicle, 29(A12); 31(A16) Transneft, 3(A7); 12(A9); 14(A2); 36(D3); 45(D2,D3) Transparency International, 33(A21- A22) Trinidad & Tobago Exports LNG, 31(D2) Portugal, 31(D2) Puero Rico, 31(D2) Spain, 31(D2) US, 31(D2) Oil US, 51/52(A10) GDP, 5(A15) LNG Projects, 31(D3,D6) Revenues, oil, 5(A15) Turkey, see Russia Exports Natural Gas Turkmenistan, see Pipelines Natural Gas Turkmenistan/Afghanistan/Pakistan Tyumen Oil, 40(A7) UK, see Pipelines Natural Gas Consumption, oil, 29(A11) Demand, gas, 38(A12) Energy White Paper, 43(A8) Environment Protection, 43(A8) Emissions Trading Scheme, 15(A17) Exports

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Gas, 38(A12) Oil, 18(A13) US, 9(A6); 18(A10); 51/52(A10) Gas Market, 51/52(A15,A16) Imports Gas, 38(A12) Oil, 18(A13) LNG Terminals, 31(D4); 38(A12) Prices, natural gas, 32(D2) Production, oil, 9(A10,A11); 25(A6); 29(A11,D3); 42(A6); 47(A7) Reserves, oil, 42(A6) UN, 42(D2,D3,D5) Agenda 21, 6(D4) Statistics Division, 17(A9); 39(A5,D6) UNCTAD, 25(D5); see also OPEC MOU with UNDP, 30(A5) The Arab Human Development Report - Creating Opportunities for Future Generations, 28(D1-D11); 49(D1,D3-D4) UNFCCC, 8(A15); 9(D1,D2) Conference of the Parties, 8th, 5(A20) Unipec, 31(A12) Unocal, 21(A16); 35(A12) URD, 10(D1) US, 49(D4); see also Terrorism Consumption Oil, 18(A10); 25(A6,A7); 29(A11); 43(A4); 49(A11) Petroleum Products, 6(A19); 37(A7) Gasoline, 18(A10); 19(A8); 37(A7) Demand Electricity, 19(A7) Natural Gas, 19(A7); 42(A2) Oil, 2(A6); 9(A5); 10(A10-A11); 11(A4); 12(A2); 13(A7); 15(A10); 18(D3); 19(A2,A7,A8); 20(A5-A6); 22(A6-A7); 23(A4); 24(A4-A5,A7, A8); 32(A13); 35(A8); 37(A7); 38(A7); 41(A12); 42(A9); 45(A13); 46(A9); 49(A7); 50(A17) Petroleum Products, 3(A6-A7); 6(A19); 18(D3); 19(A2,A8); 27(A6); 37(A7); 38(A7); 50(A17) Distillates, 50(A13) Gasoline, 23(A5); 25(A2); 27(A6); 30(A6); 31(A4,A5); 32(A2); 38(A7); 50(A12) GDP, 3(A8); 6(A19); 10(A10); 11(A4); 12(A2); 15(A10); 18(D3); 19(A8); 20(A5-A6); 24(A9); 28(A8, A10); 30(A13); 31(A4); 32(A13); 37(A7); 40(A12); 42(A5); 49(A10) Imports LNG, 13(D4-D5); 31(D2,D6); 42(A2) Algeria, 31(D2) Nigeria, 31(D2) Oman, 31(D2) Qatar, 31(D2) Trinidad & Tobago, 31(D2) Oil, 9(A5-A6); 13(A6); 16(A13); 18(A3,A10); 24(A4,A9); 21(D2-

D3); 37(D1,D2-D4); 38(A7-A8); 40(A8); 42(A8); 43(A3); 45(A5); 50(A12); 51/52(A9-A12) Angola, 9(A6); 18(A10); 31(A3); 51/52(A10) Argentina, 51/52(A9,A10) Australia, 51/52(A10) Brazil, 51/52(A10) Canada, 9(A6); 18(A10); 51/52(A9, A10) China, 51/52(A10) Colombia, 9(A6); 18(A10); 51/52(A10) Ecuador, 9(A6); 51/52(A9,A10) Gabon, 9(A6); 31(A3); 51/52(A10) Mexico, 9(A6); 18(A10); 51/52(A9, A10,A11-A12) Middle East, 5(D3); 37(D1,D2-D3) Norway, 9(A6); 18(A10); 51/52(A10) OPEC, 9(A5); 38(A7,A8) Algeria, 9(A5) Indonesia, 9(A5); 51/52(A10) Iraq, 9(A5); 18(A10); 34(A11); 51/52(A10) Kuwait, 9(A5); 18(A10); 34(A11); 51/52(A10) Nigeria, 9(A5); 18(A10); 31(A3); 51/52(A10) Qatar, 9(A5); 34(A11) Saudi Arabia, 9(A5,A7); 18(A10); 34(A11); 36(D4,D5); 51/52(A10) UAE, 9(A5); 34(A11) Venezuela, 9(A5); 18(A10); 50(A12); 51/52(A9-A10,A11) Russia, 22(A8); 36(D2-D4); 40(A8- A9); 51/52(A10) Trinidad & Tobago, 51/52(A10) UK, 9(A6); 18(A10); 51/52(A10) Virgin Islands, 18(A10) Petroleum Products, 26(A11); 50(A13) Gasoline, 27(A6); 30(A16) LNG Terminals, 31(D6) Policy Arms Sales, 15(A17-A18) Bush Doctrine, 42(A4-A5) Environment ANWR, 4(A15,A16); 5(A20); 16(A18); 17(A19) California Law Limiting Vehicle Greehouse Gas Emissions, 31(A16); 43(A18) Clean Skies Legislation, 8(A15) Electricity Generation, 41(A15,A16) EPA, 23(A22,A23); 43(A18) Freedom Car Initiative, 2(A20); 8(A15) Kyoto Protocol, 10(A20) Opposition to , 8(A15-A16); 9(D1- D3); 23(A22,A23); 45(A20) Gulf States, 34(A10-A11) Middle East, 14(A1-A2); 16(A1); 21(D1-D4); 25(A2); 29(A6); 40(A10)

Iraq, 33(A8-A9); 34(A10); 35(A5, A7); 40(A10); 47(A3); 50(A7- A10); 51/52(A10-A11) Israel, 19(D5-D6); 31(A3) Saudi Arabia, 32(A13,D4-D6) North Africa, 15(D7) Oil, 18(D1); 10(D3); 16(A12); 23(A14); 26(D1-D2); 27(A22-A23); 39(A4); see also Energy Charter Treaty ANWR Drilling, 16(A18) Arab-US Energy Needs, 37(D1-D7) CAFE, 2(A20); 4(A16); 11(A18); 17(A19) Caspian Region, 22(A8) Energy Bill, 17(A19); 18(A10) National Energy Plan, 2(A20); 4(A15-A16); 5(A19-A20); 46(D3) OPEC, 31(A3); 32(A6); 33(A10) PNGV, 2(A20) Post-Saddam Middle East, 50(A7- A10); 51/52(A6-A7) Saudi-US Oil Interests, 36(D4-D7); 37(D4-D7) Security of Supply, 45(A6); 46(D2, D3) US-Russia Energy Dialogue, 22(A7- A8); 32(A6); 36(D1-D4,D7); 40(A7-A9) ZEVs, 2(A20) Sanctions, 8(D4-D9); 17(D3); 26(A14-A15) "'Arafat Accountability Act", 17(A17) "Syria Accountability Act of 2002", 17(A16) Prices Gasoline, 12(A7); 13(A7); 15(A10); 19(A5-A6) LNG, 31(D6,D7) Natural Gas, 32(D2); 46(A5) Oil, 10(A1,A2-A3); 12(A3,A7); 21(D2-D3); 51/52(A10) Impact on Economic Growth, 47(D1-D6) Unleaded Gasoline, 19(A5) Production Natural Gas, 40(A10) NGLs, 40(A10) Nonconventional Oil, 49(A11) Oil, 5(D2); 7(A10); 18(A10); 20(A9); 29(A11,D3,D4); 39(A2); 40(A10); 42(A6); 43(D4); 49(A10) ChevronTexaco, 47(A8) Refining, oil, 3(A6); 4(A6); 5(A10); 10(A2); 11(A3); 12(A7); 13(A6-A7); 14(A2); 16(A2,A13); 17(A9); 18(A2, A3,A10); 19(A2,A5-A6); 20(A4); 21(A2); 27(A6); 39(A2); 42(A8,A9); 43(A3); 44(A6); 50(A13) RFG, 19(A6) Reserves Extra-Heavy Oil and Natural Bitu- men, 27(A16) Natural Gas, 40(A9,A10)

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NGLs., 40(A10) Oil, 18(A10); 29(A11); 40(A9-A10); 42(A6); 48(A2) Oil Shales, 27(A16) SPR, 4(A6-A7); 5(A10); 7(A7); 9(A10-A11); 19(A1); 21(D2); 31(A4); 33(A5,A12); 37(D3); 40(A7- A8); 41(A6); 42(A9); 43(A3,A4); 46(A5); 51/52(A11,A12) Stocks Distillates, 2(A6); 3(A5); 4(A7); 5(A10); 6(A9); 8(A2); 9(A2); 11(A2); 12(A6-A7); 13(A6); 14(A2); 15(A3); 16(A2); 17(A8); 18(A2); 19(A1-A2); 20(A4); 21(A2); 28(A8); 29(A6); 30(A6); 31(A4); 32(A2); 33(A5); 34(A8); 35(A7); 36(A2); 37(A3); 38(A7); 39(A2); 40(A11); 41(A6); 42(A7, A8); 43(A3); 44(A5); 45(A5); 46(A5); 47(A3); 48(A7-A8); 49(A7); 50(A12); 51/52(A11) Gasoline, 3(A5); 4(A7); 5(A10); 6(A9); 7(A8); 8(A2); 9(A2); 10(A2); 11(A2); 12(A6,A7); 13(A6,A7); 14(A2); 15(A3); 16(A2); 17(A8); 18(A2); 19(A1,A2); 20(A4); 21(A2); 22(A4); 23(A5); 24(A4- A5); 25(A2); 26(A10); 27(A6); 28(A8); 29(A6,A7); 30(A6); 31(A4); 32(A2); 33(A5); 34(A8); 35(A7); 36(A2); 37(A3); 38(A7); 39(A2-A3); 40(A11); 41(A6); 42(A7,A8); 43(A3); 44(A5); 45(A5); 46(A5); 47(A3); 48(A7); 49(A7); 50(A12,A13); 51/52(A11) Heating Oil, 1(A9); 3(A5); 6(A9); 7(A8); 39(A2,A3); 45(A5); 50(A12, A13) Jet Fuel, 43(A4) Oil, 1(A9); 3(A5); 4(A7); 5(A10); 6(A9); 7(A7,A8); 8(A2); 9(A2); 10(A2); 11(A2); 12(A7); 13(A6,A7); 14(A2); 15(A3); 16(A2); 17(A8); 18(A2); 19(A1,A2); 20(A4); 21(A2); 22(A4,A6,A7); 23(A5); 24(A4-A5); 25(A2); 26(A10); 27(A6); 28(A8); 29(A6-A7); 30(A6); 31(A4); 32(A2); 33(A5); 34(A8); 35(A7); 36(A2-A3); 37(A3); 38(A7,A8); 39(A2,A3); 40(A11); 41(A6); 42(A7-A8,A9); 43(A3,A4); 44(A5); 45(A5); 46(A5); 47(A3); 48(A7); 49(A7); 50(A12); 51/52(A11) Supply, oil, 45(A13) US-GCC Corporate Committee, 34(A19); 37(D1-D7) USA Engage, 8(D4) USGS, 43(A5); 48(A2) Valero, 4(A6); 5(A10) Benicia Refinery, 10(A2) Veba Oil, see PetroCanada Purchase of Venezuela Budget Deficit, 5(D2)

Oil Price Assumption, 8(A8); 42(A7) Consumption, oil, 37(A3); 44(A7) Economic Situation, 50(A12) Poverty, 10(D3) Exchange Rate, 10(D2,D3); 42(A7); 50(A12) Exports Cerro Negro Upgraded Crude Oil ExxonMobil, 2(A10) Oil, 15(A1,A5-A6); 20(A9); 28(A8); 48(A2); 50(A11-A12); 51/52(A8, A11) US, 9(A5); 10(D2); 15(A6); 16(A12); 18(A10); 50(A12); 51/52(A9,A10,A11) Petroleum Products, 15(A1,A5-A6) US, 15(A6) GDP, 5(A15); 14(A6); 42(A6) Inflation, 10(D2); 42(A7); 50(A12) LNG Project, 31(D6) Policy Oil, 1(D1-D3); 7(A6); 10(A11-A12, D1-D4); 11(A10-A11); 29(A4-A5, A6) FIEM, 23(A14) Political Weapon, 16(A12) US, 10(D3); 16(A12); 23(A14) Political Crisis, 7(A6); 8(A8); 9(A8); 10(A11-A12,D3-D4); 11(A10-A11); 12(A4,A11); 13(A15); 14(A5-A6); 19(A4); 21(A1,A11-A12); 23(A14); 25(A2,A5-A6); 33(A11) Chavez Asked to Resign, 41(A12); 42(A6-A7); 43(A6-A7); 44(A8); 46(A12) Chavez Ousted by Military Coup, 15(A1,A5-A6); 16(A11,D4); 23(A14) Chavez Reinstated, 16(A1-A2,D4- D7); 17(A6-A7) General Strike, 47(A8-A9); 48(A6- A7,A8); 49(A5-A6,A7); 50(A11- A12); 51/52(A8-A10,A11) Prices, oil, 1(A12); 5(D2); 7(A6); 8(A8); 9(A15); 10(D2); 11(A12); 19(A12); 23(A8); 24(A6); 27(A11); 32(A9); 35(A7); 41(A10); 42(A7); 47(A6); 49(A9) Band Mechanism, 29(A6); 46(A11) Production Condensate, 44(A7); 51/52(A12) Extra-Heavy Oil and Natural Bitu- men, 27(A15,A16); 33(A10); 49(A6); 51/52(A12) Natural Gas, 32(D2) NGLs, 29(A5); 44(A7); 51/52(A12) Oil, 2(A5); 7(A4); 11(A3); 15(A1, A6); 17(A6); 19(A4,A5); 20(A9); 24(A7); 25(A3,A4); 29(A5,A9, A11); 30(A5); 31(A3); 33(A2,A3); 37(A3,A4); 42(A6,A7); 43(A2,A3); 44(A7,A8); 46(A11); 47(A2); 48(A5); 49(A6); 50(A6,A11); 51/52(A8,A10,A11,A12,A13) Capacity, 27(D5); 29(A5,A6);

42(A7); 43(A7); 48(A5,A6); 49(A6); 51/52(A12-A13) Expansion of, 48(A2) Spare, 29(A5,A6); 31(A3); 48(A5) Ceiling, 27(D5) Cutback, 1(A3); 10(A1) Eni, 51/52(A12-A13) Quota, 1(A3); 2(A5); 7(A4); 10(A11,D2); 11(A3); 16(A1-A2, A12); 17(A6); 18(A2); 19(A5); 25(A3,A4); 27(D4,D5); 29(A5, A6); 30(A5); 31(A3); 33(A3); 35(A2,A7); 36(A1); 37(A4); 43(A2,A3,A7); 44(A7-A8); 46(A11-A12); 47(A2); 48(A5); 49(A6); 50(A3,A6) Orimulsion Boiler Fuel, 27(A15); 51/52(A12) Syncrude, 2(A10); 27(A15); 29(A5); 31(A3); 49(A6) Capacity, 49(A6) Expansion of, 49(A6) ChevronTexaco, 2(A10) Petrozuata, 2(A10) Refining, oil, 15(A1); 16(A12); 50(A11) Reserves Extra-Heavy Oil and Natural Bitu- men, 27(A16) Natural Gas, 32(D2) Oil, 23(A14); 29(A11); 42(A6); 48(A2) Revenues, oil, 5(A15); 8(A8); 50(A11) Sincor Heavy Crude Project TotalFinaElf/PDVSA/Statoil, 2(A10); 12(A11) Supply, oil, 21(A1) Unemployment, 50(A12) Vietnam Exports, oil, Japan, 17(A10) Vitol, 51/52(A11) Virgin, Islands Exports, oil, US, 18(A10) VNK, 45(D2) VSNK, 45(D2) Williams, 7(A7) Wood Mackenzie, 6(A6,A7); 9(A10- A11); 11(A9); 20(A8); 32(D3); 38(A12) Woodrow Wilson Center, 42(A5) World Bank, 5(A14,A15); 25(D4); 28(D5); 30(D6) World Economic Forum, 6(D2) World Energy Forum, 49(A6) World Energy Outlook, 9(D3-D8) WorldCom Financial Scandal, 26(A10) WTO, 6(D4); 25(D1,D2,D3,D5,D6); 26(D1); 28(D1,D3); 30(A5) Membership, 18(A11); 25(D5); 31(A11) Yugoslavia, see Russia Exports Natural Gas

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Yukos Oil, 5(D3); 11(A10); 21(A13- A14,A15); 36(D2,D3); 45(D2-D3,D4) Exports, oil, 40(A9)

Production, oil, 12(A8) Refining, oil, 12(A8) Reserves, oil, 12(A8)

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FINANCE AND BANKING ABU DHABI, see UAE ALGERIA ABC, see ABC Algeria ABC Algeria, 15(B4) ABN AMRO Project Financing, 45(B1) ACC, 15(B4) Financing Cement Projects, 10(B4); 50(B8) AEC, 45(B1) AIG African Infrastructure Fund, 24(B2) Air Algerie Privatization of, 18(B1) Alcatel, 24(B2); 31(B7) Algeria-United States Council, 18(B3) Algiers Investment Partnership, 15(B4) Algerie Telecom Wireless Fixed Telephone Network, 31(B7) ANZ, 45(B1) Apicorp Project Financing, 45(B1) Arab Bank, 18(B2) Arab Leasing Corporation, 15(B4) Banking Sector Privatization, 18(B2) BAD Loans, 31(B9) Banque Nationale d'Algerie Privatization of, 18(B2) Black & Veatch, 45(B1) BNP Paribas, 18(B2); 45(B1) Risk-Sharing Agreement, 15(B4) Budget, 9(B5-B7); 37(B9) Defense, 46(B3) Deficit, 9(B5) Oil Price Assumption, 3(B7); 9(B5- B6); 27(B1); 35(B7); 37(B9); 40(B3); 41(B4); 43(B5); 45(B2); 47(B6); 50(B3) Cairnwood Group, 15(B4) Central Bank of Algeria Banking License, 38(B7) Foreign Exchange Reserves, 9(B6) Citibank International Loans, 50(B8) Citibank NA Loans, 50(B8) Coface, 24(B2); 45(B1) Compagnie Nationale d'Assurances et Reassurances Privatization of, 18(B2) Credit Populaire d'Algerie Privatization of, 18(B2) Credit Lyonnais Buyer's Credit Facility, 24(B2) Debts Conversion of Debt to Investments

France, 10(B8) Italy, 10(B8) Russia, 10(B8) Spain, 10(B8) External Debt, 9(B6) Defense Expenditure, 46(B2,B3,B4) E Madar, 10(B3) Economic Growth, 18(B1) Economic Reforms, 15(B4); 18(B1-B3) Economic Situation, 18(B3) EDC Loans, 41(B4) EFG-Hermes, 10(B3) EIB Loans, 6(B9-B10); 31(B9); 33(B12); 50(B8) EIU, 9(B6) EKF Loans, 50(B8) Enad, see Henkel Stake in EU, 9(B6) Association Agreement, 17(B5); 18(B3) FTA, 18(B1) Fl Smidth, 50(B8) France, see Debts Conversion of Debt to Investments France Telecom, 43(B3) Gas Projects, 22(B4) GDP, 9(B6); 18(B3); 37(B9); 46(B4); 51/52(B3) Groupe Industriel de Boissons d'Algerie Privatization of, 18(B1) Gulf Bank Algeria Shareholders JKB, 38(B7) Tunis International Bank, 38(B7) United Gulf Bank, 38(B7) Halliburton Energy Services, 5(B8) HC Brokerage, 10(B3) Henkel Stake in Enad, 18(B2) Hermes, 24(B2) Houari Boumediene International Air- port Privatization of, 18(B1) HSBC, 18(B2); 45(B1); 50(B8) Hypovereinsbank, 45(B1) IDB Import Trade Financing Operations, 19(B6) IFC Project Financing, 15(B4); 50(B8) Risk-Sharing Agreement, 15(B4) IHI, 45(B1) Infrastructure Projects Financing of, 31(B9) Iraq, see UNCC Compensation Pay- ments Ispat Annaba, 18(B2) Ispat Group Stake in Sider, 18(B2) Italy, see Debts Conversion of Debt to

Investment Itochu Corporation, 45(B1) IWPP Financing Arzew Project, 45(B1) JBIC, 45(B1) Loans, 48(B7-B8) JKB, see Gulf Bank Algeria Sharehold- ers JP Morgan, 18(B3) Kahramaa, 45(B1) Kuwait Projects Holding Company, see United Gulf Bank Labor Force, 51/52(B3) Mizuho Corporate Bank, 45(B1) National Economic and Social Council, 18(B3) National Investment Council, 18(B1) National Statistics Office, 18(B3) NEC, 31(B7) OCI, see ACC; OCI Algeria OCI Algeria, 50(B8) OIES, 9(B5) OPIC, 45(B1) Financing Non-Hydrocarbon Projects, 45(B6) Orange, 10(B3); 24(B1) OT, see OTA GSM License, 18(B2); 24(B1); 43(B3) OTA Djezzy GSM, 10(B3) Financing Facility, 24(B2) P-Com, 31(B7) Petrochemical Projects, 22(B5) Policy Electricity and Gas Law, 9(B7) Hydrocarbon Law, 9(B7) Privatization, 9(B7); 15(B4); 18(B1- B3); 50(B8) Political Situation, 18(B3) Reserves, foreign exchange, 9(B6) Revenues, 9(B5,B6) Hydrocarbons, 9(B5,B6); 18(B3) Oil, 9(B5); 18(B3); 27(B1); 47(B4,B5) Russia, see Debts Conversion of Debt to Investment SAIDAL Privatization of, 18(B2) SGPs, 18(B1) Sider, see Ispat Group Stake in Siemens, 24(B2) SNTM Privatization of, 18(B1-B2) SNTR Privatization of, 18(B1) Societe Generale, 45(B1); see also Societe Generale Algerie Loans, 5(B7-B8) Societe Generale Algerie, 15(B4); 46(B8-B9) Sonatrach, see AEC Investment Program, 18(B3) Loans, 5(B7-B8); 41(B4); 48(B7-B8)

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Privatization of, 9(B7); 18(B2) Sonelgaz, see AEC Spain, see Debts Conversion of Debt to Investments TAIC, 15(B4) Tunis International Bank, see Gulf Bank Algeria Shareholders UGTA, 18(B3) UNCC Compensation Payments, 12(B5) Unemployment, 9(B6); 18(B3); 51/52(B3) Union Bank, 45(B6) United Gulf Bank, see Gulf Bank Algeria Shareholders Banking License, 38(B7) US, see OPIC USEximbank Export Credit Guarantee, 5(B7-B8) West LB, 45(B1) Buyer's Credit Facility, 24(B2) World Bank, 18(B3); see also IFC Loans, 33(B12) WTO Membership, 9(B6-B7); 18(B3) ZTE Corp, 31(B7) BAHRAIN AAG, 43(B2) AAOIFI, 5(B5,B6,B7); 8(B1); 37(B3); 38(B2); 45(B5); 50(B7) ABB, 8(B1); 17(B8) ABC Exposure to Enron, 37(B1) Loans, 22(B3); 37(B1) Middle East Project Finance, 43(B3- B4) Results 1999, 37(B3,B4); 42(B2) Results 2000, 37(B3,B4,B5); 42(B2, B7) Results 2001, 28(B7,B8); 37(B1,B3, B4,B5); 42(B1,B2,B7) ABCIB Islamic Asset Management Ltd, 8(B8) ACB Offshore Banking Unit, 49(B8) Aro Products International, see Invest- corp Purchase of AFESD Loans, 26(B9) Ahli Commercial Bank al-, see Ahli United Bank Ahli United Bank, 6(B1) Acquisition of Commercial Bank of Bahrain, 38(B1) United Bank of Kuwait, 38(B1) Results 1999, 38(B2,B3) Results 2000, 38(B1,B2,B3) Results 2001, 38(B1,B2,B3) Stake in BKME, 38(B1) Ahli United Bank (Bahrain), 38(B1) Alba Financial Advisor

Taylor-DeJongh/Islamic Finance Consultants, 26(B3) Financing Expansion Project, 8(B1, B2); 15(B4); 37(B1); 47(B7) Owners Bahrain Government, 47(B7) Breton Investments, 47(B7) SAGIA, 47(B7) Albaraka Islamic Investment Bank Results 1999, 37(B4); 42(B6) Results 2000, 37(B4,B5); 42(B6,B7) Results 2001, 37(B3,B4,B5); 42(B6, B7) Algosaibi Bahrain Bank Offshore Banking Unit, 49(B8) Alstom Power, 8(B1); 17(B8); 26(B9- B10) Apicorp Loans, 37(B1) ARIG Acquisition of Stake in Gulf Warran- ties, 47(B3) Recapitalization Plan, 25(B9); 34(B9); 45(B3-B4) Results 2001, 34(B9) Bahrain Islamic Bank, see IIRA Share- holders Results 1999, 38(B2,B3) Results 2000, 38(B2,B3) Results 2001, 38(B1-B2,B3) Bahrain Stock Exchange, 6(B2); 26(B4); 29(B6); 34(B9); 37(B10); 46(B9); 48(B9) Bahrain Saudi Bank Results 1999, 38(B2,B3); 42(B6) Results 2000, 38(B2,B3); 42(B6,B7) Results 2001, 38(B2,B3); 42(B6,B7) Bank Muscat, 9(B5) Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Loans, 8(B1); 17(B7); 26(B9) Banking Sector, 9(B5); 34(B11) Banking Regulations, 37(B2-B3); 38(B2) Contingency Plans for US-Iraq Con- flict, 37(B3) Results 1999, 37(B3-B4); 38(B2-B3); 42(B2,B3,B4,B5,B6) Results 2000, 37(B3-B5); 38(B1,B2- B3); 42(B2,B3,B4,B5,B6,B7) Results 2001, 8(B7-B8); 13(B7); 23(B2); 37(B1-B5); 38(B1-B3); 42(B1,B2,B3,B4,B5,B6,B7) Bapco Financing Expansion Project, 8(B1-B2) Basle Committee on Banking Supervi- sion, 8(B1); 37(B3); 38(B2) Batelco, 29(B6); 43(B1,B2) BBK Loans, 8(B1); 17(B7); 26(B9) Results 1999, 38(B2,B3); 42(B4) Results 2000, 38(B2,B3); 42(B4,B7) Results 2001, 38(B1,B2,B3); 42(B4, B7) BFH, 41(B8) BIB

Ratings, 29(B9); 39(B8); 45(B5) Results 1999, 37(B3,B4); 42(B5) Results 2000, 37(B3,B4,B5); 42(B5, B7) Results 2001, 37(B2,B3,B4,B5); 42(B1,B5,B7) Sale of Stake in Capital Recovery Inc, 26(B4); 27(B9) Coast Development and Investment Company, 26(B4); 27(B9) Sale of Treasury Shares, 26(B4) BKME, see Ahli United Bank Stake in BMA, 3(B8); 26(B4); 29(B9); 39(B8); 45(B5) Banking Licenses, 9(B5); 26(B2); 49(B8) Banking Regulations, 37(B3); 38(B2) Islamic Banking, 5(B5-B7); 8(B1); 37(B3); 38(B2) Organizational Structure, 34(B9-B10) Sukuk Issues, 37(B10); 46(B9); 47(B3) BMB Investment Bank Ratings, 23(B2); 45(B5) Results 1999, 37(B4); 42(B6) Results 2000, 37(B4,B5); 42(B6,B7) Results 2001, 23(B2); 37(B2,B4,B5); 42(B1,B6,B7) BNP Paribas Loans, 8(B1); 17(B7-B8); 26(B9) BNP Paribas (Suisse) Loans, 17(B7) Bond Market, see BMA Sukuk Issues Breton Investments, see Alba Owners Brothers Money Exchange, see Algo- saibi Bahrain Bank Budget, 24(B8) Defense, 46(B3) Deficit, 24(B8); 29(B9) Oil Price Assumption, 3(B7); 35(B7); 37(B9); 40(B3); 41(B4); 43(B5); 45(B2); 47(B6); 50(B3) Capital Recovery Inc, see BIB Sale of Stake in CBQ Loans, 37(B1) CI, see IIRA Shareholders Ratings, 23(B2); 27(B9,B10); 39(B8); 40(B9); 45(B5) Citibank, 8(B1) Clacton Factory Shopping Village, see TAIB Bank Acquisition of Coast Development and Investment Company, see BIB Sale of Stake in Commercial Bank of Bahrain, see Ahli United Bank Acquisition of Results 1999, 38(B2,B3) Results 2000, 38(B2,B3) Results 2001, 38(B2,B3) Company Mergers Investcorp/IWO/UNWR, 1(B6-B7) Conoco, 37(B2) CSFB, 14(B8) Debts External Debt, 29(B9) Government Debt, 29(B9)

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Defense Expenditure, 46(B3,B4) Economic Reforms, 27(B7) Egypt National Gas Company Loans, 37(B1) Electricity Generation/Water Desalina- tion Financing al-Hidd Phase II Expansion Project, 8(B1); 15(B5); 17(B7-B8); 26(B9-B10); 38(B5-B6) Enron, 8(B7); 38(B1); see also ABC Exposure to ERG Financing Facility, 8(B1); 17(B7-B8) Ernst & Young, 5(B5) Evkaf Finance House, 9(B5) First Islamic Bank Results 1999, 37(B4); 42(B5) Results 2000, 37(B4,B5); 42(B5,B6) Results 2001, 37(B3,B4,B5); 42(B5, B6) Fitch Ratings, 25(B9); 27(B9,B10); 51/52(B8) Galleries Aldershot, see TAIB Bank Acquisition of GBC, 42(B1-B2) GCC, 37(B1,B2,B3); 38(B2); see also GIB Shareholders GDP, 13(B6); 29(B9); 34(B11); 37(B10); 46(B4); 51/52(B3,B8) GIB, 6(B1-B3); 37(B3); 47(B7); see also Islamic Aircraft Leasing Company FRN Issue, 25(B9) Loans, 8(B1); 17(B8); 22(B3); 37(B1, B2) Results 1999, 37(B3,B4); 42(B3) Results 2000, 37(B3,B4,B5); 42(B3, B7) Results 2001, 8(B7,B8); 37(B1-B2,B3, B4,B5); 42(B1,B3,B7) Saudi Branch, 42(B9) Shareholders GCC States, 25(B9); 42(B9) JP Morgan Overseas Capital Corpora- tion, 25(B9); 42(B9) SAMA, 25(B9); 42(B9) GIC, 8(B7) Grindlays Bank, see Commercial Bank of Bahrain GSM Market, 27(B5-B6) Guinea Group, 13(B7) Gulf Warranties, see ARIG Acquisition of Stake in HSBC FRN Issue, 25(B9) Loans, 8(B1); 17(B7); 26(B9) HSBC Amanah Finance, 17(B7) IDB, 5(B6); see also IIRA Shareholders Finance Facility, 17(B7); 26(B9) Educational Projects, 19(B6) Zakat Management System, 19(B6) Share Capital of Liquidity Manage- ment Center, 19(B6) IFSB, 5(B6); 45(B4-B5) IIRA, 45(B4); 50(B7)

Shareholders Bahrain Islamic Bank, 45(B4) CI, 45(B4) IDB, 45(B4) Ijara Wa Iklina Finance Facility, 17(B7) IMF, 5(B6) International Islamic Financial Market, 45(B4) Investcorp, see Company Mergers Diversified Strategies CFO, 14(B7- B8); 27(B10) Ordinary Shares Issue, 48(B9) Purchase of Aero Products Interna- tional, 48(B9) Ratings, 27(B9-B10) Real Estate Acquisitions, 25(B9); 27(B10); 29(B7) Results 1999, 42(B3) Results 2000, 42(B3,B7) Results 2001, 42(B3,B7) Results 2002, 29(B7) Iraq, see UNCC Compensation Pay- ments FTA, 17(B5) Islamic Aircraft Leasing Company, 8(B7) Islamic Banking, 8(B1); 17(B7-B8) PIRI, 5(B5-B7) Islamic Finance Consultants, see Alba Financial Advisor IWO, see Company Mergers IWO Holdings Inc, 1(B6) JP Morgan FRN Issue, 25(B9) JP Morgan Overseas Capital Corpora- tion, see GIB Shareholders JUPC Loans, 37(B1,B2) KFAED Loans, 26(B9); 38(B5-B6) KFH-Bahrain, 16(B5); 49(B8) Finance Facility, 17(B7); 26(B9) Labor Force, 51/52(B3) Liquidity Management Center, see IDB Share Capital of Luxembourg Stock Exchange, 25(B9) Moody's Investors Service Ratings, 27(B9); 34(B11); 38(B2) NASDAQ, 1(B6) NBB, 8(B1) Results 1999, 38(B2,B3); 42(B4) Results 2000, 38(B2,B3); 42(B4,B7) Results 2001, 38(B1,B2,B3); 42(B4, B7) NBK Onshore Presence, 26(B2) NSCSA Loans, 37(B1,B2) Oasis International Leasing Company Debt Facility, 37(B1) OLNG Refinancing Agreement, 37(B1,B2) Omani Barqa Loans, 37(B1) Omifco

Loans, 15(B4); 37(B1) Parkway Properties Inc, 25(B9) Policy Fiscal, 34(B11); 46(B9) Government Tenders and Purchases, 42(B10) Privatization, 27(B7); 38(B2) Population, 38(B2) Ports Privatization of Khalifa bin Salman Port, 27(B7) Mina Salman Port, 27(B7) QAFAC Loans, 37(B2) QAFCO Loans, 37(B2) QEWC Loans, 37(B2) QVC Loans, 15(B4) Ras Laffan Electricity Company Loans, 37(B1,B2) Refining Projects, oil, 22(B5) Revenues, oil, 29(B9); 37(B10); 38(B2); 47(B4,B5) Royal Bank of Scotland, 37(B2) Royal Dutch/Shell Group, 37(B2) S&P Ratings, 25(B9); 29(B9); 34(B11); 37(B10); 46(B9); 47(B3); 51/52(B8) SABIC Acquisition Financing, 37(B1,B2) SAGIA, see Alba Owners SAMA, see GIB Shareholders Saudi Chevron Phillips Petrochemical Company Loans, 37(B2) Shura Council, 34(B11); 42(B10) SIPC Loans, 37(B2) Sprint PCS, 1(B6) STC, 37(B2) TAIB Bank Acquisition of Clacton Factory Shopping Village, 13(B7) Galleries Aldershot, 13(B7) Ratings, 40(B9) Results 1999, 37(B4); 42(B5) Results 2000, 37(B4,B5); 42(B5,B7) Results 2001, 13(B7); 37(B2,B4,B5); 42(B5,B7) Taylor-DeJongh, 8(B2); see also Alba Financial Advisor TEB Offshore Banking Unit, 49(B8) Telecoms Sector Liberalization of, 24(B8) Terrorism Asset Freezing, 3(B8) UIB Loans, 37(B1) UNCC Compensation Payments, 12(B5) Unemployment, 51/52(B3)

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United Bank of Kuwait, see Ahli Unit- ed Bank Acquisition of United Gulf Bank Results 1999, 37(B3,B4); 42(B4) Results 2000, 37(B3,B4,B5); 42(B4, B7) Results 2001, 37(B2,B3,B4,B5); 42(B4,B7) UNWR, see Company Mergers US, see Terrorism UWEC Loans, 37(B2) World Bank, 24(B8) CASPIAN REGION Azerbaijan Budget, 50(B3) Oil Price Assumption, 50(B3) GDP, 50(B3) Kazakstan Budget, 50(B3) Deficit, 50(B3) Oil Price Assumption, 50(B3) GDP, 50(B3) Revenues, 50(B3) DUBAI, see UAE EGYPT Abd Contracting el- Privatization of, 11(B3) Abou Zaabal Fertilizer Privatization of, 11(B2) ACC, 10(B4) Access Telecom Mauritius Purchase of Telecel Loteny, 24(B1) ADB, 1(B5); 6(B11) ADFD, 1(B5) AFESD, 1(B5); 2(B11) Loans, 8(B9); 11(B9); 17(B8-B9); 49(B8) Ahli Bank al- Bad Loans, 40(B5) Ahram Consumption Outlets Privatization of, 11(B3) Aid, see EU MEDA Program AMF, 1(B5) IMF, 1(B5) Sharm al-Sheikh Donor Meeting, 6(B10-B11); 9(B2,B9); 12(B3-B4); 31(B2-B3) US, 27(B8); 31(B8) USAID, 1(B5); 6(B11) AIG African Infranstructure Fund, 24(B2) Alcatel, 25(B6); 43(B3) Alex Confectionary Privatization of, 11(B2) Alex Consumption Outlets Privatization of, 11(B3)

Alex for Cooling Privatization of, 11(B2,B3) Alex Metal Products Privatization of, 11(B2) Alexandria Businessmen's Association, 43(B6) Alexandria Refractories Privatization of, 11(B3) Alexandria Stock Exchange, 24(B1); 27(B5); 29(B6); 31(B2) American Express Bond Issue, 32(B7) AMF, see Aid Arab Advisors Group, 24(B2) Arab for Carpets Privatization of, 11(B2) Arab for Textile Wholesale Trade Privatization of, 11(B3) Arab Manufacturing Authority, 11(B2) Arthur Andersen Impact of Collapse of, 31(B2) AWB Bond Issue, 32(B7) Balance of Payments, 41(B8) Current Account, 17(B4); 31(B2); 41(B6,B8) Soft Loans from International and Arab Fund Agencies to Address Defi- cit, 1(B5-B6); 3(B6) Trade, 31(B2) Bank of Alexandria Administrative Changes, 43(B7,B8) Privatization of, 11(B2); 12(B4) Results 2000, 43(B7) Results 2001, 43(B6,B7) Banking Sector FSAP, 6(B11) Interest Rates, 12(B4); 41(B6); 50(B6- B7) Privatization of Public Sector Banks, 6(B11); 11(B2); 12(B4); 43(B5,B6) Problem Loans, 26(B8); 40(B5-B6); 43(B6) Ratings, 21(B6-B7); 26(B8); 32(B1, B2) Reform Process, 43(B5,B6-B7,B8) Results 2000, 32(B3); 43(B7) Results 2001, 32(B1-B3); 43(B5-B6, B7) Banque de France, 3(B6); 4(B9) Banque du Caire, see MAIB Administrative Changes, 43(B6,B8) Bad Loans, 40(B5) Privatization of, 11(B2); 12(B4) Results 2000, 43(B7) Results 2001, 43(B5,B6,B7) Banque Misr, 43(B8); see also MIBank Chairman Appointed, 51/52(B7) Privatization of, 11(B2); 12(B4) Results 2000, 43(B7) Results 2001, 43(B5,B6,B7) Barclays Bank Loans, 10(B3-B4) Benzaynoun Department Stores Privatization of, 11(B3)

BG Group, see ELNG Partners BMW Bad Loans, 40(B5) BNP Paribas, 10(B3) Budget, 31(B1-B4) Defense, 46(B3) Deficit, 21(B6); 26(B7-B8); 31(B1,B2, B3,B4); 41(B6,B8) Burgan Bank, see NBE Failure of Nego- tiations with Purchase of MAIB, 24(B5) Cairo Far East Bank Privatization of, 11(B2) Cairo Metro Organization Financing Metro Expansion, 10(B7) Cairo Stock Exchange, 24(B1); 27(B5); 29(B6); 31(B2) Capexcorp, 21(B7) Carana Corp PCSU, 11(B1-B3) Central Auditing Agency, 31(B2-B3) Central Bank of Egypt, 24(B5); 31(B1, B2) Bad Loans Problem, 40(B5-B6) Bank Mergers, 43(B8) Banking Regulations, 26(B8); 32(B7) Combatting Money Laundering, 25(B7) Devaluation Policy, 3(B4-B6); 9(B2); 46(B7) Discount Rate, 46(B7) Financing Budget Deficit, 26(B8) Foreign Exchange Reserves, 9(B2-B3) Stabilizing Exchange Rate, 1(B6); 4(B9); 9(B2); 46(B7-B8) Chase Manhattan, 43(B7) Chemical Industries Development Privatization of, 11(B3) CI Ratings, 26(B7-B8) CIB, 43(B6) Ratings, 4(B9,B10); 21(B6-B7); 32(B1, B2) Results 2000, 32(B3) Results 2001, 32(B1,B2,B3) CIIC, 21(B7); see also LINKdotNET Share Swap Citibank, 43(B6,B7) Bond Issue, 32(B7) Loans, 10(B3-B4) Cooperative Company for Petroleum Privatization of, 11(B2) Credit Lyonnais, 32(B2) CSFB, 31(B1) Loans, 10(B3) Debts, 3(B5-B6) Debt Servicing, 6(B11); 26(B8); 31(B1) Domestic Debt, 31(B1) External Debt, 6(B11); 31(B1) Paris Club, 3(B6); 4(B9) Defense Expenditure, 46(B2,B3,B4-B5) Delta Contracting Privatization of, 11(B3) Delta Fertilizers Privatization of, 11(B3)

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Delta Steel Mills Privatization of, 11(B3) EAB, 32(B1) Administrative Changes, 43(B7) Ratings, 4(B9,B10) Eastern Tobacco Privatization of, 11(B3) EC, 32(B2) ECES, 11(B2); 19(B4-B6) ESMS, 27(B5); see also OT Stake in Economic and Financial Reforms, 6(B10,B11); 12(B3-B4); 19(B4-B6); 21(B6-B7); 26(B7,B8); 31(B2-B3); 41(B6) Economic Growth, 17(B4); 41(B4-B5) Economic Situation, 1(B5-B6); 3(B4- B6); 4(B8-B10); 19(B5-B6); 26(B7- B8); 31(B1-B3); 41(B5-B8) US Dollar Liquidity Shortage, 32(B2) Edfina for Preserved Food Privatization of, 11(B3) Edison International, see ELNG Part- ners EFG-Hermes, 10(B3); 24(B1-B2); see also LINKdotNET Share Swap EFG-Hermes Private Equity, 21(B7) EGAS, see ELNG Partners EGPC, see ELNG Partners Egycap, 21(B7) Egyptian-British Chamber of Com- merce, 6(B11) Egyptian Center for Economic Studies, 41(B4-B5); 51/52(B3-B4) Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority, 11(B2-B3) Egyptian Company for Metal Trade Liquidation of, 11(B2) Egyptian Electrical Equipment Liquidation of, 11(B2) Egyptian Ferroalloys Privatization of, 11(B3) Egyptian Fish Marketing Privatization of, 11(B3) Egyptian for Foodstuffs Wholesale Trading Privatization of, 11(B3) Egyptian General Warehouses Privatization of, 11(B3) Egyptian Gypsum Privatization of, 11(B2) Egyptian Meat and Poultry Privatization of, 11(B3) Egyptian Navigation Privatization of, 11(B3) Egyptian Products Sales Department Stores Privatization of, 11(B3) Egyptian Starch and Yeast Privatization of, 11(B3) EIB, 14(B8) Funding SMEs, 21(B7) Loans, 6(B9-B10,B11); 10(B7); 21(B7); 49(B8) Project Financing, 34(B8); 39(B4-B5); 45(B1)

Electricity Generation Financing Nubariyah Power Project, 49(B8) ELNG Financing LNG Project, 34(B8); 39(B4-B5); 41(B1); 45(B1) Partners BG Group, 34(B8); 39(B5); 45(B1) Edison International, 34(B8); 39(B5); 45(B1) EGAS, 34(B8); 39(B5); 45(B1) EGPC, 34(B8); 39(B5); 45(B1) GDF, 34(B8); 39(B5); 45(B1) Eni, 34(B8); 39(B5) Enron Corp Impact of Collapse of, 31(B2) EU Association Agreement, 6(B11); 21(B6); 26(B8) MEDA Program, 14(B8) Exchange Rate, 41(B6,B7) Arrest of Foreign Exchange Traders, 4(B8-B9); 6(B11) Black Market Rate, 3(B4,B5); 4(B9); 6(B11); 9(B2); 12(B4); 31(B2); 46(B7-B8) Devaluation, 1(B5-B6); 3(B4-B6); 4(B9); 6(B11); 9(B2); 12(B4); 21(B6); 46(B7) Official Rate, 4(B9); 6(B11); 31(B2); 46(B7) Export Development Bank of Egypt, 21(B7) Ratings, 4(B9) Fastlink, see OT Subsidiaries FDI, 11(B1); 32(B2) Fitch IBCA Ratings, 4(B9); 32(B1) France Cooperation Agreements Communications and IT, 25(B6) France Telecom Sale of Stake in MobiNil Telecommu- nications, 27(B5) Gas Projects, 22(B4) GASCO, 6(B11) GDF, see ELNG Partners GDP, 3(B6); 4(B9); 6(B11); 17(B4); 21(B6); 26(B7-B8); 31(B1); 41(B6,B7, B8); 43(B6); 46(B4); 51/52(B3) General Electrical Projects-Elygeet Privatization of, 11(B3) General for Foodstuffs Wholesale Trading Privatization of, 11(B3) General Metals Privatization of, 11(B3) General Paper-Rakta Privatization of, 11(B3) General Trading & Chemicals Privatization of, 11(B3) Gharbeya Rice Mills Privatization of, 11(B2,B3) Gomhureya Pharmaceuticals Privatization of, 11(B3)

GSM Market, 27(B5-B6) GYMCO Leasing of, 11(B2) Hannaux Department Stores Privatization of, 11(B3) HC Brokerage, 3(B4,B6); 10(B3,B4); 11(B1); 24(B1); 27(B5) Helwan Cement Privatization of, 11(B1) HSBC Project Financing, 41(B1) IDB, 1(B5) Financing Development Projects, 19(B6) Import Trade Financing Operations, 19(B6) Loans, 29(B9) IFC Loans, 10(B3-B4) IMF, 9(B2,B9); see also Aid Article IV Consultation, 41(B5-B8) CFF, 6(B10-B11); 12(B3); 31(B3) FSAP, 6(B11) Industrial Development Bank, 21(B7) Inflation, 41(B8) International Islamic Bank Privatization of, 11(B2) Internet Market, 24(B2) ISPs, 24(B2) Revenues, 24(B2) Iraq, see UNCC Compensation Pay- ments Bilateral Trade, 4(B2) Islam and Banking Services, 50(B6-B7) IWCPL, see OT Stake in JBIC, 10(B7) Loans, 6(B11); 48(B8) Jordan, see Pipelines JP Morgan, 31(B2) KFAED, 1(B5) Loans, 2(B11); 49(B8) KPMG, 32(B7) Labor Force, 6(B11); 26(B8); 31(B1); 41(B4-B6,B7); 51/52(B3) LINKdotNET, see OT Subsidiaries Share Swap CIIC, 24(B2) EFG-Hermes, 24(B2) National Telecommunications Com- pany, 24(B2) MAIB, see Burgan Bank Purchase of Privatization of, 11(B2) MIBank Bad Loans, 40(B5) Ratings, 4(B10) Results 2000, 32(B3) Results 2001, 32(B1,B2,B3) Microenterprises Potential for Economic Growth, 41(B4-B5) Minya Iron Sheets Factory Privatization of, 11(B2) Mircao, 6(B1) Misr Aluminum Leasing of, 11(B2)

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Misr Car Trading Privatization of, 11(B3) Misr Hotels Privatization of, 11(B1,B3); 31(B2) Misr Import and Export Privatization of, 11(B2,B3) Misr Insurance Company, see MAIB; MIBank Misr Iran Development Bank Privatization of, 11(B2) Misr Petroleum Company Privatization of, 11(B2) Mobilink, see OT Stake in MobiNil Telecommunications, see France Telecom Sale of Stake in; Orange Purchase of Stake in; OT Stake in Moharam Press Privatization of, 11(B3) Mokhtar Ibrahim Contracting Privatization of, 11(B3) Moody's Investors Service, 31(B2); 46(B7) Ratings, 4(B10) Motorola, 27(B5); 43(B3) Nasr Contracting-Hassan Allam Privatization of, 11(B3) Nasr Glass & Crystal al- Privatization of, 11(B3) Nasr Housing al- Privatization of, 11(B3) Nasr Steel Pipes al- Privatization of, 11(B3) National Bank of Greece, 46(B7) National Investment Bank, 9(B2); 50(B7) Natexis Banque Populaire Loans, 10(B3-B4) National Authority of Tunnels, 10(B7) National Democratic Party, 43(B6) Corruption Charges, 10(B8) National Paper Privatization of, 11(B3) National Telecommunications Com- pany, see LINKdotNET Share Swap NBE, 43(B8); see also NSGB Share- holders Chairman Appointed, 51/52(B7) Failure of Negotiations with Burgan Bank, 24(B5) Privatization of, 11(B2); 12(B4) Ratings, 4(B9,B10); 21(B6-B7); 32(B2) Results 2000, 43(B7) Results 2001, 43(B5,B6,B7) NBE International Ratings, 4(B9) NBK, 24(B5) Nile Consumption Outlets Privatization of, 11(B3) Nile Pharmaceuticals Privatization of, 11(B3) Nomura International, 3(B4) NSGB Results 2000, 32(B3) Results 2001, 32(B1,B2,B3)

Shareholders NBE, 32(B1) Societe Generale, 32(B1) OCI, see ACC Loans, 10(B3-B4) Olympic Group, 8(B8) Omar Efendi Department Stores Privatization of, 11(B1,B3) Orange Purchase of Stake in MobiNil Tele- communications, 27(B5) Orient Gas Company Loans, 17(B8-B9) OT, 6(B1); 27(B5) Debt Restructuring, 10(B2-B3); 24(B1- B2); 43(B3) Loans, 10(B3) Results 2001, 24(B1); 43(B3) Sale of Telecel Loteny, 10(B3); 24(B1); 43(B3) Stake in ECMS, 27(B5) IWCPL, 10(B3) Mobilink, 10(B3) MobiNil Telecommunications, 27(B5); 43(B3) PMCL, 10(B3) SyriaTel Injunction Order, 24(B2); 43(B2-B3) Subsidiaries Fastlink, 10(B3); 43(B1) LINKdotNET, 24(B2) OTA, 10(B3); 24(B1,B2); 43(B3) OTT, 24(B1,B2); 43(B3) OTA, see OT Subsidiaries OTT, see OT Subsidiaries Paris Club, see Debts Petrochemical Projects, 22(B6) Pipelines, natural gas, Egypt/Jordan Financing of, 2(B11); 17(B8-B9) PMCL, see OT Stake in Policy Anti-Money Laudering Law, 25(B7) Corruption, 10(B8); 51/52(B4) Fiscal, 1(B5-B6); 3(B4-B6); 6(B11); 12(B3-B4); 21(B6); 31(B2-B3); 41(B6-B7); 46(B7) Privatization, 6(B11); 11(B1-B3); 12(B4); 31(B1,B2); 41(B6,B7); 43(B5,B6) Population, 10(B7) Red Sea Contracting Privatization of, 11(B3) Refining Projects, oil, 22(B5) Reserves, foreign exchanges, 3(B4-B5); 6(B11); 9(B2-B3); 12(B4); 21(B6); 31(B2) Revenues, 31(B1-B2,B3) Oil, 31(B2,B3); 47(B4,B5) Suez Canal, 31(B2,B3); 32(B5) Tourism, 6(B11); 31(B1,B2-B3) Rice Marketing Privatization of, 11(B3) S&P, 3(B4-B5); 9(B2,B3)

Ratings, 21(B6-B7); 31(B3); 32(B2); 39(B5) Sednawi Department Stores Privatization of, 11(B3) Semaf for Railway Coaches & Wagons Privatization of, 11(B3) Shawki & Co, 32(B7) Shura Council, 31(B1) Siemens, 43(B3) Sigma Capital, 32(B1,B2) Social Fund for Development Loans, 48(B8) Societe Generale, see NSGB Sharehold- ers Project Financing, 39(B4-B5); 41(B1); 45(B1) Sornaga Ceramics Privatization of, 11(B3) South Asia Wireless Communications, 10(B3) Standard Chartered Bank, 43(B7) Suez Canal, see Revenues SyriaTel, see OT Stake in Telecel International Subsidiaries Telecel Loteny, 24(B1) Telecel Loteny, see Access Telecom Mauritius Purchase of; OT Sale of; Telecel International Subsidiaries Telecom Egypt, 6(B11); 25(B6) Loans, 48(B8) Privatization of, 11(B2) Togareyoun Bank Privatization of, 11(B2) Transport & Engineering Privatization of, 11(B3) UNCC Compensation Payments, 10(B8); 12(B5) Unemployment, 31(B1); 41(B5); 51/52(B3) United for Textile Wholesale Trade Privatization of, 11(B3) US, see Aid USAID, 11(B1); see also Aid Water Projects Financing of, 49(B8) World Bank, 3(B5); 6(B10); 9(B9); 11(B1); 12(B4); see also IFC FSAP, 6(B11) Project Assistance, 6(B11) WorldCom Impact of Collapse of, 31(B2) FUJAIRAH, see UAE IRAN ABC Eurobond Issue, 28(B1); 50(B1) Ahli United Bank Eurobond Issue, 50(B1) Arab Bank

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Eurobond Issue, 28(B1) Arab Investment Company Eurobond Issue, 28(B1) Atieh Bahar Consulting, 27(B4); 36(B9) Balance of Payments Current Account, 16(B2); 17(B4); 20(B4-B5); 28(B2); 31(B5) Surplus, 33(B7) Trade, 16(B2); 31(B5); 33(B9); 46(B6) Banca Commerciale Italiana Loans, 9(B4-B5) Bank Eqtesade-e Novin, 7(D1) Bank Karafarin, 7(D1,D4) Bank Keshavarzi, see IDB Financing Development Projects Bank Mellat Loans, 12(B10); 48(B8) Bank Parsian, 7(D1) Bank Refah-e Kargaran, 7(D1) Bank Saderat, 7(D1) Bank Sepah Loans, 48(B8) Bank Tejarat Loans, 11(B8) Banking Sector Islamization of, 7(D1-D4) Merger of Foreign Branches of Iranian Banks, 20(B3) Private Commercial Banking, 7(D1, D4); 19(B4); 20(B3) Qarz-al Hasaneh Funds, 7(D3) Bayerische Hypo-und Vereinsbank Eurobond Issue, 28(B1) BNP Paribas, 10(B2) Eurobond Issue, 22(B1); 23(B1-B2); 27(B4); 28(B1); 30(B11); 36(B8); 50(B1) Bond Market Eurobond Issues, 10(B2); 22(B1); 23(B1-B2); 24(B6-B7); 25(B8); 27(B4); 28(B1-B3); 30(B11); 33(B6); 36(B8); 50(B1-B2) Bonyad Mostazafan, 7(D4) Budget, 2(B6-B8); 7(B6); 10(B7-B8); 11(B7-B8); 12(B4-B5); 25(B8); 28(B2); 31(B5); 51/52(B1-B2) Defense, 46(B3) Deficit, 16(B2) Financing of, 7(D2,D4); 16(B2); 25(B8) Oil Price Assumption, 2(B7); 3(B7); 10(B7); 12(B4); 27(B1); 28(B2); 35(B7); 37(B9); 40(B3); 41(B4); 43(B5); 45(B2); 47(B6); 50(B3); 51/52(B1) Cementation Skanska, 9(B4) Central Bank of Iran, 2(B7); 16(B2); 20(B3); 22(B1); 24(B6-B7); 31(B4- B5); 33(B8); 36(B9); 46(B5-B6) Credit Allocation, 19(B4) Eurobond Issue, 28(B1-B3); 30(B11); 36(B8); 50(B1-B2) Oil Pre-Financing, 7(B6) Oil Stabilization Fund, 2(B7); 7(B6); 10(B7); 12(B5); 17(B5); 20(B5);

21(B1); 25(B8); 27(B4); 28(B2); 33(B7,B9); 50(B1); 51/52(B1) Participation Papers, 33(B7) Private Commercial Banking, 7(D1, D4); 19(B4) Usury-Free Banking Act, 7(D1-D4) Central Statistics Office, 33(B7) Chiyoda Corp, 12(B10) Commerzbank, 10(B2) Eurobond Issue, 22(B1); 23(B1-B2); 27(B4); 28(B1,B2); 30(B11); 36(B8); 50(B1-B2) Council on Money and Credit, 7(D1, D2,D4) Council of Guardians, 2(B8); 10(B7); 11(B7-B8); 12(B4); 22(B1); 24(B6); 36(B9); 39(B7); 51/52(B2) Credit Agricole Indosuez, 10(B2) Eurobond Issue, 28(B1) Credit Lyonnais, 22(B1) Debts External Debt, 2(B7); 12(B5); 16(B2); 28(B2); 31(B4-B5); 33(B7,B8); 46(B5-B6) Repayment Schedule, 16(B2); 31(B5); 46(B6) Servicing of, 33(B9) Government Debt, 50(B1) UK, 11(B8) Defense Expenditure, 46(B2,B3,B4) Depfa Group Eurobond Issue, 50(B1) Deutsche Bank, 10(B2); 22(B1) Dublin Stock Exchange, 27(B4) EBI Eurobond Issue, 28(B1) ECGD Credit Guarantees, 9(B4-B5); 11(B8); 51/52(B7) Economic Growth, 12(B5); 17(B4) Economic Reforms, 24(B6); 25(B1-B2); 28(B2); 33(B6,B7-B9); 36(B8-B9) Economic Situation, 20(B4-B5); 33(B6- B9); 51/52(B1) EFG-Hermes, 27(B4); 36(B9) EFG-Hermes Persepolis Fund, 27(B4); 28(B2); 36(B9) EFS Eurobond Issue, 50(B1) EIU, 23(B1) Electricity Generation, see Tavanir Capacity, 20(B3) Enron Corp Impact of Collapse of, 36(B8) EU Negotiations on Trade and Coopera- tion Agreement, 25(B1-B3); 38(B6) Exchange Rate, 7(D4); 16(B2); 33(B8, B9) Unified Rate, 2(B6,B7); 7(B6); 10(B7); 12(B4,B5); 20(B5) Expediency Council, 11(B7-B8); 12(B4); 24(B6) Export Promotion Bank, 27(B4) Exports

Oil, 2(A7) Guaranteeing of, 27(B4) Value of, 2(A7); 17(B5); 31(B5); 46(B6) Value of, 31(B5); 46(B6) Fanavaran Petrochemicals, 51/52(B7) Fimilac SA, see Fitch Fitch, 50(B1,B2) Ratings, 20(B4-B5); 22(B1); 23(B1); 28(B1,B2) GDP, 2(B7); 7(D3); 17(B4); 20(B4,B5); 28(B2); 33(B7,B8,B9); 46(B4,B6); 50(B1); 51/52(B1,B3) GIB Eurobond Issue, 28(B1); 50(B1) High Council of Economy, 36(B8) HSBC, 10(B2); 22(B1); 51/52(B7) Loans, 11(B8); 12(B10) Hypovereins Bank Eurobond Issue, 50(B1) IDB Exports Financing, 19(B6) Financing Development Projects Bank Keshavarzi, 19(B6) Import Trade Financing Operations Kesht va Sanat Shomal Company, 19(B6) IDRO, 11(B8) IMF, 2(B6) Article IV Consultation, 33(B6-B9); 51/52(B1) Imports Value of, 31(B5); 33(B9); 46(B6) Gasoline and MTBE, 17(B5) Inflation, 2(B7-B8); 7(D3,D4); 12(B5); 33(B7,B8); 51/52(B1) ING Bank Loans, 12(B10) Iraq, see UNCC Compensation Pay- ments IRASCO, 9(B5) IRITEC, 9(B5) JBIC Loans, 12(B10); 48(B8) Kesht va Sanat Shomal Company, see IDB Import Trade Financing Opera- tions Kuwait Development Cooperation, 15(B7) Labor Force, 22(B1); 33(B8); 51/52(B3) Lebanon Iranian Deposit in Central Bank, 48(B2) Management and Planning Organiza- tion, 2(B8) Maskan Bank, 7(D2) Moody's Investors Service Ratings, 20(B5); 22(B1) Withdrawal of, 23(B1-B2); 24(B6- B7); 25(B8); 28(B1,B2-B3); 30(B11); 36(B8); 50(B1) National Iranian Industries Organiza- tion, 11(B8) NBD

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Eurobond Issue, 28(B1); 50(B1) NICO, 7(B6) NIOC, 2(B7); 7(B6); 17(B5); 28(B2); see also Production NPC Financing Carbon Monoxide Plant, 18(B8); 51/52(B7) Nuclear Power Bushehr Plant, 46(B4) OFAC, 23(B1); 28(B3) OIETAI, 39(B7) Oil Stabilization Fund, see Central Bank of Iran Parsee, 12(B10) Petrochemical Complex Bandar Imam, 51/52(B7) Petrochemical Industries Development Management Company, 12(B10) Policy Capital Market, 36(B8-B9) Exchange Rate, 33(B8) FIPPA, 39(B7) Fiscal and Monetary, 33(B7) Gas Flaring, 10(B7-B8) Government Subsidies, 28(B2) Guaranteeing Iranian Exports, 27(B4) LAPFI, 22(B1); 24(B6); 27(B4); 28(B2); 36(B9); 39(B7) Privatization, 20(B2-B3); 33(B9); 51/52(B1) VAT, 33(B8) Prices Gasoline, 2(B8) Oil, 28(B2); 33(B7,B8,B9) Production, oil, 33(B8) NIOC, 10(B7) QNB Eurobond Issue, 28(B1); 50(B1) Reserves, foreign exchange, 20(B5); 28(B2); 33(B7,B8,B9) Revenues Non-Oil, 31(B5); 33(B9); 46(B6) Oil and Gas, 2(B7-B8); 10(B7-B8); 12(B4); 16(B2); 17(B5); 25(B8); 27(B1,B2); 28(B2); 31(B5); 33(B9); 46(B6); 51/52(B1) Refined Products, 33(B9) Revolutionary Council, 7(D1) Russia Military Technical Cooperation Agree- ment, 46(B4) S&P Ratings, 23(B1); 28(B3) Sace Credit Guarantees, 9(B5) Shuaa Capital Eurobond Issue, 50(B1) Snamprogetti, 11(B8) Financing Petrochemical Project, 51/52(B7) Societe Generale Loans, 12(B10) Standard Bank London Eurobond Issue, 28(B1); 50(B1) Standard Chartered Bank

Eurobond Issue, 28(B1); 50(B1) Tavanir Output, 20(B3) Privatization of Small to Medium Sized Power Plants, 20(B2-B3) Toyo Engineering Corp, 12(B10) TSE, 27(B4); 28(B2); 33(B7); 36(B8- B9) UK, see Debts Export Credit Guarantees, 51/52(B7) UNCC Compensation Payments, 12(B5) Unemployment, 24(B6); 33(B7,B8); 46(B6); 51/52(B3) US Policy on Iran, 25(B3) "Axis of Evil", 20(B5); 22(B1); 24(B6); 25(B1-B2); 28(B1); 30(B11); 36(B8); 46(B3-B4) ILSA, 20(B5); 22(B1); 23(B1-B2); 24(B6-B7); 25(B2); 28(B1,B2-B3); 50(B1) Iran a State Sponsoring Terrorism, 22(B1) Water Sector Privatization of, 20(B3) WorldCom Impact of Collapse of, 36(B8) IRAQ AFESD, 40(B1) Algeria, see UNCC Compensation Pay- ments AMF, 40(B1) Arab League, 40(B1) Bahrain, see UNCC Compensation Pay- ments FTA, 17(B5) BNP, 9(B7); 39(B5) Central Bank of Iraq, 35(B3) China, see UNCC Compensation Pay- ments Debts External Debt, 35(B1) Debt Service, 35(B1) Defense Expenditure, 42(B2,B3,B4) Economic and Social Recovery, 35(B1- B3) Economic Reforms Post-Saddam, 46(B5) Economic Situation, 40(B1-B2) Egypt, see UNCC Compensation Pay- ments Bilateral Trade, 4(B2) Electricity Sector Deterioration of, 4(B3) Exchange Rate, 4(B2) France, see UNCC Compensation Pay- ments GDP, 40(B1-B2); 46(B4); 50(B2) Germany, see UNCC Compensation Payments India, see UNCC Compensation Pay-

ments Inflation, 4(B2) Iran, see UNCC Compensation Pay- ments Iraqi Studies Center Economic Deterioration, Waste of Oil Wealth and Widespread Poverty in Iraq, 40(B1-B2) Ireland, see UNCC Compensation Pay- ments Israel, see UNCC Compensation Pay- ments Japan, see UNCC Compensation Pay- ments Jordan, see UNCC Compensation Pay- ments Kreindler and Kreindler Lawsuit Filed against Iraq by Relatives of Victims of 11 September Attacks, 36(B9) Kuwait, see UNCC Compensation Pay- ments Lebanon, see UNCC Compensation Pay- ments FTA, 15(B5-B6) Morocco, see UNCC Compensation Pay- ments OAPEC, 40(B1) Oman FTA, 17(B5) OPEC, 35(B1) Pipelines, oil, Iraq/Turkey, 9(B8); 39(B6) Policy Fiscal and Monetary, 35(B2-B3) Privatization, 35(B3) Production, oil, 38(B6) Capacity, 4(B3) Qa'ida al-, 36(B9); 38(B6) Reconstruction and Rehabilitation of Oil Industry, 4(B3,B6,B7) Revenues, oil, 4(B1); 9(B7-B8); 27(B1, B2); 35(B1); 39(B5); 47(B4,B5) Cross-Border Trade, 23(B7) Saudi Arabia, see UNCC Compensation Payments Saudi Aramco, see UNCC Compensa- tion Payments Saudi Arabia Syria, see UNCC Compensation Pay- ments Tunisia, see UNCC Compensation Pay- ments Turkey, see Pipelines UAE, see UNCC Compensation Pay- ments UN Escrow Account, 9(B8); 23(B7); 39(B5,B6) Humanitarian Situation, 35(B2) Oil-for-Food Program, 4(B1-B7); 23(B6-B7); 27(B2,B3) Distribution Plans, 28(B7-B8); 39(B5-B6) Gross Revenue, 9(B7-B8); 39(B5) Sanctions against Iraq, 23(B7); 35(B1)

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WMD, 23(B7) UN Inter-Agency Humanitarian Pro- gram, 9(B7); 28(B7); 39(B6) UN Office of the Iraq Program, 4(B1, B2,B3); 9((B7); 28(B8) Allocations for Humanitarian Program, 23(B6-B7); 39(B5-B6) Kurdish Areas, 23(B6); 39(B6) Oil Spare Parts, 23(B6); 39(B5) UN Sanctions Committee, 4(B1,B2) UNCC, 4(B1); 9(B7) Allocations to, 27(B3); 39(B6) Compensation Payments, 10(B8); 12(B5); 16(B2); 27(B3); 30(B10); 39(B6); 41(B8); 44(B5); 51/52(B4) Algeria, 12(B5) Bahrain, 12(B5) China, 30(B10); 44(B5) Egypt, 10(B8); 12(B5) France, 30(B10) Germany, 30(B10); 44(B5) India, 30(B10) Iran, 12(B5) Ireland, 16(B2) Israel, 12(B5) Japan, 30(B10) Jordan, 12(B5); 16(B2) Kuwait, 12(B5); 16(B2); 27(B3); 30(B10); 41(B8); 44(B5) Lebanon, 12(B5) Morocco, 12(B5) Saudi Arabia, 12(B5); 16(B2); 44(B5) Saudi Aramco, 41(B8) Syria, 12(B5) Tunisia, 12(B5) UAE, 12(B5) US, 30(B10) Yemen, 12(B5) UNMOVIC, 4(B4); 9(B8); 39(B6) UNSCOM, 9(B8); 39(B6); see also UNMOVIC US, see UNCC Compensation Payments Cost of War on Iraq, 38(B6); 40(B6- B8); 50(B2) Allied Contributions to Cost of 1991 War, 40(B7) Reconstruction and Nation-Building, 50(B2-B3) Government Accounting Office Re- port, 23(B7) Lawsuit Filed against Iraq by Relatives of Victims of 11 September Attacks, 36(B9) War Reparations, 35(B1); see also UNCC Yemen, see UNCC Compensation Pay- ments ISRAEL Avner Oil Exploration Limited Partner- ship, 31(B8) Bank of Israel, 3(B8)

Bond Market Domestic Bond Issues, 21(B5); 31(B7- B8) Budget, defense, 46(B3) Citibank Israel Loans, 38(B5) Defense Expenditure, 46(B2,B3,B4) Delek Drilling Limited Partnership, 31(B8) Delek Group Domestic Bond Issue, 31(B8) Delek Investments and Properties Ltd, 31(B8) Dow Jones, 21(B5) Economic Situation Economic Impact of Intifada, 3(B8) EIB Loans, 6(B9) Electricity Authority, 21(B5) EU Aid to PA, 26(B8-B9) Trade Sanctions against Israel, 15(B3) GDP, 3(B8); 46(B3,B4) IDF Destruction of Infrastructure and Prop- erty in West Bank, 15(B1-B3) IEC Domestic Bond Issue, 21(B5); 31(B8) Loans, 38(B5) Natural Gas Supplies Yam Thetis, 31(B7) Palestinian Debt for Power Supplies, 26(B9) Results 2001, 21(B5) Iraq, see UNCC Compensation Pay- ments Israel Federation of Chambers of Com- merce, 8(B7) Israel Manufacturers Association, 8(B7) Israel Roads Domestic Bond Issue, 31(B8) Israel Small and Medium Enterprises Authority, 8(B7) Nobel Energy, see Samedan Oil Corpo- ration PA, 24(B7); see also EU Aid to Economic and Humanitarian Impact of Military Incursion into West Bank, 15(B1-B3); 16(B6-B7); 22(B8-B9); 27(B9); 30(B9); 38(B7) Private Debt, 8(B7); see also IEC Palestinian Debt for Power Supplies Samedan Oil Corporation, 31(B8) Siemens, 38(B5) Societe Generale Domestic Bond Issue, 31(B8) Turkey Water Supply Agreement, 32(B8) UNCC Compensation Payments, 12(B5) Unemployment, 3(B8) US Anti-Terror Bill, 30(B10) VID Group Domestic Bond Issue, 31(B8)

World Bank, 22(B8-B9) Yam Thetis, see IEC Natural Gas Supplies Domestic Bond Issue, 31(B7-B8) JORDAN AAG, 43(B1) ABC Loans, 22(B7) Abu Jabir Group, 2(B11) Aid, 22(B7) US, 8(B6); 22(B7) USAID, 31(B7) AIG, 7(B2); 12(B7-B9); 35(B8,B9); 43(B1); 45(B3); see also Jordan Fund Arab Bank, 19(B3); see also JTC Share- holders; Orient Gas Company Bank Guarantee for Purchase of Gas Eurobond Issue, 11(B9) Loans, 22(B7) Modernization and Restructuring of, 29(B8) Results 2000, 35(B11) Results 2001, 35(B8,B9,B10,B11) Results 2002, 32(B4) Shareholders, 29(B8) Saudi Oger, 29(B7-B8) SSC, 29(B8) Arab International Hotels Company Note Issue, 24(B3) Arab Potash, 19(B3) Arabia Insurance Co, see JGB Sale of Shares in Aramex Holdings Bermuda Ltd Loans, 35(B7-B8) Aramex International Delisting of on NASDAQ, 35(B7,B8) Leveraged Buyout by Rasmala Part- ners, 35(B7-B8) Purchase of Memo Express, 35(B8) ASE, 8(B3); 19(B3); 27(B6); 29(B6- B7); 30(B11); 35(B8); 43(B1); 45(B3) ASEZ, see Bechtel International Interim Manager for Balance of Payments, 17(B4) Bank of Jordan, see Parcip Stake in Loans, 35(B7) Results 2000, 35(B11-B12) Results 2001, 35(B8,B9,B10,B11-B12) Banking Sector Bad Loans, 7(B1-B2); 8(B2-B3); 9(B3- B4); 14(B6-B7); 35(B8,B10) Results 2000, 35(B11-B12) Results 2001, 35(B8-B10,B11-B12) Results 2002, 32(B4); 35(B10) Bechtel Interim Manager for ASEZ, 23(B8) Bond Market Eurobond Issue, 11(B9) Budget Defense, 46(B2,B3) Deficit, 8(B4); 16(B1); 18(B8); 26(B4, B5)

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Cairo Amman Bank Loans, 22(B7) Ratings, 51/52(B8) Central Bank of Jordan, 7(B1,B2); 45(B5) Banking Regulations, 8(B2,B3); 14(B6); 35(B8,B9,B10) CI Ratings, 2(B11); 28(B9) Citibank Loans, 22(B7) Debts External Debt, 8(B6); 26(B4); 27(B8) Repayment, 16(B1) France, 8(B6) Paris Club, 8(B6); 16(B1); 26(B4); 27(B8) Rescheduling of, 28(B6); 31(B4) Public Debt, 26(B5) Servicing of, 31(B4) Defense Expenditure, 46(B2,B3,B4) Deutsche Bank, see Jordan Fund Economic Growth, 17(B4); 18(B8); 26(B4,B5); 27(B8) Economic Reforms, 16(B1-B2); 18(B8); 19(B3-B4); 26(B4-B5); 27(B8) e-Dimension, 43(B1) EFB, 8(B2-B3) Egypt, see Pipelines Egyptian Arab Land Bank Loans, 22(B7) Egyptian National Bank, 1(B6) EIB Loans, 6(B9,B10) Export and Finance Bank, 6(B1) Loans, 35(B7-B8) Scandal, 9(B3); 14(B7); 35(B10) Fastlink, 10(B3); 43(B1) Foursan Group, see Jordan Fund France, see Debts France Cable et Radio, 43(B1) France Telecom, see France Cable et Radio; JTC Shareholders Gas Projects, 22(B4) GB Bad Loan Case, 7(B1-B2); 8(B2-B3); 9(B3-B4); 14(B6-B7); 35(B8,B10) GDP, 8(B4,B5,B6); 16(B1); 17(B4); 18(B8); 19(B4); 26(B4,B5); 27(B8); 46(B4) General Mediterranean Holding Com- pany, see Parcip Global One, 43(B1) GSM Market, 27(B5-B6); 43(B1) Gulf Invest Bond Issue, 24(B3) Hamas, 34(B6) Housing Bank for Trade and Finance, see Orient Gas Company Bank Guaran- tee for Purchase of Gas Loans, 22(B7) Results 2000, 35(B11) Results 2001, 35(B8,B9,B10,B11) HSBC Eurobond Issue, 11(B9)

Loans, 22(B7) Scandal, 9(B3); 14(B7) IGI, 12(B8) IMF, 8(B6) EFF, 16(B1); 26(B4); 27(B8) Structural Reform Program, 16(B1- B2); 19(B3-B4); 22(B7); 26(B4); 27(B6,B8); 28(B6); 31(B4) PIN, 26(B4-B5) Stand-by Credit, 27(B8); 28(B6) Inflation, 18(B8); 26(B5) Insurance Industry, 12(B7-B9) Iraq, see UNCC Compensation Pay- ments IRC, 12(B8-B9) Jardaneh Group, 2(B11) JCF Privatization of, 22(B7) Sale of Government Share to SSC, 19(B3) JGB Loans, 22(B7) Scandal, 7(B1); 8(B2-B3); 9(B3); 14(B6,B7); 35(B10) Sale of Shares in Arabia Insurance Co, 14(B6) JIFB, see al-Quds Bank Loans, 22(B7) Scandal, 7(B1,B2); 8(B2); 14(B6) Ratings, 2(B11) Stake in Jordan International Bank, 2(B11) JKB, see Orient Gas Company Bank Guarantee for Purchase of Gas Loans, 22(B7); 35(B7) Ratings, 28(B9) Results 2000, 35(B11-B12) Results 2001, 35(B8,B9,B10,B11-B12) JNB, see Orient Gas Company Bank Guarantee for Purchase of Gas Loans, 22(B7) Scandal, 7(B1,B2); 8(B2); 14(B6); 35(B8,B10) Note Issue, 24(B3) Results 2000, 35(B11-B12) Results 2001, 35(B8,B9,B11-B12) Results 2002, 35(B10) Jordan Arab Investment Bank, see Orient Gas Company Bank Guarantee for Purchase of Gas Loans, 22(B7) Jordan Fund Deutsche Bank/AIG/Foursan Group, 44(B8) Jordan International Bank, see JIF Bank Stake in Loans, 35(B7) Jordan Investment Board, 27(B6) Jordan Investment Fund, 45(B3) Jordan Islamic Bank, 34(B6) Results 2000, 35(B12) Results 2001, 35(B8,B10,B12) Jordanian Insurance Federation, 12(B8) Jordinvest, 8(B4,B6) Bond Issue, 24(B3); 27(B6)

Note Issue, 24(B3) JP Morgan, 43(B1) JPMC, 19(B3) Bond Issue, 11(B9); 27(B6) Privatization of, 27(B6) JSC, 7(B1) JTC, 19(B3); 43(B1) Bond Issue, 24(B3) Privatization of, 43(B1); 45(B3) Shareholders Arab Bank, 43(B1); 45(B3) France Telecom, 43(B1); 45(B3) SSC, 43(B1); 45(B3) KIA, 29(B8) Labor Force, 51/52(B3) Memo Express, see Aramex Internation- al Purchase of Middle East Investment Bank, 7(B1) Loans, 22(B7) MobileCom, 24(B3); 43(B1,B2) Moody's Investors Service Ratings, 51/52(B8) Morganti, 31(B7) NBK Jordan Branch, 45(B5) Onedo, 31(B7) Onedo Degremont, 31(B7) Orient Gas Company Bank Guarantee for Purchase of Gas Arab Bank, 1(B6) Housing Bank for Finance and Trade, 1(B6) JKB, 1(B6) JNB, 1(B6) Jordan Arab Investment Bank, 1(B6) OT, see Fastlink Parcip Stake in Bank of Jordan, 30(B11) Paris Club, see Debts Philadelphia Investment Bank, 7(B1) Pipelines, natural gas, Egypt/Jordan Financing of, 2(B11) Policy Government Subsidies, 16(B1-B2); 19(B4); 22(B7) Plan for Social and Economic Trans- formations, 27(B8) Privatization, 19(B3-B4); 22(B7); 27(B6); 43(B1); 45(B3) Potash Corp of Saskatchewan, 27(B6) Poverty, 8(B4,B6) Qualified Industrial Zone, 6(B1) Quds Bank al-, 2(B11) Rasmala Partners, see Aramex Interna- tional Leveraged Buyout by Reserves, foreign exchange, 26(B4,B5); 27(B8) Revenues, GSM, 43(B1) S&P Ratings, 18(B8); 19(B3); 22(B7) Samra Plant Consortium, 31(B7) Saudi Oger, see Arab Bank Shareholders Shuaa Capital Bond Issue, 24(B3)

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SIDA, 31(B7) Societe Generale Group, see Middle East Investment Bank SSC, 8(B6); see also Arab Bank Share- holders; JCF Sale of Government Shares to; JTC Shareholders Standard Chartered Bank Loans, 22(B7) Talhuni Group, 2(B11) Telecommunications Regulatory Com- mission, 43(B1) UNCC Compensation Payments, 12(B5); 16(B2) Unemployment, 8(B4,B6); 22(B7); 51/52(B3) Union Bank for Savings and Investment, 7(B1) Loans, 22(B7) US, see Aid FTA, 8(B6); 18(B8); 44(B8) USAID, see Aid Wastewater Treatment Plant Khirbet al-Salam Plant on BOT Basis, 31(B7) World Bank, 14(B6) Loans, 22(B7); 26(B4); 27(B8); 28(B6) WTO, 12(B7) Membership, 18(B8) KUWAIT ADCB FRNs, 30(B10) Ahli United Bank, see BKME Share- holders Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait Ratings, 16(B7); 18(B8); 22(B9); 8(B6) Results 1998, 33(B4,B5) Results 1999, 33(B4,B5); 42(B4) Results 2000, 33(B4,B5,B6); 42(B4, B7) Results 2001, 33(B1,B2,B4,B5,B6); 42(B4,B7) Al Ahli Bank of Qatar, see NBK Stake in Arab Bank Group, see KIA Sale of Shares in Arthur Andersen, 33(B2) Bahrain, see KFAED Loans; NBK Branches Balance of Payments Current Account, 17(B4) Banking Sector Assessment of, 9(B9) Consolidation of, 19(B1); 33(B3) Foreign Banks, 32(B6); 33(B3) Islamic Banks, 32(B6) Results 1998, 33(B4,B5) Results 1999, 33(B4,B5); 42(B2,B3, B4) Results 2000, 33(B4,B5,B6); 42(B2, B3,B4,B6,B7) Results 2001, 5(B5); 8(B9); 33(B1-

B6); 42(B1,B2,B3,B4,B6,B7) Results 2002, 29(B5); 31(B8) BISS, see BKME Shareholders BKME, 33(B3) Loans, 26(B2) Ratings, 16(B7); 22(B9) Results 1998, 33(B4,B5) Results 1999, 33(B4,B5); 42(B4) Results 2000, 33(B4,B5,B6); 42(B4, B7) Results 2001, 33(B1,B4,B5,B6); 42(B4,B7) Sale of Government Shares in, 19(B1) Shareholders Ahli United Bank, 19(B1) BISS, 19(B1) KIA, 19(B1) Budget, 1(B4); 7(B7); 28(B7); 33(B3); 35(B3-B6); 43(B9-B11) Defense, 46(B3,B4) Deficit, 1(B4-B5); 7(B7); 27(B2); 28(B7); 33(B3); 35(B3,B4,B5); 43(B10) Oil Price Assumption, 3(B7); 7(B7); 15(B9); 28(B7); 33(B3); 35(B3,B7); 37(B9); 40(B3); 41(B4); 43(B5); 45(B2); 47(B6); 50(B3) Surplus, 1(B4,B5); 7(B7); 14(B4-B5); 15(B9); 43(B9,B10,B11) Burgan Bank, 19(B1); 33(B3) Burgan Financial Fund, 33(B3) Failure of Negotiations with NBE, 24(B5); 33(B3) FRNs, 30(B10); 33(B2) Purchase of MAIB, 24(B5); 33(B3) Ratings, 16(B7); 22(B9) Results 1998, 33(B4,B5) Results 1999, 33(B4,B5); 42(B3) Results 2000, 33(B4,B5,B6); 42(B3, B7) Results 2001, 33(B1,B3,B4,B5,B6); 42(B2,B3,B7) CBK, 19(B6) Ratings, 16(B7); 22(B9); 37(B10) Results 1998, 33(B4,B5) Results 1999, 33(B4,B5); 42(B3) Results 2000, 33(B4,B5,B6); 42(B3, B6) Results 2001, 33(B1,B2-B3,B4,B5,B6); 42(B3,B6) Central Bank of Kuwait, 22(B9); 31(B8) Banking Regulations, 9(B9); 32(B6); 33(B1) Dinar-Dollar Link, 42(B9) CFC Bond Issue, 20(B4) CI Ratings, 16(B7); 29(B5); 31(B8) Defense Expenditure, 46(B2,B3,B4) Deutsche Bank Eurobond Issue, 20(B4) FRNs, 30(B10) Economic Growth, 17(B4) Economic Reforms, 20(B5-B6); 27(B2) EFS

FRNs, 30(B10) Egypt, see KFAED Loans Enron Corp, 33(B2) Equate Petrochemicals Company Profits, 27(B3) Refinancing Agreement, 33(B2) Evkaf Finance House, see IDB Equity Capital Increase Exchange Rate Dina-Dollar Link, 42(B9) Financial Situation, 15(B9) Fitch Ratings, 26(B8); 29(B5,B6) GCC, 16(B5,B6); 30(B11); 33(B3) GDP, 13(B6); 15(B9); 17(B4); 19(B1- B2); 33(B3); 46(B4); 51/52(B3) GIB FRNs, 30(B10) GIC, 8(B7) Eurobond Issue, 20(B4) FRNs, 30(B10-B11) Ratings, 14(B8); 16(B5); 20(B4); 22(B9); 30(B11) Results 1999, 42(B3) Results 2000, 42(B3,B7) Results 2001, 16(B5-B6); 20(B4); 42(B3,B7) Sale of Stake in GIB, 16(B5,B6); 20(B4) Strategy, 16(B5,B6); 30(B11) GOSI, 49(B5) GSM Market, 27(B5-B6) Gulf Bank Loans, 26(B2) Ratings, 16(B7); 22(B9) Results 1998, 33(B4,B5) Results 1999, 33(B4,B5); 42(B3) Results 2000, 33(B4,B5,B6); 42(B3, B6) Results 2001, 33(B1,B2,B4,B5,B6); 42(B3,B6) Gulf Industrial Investment Company, see KPC Sale of Gulf Invest Bond Issue, 24(B3) IBK Loans, 33(B3) Results 1998, 33(B4,B5) Results 1999, 33(B4,B5); 42(B4) Results 2000, 33(B4,B5,B6); 42(B4, B6,B7) Results 2001, 33(B4,B5,B6); 42(B4, B6,B7) IDB Equity Capital Increase Evkaf Finance House, 19(B6) Ionics, see UDC Shareholders Iran Development Cooperation, 15(B7) Iraq, see UNCC Compensation Pay- ments Jordan, see NBK Branches JP Morgan Eurobond Issue, 5(B5); 8(B9) KFAED, 42(B9); 49(B5)

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Loans Bahrain, 26(B9); 38(B5-B6) Egypt, 2(B11); 49(B8) Lebanon, 4(B10); 21(B7); 47(B7) Technical Service Grants Lebanon, 4(B10) KFH Islamic Aircraft Leasing Fund, 16(B4- B5) Ratings, 22(B9); 31(B8) Results 1998, 33(B4,B5) Results 1999, 33(B4,B5); 42(B3) Results 2000, 33(B4,B5,B6); 42(B3, B6) Results 2001, 33(B1,B4,B5,B6); 42(B1, B3,B6) Results 2002, 31(B8) KFH-Bahrain, 16(B5); 49(B8) Khurafi Group, see KSHC; UDC Share- holders KIA, 9(B8); 28(B7); 49(B5); see also BKME Shareholders Reshuffle of Department Heads, 44(B4) Return on Foreign Investments, 26(B3) Sale of Shares in Arab Bank Group to SSC, 33(B2) KPC, 35(B4); 49(B5); see also Equate Petrochemicals Company; KUFPEC Annual Report, 27(B3) Budget, 32(B5); 35(B5) Profits, 27(B3); 32(B5) Revenues, 27(B3); 32(B5) Sale of Gulf Industrial Investment Company, 27(B3) Sale of Shares in Santa Fe Internation- al Corporation, 27(B3) KREB Results 1998, 33(B4,B5) Results 1999, 33(B4,B5); 42(B4) Results 2000, 33(B4,B5,B6); 42(B4, B7) Results 2001, 33(B4,B5,B6); 42(B4, B7) KSE, 19(B1); 24(B3); 29(B6); 33(B3) KSHC, 40(B9) KUFPEC Profits, 27(B3) Kuwait Cement Privatization of, 19(B1) Kuwait Economic Society, 27(B2) Kuwait Projects Holding Company, see KSHC Labor Force, 51/52(B3) Lebanon, see KFAED Loans, Technical Service Grants Luxembourg Stock Exchange, 5(B5); 8(B9); 26(B8) MAIB, see Burgan Bank Purchase of Millenium Aircraft Leasing Company, 16(B4-B5) Mobile Telecommunications Privatization of, 19(B1) Moody's Investors Services Ratings, 5(B5); 7(B8); 8(B9); 14(B8);

16(B5); 18(B8); 20(B4,B5-B6); 22(B9); 26(B8); 29(B5,B6); 30(B11); 31(B8); 33(B1); 35(B6); 48(B6) Morgan Stanley Eurobond Issue, 5(B5); 8(B9); 20(B4) Morgan Stanley Dean Witter FRNs, 30(B10) MPL Islamic Aircraft Leasing Fund, 16(B4- B5) McKinsey and Co, 16(B6) National Industries Group Bond Issue, 33(B2) National Investment Company, see KSHC NBE, see Burgan Bank Failure of Nego- tiations with NBK, 14(B4-B5); 22(B4); 24(B5); 33(B3-B4); 35(B3-B4,B5-B6); 43(B9- B11) Branches Bahrain, 26(B2) Jordan, 45(B5) Saudi Arabia, 39(B9); 42(B8); 45(B5) Economic Brief, 1(B4-B5); 7(B7); 19(B1-B2) Eurobond Issue, 5(B5); 8(B8-B9); 26(B8); 33(B1) Euromoney's Award, 33(B1-B2) Independent Broadband Wave, 10(B6- B7) Loans, 26(B2); 33(B2) Mutual Fund Issue, 20(B4) Project Financing, 33(B2) Ratings, 7(B8); 16(B7); 22(B9); 26(B8); 29(B5,B6); 33(B1) Results 1998, 33(B4,B5) Results 1999, 33(B4,B5); 42(B2) Results 2000, 33(B4,B5,B6); 42(B2, B6) Results 2001, 5(B5); 8(B9); 33(B1,B2, B4,B5,B6); 42(B1,B2,B6) Results 2002, 29(B5) Stake in Al Ahli Bank of Qatar, 29(B5); 33(B3) WOLC, 2(B4) Petrochemical Projects, 22(B5) Philipp Holzman, 26(B2) PIC, see Equate Petrochemicals Com- pany Policy Banking Law, 32(B6); 33(B3) Employment of Kuwaiti Nationals in Non-Government Sector, 44(B3-B4) Financing of Terrorism, 50(B7) Money Laundering, 50(B7) Offset Legislation, 9(B8) Privatization, 19(B1-B2); 33(B3) Project Kuwait, 15(B9); 33(B3); 35(B6) Political Crisis, 27(B2) Prices, oil, 1(B4); 7(B7); 35(B3); 43(B5) PIFSS Transfers to, 43(B10) QNB, 29(B5)

FRNs, 30(B10) Refining Projects, oil, 22(B5) Financing Ahmadi Refinery Recon- struction, 33(B2) Revenues Non-Oil, 1(B4,B5); 7(B7); 14(B4-B5); 28(B7); 35(B3-B4); 43(B9,B10,B11) Oil, 1(B4,B5); 7(B7); 14(B4,B5); 27(B1); 28(B7); 35(B3,B4); 43(B10); 47(B4,B5) RFFG, 7(B7); 21(B1) Allocations to, 1(B4); 14(B5); 28(B7); 35(B3,B4); 43(B9,B10) Return on Investments, 26(B3) Withdrawals from, 49(B5) Riyad Bank FRNs, 30(B10) S&P Banking Sector Assessment, 9(B9) Ratings, 15(B9); 20(B4); 29(B5,B6); 35(B6); 37(B10) Sahil Investment Company, see KSHC Santa Fe International Corporation, see KPC Sale of Shares in Saudi Arabia, see NBK Branches SSC, see KIA Sale of Shares in Arab Bank Group to State General Reserve, 49(B5) Suq al-Manakh Collapse of, 33(B1) UDC Financing Sulaibiya Wastewater Treat- ment Project, 26(B2); 33(B2) Shareholders Ionics, 26(B2) Khurafi Group, 26(B2) UNCC Compensation Payments, 12(B5); 14(B5); 16(B2); 27(B3); 30(B10); 33(B1); 41(B8); 43(B9,B11); 44(B5) UNDP, 9(B8) Unemployment, 51/52(B3) United Gulf Construction Co, 26(B2) United Industries Company, 27(B2) United Utilities, 26(B2) US, 15(B9) WOLC, see NBK World Bank, 9(B8) WTO, 33(B3) LEBANON ABN AMRO, 26(B1); see also Byblos Bank Acquisition of AFESD, 48(B1); see also Aid Paris II Donor Conference Aid Pledged; Water Projects Litani Irrigation and Drinking Water Project Financing of Loans, 13(B9); 31(B9) Aid Paris II Donor Conference, 3(B2); 27(B4); 44(B6); 46(B6); 47(B7); 48(B1-B3) Aid Pledged, 48(B1-B2,B3); 49(B8);

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50(B2) AFESD, 48(B2) AMF, 48(B2) Bahrain, 48(B2) Belgium, 48(B2) Canada, 48(B2) EIB, 48(B2) EU, 48(B2) France, 48(B2) Italy, 48(B2) KFAED, 48(B2) Kuwait, 48(B2) Malaysia, 48(B2) Oman, 48(B2) Qatar, 48(B2) Saudi Arabia, 48(B2) UAE, 48(B2) World Bank, 48(B2) Allied Bank, 26(B1) AMF, 48(B1); see also Aid Paris II Donor Conference Aid Pledged; ATFP Arab Bank Shareholders Saudi Oger, 29(B7-B8) Association of Banks, 50(B2) ATFP Credit Line, 13(B9) Bahrain, see Aid Paris II Donor Con- ference Aid Pledged Balance of Payments Current Account, 11(B6) Deficit, 9(B7); 48(B1) Surplus, 48(B1) Bank Mergers, 46(B7) Bank of Beirut/Beirut Riyad Bank, 23(B8); 26(B1); 29(B8); 49(B8) Bank of Beirut/Transorient Bank, 23(B8); 49(B8) Banque Audi/BLF, 25(B6); 26(B1); 29(B8); 46(B7) Byblos Bank/Wedge Bank Middle East, 46(B6) First National Bank/Societe Bancaire du Liban, 26(B1) Bank of Beirut, see Bank Mergers; EBI Stake in Operations in Cyprus, 29(B8) Preferred Shares Issue, 49(B8) Results 2001, 23(B8); 29(B8) Banking Sector, 11(A6-A7); see also Bank Mergers Combatting Money Laundering, 26(B1- B2) Purchase of Zero Interest T-Bills or Eurobonds, 50(B2) Ratings, 15(B8-B9); 25(B9-B10); 27(B9) Results 2001, 23(B8); 24(B6); 29(B8) Banque Audi, 3(B9); 10(B1); see also Bank Mergers Capital Increase, 24(B6); 25(B6) Ratings, 15(B8); 25(B10); 27(B9) Results 2001, 24(B6) Banque de la Mediterranee, 26(B1)

Ratings, 15(B8) Banque du Liban, 3(B3); 9(B7); 44(B6); 46(B6); 48(B1) Banks Consolidation Policy, 23(B8); 25(B6); 26(B1); 46(B6,B7) Combatting Money Laundering, 26(B1- B2) Eurobonds Zero Interest, 50(B2) Financing Public Debt, 51/52(B6) Foreign Exchange Reserves, 13(B8); 18(B8) Iranian Deposit, 48(B2) Gold Reserves, 13(B8) Stabilizing Exchange Rate, 6(B5); 13(B8); 15(B8); 23(B5); 48(B3) T-Bills, 6(B4) Replacing of by Eurobonds, 10(B1); 27(B3-B4) Trading on Secondary Market Sus- pended, 3(B9) Zero Interest, 50(B2) Banque Libanaise pour le Commerce, 46(B7) Banque Saradar, 26(B1); 46(B7) Ratings, 25(B10) BBAC Ratings, 25(B10) Beirut Riyad Bank, see Bank Mergers Beirut Stock Exchange, 49(B8) Belgium, see Aid Paris II Donor Con- ference Aid Pledged BLF, 46(B7); see also Bank Mergers Ratings, 25(B10) BLOM, 9(B7); 26(B1) Ratings, 15(B8); 23(B2-B3); 25(B10) Blominvest Bank, 15(B5) BNP Paribas, 17(B2); 25(B6); 34(B8); 45(B6) Eurobond Issue, 10(B1); 23(B5) Bond Market Eurobond Issues, 6(B4,B5); 10(B1); 11(B6-B7); 13(B8) Government Portfolio, 18(B7); 23(B5); 27(B3-B4) Zero Interest, 50(B2) Budget, 6(B4-B5); 27(B4); 48(B3); 50(B2) Defense, 46(B3) Deficit, 6(B4,B5); 10(B1); 13(B8); 18(B8); 23(B5); 48(B3) Byblos Bank, see Bank Mergers Acquisition of ABN AMRO's Lebanese Assets, 46(B6-B7) ING Barings' Lebanese Assets, 46(B6) Ratings, 23(B2-B3); 25(B10); 27(B9) Canada, see Aid Paris II Donor Confer- ence Aid Pledged CDR, 17(B2) Loans, 18(B7); 21(B7); 47(B7) Cellis Cancellation of Contract, 19(B2-B3); 51/52(B6) Transfer Agreement, 51/52(B6)

Central Bank of Cyprus, 29(B8) Central Bank of Lebanon, see Banque du Liban CI Ratings, 18(B7-B8); 25(B9-B10) Credit Agricole, see BLF Credit Libanais Ratings, 25(B10) Debts Debt Servicing, 6(B4,B5); 10(B1,B2); 44(B6); 50(B2) Debt Swap Plan, 46(B6) Domestic Debt Conversion of to Eurobond, 10(B1); 23(B5); 27(B3-B4) External Debt, 6(B4); 11(B6); 27(B4) Foreign Currency Debt, 18(B7) Public Debt, 11(B6-B7); 13(B8); 15(B8); 18(B8); 27(B9); 28(B9); 48(B1); 50(B2); 51/52(B6) Financing of, 51/52(B6) Total Debt, 6(B4); 27(B4); 28(B8-B9) Defense Expenditure, 46(B2,B3,B4) EBI Stake in Bank of Beirut, 49(B8) EC, 48(B1) Economic Crisis, 28(B8-B9) Economic Growth, 10(B1); 23(B5); 27(B9) Economic Reforms, 6(B4-B5); 9(B7); 13(B8); 48(B1-B3) Economic Situation, 13(B8); 19(B3); 23(B5) EDL Debts, 17(B1,B2,B3); 27(B6); 34(B8) Loans, 13(B9) Loss, 27(B6); 45(B6) Privatization of, 27(B6-B7); 34(B8); 45(B6) Rescue Plan, 17(B1-B3); 27(B6); 34(B8) EIB, 48(B1); see also Aid Paris II Donor Conference Aid Pledged Loans, 6(B9,B10); 18(B7) EIU, 6(B4-B5) Electricity Generation, see EDL ESCWA, 3(B3) EU, 44(B6); see also Aid Paris II Donor Conference Aid Pledged Association Agreement, 3(B1-B2,B3- B4); 6(B4); 11(B6); 17(B5); 25(B5); 48(B2) Exchange Rate, 6(B5); 10(B1); 11(B6- B7); 13(B8); 15(B8); 48(B1,B3) Devaluation Issue, 23(B5) FATF, 3(B2); see also Policy Money Laundering FDI, 11(B6) Financial Situation, 11(B6-B7); 15(B8- B9); 18(B7-B8) First National Bank, see Bank Mergers Fitch Ratings, 27(B9) France, see Aid Paris II Donor Confer- ence Aid Pledged

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France Telecom, see Cellis Fransabank Ratings, 25(B10) GCC, 44(B6) GDP, 3(B3); 6(B4,B5); 10(B1); 11(B6); 13(B8); 15(B8); 18(B7,B8); 26(B1); 27(B9); 46(B4); 51/52(B6) Groupe Mediterranee, 26(B1); see also Allied Bank; Banque de la Mediterra- nee; Saudi-Lebanese Bank GSM Market, 25(B5-B6) Mobile License Auction, 51/52(B6) Higher Council for Privatization, 17(B2); 45(B6) Higher Energy Council, 34(B8) HSBC, 19(B2); 51/52(B6) IDAL, 3(B2) IMF Article IV Consultation, 3(B3) Paris II Conference, 27(B4); 44(B6); 48(B1,B2-B3) Inflation, 11(B6) Infrastructure Projects Financing Beirut Infrastructure, 31(B9) ING Barings, see Byblos Bank Acquisi- tion of International Chamber of Commerce, 19(B2) Iran, see Banque du Liban Foreign Ex- change Reserves Iranian Deposit Iraq, see UNCC Compensation Pay- ments FTA, 15(B5-B6) Italy, see Aid Paris II Donor Conference Aid Pledged KFAED, 48(B1); see also Aid Paris II Donor Conference Aid Pledged; Water Projects Litani Irrigation and Drinking Water Project Financing of Loans, 4(B10); 21(B7); 47(B7) Technical Service Grants, 4(B10) Kingdom Holdings Stake in Movenpick Hotels and Re- sorts, 28(B9) KPMG, 19(B2) Kuwait, see Aid Paris II Donor Confer- ence Aid Pledged; KFAED Lebanon Invest Group, 15(B5); 26(B1) LGB, 26(B1) LibanCell Cancellation of Contract, 19(B2-B3); 51/52(B6) Transfer Agreement, 51/52(B6) Libnor, 15(B5) Luxembourg Stock Exchange, 27(B4) Malaysia, see Aid Paris II Donor Con- ference Aid Pledged MEA, 6(B4) Merrill Lynch, 25(B6) Moody's Investors Service Ratings, 10(B2); 11(B6-B7); 23(B2-B3) Morgan Stanley Eurobond Issue, 10(B1); 23(B5) Movenpic Hotels and Resorts, see King- dom Holdings Stake in

Nahar al- Prince al-Walid Acquires Stake in, 23(B8) OECD, 3(B2) Oman, see Aid Paris II Donor Confer- ence Aid Pledged Policy Cellulor Law, 23(B5-B6) Economic, 28(B8-B9) Electricity Law, 27(B6-B7) Fiscal, 11(B6-B7); 13(B8); 15(B8-B9); 18(B7-B8) Mobile License Auction, 51/52(B6) Money Laudering, 3(B2) FATF Removes Lebanon from Black- list, 26(B1-B2) Privatization, 3(B2); 6(B4); 10(B1,B2); 11(B6); 13(B8); 15(B8); 18(B8); 19(B2-B3); 23(B5); 27(B4,B6,B9); 34(B8); 44(B6); 45(B6); 48(B3); 51/52(B6) VAT, 3(B1,B2); 6(B4); 10(B1); 11(B6); 15(B8); 18(B8) Population, 11(B6) Ports Financing Expansion of Tripoli Port, 18(B7) Qadisha Electricity Company, 17(B1) Qatar, see Aid Paris II Donor Confer- ence Aid Pledged Refining Projects, oil, 22(B5) Reserves Foreign Exchange, 11(B6); 13(B8); 18(B8) Gold, 13(B8) Revenues VAT, 13(B8); 23(B5) S&P Fiscal Endgame in Lebanon, 13(B8) Ratings, 15(B8-B9); 26(B1) Saudi Arabia, see Aid Paris II Donor Conference Aid Pledged Saudi Development Fund, 48(B1) Saudi-Lebanese Bank, 26(B1) Saudi Oger, see Arab Bank Shareholders Siemens, 17(B3) Societe Bancaire du Liban, see Bank Mergers Solidere, 10(B1) Real Estate Deals, 30(B11) Results 2001, 21(B4) Suez/Ondeon, 45(B6) Transorient Bank, see Bank Mergers UAE, see Aid Paris II Donor Confer- ence Aid Pledged UNCC Compensation Payments, 12(B5) US Bilateral Assistance Program, 48(B3) Hariri's Visit, 44(B6) Vivendi, 45(B6) Water Projects Litani Irrigation and Drinking Water Project, 4(B10)

Financing of AFESD, 4(B10) KFAED, 4(B10) Privatizing State-Owned Water Facili- ties Tripoli Department, 45(B6) Wedge Bank Middle East, see Bank Mergers World Bank, 44(B6); 48(B1); see also Aid Paris II Donor Conference Aid Pledged Loans, 26(B10) WTO Membership, 3(B1-B2); 6(B4) LIBYA AAG, 43(B2) AFESD Loans, 1(B8) Banking Sector, 42(B10) BOV Reprensentative Office in Trapoli, 6(B9) Central Bank of Libya, 42(B10) Dinar Devaluation, 2(B3); 3(B7) Defense Expenditure, 46(B3,B4) Economic Reforms, 42(B9-B10) Exchange Rate Devaluation, 2(B3); 3(B7) Gas Projects, 22(B4) GDP, 46(B4) General Post and Telecom Company, 43(B2) IMF, 2(B3) Libyan Foreign Investment Board, 42(B9) Malta Joint Ventures, 6(B9) Petrochemical Projects, 22(B6) Policy Custons Duties, 3(B7) Refining Projects, oil, 22(B5) Revenues, oil, 27(B1); 47(B4,B5) MAURITANIA Budget Defense, 46(B3) Debt Relief IMF, 26(B9) Pairs Club, 26(B9) World Bank, 26(B9) Defense Expenditure, 46(B3,B4) GDP, 46(B4) IMF, see Debt Relief OFID Loans, 31(B9) Paris Club, see Debt Relief Poverty, 26(B9) World Bank, see Debt Relief

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MOROCCO AFESD Loans, 39(B9) Agence Francaise de Developpement, 16(B3-B4) Akdom, see Societe Generale Purchase of Stake in Results 2001, 23(B8) ASPAM, 1(B3) AXA Assurance Maroc, 23(B8) Balance of Payments Trade Balance, 36(B9) BCP Privatization of, 1(B3) BNP Paribas Sovereign Eurobond, 16(B3-B4) Bond Market Sovereign Eurobond, 16(B3-B4) Borada al-, see Ridal Shareholders Budget, 1(B2-B4) Defense, 46(B2,B3) Deficit, 1(B2,B3); 16(B4) Casablanca Stock Exchange, 23(B8); 28(B3); 29(B6) Central Bank of Morocco Interest Rates, 23(B8) CNCA Embezzlement and Fraud, 28(B3) Credit Commerciale de France, 16(B3- B4) Dallah al-Barakah Investment in Moroccan Tourism, 32(B8) Debts Domestic Debt, 1(B3); 16(B4) External Debt, 1(B3); 16(B4) Defense Expenditure, 46(B2,B3,B4) Economic Situation, 1(B2-B4) EIB Loans, 6(B9,B10) Electricidada de Portugal, see Ridal Shareholders EU FTA, 1(B3) FDI, 36(B9) GDP, 1(B2,B3); 16(B4); 36(B9); 46(B4); 51/52(B3) GSM Market, 27(B5-B6) Imports, electricity, ONE, 21(B5) Inflation, 1(B2) Iraq, see UNCC Compensation Pay- ments JBIC Loans, 48(B8) JP Morgan, 36(B9) Labor Force, 51/52(B3) Maroc Telecom, see Vivendi Universal Purchase of Stake in Merrill Lynch Sovereign Eurobond, 16(B3-B4) Moody's Investors Service Ratings, 1(B3); 16(B3,B4) Moroccan Jobless Graduates Associa-

tion, 1(B4) OFID Loans, 31(B9) ONA, 23(B8) Shares Issue, 28(B3); 35(B10) ONE, see Imports Pleiade DP, see Ridal Shareholders Policy Fiscal, 1(B3) Privatization, 1(B3) PWC, 28(B3) Refining Projects, oil, 22(B5) Regie des Tabacs Privatization of, 1(B3) Reserves, foreign exchange, 36(B9) Ridal, see Vivendi Environment Acqui- sition of Shareholders Borada, 44(B8) Electricidade de Portugal, 44(B8) Pleiade DP, 44(B8) Urbazur, 44(B8) Royal Air Maroc, 1(B3) S&P Ratings, 1(B3); 16(B3,B4) Samir Financing Upgrading of Mohammedia Refinery, 21(B4) Results 2001, 21(B5) SNI, 23(B8) Social Security Fund Losses, 24(B3) Societe Generale Purchase of Stake in Akdom, 23(B8); 46(B8) Societe Generale Marocaine de Banques, 46(B8) Somaca Privatization of, 1(B3) Sonasid, 6(B1) UNCC Compensation Payments, 12(B5) Unemployment, 1(B3-B4); 51/52(B3) Urbazur, see Ridal Shareholders Vivendi Environment Acquisition of Ridal's Water/Electric- ity Services, 44(B8) Vivendi Universal, see Vivendi Environ- ment Purchase of Stake in Maroc Telecom, 1(B3); 36(B9) OMAN ABC International Bank Loans, 3(B6); 9(B1); 28(B3-B4) ABN AMRO, see Bank Muscat Pur- chase of Bahrain-Based Commercial Operations of AHB Ratings, 11(B7) Ahlia Securities Company al-, see Bank Muscat Stake in Ali Redha Trading Company

Collapse of, 7(B3); 12(B3); 30(B1); 44(B7); 48(B6) ANZ Grindlays Loans, 9(B1) ANZ Investment Bank Loans, 3(B6); 28(B3-B4) Apicorp Loans, 3(B6); 28(B3-B4) Arab Bank Loans, 28(B3-B4) ARIG, see ONIC Holdings Sale of Shares in Gulf Warranties to Bank Baraka Loans, 28(B3-B4) Bank Dhofar al-Omani al-Fransi, see Bank Mergers Loans, 28(B3-B4) Results 1998, 30(B3,B4) Results 1999, 30(B3,B4); 42(B5) Results 2000, 30(B3,B4,B5); 42(B5, B7) Results 2001, 12(B1); 30(B1,B2,B3, B4,B5); 42(B5,B7) Results 2002, 30(B3) Stake in Majan International Bank, 44(B7) Strategy, 30(B2) Bank Mergers Bank Dhofar al-Omani al-Fransi/ Majan International Bank, 7(B3); 12(B2); 30(B2); 48(B6-B7) Bank Muscat/Combank, 2(B2); 30(B2) Bank Muscat/IBO, 2(B5); 7(B3); 9(B5); 12(B2); 30(B2) NBO/OIB, 2(B5); 7(B3) Bank Muscat, 11(B7); 48(B6); see also Bank Mergers Loans, 28(B3-B4) Purchase of Bahrain-Based Commercial Opera- tions of ABN AMRO, 2(B5); 7(B3); 9(B5); 12(B2); 30(B2) HSBC's Card Merchant Acquiring Facilities in Oman, 30(B2) Results 1998, 30(B3,B4) Results 1999, 30(B3,B4); 42(B4) Results 2000, 30(B3,B4,B5); 42(B4, B7) Results 2001, 7(B3); 12(B1); 30(B1- B2,B3,B4,B5); 42(B4,B7) Results 2002, 30(B3) Sale of Stake in Majan International Bank to Muscat Overseas Company, 44(B7) Stake in Ahlia Securities Company, 12(B2); 30(B2) IDBI Bank, 2(B5); 9(B5); 12(B2); 30(B2) National Life Insurance Company, 12(B2); 30(B2) Strategy, 30(B2) Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Loans, 3(B6); 28(B3-B4) Banking Sector

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IAS, 7(B3); 30(B1,B3) Outlook, 11(B7); 39(B8-B9) Results 1998, 30(B3-B4) Results 1999, 30(B3-B4); 42(B4,B5, B6) Results 2002, 30(B3-B5); 42(B4,B5, B6,B7) Results 2001, 7(B3); 12(B1-B3); 30(B1-B5); 42(B1,B4,B5,B6,B7) Results 2002, 30(B1,B3) Bayerische Hypo-Vereinsbank Loans, 30(B6); 28(B3-B4) Bayerische Landesbank Loans, 28(B3-B4) BNP Paribas Loans, 9(B1); 28(B3-B4) Bond Market Development Bonds, 12(B3); 47(B3) Budget, 2(B4-B6) Defense, 46(B3) Deficit, 2(B4,B5) Oil Price Assumption, 2(B4,B5); 3(B7); 16(B8); 35(B7); 37(B9); 40(B3); 41(B4); 43(B5); 45(B2); 47(B6); 50(B3) Capital Market Authority, 48(B6) CCIC, 9(B2) Central Bank of Oman, 2(B5); 38(B8- B9); 48(B6) Banking Regulations, 7(B4); 12(B1, B3); 30(B1); 44(B7) Foreign Exchange Reserves, 48(B4) Government Development Bonds, 47(B3) CI Ratings, 11(B7) Citibank, 3(B6) Coface Credit Guarantees, 9(B1); 28(B3-B4) Combank, 7(B3); see also Bank Mergers Commerzbank, 12(B2) Credit Agricole Indosuez Loans, 3(B6) Credit Lyonnais Loans, 3(B6) Debts Domestic Debt, 2(B4) External Debt, 48(B4) Defense Expenditure, 46(B2,B3,B4) EBI Loans, 28(B3-B4) Economic Reforms, 48(B4) Economic Situation, 12(B10); 16(B8); 48(B3-B5) Ernst & Young, 48(B7) Exchange Rate, 48(B5) Financial and Energy Resource Council, 45(B6) Financial Institutions Group, 39(B9) Fitch Ratings, 50(B8) Fortis Loans, 28(B3-B4) Fuji Bank, see Mizuho Group Gas Projects, 22(B5)

GDP, 2(B4); 13(B6); 16(B8); 46(B4); 48(B4); 51/52(B3) GIB Loans, 3(B6); 28(B3-B4) GSM Market, 27(B5-B6) Gulf Warranties, see ONIC Holdings Sale of Shares in HSBC, see Bank Muscat Purchase of HSBC Investment Bank Loans, 3(B6) IBJ, see Mizhuo Group IBO, see Bank Mergers IDBI, see Bank Muscat Stake in Iffco, see Omifco Shareholders IMF, 2(B4) PIN, 48(B3-B5) Inflation, 2(B4); 48(B4,B5) Iraq FTA, 17(B5) Itochu Corp, see OLNG Shareholders Korea LNG, see OLNG Shareholders KPMG, 48(B7) Kribhco, see Omifco Shareholders Labor Force, 51/52(B3) Lazard Credit Guarantees, 9(B1) Majan International Bank, see Bank Dhofar al- Omani al-Fransi Stake in; Bank Mergers; Bank Muscat Sale of Stake in; NBO Sale of Stake in Results 1998, 30(B3,B4) Results 1999, 30(B3,B4) Results 2000, 30(B3,B4,B5) Results 2001, 12(B1); 30(B1,B2,B3, B4,B5) Mashreq Bank Loans, 28(B3-B4) Mitsubishi, see OLNG Shareholders Mitsui, see OLNG Shareholders Mizuho Group Loans, 3(B6) Moody's Investors Service Banking System Outlook, 11(B7) Ratings, 3(B6); 7(B3,B8); 12(B1,B10); 28(B6); 30(B1,B2); 48(B5-B6) MSM, 2(B5); 12(B3); 29(B6); 48(B7) Muscat Overseas Company, see Bank Muscat Sale of Stake in Majan Interna- tional Bank to National Life Insurance Company, see Bank Muscat Stake in NBO, 48(B6); see also Bank Mergers Loans, 28(B3-B4) Ratings, 7(B3,B8); 12(B1); 30(B1) Results 1998, 30(B3,B4) Results 1999, 30(B3,B4); 42(B4) Results 2000, 30(B3,B4,B5); 42(B4,B7) Results 2001, 7(B2-B3); 12(B1-B2); 30(B1,B3,B4,B5); 42(B4,B7) Results 2002, 30(B1,B3) Sale of Stake in Majan International Bank, 44(B7) OAB, 7(B4); 48(B6) Loans, 28(B3-B4) Results 1998, 30(B3,B4)

Results 1999, 30(B3,B4), 42(B6) Results 2000, 30(B3,B4,B5); 42(B6,B7) Results 2001, 7(B3); 12(B1,B2-B3); 30(B2,B3,B4,B5); 42(B6,B7) OEIHC Loans, 3(B9) OIB, 48(B6); see also Bank Mergers Loans, 28(B3-B4) Ratings, 30(B2); 50(B8) Results 1998, 30(B3,B4) Results 1999, 30(B3,B4); 42(B4) Results 2000, 30(B3,B4,B5); 42(B4,B7) Results 2001, 7(B3); 12(B1,B2); 30(B1, B2,B3,B4,B5); 42(B4,B7) OLNG Annual Report 2001, 28(B5-B6) Profits, 28(B5) Ratings, 28(B6); 48(B5-B6) Refinancing Agreement, 3(B6); 12(B3); 28(B4,B6); 41(B1) Revenues, 28(B5) Shareholders Government of Oman, 48(B5) Itochu Corp, 48(B5) Korea LNG, 48(B5) Mitsubishi, 48(B5) Mitsui, 48(B5) Partex Corporation, 48(B5) Shell Petroleum Company, 48(B5) TotalFinaElf, 48(B5) Omantel Privatization of, 2(B5); 12(B3) Omifco Financing Facility, 9(B1-B2); 12(B3); 28(B3-B4) Shareholders Iffco, 9(B1); 28(B4) Kribhco, 9(B1); 28(B4) OOC, 9(B1); 28(B4) ONIC Holdings Sale of Shares in Gulf Warranties to ARIG, 47(B3) OOC, see Omifco Shareholders Partex Corporation, see OLNG Share- holders; PDO Shareholders PDO, 2(B4); see also Production Annual Report 2001, 30(B10) Shareholders Government of Oman, 30(B10) Partex Corporation, 30(B10) Shell Petroleum Company, 30(B10) TotalFinaElf, 30(B10) Petrochemical Projects, 22(B5) Policy Privatization, 2(B5); 12(B3); 30(B3); 45(B6); 48(B4) Postal Service Privatization of, 45(B6) Production, oil, 2(B4) PDO, 30(B10) Refining Projects, oil, 22(B5) Revenues Gas, 2(B6) Non-Oil, 2(B6) Oil, 2(B6)

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Royal Bank of Scotland Loans, 3(B6) S&P Bank Industry Risk Analysis: Oman, 39(B8-B9) Ratings, 3(B6); 16(B8); 28(B6) Sace Credit Guarantees, 9(B1); 28(B3-B4) SGRF, 2(B4); 16(B8); 48(B4) Shell Petroleum Company, see OLNG Shareholders; PDO Shareholders Snamprogetti, 9(B2); 28(B4) Societe Generale Loans, 28(B3-B4) Standard Chartered Bank Loans, 28(B3-B4) Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp Loans, 3(B6); 28(B3-B4) Technip-Coflexip, 9(B2); 28(B4) TotalFinaElf, see OLNG Shareholders; PDO Shareholders Unemployment, 51/52(B3) West LB Loans, 28(B3-B4) WTO, 12(B2); 48(B3,B4) PALESTINE Aid Donor Disbursements, 14(B4); 15(B2- B3) Donor Pledges, 18(B7) ECHO, 15(B2) EU, 24(B7); 26(B8-B9); 38(B7); 51/52(B9) IDA, 10(B8) Kuwait, 15(B2) Saudi Arabia, 15(B2) Spending Transparency, 24(B7) US, 30(B10); 38(B7) Arab League, 8(B7); 14(B4); 30(B9) Banking Sector, 38(B7) Banking Law, 22(B8) Budget, 8(B6-B7); 14(B4); 15(B2); 24(B7) CAABU, 15(B3) Cabinet Reshuffle, 24(B7) CESR, 15(B1) Debts Israel, 8(B6-B7) Defense for Children International, 15(B3) EC, 15(B1) Aid Spending Transparency, 24(B7) ECHO, see Aid Economic Crisis, 8(B6-B7); 14(B3-B4); 15(B2); 16(B6-B7); 22(B8-B9); 27(B7); 30(B9); 38(B7); 51/52(B8-B9) Economic Reforms, 27(B7) EIB Loans, 6(B9,B10) EU, 14(B4); 16(B7); 27(B7); 30(B9); see also Aid; ECHO Trade Sanctions against Israel, 15(B3)

GDP, 16(B7); 38(B7) Gross National Income, 14(B3); 15(B2) Humanitarian Crisis, 15(B1-B3); 16(B6- B7); 38(B7) IDA, see Aid IDB Financing Essential Supplies to Palestinians, 19(B6) IDF Destruction of Infrastructure and Prop- erty in West Bank, 15(B1-B2,B3) IEC Palestinian Debts for Power Supplies, 26(B9) IMF, 24(B7); 26(B9); 27(B7) Israel, 24(B7); see also Debts; IDF; IEC Economic and Humanitarian Impact of Military Incursion into West Bank, 15(B1-B3); 16(B6-B7); 22(B8-B9); 26(B9); 27(B7); 30(B9); 38(B7) Transfer of Revenues Collected on Behalf of PA, 14(B4) Kuwait, see Aid Palestinian Investment Fund, 24(B7); 34(B10) Paltel, 15(B1) PECDAR, 8(B7) Per Capita Income, 15(B2); 30(B9) BMA Banking Law, 22(B8) Policy Reforms, 24(B7); 27(B7) Financial, 34(B10) Poverty, 8(B7); 14(B3); 15(B1); 16(B6); 27(B7); 30(B9); 38(B7); 51/52(B9) Public Monitoring Authority, 24(B7) Ramallah Arab Care, 15(B1) Red Crescent Maternity, 15(B1) Revenues, 14(B3-B4) Saudi Arabia, see Aid Stock Market, 29(B6) UNCTAD Annual Report, 38(B7) Unemployment, 8(B7); 14(B3); 27(B7); 30(B9); 38(B7); 51/52(B9) Union of Palestine Medical Relief Com- mittee, 15(B3) UNRWA, 14(B4); 15(B1); 27(B7) UNSCO A Briefing on the Economic and Social Implications of the Recent Israeli In- cursion in West Bank, 16(B6-B7) Effect of Border Closures and Mobility Restrictions on Palestinian Economy, 30(B9); 38(B7) Fifteen Months - Intifada, Closures and Palestinian Economic Crisis, 15(B1,B2,B3) US, see Aid Aid and Reelection of 'Arafat, 27(B7) World Bank, 18(B7); 24(B7); 27(B7); see also IDA Grants for Social and Municipal Ser- vices, 51/52(B8-B9) Palestinian Economy, 14(B3-B4);

15(B1,B2,B3); 22(B8-B9); 30(B9) QATAR AAG, 43(B2) Abbey National, 43(B4) Loans, 49(B5,B6) ABC, 43(B4) Loans, 16(B4); 20(B3); 34(B8); 43(B8); 49(B5) ADCB Loans, 20(B3) ADIC Loans, 20(B3); 43(B8) Al Ahli Bank of Qatar, 17(B6) Loans, 20(B3); 29(B3) Results 1998, 29(B3,B4) Results 1999, 29(B3,B4); 42(B6) Results 2000, 29(B3,B4); 42(B6,B7) Results 2001, 14(B2); 29(B1,B2,B3, B4); 42(B1,B6,B7) Results 2002, 29(B2) ANZ Investment Bank, 39(B2) Apicorp, 43(B4) Loans, 49(B5,B6) Arab Jordan Investment Bank Loans, 43(B8) Arthur Andersen, 29(B1) Atofina, 37(B6); 39(B2); 41(B1,B2) Balance of Payments Current Account, 20(B6) Bank Für Arbeit and Wirschaft Loans, 20(B3) Bank of Taiwan Loans, 20(B3) Mank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, 43(B4) Loans, 34(B8); 43(B8); 49(B5) Bankers Trust International Loans, 28(B5) Banking Sector Banking Regulations, 39(B3-B4) Outlook, 9(B8-B9); 14(B2) Results 1998, 29(B3-B4) Results 1999, 29(B3-B4); 42(B2,B5, B6) Results 2000, 29(B3-B4); 42(B2,B5, B6,B7) Results 2001, 14(B2); 29(B1-B4); 42(B1,B2,B5,B6,B7) Results 2002, 29(B2-B3); 32(B4) Bayerische Landesbank Girozentrale Loans, 20(B3) BKME KSC Loans, 20(B3) BNP Paribas, 29(B3); 43(B4) Loans, 28(B5); 49(B5,B6) BP, 2(B3) British Arab Commercial Bank Loans, 20(B3) Budget, 14(B1-B3); 29(B2) Defense, 46(B3) Deficit, 14(B1,B2); 20(B6); 29(B2) Oil Price Assumption, 3(B7); 14(B1); 20(B6); 27(B1); 35(B7); 37(B9);

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40(B3); 41(B4); 43(B5); 45(B2); 47(B6); 50(B3) Burgan Bank Loans, 20(B3) CBQ, 17(B6); 39(B3) Loans, 20(B3); 39(B3); 34(B8); 43(B8) Management Structure, 40(B6) Ratings, 34(B8) Results 1998, 29(B3,B4) Results 1999, 29(B3,B4); 42(B5) Results 2000, 29(B3,B4); 42(B5,B6, B7) Results 2001, 29(B1,B3,B4); 42(B5, B6,B7) Central Bank of Qatar, 9(B8); 14(B2) Banking Regulations, 29(B1-B2); 39(B3) Combatting Money Laundering and Financing Terrorism, 4(B8); 39(B3- B4) Linking Qatari Riyal to US Dollar, 39(B4) Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, 14(B1); 49(B6); see also Q-Chem II Chinese Petroleum Corporation, see QAFAC Shareholders CI Ratings, 39(B2,B7-B8) Commerzbank Loans, 43(B8) Conferences Qatar Finance and Investment Con- ference, 32(B8); 39(B1-B4) Conoco, 2(B3); 49(B5) Credit Agricole Indosuez, 43(B4) Loans, 49(B5,B6) Credit Bank, 43(B4) Credit Lyonnais, 43(B4) Loans, 28(B5); 49(B5) CSFD, see DEL Financial Advisor Debts Debt Repayment, 16(B4); 20(B3,B6) Domestic Debt, 14(B1) External Debt, 14(B1); 16(B4); 20(B6) Total Debt, 34(B11) Defense Expenditure, 46(B3,B4) DEL, see DPSA Financial Advisor CSFB, 2(B2-B3) Shareholders TotalFinaElf, 2(B2,B3) UOG, 2(B2,B3) Doha Bank, 17(B6) Loans, 20(B3); 29(B3); 43(B8) Results 1998, 29(B3,B4) Results 1999, 29(B3,B4); 42(B5) Results 2000, 29(B3,B4); 42(B5,B7) Results 2001, 29(B1,B3,B4); 42(B5, B7) Doha Securities Market, 29(B6); 34(B8); 39(B3,B4) DPSA QP/DEL, 2(B2-B3) Dubai Transport Company, see QAFAC Shareholders

Economic and Financial Situation, 8(B9) Electricity/Desalination Projects Financing Ras Abu Fontas B Plant, 29(B1) Regional Grids, 39(B2) Eni, 41(B2) Enron Corp, 2(B3) Exchange Rate, 39(B4) Export Development Corp Loans, 28(B5) Exports, LNG, 14(B1,B3) India, 14(B3); 35(B6) Italy, 14(B3) Japan, 14(B3) Korea, 14(B3) Spain, 14(B3) Taiwan, 14(B3) ExxonMobil, 2(B3); 35(B6); 49(B5); see also Mobil QM Gas ExxonMobil Development Company, 39(B2) First Gulf Bank Loans, 43(B8) Gas Projects, 22(B4); see also GTL Project Dolphin Project, 34(B10); 41(B2) GCC, 16(B4); 39(B4) Unified Patent Regime, 39(B3) GDP, 13(B6); 14(B1); 16(B4); 20(B6); 34(B10,B11); 39(B3); 46(B4) GIB Loans, 16(B4); 20(B3); 28(B5); 49(B5, B6) GSM Market, 43(B2) GTL Project, 49(B5) QP/Sasol Financing of, 38(B5); 39(B1); 41(B1); 43(B4); 49(B5-B6) Gulf Air Qatar's Withdrawal, 22(B8) Gulf Investment Bank, 43(B4) Halul Offshore Services Company Loans, 29(B1) HSBC Loans, 49(B5,B6) HSBC Investment Bank, 43(B4); see also Qatofin Project Hypovereinsbank, 43(B4) Loans, 49(B5) IBC Conferences, 32(B8); 39(B1-B4) India, see Exports Inflation, 39(B4) ING Bank Loans, 20(B3) Italy, see Exports Itochu Corp, see RasGas Shareholders Ivanhoe Energy, 49(B5) Japan, see Exports JP Morgan, 20(B6) Kahramaa, 39(B2) KBC Finance Ireland Loans, 49(B5,B6) KOGAS, see RasGas Shareholders Korea, see Exports

KPMG Peat Marwick, 29(B1) Lanthan & Watkins, 39(B2) Lee Chang Yung Chemical Industry Corp, see QAFAC Shareholders LNG Japan Corporation, see RasGas Shareholders LNG Projects, 39(B1); see also Qatargas; RasGas; RasGas-2 Mannai Corporation al-, 14(B2); 29(B1) Marathon Oil Company, 49(B5) Marketing, LNG, RasGas-2 Petronet, 35(B6) Mizuho Financial Group, 43(B4) Loans, 49(B5,B6) Mobil QM Gas, see RasGas Sharehold- ers Moody's Investors Service Banking System Outlook, 9(B8-B9); 14(B2) Ratings, 8(B9); 29(B2,B3); 34(B8,B10- B11); 39(B2); 48(B5); 49(B5,B6) Motorola Global Telecom Solutions Sector, 43(B2) Nan Commercial Bank Loans, 43(B8) NBAD Loans, 34(B8); 43(B8) NBB Loans, 20(B3); 43(B8) NBD Loans, 20(B3); 28(B5); 43(B8) NBK, 29(B2) Loans, 20(B3); 43(B8) Nissho Iwai LNG, see LNG Japan Cor- poration Occidental Petroleum, 2(B3) Petrochemical Projects, 22(B5) Petronet, see Marketing RasGas-2 Policy Economic, 34(B10-B11) Investment Laws, 39(B3,B4) Privatization, 39(B3) Project Financing, 16(B4); 39(B1-B4) Population, 20(B6) Prices, oil, 14(B1); 20(B6) QAFAC, 24(B4); 39(B2); 41(B3) Debt Refinancing, 28(B5); 29(B3) Shareholders Chinese Petroleum Corporation, 28(B5) Dubai Transport Company, 28(B5) Lee Chang Yung Chemical Corp, 28(B5) QP, 28(B5) QAFCO, 39(B2) QAFCO-4 Financing Expansion Project, 29(B1) QAPCO, 37(B6); 39(B2); 41(B1,B2) Qatar Airways Financing Airbus Aircraft Purchase, 29(B1) Loans, 29(B1) Qatar Industrial Development Bank,

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39(B3) Qatargas, 24(B4,B5) Qatofin Project HSBC Investment Bank Financial Advisor, 37(B6); 39(B2); 41(B1-B2) Q-Chem, 14(B1); 39(B2) Financing of, 49(B5,B6) Q-Chem II, 37(B6) Royal Bank of Scotland Financial Advisor, 41(B2) QFC Loans, 17(B6); 29(B3) QIB, 17(B6) Loans, 29(B3) Results 1998, 29(B3,B4) Results 1999, 29(B3,B4); 42(B5) Results 2000, 29(B3,B4); 42(B5,B6, B7) Results 2001, 29(B1,B3,B4); 42(B5, B6,B7) QIIB, 17(B6) Loans, 29(B3) Results 1998, 29(B3,B4) Results 1999, 29(B3,B4); 42(B6) Results 2000, 29(B3,B4); 42(B6,B7) Results 2001, 29(B1,B3,B4); 42(B6, B7) QNB, 14(B1); 16(B4); 17(B6); 39(B3); 43(B4) Loans, 20(B3); 28(B5); 29(B1,B3); 49(B5) Ratings, 29(B3); 39(B8) Results 1998, 29(B3,B4) Results 1999, 29(B3,B4); 42(B2) Results 2000, 29(B3,B4); 42(B2,B7) Results 2001, 14(B2); 29(B1,B2,B3, B4); 42(B1,B2,B7) Results 2002, 32(B4) QP, 14(B1); 17(B6); 35(B6); 39(B1,B2, B3); see also DPSA; GTL Project; QAFAC Shareholders; Q-Chem Annual Report 2000, 24(B3-B5) Annual Report 2001, 41(B2-B3) Assets, 24(B3) Income, 24(B3-B4); 41(B2-B3) Loans, 24(B4-B5); 41(B3) Q-Tel, 29(B6) Privatization of, 6(B1); 39(B3); 43(B1, B2) QVC, 14(B1); 24(B5); 41(B3) Raiffeisen Zentralbank Ostereich Loans, 20(B3); 43(B8) Ras Laffan Electricity Company Loans, 29(B1) RasGas, 24(B4,B5); 39(B2); 41(B3) Financing LNG Project, 41(B1) Ratings, 48(B5) Shareholders Itochu Corp, 48(B5) KOGAS, 48(B5) LNG Japan Corporation, 48(B5) Mobil QM Gas, 48(B5) QP, 48(B5) RasGas-2, see Marketing Refining Projects, oil, 22(B5)

Reserves Foreign Exchange, 20(B6) Oil, 27(B1) Revenues, oil, 47(B4,B5) Riyad Bank Loans, 20(B3) Royal Bank of Scotland, 39(B2); 43(B4); see also Q-Chem II Loans, 49(B5,B6) Royal Dutch Petroleum Company, 39(B1) Royal Dutch/Shell Group, 39(B1) S&P Ratings, 20(B3,B6); 28(B5); 29(B2); 32(B4); 34(B11); 39(B2); 49(B5) Sasol, see GTL Project Saudi British Bank Loans, 20(B3) Saudi National Commercial Bank – Bahrain Loans, 20(B3) Shell, 2(B3) Shell International Gas Ltd, 39(B1); 49(B5,B6) Spain, see Exports Standard Chartered Bank Loans, 20(B3); 28(B5) Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, 43(B4) Loans, 16(B4); 20(B3); 49(B5) Supreme Council for Economic Affairs and Investment, 39(B3) Synfuel International, see Sasol TAIC Loans, 20(B3); 43(B8) Taiwan, see Exports TotalFinaElf, see Atofina; DEL Share- holders United Taiwan Bank Loans, 20(B3) UOG, see DEL Shareholders Wachovia Bank Loans, 43(B8) RAS AL-KHAIMAH, see UAE SAUDI ARABIA ABB, 2(B2) ABC Loans, 2(B1); 36(B1,B2); 49(B7) 'Abd al-Muhsin al-Hakir and Sons Group IPO, 7(B5) AFESD Parnership Agreement with SGH, 8(B8); 32(B7) Stake in Middle East Company for Healthcare, 32(B7) Al Khaleej International Bank Loans, 20(B1) Rl Rajhi Banking & Investment Corpo- ration

Brokerage Services, 48(B9) Mutual Funds, 12(B5,B6,B7) Ratings, 43(B8) Results 1998, 34(B3,B4) Results 1999, 34(B3,B4); 42(B2) Results 2000, 34(B3,B4,B5); 42(B2, B6) Results 2001, 7(B4-B5); 34(B1,B3,B4, B5); 42(B1,B2,B6) Results 2002, 34(B2-B3) US Lawsuit against, 34(B2,B5,B7) Al Rajhi Commercial Foreign Exchange, 28(B3) ANB Brokerage Services, 48(B9) Loans, 2(B1); 20(B1); 34(B2); 36(B2); 49(B7) Mutual Funds, 12(B5,B6,B7); 27(B5) Ratings, 40(B9); 43(B9) Results 1998, 34(B3,B4) Results 1999, 34(B3,B4); 42(B3) Results 2000, 34(B3,B4,B5); 42(B3, B7) Results 2001, 34(B1,B3,B4,B5); 42(B3,B7) Results 2002, 34(B3) AOC, 42(B8) Apicorp Loans, 2(B1-B2); 15(B4); 20(B1); 36(B2); 49(B7) Aqsa Islamic Bank al- Freezing of Assets in US, 34(B6) Arab Bank Loans, 20(B1); 49(B7) Arabian Cement Company, 32(B6) Balance of Payments Current Account, 17(B4); 33(B10- B11); 51/52(B2) Investment Account, 33(B10-B11) Surplus, 49(B2) Trade Account, 33(B10-B11) Bank al-Jazira Brokerage Services, 48(B9) Islamic Banking, 34(B2) Loans, 36(B1) Mutual Funds, 12(B5,B7) Ratings, 23(B2); 34(B2); 43(B9) Results 1998, 34(B3,B4) Results 1999, 34(B3,B4); 42(B5) Results 2000, 34(B3,B4,B5); 42(B5, B7) Results 2001, 23(B2); 34(B1,B3,B4, B5); 42(B5,B7) Bank al-Saudi al-Fransi al-, see Saudi French Bank Bank Mergers Samba/United Saudi Bank, 44(B7) Banking Sector, 1(B7); 6(B10); 7(B2); 44(B1-B2); see also Bank Mergers Brokerage Services, 48(B8-B9) Combatting Money Laundering, 3(B8); 6(B2) Islamic Banking, 34(B2) Mutual Funds, 6(B2); 12(B5-B7) Outlook, 8(B9)

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Project Financing, 34(B2) Regulations, 46(B8) Results 1998, 34(B3,B4) Results 1999, 34(B3,B4); 42(B2,B3, B4,B5) Results 2000, 34(B3,B4,B5); 42(B2, B3,B4,B5,B6,B7) Results 2001, 6(B8-B9); 7(B4-B5); 23(B2); 34(B1-B2,B3-B5); 42(B1-B2, B3,B4,B5,B6,B7) Results 2002, 17(B8); 29(B5); 34(B2- B3) Risk Analysis, 14(B8) Baraka Bank al-, 34(B6) Baraka Investment and Development Corporation al- US Lawsuit against, 34(B5,B6,B7) Barakat Exchange al- US Lawsuit against, 34(B5,B7) Barclays Capital Loans, 20(B4); 22(B8) Basell, see Saudi Polyolefins Company Shareholders BASF AG, see Basell Blessed Relief Foundation, 34(B7) Budget, 6(B5-B6,B7,B8); 32(B4); 49(B1-B5) Defense, 46(B3) Deficit, 5(B1); 6(B6,B7,B8); 21(B1- B2); 23(B4); 30(B5,B6); 33(B10); 44(B1,B2); 49(B1,B4) Oil Price Assumption, 3(B7); 27(B1); 35(B7); 37(B9); 40(B3); 41(B4); 43(B5); 45(B2); 47(B6); 49(B1); 50(B3) Restructuring of, 4(B7) CCFI, 49(B1) Saudi Mutual Fund Banking 2001, 12(B5-B7) Central Department of Statistics, 44(B3) China, see Exports Oil Bilateral Trade, 14(B5-B6) CI Ratings, 23(B2); 34(B2); 43(B8-B9) Citibank Stake in Samba, 34(B1) Sale of Part of to Saudi Pension Fund, 44(B7) Citigroup Prince al-Walid's Share, 30(B11) Compound Lending Corporation Loans, 20(B4); 22(B8) Conoco, 10(B6) Consultative Council, 6(B10); see also Shura Council Consumption Oil, 49(B1,B2) Water, 40(B3); 45(B2) Council of Saudi Chambers of Com- merce and Industry, 46(B1) CPChem, see Jubail Chevron Phillips Company Credit Agricole Indosuez Loans, 15(B4); 20(B1); 49(B7)

Defense Expenditure, 46(B2,B3,B4) Dallah al-Baraka Group, see al-Baraka Investment and Development Cor- poration Dammam International Investment Bank, 48(B7) Dar al-Mal al-Islami US Lawsuit against, 34(B5,B7) Debts Domestic Debt, 6(B7); 23(B3,B4); 30(B6); 44(B2) Financing of, 29(B9) Public Debt, 46(B1); 49(B1,B4) Demand Water, 40(B3,B4); 45(B3) Demographics and Employment, 6(D5- D9) Deutsche Bank Loans, 31(B5) Dresdner Bank Loans, 20(B4) DSM Hydrocarbons Americas Inc, 20(B1) DSM Hydrocarbons BV, 20(B1) DSM Petrochemicals, see SABIC Acqui- sition of DSM Polyethylenes BV, 20(B1) DSM Polyolefine GmbH, 20(B1) DSM Polypropylenes BV, 20(B1) DSM Polypropylenes North America Inc, 20(B1) EBI Loans, 36(B1) Riyad Branch, 7(B2); 26(B3); 42(B8) Economic Crisis, 6(B5-B6) Economic Growth, 17(B4); 23(B4); 44(B2); 49(B2); 51/52(B2-B3) Economic Reforms, 23(B3-B5); 30(B6); 49(B4) Economic Situation, 23(B4); 30(B5- B6); 44(B1-B3); 49(B1-B5) Energy Services Company, see Industri- alization and Energy Services Com- pany Ericsson, 22(B2); 24(B3); 43(B2) Ernst & Young, 28(B3) Exchange Rate, 1(B7); 6(B6); 44(B2) Exchange Houses Merger, 28(B3) Exports NGLs, 49(B2) Non-Oil Value of, 33(B10,B11) Oil, 49(B1,B2) China, 14(B5) Value of, 33(B10,B11); 49(B1) Refined Products, 49(B2) Fairmont Hotel Prince al-Walid's Share, 18(B7) Faisal Islamic Bank US Lawsuit against, 34(B5,B7) FDI, 23(B4-B5); 44(B1); 51/52(B3) Fiscal Deficit, 51/52(B2) Fluor Daniel Arabia, 2(B1) Four Seasons Prince al-Walid's Share, 18(B7)

GATT, 23(B5) GCC, 23(B5); 31(B6); 33(B10) Customs Union, 44(B2) Import Tariffs, 44(B2) Monetary Union, 44(B2) GDP, 6(B7,B8,D7-D8); 13(B6); 17(B4); 23(B4); 30(B5,B6); 32(B7); 33(B11); 44(B2,B3); 46(B1,B4); 49(B1,B2); 51/52(B2) George V Hotel Prince al-Walid's Share, 18(B7) GIB, 7(B2); 10(B6); 24(B2-B3); 43(B2) Loans, 2(B1); 15(B4); 36(B1,B2); 49(B7) Saudi Branch, 42(B9) GIC, 7(B6) GOSI, 6(D6,D7,D9); 37(B7); 43(B2); see also Industrialization and Energy Services Company GSM Market, 27(B5-B6); 43(B2) Hamas, 34(B6) Haramain Islamic Foundation US Lawsuit against, 34(B6) HSBC, see Saudi British Bank Sharehol- ders HSBC Holdings, 51/52(B5,B6) HSBC Investment Bank Loans, 15(B4); 20(B1); 49(B7) Ibn Rushd, 31(B6) IDB, 8(B8); 32(B7) IMF PIN, 44(B1-B3); 46(B1); 49(B4-B5) Imports Value of, 33(B10,B11) Industrialization and Energy Services Company, 40(B2) Inflation, 1(B7); 49(B2); 51/52(B2) ING Capital Advisers LLC, 17(B6) International Brokerage Services Value of, 48(B8-B9) International Islamic Relief Organiza- tion, 34(B7) Iraq, see UNCC Compensation Pay- ments Islamic Investment Bank of the Gulf, 34(B7) IWPP, 10(B6) Jiddah Economic Forum, 6(B5-B6) Jiddah Holding Company for Develop- ment, 26(B3-B4) JP Morgan Loans, 31(B5) JP Morgan Chase Loans, 20(B1); 49(B7) JP Morgan Overseas Capital Corpora- tion, see GIB Jubail Chevron Phillips Company, 17(B6-B7) Financing Aromatics Complex, 40(B4- B5) Jum'a Trading and Investment Group, 48(B7) JUPC Loans, 2(B1); 36(B1-B2) Juraid al-, 28(B3)

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KHI, 18(B6-B7) Kingdom Holding, 30(B11) Labor Force, 6(D6-D9); 44(B3) Expatriate, 44(B3) Saudi, 44(B3) Female, 44(B3) Male, 44(B3) Lucent Technologies, 22(B2) Ma'aden al-, 42(B8); 46(B2) Privatization of, 46(B1) Manpower Council, 6(D9) Merrill Lynch, 48(B8) Middle East Company for Healthcare, 8(B8); see also AFESD Stake in Mizuho Financial Group Loans, 2(B1); 20(B4); 36(B2) Moody's Investors Service Banking System Outlook, 8(B9); 34(B2) Ratings, 17(B6); 40(B9) Movenpick Prince al-Walid's Share, 18(B7) Mutual Funds Al-Ahli Global Trading Equity Fund, 27(B5) Al-Ahli US Trade Fund, 27(B5) American Stock Fund, 27(B5) Arab Investor Fund, 27(B5) European Growth Fund, 27(B5) Istithmar Fund, 27(B5) Japan Stock Fund, 27(B5) Musahim Fund, 27(B5) Riyad Stock Fund I, 27(B5) Saudi Equity Fund I, 27(B4-B5) Muwafaq Foundation, 34(B7) Muwashi Mukurshi al-, 32(B6,B7) National Bank of Pakistan, see Bank al- Jazira NBK Saudi Branch, 39(B9); 42(B8) NCB, 32(B6-B7); 33(B10-B11); 40(B3- B4); 43(B8); 46(B1-B2); 49(B3); 51/52(B5) see also PIF Stake in Brokerage Services, 48(B8-B9) ING-ORYX CLO, 17(B6,B8) Loans, 2(B1); 36(B2); 49(B7) Mutual Funds, 12(B5,B6,B7); 27(B4- B5); 29(B5) Results 1998, 34(B3,B4) Results 1999, 34(B3,B4); 42(B2) Results 2000, 34(B3,B4); 42(B2,B7) Results 2001, 6(B8-B9); 7(B4,B5); 34(B1,B3); 42(B2,B7) Results 2002, 17(B8); 29(B5); 34(B2) US Lawsuit against, 34(B2,B5,B6-B7) NCC Projects, 29(B7) Revenues, 29(B7) Shareholders NSCSA, 29(B7) SABIC, 29(B7) Ness, Motley Lawsuit Field against Saudi Arabia, 34(B5-B7) NIC, see Industrialization and Energy

Services Company; NPIC Shareholders Nokia, 24(B3); 43(B2) NPIC, 2(B1-B2) Shareholders NIC, 2(B2) NSCSA, see NCC Shareholders Loans, 36(B1) Loss, 29(B7) Revenues, 29(B7) VLCCs, 29(B7); 36(B1) Oil Stabilization Fund, 21(B1-B2); 49(B4) Pecten Arabia, see SADAF Petrochemical Projects, 22(B6) Petromin Loans, 40(B5) PIF, 24(B2-B3); 29(B7); 37(B7); see also Industrialization and Energy Services Company Loans, 36(B1,B2); 40(B4-B5) Stake in NCB, 6(B9); 34(B1) Policy BOT System, 15(B6-B7) Company Law, 7(B6) Credit Standing, 20(B4); 22(B8) Draft Bill Regulating Insurance Sector, 40(B8-B9) Fiscal, 6(B5-B6,B7); 21(B1-B2); 44(B1) Foreign Investments, 23(B4-B5); 44(B1); 51/52(B3) Income Tax on Foreign Companies and Expatriates, 15(B6,B7); 19(B4) Monetary, 44(B2) Natural Gas Initiative, 10(B6); 22(B4); 23(B4); 30(B6); 37(B2) Privatization, 18(B4); 22(B2); 23(B3- B4,B5); 24(B2-B3); 29(B9); 37(B6- B7); 40(B2); 43(B1-B2); 44(B1,B7); 45(B3); 46(B1-B2); 49(B4-B5); 51/52(B2-B3,B4-B6) Saudization, 15(B7); 23(B4); 41(B2, B3) Water, 45(B1-B2) Population, 6(B7); 22(B2); 23(B4); 30(B6); 40(B3,B4) Non-Saudi, 6(B7,D5,D9); 30(B6); 44(B3) Saudi , 6(B7,D5,D8-D9); 30(B6) Prices, oil, 6(B7); 30(B5,B6); 51/52(B2) War Premium, 51/52(B2) Production NGLs, 49(B2) Oil, 49(B1,B2) PSC, 23(B3) PWC, 28(B3) Qa'ida al-, 34(B2,B6,B7) QNB Loans, 36(B1) Red Crescent Saudi Committee, 34(B7) Refining Projects, oil, 22(B5) Reserves, foreign exchange, 21(B1) Revenues, 30(B6); 49(B1); 51/52(B2) Non-Oil, 19(B4); 33(B10,B11) Oil, 6(B8); 27(B1,B2); 30(B5,B6);

33(B10,B11); 47(B4,B5); 49(B1); 51/52(B2) Riyad Bank, 6(B1,B2,B3); 32(B6); 49(B2) Administrative Changes, 4(B8); 7(B4) Brokerage Services, 48(B9) Loans, 2(B1-B2); 15(B4); 31(B5); 36(B2) Mutual Funds, 12(B5,B6,B7); 27(B5) Ratings, 43(B9) Results 1998, 34(B3,B4) Results 1999, 34(B3,B4); 42(B2) Results 2000, 34(B3,B4,B5); 42(B2, B6,B7) Results 2001, 7(B4); 34(B3,B4,B5); 42(B2,B6,B7) Results 2002, 34(B3) Royal Bank of Scotland, 10(B6) Royal Dutch/Shell Group, 10(B6); see also Basell S&P Bank Industry Risk Analysis, 14(B8) Ratings, 17(B6) SAAR Foundation Network, 34(B7) SABIC, 2(B2); 21(B2); 32(B7); 51/52(B6); see also Ibn Rushd; JUPC; NCC Shareholders; SADAF Acquisition of DSM Petrochemicals, 31(B6); 49(B7) Financing of, 20(B1); 34(B2); 49(B6- B7) Loans, 40(B5) Privatization of, 23(B5); 24(B3); 29(B9); 37(B7); 44(B7); 46(B1); 51/52(B4) Profits, 2(B1); 31(B6,B7) Sales Revenue, 31(B6,B7); 49(B7) SABIC Europe Loans, 20(B1); 49(B6) SABIC Euro-Petrochemicals, 49(B6) SADAF Loans, 48(B10); 49(B7) SAGIA, 23(B4); 33(B10); 40(B5); 45(B3) Investment Licenses, 17(B6-B7); 51/52(B3) Saib Brokerage Services, 48(B9) Loans, 2(B1); 36(B1,B2) Ratings, 43(B9) Results 1998, 34(B3,B4) Results 1999, 34(B3,B4); 42(B4) Results 2000, 34(B3,B4,B5); 42(B4, B7) Results 2001, 7(B5); 34(B1,B3,B4,B5); 42(B4,B7) Results 2002, 34(B3) SAMA, 21(B1); 40(B9); 48(B9); see also GIB Annual Report, 37th, 5(B1) Banking Licenses, 7(B2); 26(B3) Banking Regulations, 3(B8); 34(B1); 43(B8); 46(B8) Combatting Money Laudering, 6(B2); 29(B9)

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Exchange Operations, 28(B3) Foreign Assets, 6(B6,B7); 44(B2,B3) Statistical Bulletin, 1(B7) Transfers by Expatriates, 32(B4-B5); 33(B10) Samba, 44(B3); 49(B1,B4); see also Bank Mergers; Citibank Stake in Brokerage Services, 48(B9) Loans, 2(B1); 20(B1,B4); 34(B2); 36(B1,B2); 49(B7) Mutual Funds, 12(B5,B6,B7); 27(B5) Ratings, 43(B9) Results 1998, 34(B3,B4) Results 1999, 34(B3,B4); 42(B2) Results 2000, 34(B3,B4,B5); 42(B2, B6) Results 2001, 7(B4); 34(B1,B3,B4,B5); 42(B1-B2,B6) Results 2002, 34(B2,B3) Saudi Economy in 2002, 6(B6-B8,D5- D9); 30(B5-B6) Samsung Engineering, 2(B2) Samsung Heavy Industries, 29(B7) SASO Allocations to, 49(B3) Saudi Arabian Amianti Company, see Industrialization and Energy Services Company Saudi Aramco, 7(B5); 21(B2); 23(B5); 40(B2); see also UNCC Compensation Payments Loans, 31(B5); 40(B5) Saudi British Bank Brokerage Services, 48(B9) Loans, 2(B1); 20(B1); 34(B2); 36(B1, B2); 49(B7) Mutual Funds, 12(B5,B6,B7); 27(B4- B5) Prospects for the Saudi Economy: 2003, 51/52(B2-B3) Ratings, 43(B9) Results 1998, 34(B3,B4) Results 1999, 34(B3,B4); 42(B3) Results 2000, 34(B3,B4,B5); 42(B3, B6,B7) Results 2001, 7(B5); 34(B1,B3,B4,B5); 42(B3,B6,B7) Results 2002, 34(B3) Shareholders HSBC, 34(B3) Saudi Cement Company, 32(B6,B7) Saudi Export Development Centre, 49(B4) Saudi Fransi Bank, 32(B6) Brokerage Services, 48(B9) Loans, 2(B1-B2); 7(B5); 20(B1); 34(B2); 36(B1,B2); 49(B7) Mutual Funds, 12(B5,B6,B7); 27(B5) Ratings, 43(B9) Results 1998, 34(B3,B4) Results 1999, 34(B3,B4); 42(B3) Results 2000, 34(B3,B4,B5); 42(B3,B6) Results 2001, 7(B5); 34(B1,B3,B4, B5); 42(B3,B6) Results 2002, 34(B3)

Saudi Hollandi Bank Brokerage Services, 48(B9) Loans, 2(B1); 36(B2); 49(B7) Mutual Funds, 12(B5,B6,B7) Ratings, 43(B9) Results 1998, 34(B3,B4) Results 1999, 34(B3,B4); 42(B4) Results 2000, 34(B3,B4,B5); 42(B4,B6) Results 2001, 34(B1,B3,B4,B5); 42(B1, B4,B6) Saudi Oger, 46(B2) Saudi Pension Fund, see Citibank Stake in Samba Sale of Part of to Saudi Polyolefins Company Loans, 2(B1-B2) Shareholders Basell, 2(B1,B2) NPIC, 2(B1,B2) Saudi Communications Commission, 22(B2); 24(B3); 51/52(B5) Saudia Loans, 40(B5) Privatization of, 23(B3,B5) SEC, 29(B6,B9); 32(B6,B7) Losses, 33(B11) Privatization of, 46(B1) Results 2002, 33(B11) SGH, see AFESD Partnership Agree- ment with Shamal Islamic Bank al- US Lawsuit against, 34(B5,B6,B7) Shell Oil, see Pecten Arabia Shura Council, 7(B6); 15(B6); 18(B4); 19(B4); 21(B2); 22(B2); 40(B8-B9); 46(B1); 49(B4) SIDF Loans, 2(B2); 17(B6-B7) SIIG, see Jubail Chevron Phillips Com- pany SR Telecom, 22(B2) SRO Railway Expansion Project, 40(B8); 42(B7-B8); 46(B2) STC, 6(B1); 29(B6) Privatization of, 18(B4); 22(B2); 23(B3,B5); 24(B2-B3); 32(B6); 37(B6-B7); 43B1-B2); 44(B7); 45(B3); 46(B1); 49(B4); 51/52(B3, B4-B6) Profits, 51/52(B6) Results 2001, 18(B1); 22(B2) Stock Market, 6(B1,B3); 7(B6); 18(B4); 29(B6); 30(B5); 32(B6-B7); 40(B9); 51/52(B6) Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Loans, 2(B1-B2); 15(B4); 36(B2) Supply, water, 40(B4) Supply/Demand Balance, water, 40(B3- B4) Supreme Economic Council, 5(B1); 23(B3-B4); 37(B7); 40(B2); 42(B7- B8); 46(B1); 51/52(B2-B3) Advisory Board, 34(B10) SWCC Privatization of, 23(B3)

Water Desalination, 40(B3-B4) Tabuk Cement Company, 32(B6) Tadamon Islamic Bank, 34(B7) Taylor-DeJongh Advisory Services Loans, 49(B7) Terrorism Eradication of Terrorism Financing, 49(B7) TotalFinaElf, 10(B6) UNCC Compensation Payments, 12(B5); 16(B2); 44(B5) Saudi Aramco, 41(B8) UNDP, 44(B3) Unemployment, 6(B7,D6,D7,D9); 23(B4); 30(B6); 44(B2,B3); 49(B2,B4) United Saudi Bank, see Bank Mergers US, see Terrorism Lawsuit Filed against Saudi Arabia by Relatives of Victims of 11 September Attacks, 34(B2,B5-B7); 36(B9) Saudi Economy, 23(B4-B5) Vela International Marine Ltd Loans, 7(B5) Water Sector, see SWCC Imbalances of Water Demand and Supply in Saudi Arabia: Financing Requirements and Private Sector Partnership, 40(B3-B4) National Water Plan, 45(B1-B2) WTO Membership, 6(B6); 14(B6,B8); 15(B7); 19(B4); 23(B5); 40(B9); 42(B8); 44(B2) Zamil Group al-, 49(B4); see also ZIIC ZIIC, 6(B1); 32(B7) IPO, 7(B6) SHARJAH, see UAE SUDAN Budget Deficit, 50(B5) Oil Price Assumption, 50(B3,B4) Dammam International Investment Bank, 48(B7) Debts Debt Service, 50(B5) IMF, 50(B4,B5) Khartoum Refinery, 50(B5) World Bank, 50(B5) Exchange Rate, 50(B5) GDP, 50(B5) Hijarah for Construction and Develop- ment Ltd, 34(B6) IDB Financing Development Projects, 19(B6) IMF, see Debts Debt Service Sudan: Final Review and the 2002 Program, 50(B4-B5) Inflation, 50(B5)

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Jum'a Trading and Investment Group, 48(B7) National Islamic Front, 34(B6) Reserves, foreign exchange, 50(B5) Revenues Mechanism to Save Oil Revenues, 50(B4-B5) Shamal for Investment and Develop- ment al-, see al-Shamal Islamic Bank Shamal Islamic Bank al- US Lawsuit against, 34(B5,B6,B7) US Lawsuit Filed against Sudan by Rela- tives of Victims of 11 September Attacks, 34(B2,B5-B7); 36(B9) Wadi al-'Aqiq, 34(B6) World Bank, see Debts Debt Service SYRIA ADD LAB Plant, 26(B10) AFESD Loans, 31(B8) Agriculture and Credit Bank, 12(B9) Banking Sector, 2(B9); 4(B8) Banking Regulations, 39(B6) Private Banking, 9(B4); 10(B7); 12(B9); 14(B9); 18(B6); 39(B6,B7); 51/52(B6-B7) BBAC, 9(B4); 12(B9); 14(B7) BEMO, 9(B4); 12(B9); 14(B7) BLOM, 9(B4); 12(B9); 14(B7) Budget, 2(B8-B10); 41(B4) Defense, 46(B3) Oil Price Assumption, 2(B9); 3(B7); 35(B7); 37(B9); 40(B3); 41(B4); 43(B5); 45(B2); 47(B6); 50(B3) Byblos Bank, 9(B4) Central Bank of Syria Bank Licenses, 18(B6) Financial Reform Legislation, 10(B7); 12(B9); 14(B7) Commercial Bank of Syria, 11(B9); 12(B9); 14(B7) Consulting Bureau for Development & Investment, 2(B9) CSIS, 2(B8) Cylotel Ltd, see SyriaTel Sale of OT's Share to Dams Collapse of Zaynun Dam, 24(B8) Debts Russia, 2(B8-B9) Defense Expenditure, 2(B8-B9); 46(B3, B4) Deposits Overseas Syrian Private Sector, 18(B6) Drex Technologies Dispute with OT, 24(B2); 43(B2-B3); 44(B7-B8) EC, 26(B10) Economic Reforms, 2(B9); 26(B7); 39(B6-B7)

Economic Situation, 39(B6) EIB Loans, 6(B9,B10); 26(B10) Electricity Generation Financing Power Stations, 31(B8) EU, 2(B9-B10); 4(B8) Boycott of Euro-Mediterranean Con- ference in Valencia, 17(B5) Exchange Rate, 2(B9); 12(B9); 39(B6) "Customs" Exchange Rate, 26(B7) Fransabank, 9(B4); 12(B9); 14(B7) Gas Projects, 22(B4) GDP, 2(B8,B9); 46(B4) GSM Market, 27(B5-B6) Housing Bank for Trade and Finance, 18(B6) IDB Financing Development Projects, 19(B6) IFC Loans, 26(B10) IISS, 2(B8) Inflation, 2(B8,B9) Iraq, see UNCC Compensation Pay- ments Israel, 2(B10) KSHC, 40(B9) Kuwait United Investment Company, 18(B6) MCC, 12(B9); 14(B7) OT, see SyriaTel Mobile Joint Stock Company Sale of Oxford Business Group, 4(B7) Policy Banking Law, 9(B4); 10(B7); 14(B7); 18(B6); 39(B6,B7); 51/52(B6-B7) Central Bank and Monetary Law, 12(B9); 14(B7) Economic Growth Plans, 4(B7-B8) Privatization, 18(B6); 39(B6-B7); 51/52(B7) Population, 2(B9) Production Cotton Yarns, 2(B10) Oil, 2(B9) Refining Projects, oil, 22(B5) Revenues, 2(B8,B10); 41(B4) Oil, 41(B4); 47(B4,B5) Rural Development Projects Financing of, 31(B8) Russia, see Debts SGBL, 9(B4); 12(B9); 14(B7) Societe Generale Full Banking Operation, 9(B3); 12(B9); 14(B7) Syria Commercial Bank, 41(B4) Syrian-Libyan Company for Industrial and Agricultural Investments, 18(B6) SyriaTel Mobile Joint Stock Company Sale of OT's Share to Cylotel Ltd Injunction Order, 24(B2); 43(B2-B3); 44(B7-B8) UCPI Loans, 26(B10) UNCC

Compensation Payments, 12(B5) US, 2(B10) World Bank, 4(B7); 9(B4); 18(B6) WTO Membership, 2(B10) TUNISIA ABC Loans, 32(B6) AFESD Loans, 21(B7) AMF Loans, 1(B6) Baden-Wurttembergische Bank Aktieng- esellschaft Loans, 32(B6) Balance of Paryments Current Account, 25(B8); 42(B10) Trade Account, 25(B8) Banking Sector, 16(B8) Banque Nationale Agricole Ratings, 4(B10) BNP Paribas Loans, 22(B6-B7) Bond Market, 25(B7) British Arab Commercial Bank Ltd Loans, 32(B6) BTKD Ratings, 4(B10) Budget Defense, 46(B3) Deficit, 25(B7-B8) CAT Loans, 22(B9) Central Bank of Tunisia, 1(B7) Ratings of Global Bond Issue, 16(B8) Citibank Loans, 32(B6) Coface Export Credit Guarantee, 22(B6-B7) Colacem, 22(B9) Credit Agricole Indosuez Loans, 22(B6-B7) Credit Lyonnais Loans, 22(B6-B7) Debts External Debt, 25(B8) Public Debt, 25(B8) Defense Expenditure, 46(B3,B4) Economic Growth, 42(B10) Economic Reforms, 16(B8); 25(B8) Economic Situation, 25(B7-B8); 42(B10) EIB Loans, 6(B9-B10); 22(B9); 29(B8) Electricity Generation Financing Electricity Network Up- grade, 29(B8) Financing Power Plants, 22(B6-B7) EU, 42(B10); see also EIB Association Agreement, 1(B8) Free Trade Zone, 25(B8) FDI, 25(B8)

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GDP, 1(B7); 16(B8); 25(B7,B8); 42(B10); 46(B4); 51/52(B3) GE International Inc, 22(B7) EG Products France, 22(B7) General Electric, 22(B7) Gruppo Financo, see Colacem HSBC Loans, 22(B6-B7) IDB Export Financing, 19(B6) Iraq, see UNCC Compensation Pay- ments JBIC Loans, 13(B9); 48(B8) JP Morgan Report on Tunisia, 25(B7-B8) KNMT, see OTT OT Sells 50% of Stake in to Labor Force, 51/52(B3) Mashreqbank Loans, 32(B6) Moody's Investors Service Ratings, 25(B7); 42(B10) National Mobile Telecommunications, 11(B9) OT, 10(B3); see also OTT GSM License, 11(B9); 24(B1) OTT, 24(B1,B2); 43(B3) OT Sells 50% of Stake in to KNMT, 45(B3) Policy Government Subsidies, 25(B7) Privatization, 25(B8) Population, urban, 51/52(B9) Revenues, oil, 47(B5) S&P Ratings, 1(B7-B8); 4(B10); 16(B8); 25(B7) Societe Generale Stake in UIB, 46(B8,B9) STA Loans, 13(B9) STEG Loans, 22(B6-B7); 29(B8) Stock Market, 29(B6) TAIC Loans, 32(B6) Telefonica Moviles, 10(B3); 11(B9) Tourism Industry, 25(B7,B8) Tunis International Bank Loans, 32(B6) Tunisia Telecom GSM License, 11(B9); 45(B3) UIB, see Societe Generale Stake in Loans, 32(B6) UNCC Compensation Payments, 12(B5) Unemployment, 51/52(B3) UniCredito Italiano (London) Loans, 32(B6) Union Bancaire pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Ratings, 4(B10) Union Tunisienne des Banques Loans, 22(B6-B7); 32(B6)

Watania Telecom, 10(B3); 43(B3); see also KNMT World Bank ECAL III, 1(B8) MDP III, 51/52(B9) TURKEY EIB Loans, 6(B9-B10) Israel Water Supply Agreement, 32(B8) UMM AL-QUWAIN, see UAE UAE Alcatel, see Etisalat Banking Sector Islamic Banking, 25(B7) Results 1999, 36(B4-B6); 42(B3,B4, B5,B6) Results 2000, 36(B4-B7); 42(B3,B4, B5,B6,B7) Results 2001, 36(B2-B7); 42(B1,B3, B4,B5,B6,B7) Budget, 13(B4-B6); 23(B6) Defense, 46(B3) Deficit, 13(B4); 23(B6) Central Bank of UAE Hawala System, 45(B5) CSFB, see DEL Financial Advisor Defense Expenditure, 46(B2,B3,B4) DEL, see DPSA Financial Advisor CSFB, 2(B2-B3) Shareholders TotalFinaElf, 2(B2,B3) UOG, 2(B2,B3) DPSA QP/DEL, 2(B2-B3) EBI, 13(B5,B6) Economic Growth, 36(B2) EIU, 13(B5,B6) Emirates Airlines Bond Issue, 6(B3) ENOC Loans, 24(B5) ESCA, 6(B1) ESCWA, 13(B5-B6) Etisalat Alcatel to Expand and Modernize Fixed Lines Network, 51/52(B9) Profits, 51/52(B9) Gas Projects, 22(B4) GDP, 13(B5-B6); 36(B2); 46(B4) GIB Loans, 24(B5) GSM Market, 27(B5-B6); see also Etisalat IISS, 13(B5) Iraq, see UNCC Compensation Pay-

ments Jersey Deposits in, 44(B7) Money Laundering Combatting of, 6(B2) FATF, 6(B2) NCCT, 6(B2) Moody's Investors Service Banking System Outlook, 36(B2,B3) OEIHC Loans, 3(B9) Prices, oil, 13(B5); 36(B4) Qa'ida al- Transfer of Funds, 45(B5) QP, see DPSA Refining Projects, oil, 22(B5) Revenues, oil, 27(B1); 36(B2,B4); 47(B4,B5) S&P Banking System Assessment, 36(B2,B3) Shuaa Capital TAIF Launched, 10(B2) Stock Market, 29(B6) TotalFinaElf, see DEL Shareholders UNCC Compensation Payments, 12(B5) UNCTAD, 13(B6) UOG, see DEL Shareholders WTO Membership, 36(B3) ABU DHABI ABN AMRO, 36(B1) ADCB Results 1999, 36(B4,B5); 42(B3) Results 2000, 36(B4,B5,B7); 42(B3, B6) Results 2001, 36(B2,B4,B5,B7); 42(B1,B3,B6) ADFD, 1(B5) Loans, Morocco, 39(B9) ADIA, 16(B2,B3) ADIB, 25(B7); 36(B3) ADNOC, 16(B3) ADSM, 6(B1,B2) ADWEA, 2(B3); 37(B6) Financing Umm al-Nar Power/De- salination Expansion Project, 36(B1); 37(B6) Privatization of, 31(B6) Arbift Results 1999, 36(B4,B5); 42(B4) Results 2000, 36(B4,B5,B7); 42(B4, B7) Results 2001, 36(B2,B4,B5,B7); 42(B1,B4,B7) Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, 36(B1) Barclays, 36(B1) Loans, 37(B2) Barclays Capital Loans, 36(B1) BNP Paribas, 36(B1)

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Citibank, 36(B1) Credit Agricole Indosuez, 36(B1) CSFB, 36(B1) Electricity Generation, see ADWEA Project Financing, 37(B6) Emirates CMS Power Co, 37(B6) Emirates Power Company, 37(B6) First Gulf Bank Results 1999, 36(B4,B6) Results 2000, 36(B4,B6,B7) Results 2001, 36(B2,B4,B6,B7) Fitchner, 36(B1) GCC, 16(B3) GDP, 16(B2,B3) Hyundai Oil Refining Company, see IPIC Stake in IMF, 21(B6) ING, 36(B1) International Power, 36(B1) IPIC Stake in Hyundai Oil Refining Com- pany, 14(B7) Money Transfer Hawalah System, 21(B5-B6) Morocco, see ADFD Loans NBAD, 6(B1,B2,B3) Results 1999, 36(B4,B5); 42(B3) Results 2000, 36(B4,B5,B7); 42(B3, B6,B7) Results 2001, 36(B2,B4,B5,B7); 42(B1,B3,B6,B7) OECD FATF, 21(B5) Policy, fiscal, 16(B2-B3) Production, oil, 36(B4) Revenues Non-Oil, 16(B3) Oil, 16(B2,B3) Sumitomo, 36(B1) TotalFinaElf, 36(B1) Tractebel, 36(B1) UNB Results 1999, 36(B4,B6); 42(B4) Results 2000, 36(B4,B6,B7); 42(B4, B6) Results 2001, 36(B4,B6,B7); 42(B4, B6) Water Desalination, see ADWEA Project Financing, 37(B6) WestLB, 36(B1) White and Case, 36(B1) DUBAI AAOIFI, 47(B1) ABN AMRO FRN Issue, 22(B2) ADCB Loans, 32(B6) Allen & Overy, 47(B2) Aman IPO, 45(B4) Shareholders, 45(B4) DIB, 45(B4) Dubai Technology, E-Commerce

and Media Free Zone Authority, 45(B4) Emirates Finance Company, 45(B4) Investment Office, 45(B4) Islamic Investment Company, 45(B4) Barclays Capital FRN Issue, 22(B2) BIS, 47(B1) Bond Market Bond Issue, 3(B7); 24(B3) FRN Issue, 22(B1-B2) CBD Results 1999, 36(B4,B6); 42(B4) Results 2000, 36(B4,B6,B7); 42(B4, B6,B7) Results 2001, 36(B4,B6,B7); 42(B4, B6,B7) Central Bank of UAE, 21(B2); 40(B6); 47(B1,B2) Citibank, 25(B6) FRN Issue, 22(B2) Citibank UAE Loans, 30(B11); 32(B6) Clifford Chance, 21(B2); 47(B2) Credit Agricole Loans, 28(B6); 30(B11); 32(B6) CSFB FRN Issue, 22(B2) Daewoo, 24(B5) Deutsche Bank, 47(B2) FRN Issue, 22(B2) DFM, 3(B7); 6(B1-B2); 24(B3); 25(B6) DIB, 25(B7); 36(B3); see also Aman Shareholders Results 1999, 36(B4,B6); 42(B4) Results 2000, 36(B4,B7); 42(B4,B7) Results 2001, 36(B2,B4,B7); 42(B4, B7) DIFC, 8(B3-B4); 21(B2-B4); 25(B6); 41(B8) Fee Structure, 51/52(B7-B8) Legal Framework, 21(B2); 47(B1-B3) Dubai Authority for Investment and Development, 15(B7) Dubai Bank, 25(B6); 36(B3); 40(B6); see also EBI Dubai Internet City, 8(B3) Dubai Media City, 8(B3) Dubai Shipping Company Loans, 24(B5) Dubai Technology, E-Commerce and Media Free Zone Authority, see Aman Shareholders Dubal Financing Expansion Project, 28(B6); 30(B11); 32(B6) EBI, 8(B3); 26(B8) FRN Issue, 22(B1-B2); 26(B8) Ratings, 22(B2); 26(B8) Results 1999, 36(B4,B5); 42(B3) Results 2000, 36(B4,B5,B7); 42(B3, B6,B7) Results 2001, 36(B2,B4,B5,B7); 42(B1,B3,B6,B7) Riyad Branch, 7(B2); 26(B3); 42(B8)

Sale of Branches in Pakistan to Union Bank Ltd, 26(B3) EFS Domestic Dirham Bond Issue, 22(B2) FRN Issue, 22(B1-B2) Emaar Properties, see Dubai Bank Results 2001, 25(B6) Emirates Airlines Domestic Dirham Bond Issue, 22(B2) Emirates Finance Company, see Aman Shareholders Emirates Industrial Bank, 8(B3) Emirates National Bank, see EBI Financial Stocks and Commodity Authority, 21(B2) Fitch Ratings, 26(B8) GDP, 21(B4) Global Investment House Bond Issue, 24(B3) Goldman Sachs, 21(B3) HP, 8(B4) HSBC FRN Issue, 22(B2) Loans, 28(B6); 30(B11); 32(B6) IMF, 3(B7) Investment Office, see Aman Share- holders Islamic Investment Company, see Aman Shareholders JP Morgan Chase FRN Issue, 22(B2) Julius Baer, 47(B2-B3) KPMG, 25(B6); 36(B3) Luxembourg Stock Exchange, 22(B2) Mashreqbank Loans, 24(B5); 30(B11); 32(B6) Results 1999, 36(B4,B5); 42(B3) Results 2000, 36(B4,B5,B7); 42(B3, B7) Results 2001, 36(B2,B4,B5,B7); 42(B1,B3,B7) Middle East Bank, see EBI Results 1999, 36(B4,B6); 42(B5) Results 2000, 36(B4,B6,B7); 42(B5, B6,B7) Results 2001, 36(B4,B6,B7); 42(B5, B6,B7) Microsoft, 8(B4) Morgan Stanley FRN Issue, 22(B2) NBAD Loans, 32(B6) NBD Results 1999, 36(B4,B5); 42(B3) Results 2000, 36(B4,B5,B7); 42(B3, B7) Results 2001, 36(B2,B4,B5,B7); 42(B1,B3,B7) Shuaa Capital Bond Issue, 24(B3) Simmons & Simmons, 47(B2) Standard Chartered Bank Loans, 28(B6); 30(B11); 32(B6) Union Bank Ltd, see EBI Sale of

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Branches in Pakistan to Union Bank of the Middle East, see EBI World Bank, 3(B7); 21(B3) FUJAIRAH ABC Loans, 31(B5-B6) ADCB Loans, 31(B5-B6); 36(B7-B8) ADIB Loans, 31(B5-B6) ADIC Loans, 31(B5-B6) American Express Bank Loans, 36(B7-B8) Arab Bank Aktiengesellschaft Loans, 36(B7-B8) Barclays Bank Loans, 31(B5-B6) Bayern LB Loans, 36(B7-B8) DKW Loans, 36(B7-B8) First Gulf Bank Loans, 31(B5-B6) GIB Loans, 31(B5-B6) HSBC Loans, 31(B5-B6) ING Loans, 36(B7-B8) Landesbank Rheinland-Pfalz Loans, 36(B7-B8) Lloyds TSB Bank Loans, 36(B7-B8) Mashreqbank Loans, 31(B5-B6) National Bank of Fujairah, 40(B6) Loans, 31(B5-B6); 36(B7-B8) Results 1999, 36(B5,B6); 42(B5) Results 2000, 36(B5,B6,B7); 42(B5, B6,B7) Results 2001, 36(B2,B5,B6,B7); 42(B5,B6,B7) NBAD Loans, 31(B5-B6) NBAD Investment Bank, 31(B5-B6) NBD Loans, 31(B5-B6) Österreich Aktiengesellschaft Loans, 36(B7-B8) Raiffeisen Zentralbank Loans, 36(B7-B8) UNB Loans, 31(B5-B6) UWEC Loans, 31(B5-B6) Wachovia Bank Loans, 36(B7-B8) RAS AL-KHAIMAH

Commercial Bank International Results 1999, 36(B5,B6); 42(B6) Results 2000, 36(B5,B6,B7); 42(B6) Results 2001, 36(B5,B6,B7); 42(B6) Emaar Properties, 6(B2) Khaleej Cement Company al-, 6(B1- B2) National Company for Financial Ser- vices, 6(B2) RakBank Results 1999, 36(B3,B6); 42(B5) Results 2000, 36(B3,B6,B7); 42(B5, B6,B7) Results 2001, 36(B2,B3,B6,B7); 42(B5,B6,B7) SHARJAH Bank of Sharjah Results 1999, 36(B5,B6); 42(B5) Results 2000, 36(B5,B6,B7); 42(B5, B6,B7) Results 2001, 36(B5,B6,B7); 42(B5, B6,B7) Investbank, 40(B6) Results 1999, 36(B5,B6); 42(B5) Results 2000, 36(B5,B6,B7); 42(B5, B6,B7) Results 2001, 36(B2,B5,B6,B7); 42(B5,B6,B7) Kuwait Investment House Stake in National Bank of Sharjah, 25(B7) National Bank of Sharjah, see Kuwait Investment House Stake in Islamization of, 25(B7); 36(B3) Results 1999, 36(B5,B6); 42(B5) Results 2000, 36(B5,B6,B7); 42(B5, B6) Results 2001, 36(B2,B5,B6,B7); 42(B1,B5,B6) United Arab Bank Results 1999, 36(B5,B6); 42(B5) Results 2000, 36(B5,B6,B7); 42(B5, B7) Results 2001, 36(B2,B5,B6,B7); 42(B5,B7) UMM AL-QUWAIN National Bank of Umm al-Quwain Results 1999, 36(B5,B6); 42(B5) Results 2000, 36(B5,B6,B7); 42(B5, B6) Results 2001, 36(B2,B5,B6,B7); 42(B5,B6) YEMEN Aden Container Port, 47(B6) AFESD

Loans, 24(B8); 33(B12) Agricultural Credit Bank, 26(B6) Ahmar Group al-, 43(B3) Aid Donors Consultative Group Meeting, 9(B9); 44(B5-B6) EC, 33(B12) Germany, 24(B8); 33(B12) Ansan Wikfs (Hadhramaut) Ltd, 5(B2) Bank of Yemen and the Gulf, 11(B9) Banking Sector, 26(B6) Budget, 5(B1-B5); 26(B6); 45(B2) Defense, 46(B3) Deficit, 5(B2,B4,B5); 26(B5,B6); 45(B2) Oil Price Assumption, 3(B7); 5(B2); 35(B7); 37(B9); 40(B3); 41(B4); 43(B5); 45(B2); 47(B6); 50(B3) Central Bank of Yemen, 26(B6) Anti-Money Laundering Measures, 11(B9) Bank Licenses, 11(B8-B9) Exchange Rate, 37(B8) Foreign Reserves, 37(B7,B8) Interest Rates, 5(B3) Debts Debt Relief Paris Club, 26(B5) External Debt, 26(B5) Defense Expenditure, 46(B3,B4,B5) EC, see Aid Economic Growth, 26(B5,B6) Economic Reforms, 26(B5,B6-B7) Economic Situation, 5(B1-B3); 26(B5- B6,B7); 37(B7-B8) ESCWA, 24(B8) Report on Yemeni Economy, 26(B5- B7) EU, 5(B2) Exchange Rate, 26(B6) Devaluation, 5(B3) Exploration Expenditure, oil and gas, IOCs, 20(B2) FDI, 26(B5) Forum of the Economic Research for the Arab Countries, Iran and Turkey, 5(B2-B3) GCC Membership, 5(B3) GDP, 5(B2,B3,B5); 9(B9); 26(B5,B6, B7); 37(B7,B8); 44(B5,B6); 46(B4) Germany, see Aid Hodeidah Shipping and Transport Company Isurance Premiums, 47(B6) Housing Bank, 26(B6) IDA, 9(B9); 26(B10); 33(B12) IMF, 5(B3) Article IV Consultation, 37(B7-B8) Inflation, 5(B3); 26(B5,B7); 37(B7,B8) Iraq, see UNCC Compensation Pay- ments Islah Party, 26(B7) KFAED Loans, 33(B12)

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Labor Force, 51/52(B3) National Bank of Yemen, 37(B7) National Water and Sanitation Au- thority, 33(B12) Nexen, 5(B2) Occidental Petroleum, 5(B2) OT, 43(B3) Pan-American Energy, 5(B2) Pan-Canadian Petroleum, 5(B2) Paris Club, see Debts Debt Relief Policy Fiscal, 37(B8) General Sales Tax, 37(B7,B8) Government Subsidies, 5(B3); 26(B7); 37(B8) Privatization, 26(B6); 37(B7) Population, 5(B2-B3); 26(B5,B6); 44(B5) Poverty, 26(B7); 37(B7) Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, 37(B7,B8); 44(B5-B6) Prices, oil, 20(B2) Production, oil, 5(B2); 20(B2); 45(B2) Qa'ida al-, 44(B5) Refining Projects, oil, 22(B5) Reserves, foreign exchange, 37(B7,B8) Revenues, 45(B2) Oil, 5(B1,B2); 20(B1-B2); 45(B2) Government, 20(B2) IOCs, 20(B2) Sabafon, 43(B3) Saudi Arabia Border Demarcation, 5(B2) Shamil Bank, 11(B8-B9) Shamil Islamic Bank, see Shamil Bank Terrorism, see US Impact of on Shipping, 47(B6-B7) UNCC Compensation Payments, 12(B5) Unemployment, 26(B5-B6); 51/52(B3) US Office of Counterterrorism, 47(B6) War on Terrorism, 5(B3); 26(B7) US Reduction, 5(B2) Water Supply Situation, 33(B12) World Bank, 5(B2); 9(B9); 26(B7); 44(B5); see also IDA Loans, 26(B10); 33(B12) WTO Membership, 26(B6) Yemen Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 26(B6) Yemen Center for Strategic Studies, 26(B7) Yemeni National Bank, 26(B6) YOGC, 5(B2); 20(B1-B2) GENERAL AAG, 27(B5-B6); 43(B1-B3) IT Implementation in Arab Markets, 33(B11-B12) AAOIFI, 50(B6) ABB Structural Finance

Loans, 35(B6) AEUC, 13(B2-B3) Albania, see OFID Loans AMF Arab External Investments, 38(B4-B5) Andersen Middle East, see Ernst & Young Acquisition of Angola, see OFID Loans ANZ Loans, 35(B6) Apicorp Alliance with Taylor-DeJongh, 37(B6) Financing Arab Energy Projects, 22(B2-B6); 37(B5-B6) Loans, 22(B7) Results 1999, 42(B3) Results 2000, 42(B3,B6,B7) Results 2001, 37(B5-B6); 42(B3,B6, B7) Aqsa Islamic Bank al-, see Terrorism Freezing of Assets Arab Bank Loans, 35(B6) Arab External Investments, 38(B4-B5) Arab Free Trade Zone, 13(B2) Arab Investment Company Loans, 22(B3) Arab League, see GAFTA Banking Sector Islamic Banking, 22(B4) Merger of Arab Banks, 22(B3) Beit al-Mal, see Terrorism Freezing of Assets Bahrain, see IDB Infrastructure Fund Bank of Baroda Loans, 35(B6) Bank of India Loans, 35(B6) Bank of Scotland Loans, 35(B6) Benin, see OFID Loans Bolivia, see OFID Loans Boycott, Arab, 18(B6) Brunei, see IDB Infrastructure Fund Bumiputra-Commerce Bank Loans, 35(B7) Canara Bank (London) Loans, 35(B6) Capital Markets Arab, 22(B4) Capital Outflows Arab Countries, 38(B4-B5) Central Bank of Russia, 35(B7) Conferences Arab Energy Conference, 7th, 22(B2- B6); 25(B1) Finance and Investment in Qatar, 32(B8) MENA Project Finance and Privatiza- tion Conference, 3rd, 48(b10) Credit Agricole Indosuez Loans, 22(B7); 35(B6) Credit Lyonnais Loans, 35(B6) Cuba, see OFID Loans

Cyprus, see Societe Generale Loans EIB, 6(B9,B10) DMI, see IDB Infrastructure Fund EBP (Brunei), 3(B9) EBRD, 10(B5) EC, 13(B1-B2); see also EMB Economic Growth Middle East, 17(B3-B5) Economic Reforms Arab Countries, 37(B8-B9) EFG-Hermes (UK) Ltd, 6(B1,B3) Telecoms Fund, 6(B2) EFTA, see GCC Trade Agreement with EU EIA, 27(B1-B2) EIB Budget, 6(B9) Euro-Med Lending, 6(B9-B10); 10(B6) Euro-Mediterranean Investment Facility, 10(B6); 13(B1,B7) EMB, 10(B4-B6); 13(B7) EMP, 3(B8-B9) EMP (Bahrain), 3(B9) Enron Corp, 21(B4); 29(B5) Eritrea, see OFID Loans Ernst & Young Acquisition of Andersen Middle East, 21(B4) ESCWA Free Trade Areas in the Arab Region, 13(B3) Ethiopia, see OFID Loans EU, 1(B2); see also EIB; EMB; GCC Trade Agreement with Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreements, 10(B6) Euro-Mediterranean FTAs, 13(B1-B2) Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, 13(B1-B2,B4) Fannie Mae, 13(B7) FDI Arab Countries, 11(B3-B5) East Asia and Pacific, 11(B5) Europe and Central America, 11(B5) Latin America and Caribbean, 11(B5) South Asia, 11(B5) Sub-Saharan Africa, 11(B5) FIIB Joint Venture with Sunrise First As- sisted Living Inc, 13(B7) Results 2001, 13(B7) France Defense Expenditure, 46(B2) FTAs Arab States, 13(B1-B4) Fuji Bank, see Mizuho Corporate Bank GAFTA, 13(B2,B3) Gas Projects Arab Countries, 22(B4) Financing of, 22(B3) GBC, 42(B1-B2) GCC Banking Sector Results 1999, 42(B2-B6)

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Results 2000, 42(B2-B7) Results 2001, 42(B1-B7) Customs Union, 1(B1-B2); 18(B5); 24(B7-B8) Defense Policy, 46(B4) Economic Development, 18(B4-B6) GDP, 1(B2); 6(B1,B3) Market Capitalization, 6(B1-B3) Membership, 1(B1) Monetary Union, 1(B1); 18(B5-B6); 24(B8) Population, 6(B1); 18(B4) Single Currency, 1(B2); 6(B2); 18(B5); 24(B8) Trade Agreement with EU, 1(B1) EFTA, 1(B1); 13(B2); 24(B8) GDP Arab Countries, 11(B3,B4); 38(B4,B5) East Asia, 11(B4) Ghana, see OFID Loans GIB, 18(B4) Loans, 22(B7) GMAC, 13(B7) GSM Market Arab Countries, 27(B5-B6) Guinea, see OFID Loans Holy Land Foundation, see Terrorism Freezing of Assets HSBC Loans, 22(B7) Oil and Gas Projects Financing in Middle East, 41(B1); 43(B4) IBC Global Conferences, 32(B8) IDB Development Projects Financing, 19(B6) Export Financing, 19(B6) Import Trade Financing Operations, 19(B6) Infrastructure Fund, 3(B8-B9); 6(B2) Technical Assistance, 19(B6) IDB Infrastructure Fund Policy Manage- ment Company, 3(B9) IFSB, 5(B6); 45(B4-B5); 50(B5-B6,B7) IIFM, 50(B6) IISS The Military Balance 2002-2003, 46(B2-B5) IMF, 1(B2); 50(B5) World Economic Outlook, 5(B8); 17(B3-B5) India LNG Transport Company Loans, 35(B6) Indonesia Budget, 45(B2) Oil Price Assumption, 3(B7); 27(B1); 35(B7); 37(B9); 40(B3); 41(B4); 43(B5); 45(B2); 47(B6); 50(B3) Production, oil, 35(B7) Revenues, oil and gas, 27(B1); 45(B2) Inter-Arab Investment, 6(B1) Islamic Banking, 5(B8); 45(B4-B5); 50(B5-B7) IT Implementation Arab Stock Markets, 33(B11-B12)

Italy Defense Expenditure, 46(B2) Jamaica, see OFID Loans JBIC Annual Report 2002, 48(B7-B8) JP Morgan, 40(B2) KFAED, 25(B1) Labor Force Arab, 11(B4) MAFTA, 13(B1-B2) Malawi, see OFID Loans Malta Loans EIB, 6(B9) Mauritania, see OFID Loans MEED, 2(B11); 6(B1-B3) MENA Defense Expenditure, 46(B2-B5) GDP Growth, 5(B8); 51/52(B3) Loans, 6(B9-B10); 48(B7-B8) Unemployment Problem, 51/52(B3- B4) Mexico Budget Oil Price Assumption, 3(B7); 35(B7); 37(B9); 40(B3); 41(B4); 43(B4,B5); 45(B2); 47(B6); 50(B3) Revenues, oil, 27(B2) Mizuho Corporate Bank Loans, 35(B6) Moody's Investors Service Islamic Banking, 5(B8) Middle East Project Finance, 43(B4) Morocco, see OFID Loans Mozambique, see OFID Loans MSCI World Index, 6(B2) NATO Defense Expenditure, 46(B2) Nicaragua, see OFID Debt Relief Niger, see OFID Loans Nigeria Budget, 47(B5-B6) Oil Price Assumption, 3(B7); 27(B1); 35(B7); 37(B9); 40(B3); 41(B4); 43(B5); 45(B2); 47(B5,B6); 50(B3) Economic Growth, 47(B6) External Debt, 47(B6) Inflation, 47(B6) Production, oil, Quota, 47(B5,B6) Revenues, 47(B5) Oil, 27(B1); 47(B5-B6) Norway Budget Oil Price Assumption, 3(B7); 35(B7); 37(B9); 40(B2,B3); 41(B4); 43(B5); 45(B2); 47(B6); 50(B3) Revenues, oil and gas, 40(B2-B3) OAPEC Oil Revenues, 47(B4-B5) OECD Economic Consequences of Terrorism, 30(B7-B9) OFID Debt Relief Nicaragua, 22(B9) Loans

Albania, 31(B9) Angola, 22(B9) Benin, 31(B9) Bolivia, 26(B10) Cuba, 31(B9) Eritrea, 26(B10) Ethiopia, 26(B10); 31(B9) Ghana, 31(B9) Guinea, 26(B10) Jamaica, 26(B10) Malawi, 31(B9) Mauritania, 31(B9) Morocco, 31(B9) Mozambique, 31(B9) Niger, 22(B9) Senegal, 31(B9) Tanzania, 26(B10) Uzbekistan, 26(B10) OPEC, see OFID Market Share, 17(B5) Prices, oil, 27(B1-B2) Revenues, oil, 27(B1-B2) PDVSA, 21(B1) Pemex Exports, oil, 43(B4) Production, oil, 43(B4) Pertamina, 45(B2) Petrochemical Projects Arab Countries, 22(B5-B6) Financing of, 22(B3) Population Growth Arab World, 11(B4); 37(B9) Middle East, 6(B1) Production, oil, Financing Capacity Expansion in Arab Countries, 22(B3) Project Finance in the Middle East Political Risk, 43(B4-B5) Qa'ida al-, 3(B8) Refining Projects, oil, Arab Countries, 22(B5) Financing of, 22(B3) Regional Capital Markets, 6(B1-B3) Revenues, oil, Gulf Countries, 47(B3-B4) Revival of Islamic Heritage Society, see Terrorism Freezing of Assets Riyad Bank Loans, 22(B7) Robert Shuman Center for Advanced Studies, 6(B3) Russia Budget Oil Price Assumption, 3(B7); 35(B7); 37(B9); 40(B3); 41(B4); 43(B5); 45(B2); 47(B6); 50(B3) Exchange Rate, 35(B7) GDP, 35(B7) Revenues, oil, 27(B2) S&P Fund Services, 6(B2) Ratings, 17(B9) Saudi Pension Fund, see IDB Infra- structure Fund Senegal, see OFID Loans Shamil Bank, 3(B8-B9)

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Freezing of Assets Aqsa Islamic Bank, 3(B8) Beit al-Mal, 3(B8) Holy Land Foundation, 3(B8) Revival of Islamic Heritage Society, 3(B8) UK Defense Expenditure, 46(B2) UNDP, 37(B9); 38(B4) Union of Arab Stock Exchanges, 6(B2) US, see Terrorism Arab Boycott of American Products, 18(B6); 25(B3-B4,B5) Cost of War on Iraq, 38(B6); 40(B6- B8); 50(B2) Allied Contributions to 1991 War, 40(B7) Reconstruction and Nation-Building, 50(B2-B3) Defense Expenditure, 46(B2) Enterprise Funds for the Middle East, 50(B4) Exports to Middle East, 25(B3,B4) GDP, 30(B7) Imports from Middle East, 25(B3,B4- B5) Islamic Banking, 50(B7)

Pledges for US-Middle East Partner- ship Initiative, 50(B4) Uzbekistan, see OFID Loans Venezuela Budget Oil Price Assumption, 3(B7); 27(B1); 35(B7); 37(B9); 40(B2,B3); 41(B4); 43(B5); 45(B2); 47(B6); 50(B3) Oil Stabilization Fund, 21(B1) Revenues, oil, 27(B1); 40(B2) Water Desalination Projects Arab Countries, 25(B1) WEF Arab World Competitiveness Report, 37(B8-B9) World Bank, 10(B5); 25(B1) The Political Economy of Fiscal Policy and Economic Management in Oil Exporting Countries, 47(B3-B4) WorldCom, 29(B5) WTO Membership, 13(B1,B2-B3,B4); 50(B4) Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam, see IDB Infrastructure Fund

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ALGERIA Elections Parliamentary, 22(C1) FLN, 22(C1) Movement of a Peaceful Society, 22(C1) NDR, 22(C1) Rally for Culture and Democracy, 22(C1) Socialist Forces Front, 22(C1) BAHRAIN Arab Nationalist Democratic Rally, 36(C1) Elections Municipal, 20(C2) Parliamentary, 36(C1); 45(C3-C4) INAA, 36(C1); 45(C3) Iraq, 41(C2) National Democratic Action Associa- tion, 36(C1) Political System Constitutional Monarchy, 7(C3) Democratization Process, 36(C1); 42(C3); 45(C3-C4) Population Shi'a, 45(C3) Sunni, 45(C3) Shi'a Islamic Action Association, 36(C1) Shura Council, 36(C1) US Military Presence, 42(C2-C3) EGYPT Arab-Israeli Conflict Palestinian Leadership, 27(C1); 29(C1) Peace Process, 30(C1); 37(C2) Bush's Vision, 26(C1-C3); 27(C1) International Conference, 20(C1); 21(C1) Mubarak's Plan, 23(C1); 24(C1,C2) Provisional Palestinian State, 25(C1- C2) Saudi Peace Initiative, 20(C1); 23(C1); 24(C2-C3) Azhar al-, 4(C3-C4); 28(C2) Iraq, 37(C1); 38(C2); 41(C2); see also US Egyptian Opposition to Military Attack against Iraq Islamic Fundamentalism, 3(C4); 4(C3- C4) Israel, see Arab-Israeli Conflict Jama'at al-Islamiya al-, 3(C4) Jihad Movement, 3(C4) PA, see Arab-Israeli Conflict Political Reforms Arab and Islamic World, 28(C2-C3) Political Situation

Jailing of Human Rights Activist, 31(C2); 33(C1) Political System Monarchical Republic, 23(C2) Salafis, 3(C4) Saudi Arabia, see Arab-Israeli Conflict Sudan Reaction to Machakos Peace Agree- ment, 31(C1,C2-C3) Summit Conferences Sharm al-Shaikh Summit, 24(C2,C3) US Egyptian Opposition to Military Attack against Iraq, 12(C1); 35(C3) Role in Middle East Peace Process, 24(C2-C3) Bush's Vision, 25(C1-C2); 26(C1-C3); 27(C1) Mubarak's Visit, 23(C1); 24(C1,C2) Palestinian Leadership, 27(C1) Sa'd al-Din Ibrahim Issue, 33(C1); 35(C4) Wafd Party, 20(C2) IRAN Afghanistan Taliban Regime, 3(C1); 6(C2); 7(C2) Badr Forces, 5(C3); 6(C3,C4) Basij, 6(C2) EU EC to Negotiate Trade and Political Relations, 25(C2) Reaction to Bush's "Axis of Evil", 6(C2-C3) France Reaction to Bush's "Axis of Evil", 6(C3) Germany Reaction to Bush's "Axis of Evil", 6(C3) Hizbollah, 6(C2) Karine-A Affair, 6(C1) Support of, 25(C2) ICJ, 1(C2) Iranian-American Council, 11(C2) Iraq, see Terrorism American War on Policy on Iraq, 38(C4); 41(C2) Rapprochement, 5(C2-C3); 6(C4) Israel, 5(C1); 6(C2); 25(C2) Iran Center of World Terror, 45(C2) Karine-A Affair, 2(C1-C2); 3(C1-C2); 4(C1-C2); 6(C1) Lebanon, 24(C2); see also Hizbollah Mujahidin Khalq, 5(C3); 6(C4) PA Karine-A Affair, 3(C1-C2); 4(C1-C2); 6(C1) PKK, 6(C4) Political Situation Confrontation between Reformists

and Conservatives, 1(C2); 40(C3); 44(C1-C2) Qa'ida al-, 3(C1); 6(C2); 7(C2); 14(D6); see also Terrorism American War on Iran Hands over al-Qa'ida Members to Saudi Arabia Revolutionary Guards, 6(C2) Saudi Arabia, see Terrorism American War on Iran Hands over al-Qa'ida Members to Saudi Arabia SCIRI, 4(C4); 6(C3,C4) Security Council, 6(C2) Spain Reaction to Bush's "Axis of Evil", 6(C3) Terrorism American War on, 12(C2) "Axis of Evil", 5(C1,C3); 6(C2-C3); 7(C2); 11(C2); 14(D1-D6); 25(C2) Iran a State Sponsoring Terrorism, 21(C1); 26(C3) Iran Hands over al-Qa'ida Members to Saudi Arabia, 33(C1) Iraq a Target, 4(C4); 5(C2-C3); 6(C3- C4) UAE Abu Musa and Greater and Lesser Tunb Islands Dispute, 1(C1-C2) UK Reaction to Bush's "Axis of Evil", 6(C3) US, see Terrorism Policy on Iran, 11(C2); 12(C2); 14(C2) ILSA, 25(C2) Iran-PA Axis, 3(C1-C2); 4(C1-C2); 6(C1) Regime Change, 30(C2) Relations with, 40(C3) Washington Institute for Near East Policy, 3(C1) WTO Membership, 11(C2) IRAQ AIPAC, 2(C2) Arab League, 4(C2); 5(C2); 6(C3); 15(C4); 37(C1); 46(D6) Arab Public Opinion The Arab Street, 39(C2-C3) Badr Forces, 5(C3); 6(C3,C4) Bahrain, 41(C2) Ba'th Party, 6(C4); 40(C4); 43(C3); 46(C4) China Policy on Iraq, 38(C2); 39(C1,C3); 40(C1,C2); 44(C1); 46(C1) CIA, 22(C2,C3); 49(C2) Qa'ida-Iraq Link, 12(C2); 18(C3); 39(C2)

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Communist Party, 46(C2,C4) Constitutional Monarchy Movement, 51/52(C1) Egypt Policy on Iraq, 37(C1); 38(C2); 41(C2) Opposition to Military Attack, 12(C1); 35(C3) EU Policy on Iraq, 37(C1) Reaction to Bush's "Axis of Evil", 7(C1-C2) France Policy on Iraq, 35(C3); 37(C1); 38(C2); 39(C1,C3); 40(C1,C2); 41(C1); 42(C1); 43(C1-C2); 44(C1); 45(C1-C2); 46(C1); 47(C1) Post-Saddam Iraq, 43(C3-C4) GCC, 50(C2) Germany Policy on Iraq, 35(C3); 40(C1); 47(C1) Reaction to Bush's "Axis of Evil", 7(C2) Group of Four, 46(C2,C4) IAEA, 30(C2,C3-C4); 43(C1); 45(C1- C2); 46(C1,D5-D10) INA, 46(C2,C4); 51/52(C1) Post-Saddam Iraq, 41(C3-C4) INC, 2(C2); 22(C2-C4); 29(C2); 44(D4- D5); 46(C2,C3-C4); 49(C2); 51/52(C1) Inter-Arab Relations, 4(C2); 5(C2); 50(C2) Post-Saddam Iraq, 41(C3-C4) Reintegration of Iraq, 13(C1-C2); 14(C4); 15(C4); 20(D3-D4); 22(C4) Iran Policy on Iraq, 22(C4); 38(C4); 41(C2) Rapprochement, 5(C2-C3); 6(C3-C4) Islamic Da'wa Movement, 46(C2,C4) Israel Support of American War on Iraq, 45(C2) Jordan Policy on Iraq, 38(C2); 41(C2) Opposition to Military Attack, 28(C1) Karbala Center for Research and Studies, 22(C2-C4) KDP, 28(C1); 34(C1); 38(C4); 42(C1); 49(C2); 51/52(C1) Kurdish Problem, 20(C3); 22(C4); 29(C1,C2); 34(C1); 38(C4); 43(C3); see also Political Situation Iraqi Oppo- sition Conference Federal Iraq, 42(C1) Kuwait, 4(C2) Military Strike against Iraq, 28(C1) Rapprochement, 13(C1-C2); 14(C4); 15(C4); 22(C4) Saddam Husain's Apology, 50(C2) Lebanon 'Aziz' Visit, 41(C2) Malaysia, 37(C1) Middle East Institute 56th Conference, 44(D1-D8) Mujahidin Khalq, 5(C3); 6(C4) NATO

Prague Summit, 47(C1) Pakistan Policy on Iraq, 35(C3); 37(C1) PKK, 6(C4); 8(C3); 38(C4) Political Situation Dangers Surrounding Iraqi Opposition, 48(C2-C3) Iraqi Opposition Conference, 46(C2- C4); 49(C1-C2); 51/52(C1-C2) Political Declaration, 51/52(C3-C4) Transition Program, 51/52(C2-C3) Role of Silent Majority, 49(C2) Political System Monarchical Republic, 23(C2) Shi'a Vision of Iraq's Future, 26(C3-C5) PUK, 8(C3); 42(C1); 51/52(C1) Qa'ida al-, 5(C1); 49(C1); see also CIA Qatar, 41(C2) RCC, 13(C1); 39(C1) Red Cross, 15(C4) Russia Policy on Iraq, 7(C2); 13(C2-C3); 38(C2); 39(C1,C3); 40(C1,C2); 41(C1); 42(C1); 43(C1-C2); 44(C1); 46(C1); 47(C1) Aziz' Visit, 4(C3) Post-Saddam Iraq, 43(C3-C4) SAIRI, 51/52(C1-C2) Saudi Arabia Military Attack against Iraq, 38(C1,C3) Opposition to, 12(C1); 20(D3-D4); 28(C1); 35(C3) Rapprochement, 20(D3-D4); 22(C4) SCIRI, 4(C4); 6(C3,C4); 28(C1); 38(C4); 46(C2,C4); 48(C2-C3); 49(C2) Syria Policy on Iraq, 38(C2-C3); 41(C2) Sanctions Issue, 24(C2) Taliban, 38(C4); 44(D4) Terrorism, 44(D3) American War on, 44(D4) Arab Rejection of Military Offensive against Iraq, 13(C2,C4) "Axis of Evil", 5(C1,C3); 6(C2-C3); 7(C1-C2); 11(C2,C4); 14(D1-D6) Iraq a State Sponsoring Terrorism, 21(C1) Iraq a Target, 2(C2); 4(C3,C4); 5(C2- C3); 6(C3-C4); 7(C1); 9(C1-C2); 11(C2,C4); 12(C1,C2); 13(C4); 18(C2-C3); 20(C3,D3-D4) Turkey Kurdish Problem, 42(C1) Military Attack against Iraq, 20(C3); 22(C4); 28(C1); 29(C1); 34(C1); 49(C1) UAE Policy on Iraq, 41(C2); 50(C2) UK Policy on Iraq, 30(C3-C4); 31(C1); 35(C3); 38(C1,C3); 39(C1,C2,C3); 40(C1,C2); 41(C2); 43(C1-C2); 44(C1,D8); 45(C1-C2); 46(C1); 47(C1) Post-Saddam Iraq, 43(C3-C4)

Reaction to Bush's "Axis of Evil", 7(C2) UN, 4(C2) GRL, 13(C2-C3) WMD, 7(C1); 9(C1-C2); 11(C2); 28(C1); 31(C1); 32(C2); 35(C1-C3); 36(C1); 37(C1); 39(C1,C2,C3); 40(C1-C2,C4); 41(C1); 42(C1); 44(C1,D1,D7) Readmission of Inspectors, 38(C1- C3); 40(C1) Resolution 1441, 46(C1); 47(C1); 49(C1) Annex, 46(D8-D10) Iraq's Declaration, 50(C1-C2); 51/52(C1) Text, 46(D5-D8) US Draft Resolution, 43(C1-C2); 45(C1-C2) Unconditional Talks with Annan, 6(C3); 28(C1); 30(C2-C4) UNDP, 41(C4) Unesco, 26(C5) UNMOVIC, 30(C4); 43(C1); 45(C1- C2); 46(C1,D5-D10); 47(C1) Iraq's Declaration, 50(C1-C2) UNSCOM, 30(C2,C3-C4); 46(D5); see also UNMOVIC US, see CIA; Terrorism Policy on Iraq, 13(C2-C3); 14(C2); 30(C2-C4); 31(C1) Bush's UN Speech, 37(C1) Cheney's Middle East Tour, 11(C2); 12(C1); 13(C4) Iraq Freedom Bill, 22(C2) Kurdish Problem, 42(C1) Overthrowing Saddam Husain, 22(C2-C3); 28(C1); 29(C1,C2); 32(C2); 37(C3); 38(C3-C4); 40(C3- C4); 43(C2) Military Attack, 34(C1,C2); 35(C1- C4); 36(C1); 38(C1-C3); 39(C1, C2-C3); 40(C1-C2); 41(C1-C2); 42(C1,C2-C3); 43(C1-C2); 44(C1, D1-D4,D5-D8); 45(C1-C2); 49(C1) Resolution 1441, 46(C1,D5-D10); 47(C1) Iraq's Declaration, 50(C1-C2); 51/52(C1) Post-Saddam Iraq, 41(C3-C4); 43(C3- C4); 44(D4-D5); 49(C1-C2) Smart Sanctions, 4(C3) Support of Opposition, 2(C2); 14(C2); 29(C2); 46(C2-C4) London Conference, 51/52(C1-C2, C2-C4) Special Envoy, 49(C1-C2) ISRAEL Afghanistan Taliban Regime, 18(C4) AIPAC, 4(C1-C2) Aqsa Martyrs Brigade al-, 3(C2); 30(C1); see also EU Terrorist Blacklist Arab-Israeli Conflict, 33(C2-C3)

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Lebanese Track Shib'a Farms, 4(C2); 14(C2); 24(C2) Palestinian Track, 1(C1,C2,C3); 2(C4) A Two-State Solution, 11(C1-C2); 17(C1); 19(C1); 20(C2,D2); 21(C3); 23(C1); 47(C2); 48(C1); 49(C2) Alternative Palestinian Leadership, 6(C1); 14(C3-C4); 15(C3); 19(C1, C3); 23(C1); 24(C1,C3); 26(C1,C2, C3); 29(C1) Attacks and Counter Attacks, 2(C2); 3(C2); 4(C2); 5(C2); 6(C1-C2); 7(C2); 8(C1); 10(C1); 30(C1) Buffer Zones Scheme, 8(C1-C2) Israeli Military Offensive, 11(C1); 12(C1,C2-C3); 13(C1,C3); 14(C1- C4); 15(C1-C3,C4-C5); 16(C1-C2, C3); 17(C2,C3); 18(C4); 30(C1); 41(C2) Arab People's Reaction, 16(C2-C3); 17(C3-C4); 18(C3-C4); 19(D5-D6) Jenin Fact-Finding Mission, 17(C1- C2); 18(C1); 19(C4) Ramallah's Siege, 39(C1-C2) Lifting of, 18(C1) Reoccupation of PA Territory, 25(C1) Israeli Peace Camp, 8(C1) Jerusalem Issue, 40(C2-C3) Jewish Settlements, 32(C2) Karine-A Affair, 2(C1-C2); 3(C1-C2); 4(C1-C2); 5(C2); 6(C1) Palestinian Intifada, 12(C3); 19(C4) Provisional Palestinian State, 24(C1- C2); 25(C1-C2); 26(C1,C2); 32(C2) Suicide Bombings, 12(C1); 13(C1); 14(C3); 15(C1,C2); 19(C1,C4); 20(C1); 23(C1); 24(C2,C3); 25(C1); 30(C1); 41(C2); 47(C2) Peace Process, 32(C3-C4) Bush's Vision, 22(C1); 24(C1-C2); 25(C1-C2); 26(C1-C3); 27(C1); 47(C2) Death of, 37(C2); 44(C1) International Quartet's Proposal, 19(C1-C3); 20(C1,C3); 21(C1); 23(C1); 26(C2); 29(C1) Road Map, 43(C2); 47(C2-C5); 51/52(C2) Mubarak's Plan, 23(C1); 24(C1,C2) Saudi Peace Initiative, 8(C2); 9(C1, C2-C3); 10(C1-C3); 11(C3); 15(C4- C5); 18(C2,C4); 19(C1,C2,C3-C4); 20(C1,D2,D3,D5); 21(C2-C3); 23(C1); 24(C2-C3); 26(C3) Saudi/US Peace Initiative, 18(C2); 21(C3) Sharon's Peace Plan, 18(C2); 21(C1); 24(C1,C2) Syrian Track, 21(C1) Israel's Plan, 27(C2-C3) Arab League, 19(C1) Cabinet National Unity, 15(C3) Disintegration of, 44(C1); 45(C2)

CIA, 9(C1); 12(C1); 19(C3,D6) Council for Peace and Security, 8(C1) DFLP, 6(C1) Elections Knesset, 44(C1); 45(C2); 46(C1); 47(C2) EU Role in Middle East Peace Process, 6(C1-C2); 7(C2); 12(C2-C3); 15(C2- C3); 19(C1-C3); 20(C3); 23(C1); 26(C1,C2) Terrorist Blacklist Aqsa Martyrs Brigade al-, 25(C2) PFLP, 25(C2) Fatah, 8(C1); see also al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade; Force 17; Tanzim Suicide Bombing, 19(C4) Force 17, 2(C1) France Alternative Palestinian Leadership, 26(C3) G8 Alternative Palestinian Leadership, 26(C3) Gesher, 15(C3) Hamas, 1(C1,C3); 2(C4); 6(C1); 14(C2); 26(C3) Attacks and Counter-Attacks, 2(C2) Qassam 2 Rockets, 7(C2) Shihada's Killing, 30(C1) Suicide Bombing, 4(C2); 19(C1,C4) Hizbollah, 2(C4); 4(C1,C2); 6(C1,C2); 8(C1); 14(C2); 19(D6); 21(C1); 26(C3) IMF, 26(C1) Iran, 5(C1); 6(C2); 21(C1); 25(C2); 26(C3) Center of World Terror, 45(C2) Karine-A Affair, 2(C1-C2); 3(C1-C2); 4(C1-C2); 6(C1) Iraq Support of American War on, 45(C2) Islamic Jihad, 1(C3); 2(C2); 8(C1); 26(C3) Suicide Bombing, 19(C4) Israel Beitenu, 11(C1); 15(C3) Labour Party, 8(C1); 45(C2) Leadership Elections, 1(C1); 44(C1); 46(C1); 47(C1-C2) Lebanon, see Arab-Israeli Conflict Lebanese Track; Hizbollah Wazzani River Issue, 41(C2); 42(C2) Likud Party, 1(C1); 21(C1); 26(C2); 44(C1); 45(C2) Leadership Elections, 46(C1-C2); 47(C2); 48(C1) Rejection of Palestinian State, 20(C2); 21(C3); 47(C2); 48(C1); 49(C2) National Unity, 11(C1); 15(C3) NRP, 15(C3) PA, see Arab-Israeli Conflict Palestinian Track, Peace Process Restructuring of, 19(C1,C3); 20(C1- C2,C2-C3); 21(C1,C3); 23(C1); 25(C2-C3); 26(C1,C2,C3); 29(C1); 37(C2)

PFLP, see EU Terrorist Blacklist Political Weapon , oil, 17(C4) Qa'ida al-, 3(C1); 18(C4); 19(C4) Revolutionary Guards, 21(C1) Russia Role in Middle East Peace Process, 15(C2-C3); 19(C1-C3); 20(C3); 26(C2); 45(C2) Saudi Arabia, see Arab-Israeli Conflict Peace Process Saudi Peace Initiative, Saudi/US Peace Initiative Attacks on by Israel's Supporters in US, 32(C1) Tanzim, 2(C1) Terrorism American War on, 27(C1-C3) UK Role in Middle East Peace Process, 18(C1); 40(C3) Alternative Palestinian Leadership, 26(C3) International Conference, 51/52(C2) UN Role in Middle East Peace Process, 15(C2-C3); 19(C1-C3); 20(C3); 26(C2); 30(C1); 37(C2) Fact-Finding Mission, 17(C1-C2); 18(C1); 19(C4) Multinational Force, 16(C1-C2) Palestinian Statehood, 11(C1-C2) Resolution 1402, 14(C1-C2,C3) Resolution 1435, 39(C1-C2) US "Axis of Evil", 25(C2) Relationship with Israel, 19(D5-D6); 26(C2,C3); 32(C1); 33(C2-C3); see also Terrorism American War on Israeli Support of War on Iraq, 45(C2) Role in Middle East Peace Process, 1(C2,C3); 2(C4); 3(C2); 4(C2); 5(C2); 6(C1-C2); 7(C2); 8(C2); 9(C1,C2-C3); 10(C1-C3); 12(C1,C2-C3); 13(C3); 14(C1-C4); 15(C1-C3,C5); 16(C1-C2, C3); 17(C1-C2,C3-C4); 8(C1,C3-C4); 19(C1-C3,C4); 20(D1); 21(C2-C3); 24(C2-C3); 30(C1); 37(C2); 39(C1- C2) A Two-State Solution, 11(C1-C2); 17(C1); 19(C1); 20(C2,D2); 21(C3); 23(C1); 48(C1) Burns' Mission, 22(C1); 23(C1); 43(C2) Bush's Vision, 22(C1); 24(C1-C2); 25(C1-C2); 26(C1-C3); 27(C1); 47(C2) Cheney's Tour, 11(C1,C2); 12(C1); 15(C3) Jerusalem Is Capital of Israel, 40(C2- C3) Jewish Settlements, 32(C2) Karine-A Affair, 2(C1-C2); 3(C1-C2); 4(C1-C2); 5(C2); 6(C1) Powell's Mission, 14(C2,C3); 15(C1, C2,C3); 16(C1); 19(D6) Provisional Palestinian State, 24(C1-

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C2); 25(C1-C2); 26(C1,C2); 32(C2) Reforming PA, 19(C1,C3); 20(C1-C2, C2-C3); 21(C1,C3); 23(C1); 24(C1, C3); 26(C1,C2,C3); 27(C1); 29(C1) Road Map, 43(C2); 47(C2-C5); 51/52(C2) Saudi/US Peace Initiative, 18(C2); 20(D2,D3); 21(C3) Sharon's Visits, 6(C1,C2); 19(C1,C3); 23(C1); 24(C1,C2); 25(C1); 42(C2) Tenet's Mission, 19(C3); 21(C1); 22(C1); 23(C1) Zinni's Mission, 1(C1,C3); 2(C1); 10(C1); 11(C1,C2); 12(C1); 13(C1) Yesha Council, 26(C2) World Bank, 26(C1) JORDAN Arab-Israeli Conflict Peace Process, 20(C1); 32(C3-C4) Bush's Vision, 26(C1-C3) International Conference, 23(C1) Provisional Palestinian State, 25(C1) Iraq, see US Jordanian Opposition to Military Action against Iraq Policy on, 38(C2); 41(C2) Israel, see Arab-Israeli Conflict PA, see Arab-Israeli Conflict US Jordanian Opposition to Military Action against Iraq, 12(C1); 28(C1) Role in Middle East Peace Process Burns' Visit, 23(C1) Bush's Vision, 25(C1); 26(C1-C3) KUWAIT Arab League, 15(C4) Inter-Arab Relations, 50(C2) Iraq, 4(C2) Military Strike against Iraq, 28(C1) Rapprochement, 13(C1-C2); 14(C4); 15(C4) Saddam Husain's Apology, 50(C2) Kuwait Economic Society, 50(C3-C4) Red Cross, 15(C4) United Industries Company, 50(C3) US Military Presence in Kuwait, 18(C3- C4) LEBANON Arab-Israeli Conflict Peace Process, 21(C1) Bush's Vision, 26(C1-C3) Saudi Peace Initiative, 10(C2-C3); 13(C2); 21(C2-C3) Shib'a Farms, 4(C2); 14(C2); 24(C2) Hizbollah, 4(C1,C2); 14(C2); 21(C1); 26(C3); see also Terrorism American War on Syria's Support, 27(C1-C2)

Iran, 24(C2) Iraq 'Aziz' Visit, 41(C2) Israel, see Arab-Israeli Conflict; Hizbollah; Terrorism American War on Wazzani River Issue, 41(C2); 42(C2) Revolutionary Guards, 21(C1) Saudi Arabia, see Arab-Israeli Conflict Peace Process Saudi Peace Initiative Summit Conferences Beirut Arab Summit, 13(C1-C2) Syria, 24(C2); see also Hizbollah; Terrorism American War on Terrorism American War on, 27(C1-C3) US, see Terrorism Bush's Vision, 26(C1-C3) LIBYA Lockerbie Affair Compensation Issue, 22(C1) Political System Monarchical Republic, 23(C2) UK, see Lockerbie Affair US, see Lockerbie Affair Libya a Rogue State, 19(C3) Libya a State Sponsoring Terrorism, 21(C1-C2) MOROCCO 'Adl wal-Ihsane Group al-, 40(C3) Arab-Israeli Conflict Israeli Military Offensive, 15(C2) Elections Parliamentary, 40(C3); 49(C2-C3) Israel, see Arab-Israeli Conflict Istiqlal Party, 40(C3) Justice and Development Party, 49(C3) PA, see Arab-Israeli Conflict PJD, 40(C3) US Middle East Policy, 15(C2); 40(C3) USFP, 40(C3) PALESTINE Afghanistan Taliban Regime, 18(C4) Aqsa Martyrs Brigade al-, 3(C2); 30(C1); see also EU Terrorist Blacklist Arab-Israeli Conflict, 33(C2-C3) A Two-State Solution, 11(C1-C2); 17(C1); 19(C1); 20(C2,D2); 21(C3); 23(C1); 47(C2); 48(C1); 49(C2) Alternative Palestinian Leadership, 6(C1); 14(C3-C4); 15(C3); 19(C1, C3); 23(C1); 27(C1); 29(C1) Attacks and Counter Attacks, 2(C2); 3(C2); 4(C2); 5(C2); 6(C1-C2); 7(C2); 8(C1); 10(C1); 30(C1) Buffer Zones Scheme, 8(C1-C2)

Israeli Military Offensive, 11(C1); 12(C1,C2-C3); 13(C1,C3); 14(C1-C4); 15(C1-C3,C4-C5); 16(C1-C2,C3); 17(C2,C3); 18(C4); 30(C1); 41(C2) Arab People's Reaction, 16(C2-C3); 17(C3-C4); 18(C3-C4); 19(D5-D6) Jenin Fact-Finding Mission, 17(C1- C2); 18(C1); 19(C4) Ramallah's Siege, 39(C1-C2) Lifting of, 18(C1) Reoccupation of PA Territory, 25(C1) Israeli Peace Camp, 8(C1) Jewish Settlements, 32(C2) Jerusalem Issue, 40(C2-C3) Karine-A Affair, 2(C1-C2); 3(C1-C2); 4(C1-C2); 5(C2); 6(C1) Palestinian Intifada, 12(C3); 19(C4) Peace Process, 1(C1,C2,C3); 2(C4); 32(C3-C4) Bush's Vision, 22(C1); 24(C1-C2); 25(C1-C2); 26(C1-C3); 27(C1); 47(C2) Death of, 37(C2); 44(C1) International Quartet's Proposal, 19(C1-C3); 20(C1,C3); 21(C1); 23(C1); 26(C2); 29(C1) Road Map, 43(C2); 47(C2-C5); 51/52(C2) Mubarak's Plan, 23(C1); 24(C1,C2) Saudi Peace Initiative, 8(C2); 9(C1, C2-C3); 10(C1-C3); 11(C3); 13(C2); 15(C4-C5); 18(C2,C4); 19(C1,C2, C3-C4); 20(C1,D2,D3,D5); 21(C2- C3); 23(C1); 24(C2-C3); 26(C3) Saudi/US Peace Initiative, 18(C2); 21(C3) Sharon's Peace Plan, 18(C2); 24(C1, C2) Provisional Palestinian State, 24(C1- C2); 25(C1); 26(C1,C2); 32(C2) Suicide Bombings, 12(C1); 13(C1); 14(C3); 15(C1,C2); 19(C1,C4); 20(C1); 23(C1); 24(C2,C3); 25(C1); 30(C1); 41(C2); 47(C2) Arab League, 19(C1) Cabinet Resignation, 37(C2) CIA, 9(C1); 12(C1); 19(C3,D6) DFLP, 6(C1) EU, see International Task Force on Reform Role in Middle East Peace Process, 6(C1-C2); 7(C2); 12(C2-C3); 15(C2- C3); 19(C1-C3); 20(C3); 23(C1); 26(C1,C2) Terrorist Blacklist Aqsa Martyrs Brigade al-, 25(C2) PFLP, 25(C2) Fatah, 8(C1); 37(C2); see also al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade; Force 17; Tanzim Suicide Bombing, 19(C4) Force 17, 2(C1) France Alternative Palestinian Leadership, 26(C3) G8

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Alternative Palestinian Leadership, 26(C3) Hamas, 1(C1,C3); 2(C4); 6(C1); 14(C2); 26(C3) Attacks and Counter-Attacks, 2(C2) Qassam 2 Rockets, 7(C2) Shihada's Killing, 30(C1) Suicide Bombing, 4(C2); 19(C1,C4) Hizbollah, 2(C4); 4(C1); 6(C1,C2); 8(C1); 14(C2); 19(D6); 26(C3) IMF, 26(C1); see also International Task Force on Reform International Task Force on Reform, 33(C1) Iran, 6(C2); 26(C3) Karine-A Affair, 3(C1-C2); 4(C1-C2); 6(C1) Islamic Jihad, 1(C3); 2(C2); 8(C1); 26(C3) Suicide Bombing, 19(C4) Israel, see Arab-Israeli Conflict Restructuring of PA, 19(C1,C3); 20(C1-C2,C2-C3); 21(C1,C3); 23(C1); 24(C1,C3); 25(C2-C3); 26(C1,C2,C3); 29(C1); 37(C2) Japan, see International Task Force on Reform Likud Party Rejection of Palestinian State, 20(C2); 21(C3); 48(C1); 49(C2) Norway, see International Task Force on Reform Palestinian Investment Fund, 33(C1-C2) Palestinian National Council, 33(C3) Palestinian Return Centre, 6(C1) PFLP, see EU Terrorist Blacklist Membership in PLO Executive Com- mittee Suspended, 6(C1) Political Weapon, oil, 17(C4) Qa'ida al-, 18(C4); 19(C4) Russia, see International Task Force on Reform Role in Middle East Peace Process, 15(C2-C3); 19(C1-C3); 20(C3); 26(C2) Saudi Arabia, see Arab-Israeli Conflict Peace Process Saudi Peace Initiative, Saudi/US Pease Initiative Tanzim, 2(C1) UK Role in Middle East Peace Process, 18(C1); 40(C3) Alternative Palestinian Leadership, 26(C3) International Conference, 51/52(C2) UN, see International Task Force on Reform Role in Middle East Peace Process, 15(C2-C3); 19(C1-C3); 20(C3); 26(C2); 30(C1); 37(C2) Fact-Finding Mission, 17(C1-C2); 18(C1); 19(C4) Multinational Force, 16(C1-C2) Palestinian Statehood, 11(C1-C2) Resolution 1402, 14(C1-C2,C3)

Resolution 1435, 39(C1-C2) US, see International Task Force on Reform Relationship with Israel, 19(D5-D6); 26(C2,C3); 33(C2-C3) Role in Middle East Peace Process, 1(C2,C3); 2(C4); 3(C2); 4(C2); 5(C2); 6(C1-C2); 7(C2); 8(C2); 9(C1,C2-C3); 10(C1-C3); 12(C1,C2-C3); 13(C1); 14(C1-C4); 15(C1-C3,C5); 16(C1-C2, C3); 17(C1-C2,C3-C4); 18(C1,C3- C4); 19(C1-C3,C4); 20(D1); 21(C2- C3); 24(C2-C3); 30(C1); 37(C2); 39(C1-C2) A Two-State Solution, 11(C1-C2); 17(C1); 19(C1); 20(C2,D2); 21(C3); 23(C1); 48(C1) Burns' Mission, 22(C1); 23(C1); 27(C1); 43(C2) Bush's Vision, 22(C1); 24(C1-C2); 25(C1-C2); 26(C1-C3); 47(C2) Cheney's Tour, 11(C1,C2); 12(C1); 15(C3) Karine-A Affair, 2(C1-C2); 3(C1-C2); 4(C1-C2); 5(C2); 6(C1) Jerusalem Is Capital of Israel, 40(C2- C3) Jewish Settlements, 32(C2) Powell's Mission, 14(C2,C3); 15(C1, C2,C3); 16(C1); 19(D6) Provisional Palestinian State, 24(C1- C2); 25(C1-C2); 26(C1,C2); 32(C2) Reforming PA, 19(C1,C3); 20(C1-C2, C2-C3); 21(C1,C3); 23(C1); 24(C1, C3); 26(C1,C2,C3); 27(C1); 29(C1) Road Map, 43(C2); 47(C2-C5); 51/52(C2) Saudi/US Peace Initiative, 18(C2); 20(D2,D3); 21(C3) Sharon's Visits, 19(C1,C3); 23(C1); 24(C1,C2); 25(C1); 42(C2) Tenet's Mission, 19(C3); 21(C1); 22(C1); 23(C1) Zinni's Mission, 1(C1,C3); 2(C1); 10(C1); 11(C1,C2); 12(C1); 13(C1) World Bank, 26(C1); see also Interna- tional Task Force on Reform QATAR Iraq, 41(C2) US Al-'Udaid Air Base, 41(C2) SAUDI ARABIA Arab-Israeli Conflict, 5(C2); 14(C2); 40(C2-C3) Bush's Vision, 26(C1-C3); 27(C1) Israeli Military Offensive, 15(C2); 17(C1) Palestinian Leadership, 27(C1) Saudi Peace Initiative, 8(C2); 9(C1, C2-C3); 10(C1-C3); 11(C3); 13(C2);

15(C4-C5); 18(C2,C4); 19(C1,C2,C3- C4); 20(C1,D2,D3,D5); 21(C2-C3); 24(C2-C3); 26(C3) Saudi/US Peace Initiative, 18(C2); 21(C3) Arab League, 8(C2) Egypt, see Arab-Israeli Conflict Saudi Peace Initiative Inter-Arab Relations, 20(D3-D4) Iran, see Terrorism Iran Hands over al- Qa'ida Members to Saudi Arabia Iraq, see US Saudi Opposition to Mili- tary Attack against Iraq Policy on, 20(D3-D4); 38(C1,C3) Islamic World League, 7(C3,C4) Israel, see Arab-Israeli Conflict Attacks on Saudi Arabia by Israel's Supporters in US, 32(C1) Pakistan, 20(D5) PA, see Arab-Israeli Conflict Policy Foreign Policy, 34(C1-C2) Public Relations Campaign, 10(C3) Political Situation Domestic Unity, 36(C2) Struggle between Islamic Clergy and Royal Family, 7(C3-C4) Political Weapon, oil, 11(C3) Qa'ida al-, 7(C4); 20(D1); see also Terrorism Iran Hands over al-Qa'ida Members to Saudi Arabia Rand Corporation PowerPoint Report, 32(C1); 34(C1,C2) SAMA Closing of Islamic Institutions and Societies Accounts, 7(C3-C4) Saudi Image in Western Media, 5(C4) Opening Door to Foreign Press, 10(C3) Summit Conferences Beirut Arab Summit, 8(C2); 10(C2); 13(C1-C2); 14(C4) Sharm al-Shaikh Summit, 24(C2,C3) Supreme Justice Council, 7(C3) Syria, see Arab-Israeli Conflict Saudi Peace Initiative Asad's Visit, 10(C1-C2) Terrorism Freezing of Accounts of Islamic Insti- tutions and Societies, 7(C3-C4) Iran Hands over al-Qa'ida Members to Saudi Arabia, 33(C1) Saudi Opposition to, 20(D2-D3) US Campaign against Saudi Arabia, 4(C1,C3); 9(C2-C3); 20(D4-D5); 32(C1); 48(C1) US, see Arab-Israeli Conflict; Terrorism Crown Prince 'Abd Allah's Visit, 14(C2); 17(C1); 18(C2); 20(D1-D4); 21(C3) Military Presence in Saudi Arabia, 4(C1); 7(C3-C4); 10(C3) Policy on Saudi Arabia, 36(C2) Lawsuit Filed in US against Saudis, 33(C1); 34(C1) Saudi Arabia an Enemy State, 32(C1)

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Role in Middle East Peace Process, 5(C2); 8(C2); 9(C1); 10(C1-C3); 15(C2); 17(C1); 21(C2-C3); 24(C2- C3) Jerusalem Is Capital of Israel, 40(C2- C3) Saudi Opposition to Military Attack against Iraq, 12(C1); 20(D3-D4); 28(C1); 35(C3) Saudi-US Strategic Cooperation, 34(C1-C2) SUDAN Arab League, 31(C1) Civil War Machakos Peace Agreement, 30(C1- C2); 31(C1,C2-C3) EGAD Peace Initiative, 31(C2,C3) Egypt Reaction to Machakos Peace Agree- ment, 31(C1,C2-C3) Political System Presidency for Life, 23(C2) SPLA, 31(C1) SPLM, 30(C1-C2); 31(C1,C2-C3) US Lawsuit Filed in US against Sudan, 34(C1) Machakos Peace Agreement, 31(C1, C2-C3) Sudan a State Sponsoring Terrorism, 21(C1-C2) SYRIA Arab-Israeli Conflict, 14(C2) Israel's Plan for Syria, 27(C2-C3) Peace Process, 21(C1); 24(C2) Bush's Vision, 26(C1-C3); 27(C1) Saudi Peace Initiative, 10(C1-C3); 13(C2); 20(C1,D3); 24(C2-C3) Suicide Attacks, 24(C2) Federation of Arab Lawyers, 24(C3) Hamas, 14(C2); 26(C3) Hizbollah, 14(C2); 21(C1); 26(C3) Support of, 27(C1-C2) Iraq, see US Syrian Opposition to Mili- tary Attack against Iraq Policy on Iraq, 38(C2-C3); 41(C2) Sanctions Issue, 24(C2) Islamic Jihad, 26(C3) Israel, see Arab-Israeli Conflict Lebanon, 24(C2); see also Hizbollah PA, see Arab-Israeli Conflict Policy Middle East, 24(C2-C3) Political Situation Jailing of Opposition Leaders, 20(C2); 31(C1-C2) Political System Monarchical Republic, 23(C2)

Qa'ida al-, 14(C2) Revolutionary Guards, 2(C1) Saudi Arabia, see Arab-Israeli Conflict Peace Process Saudi Peace Initiative Asad's Visit, 10(C1-C2) Summit Conferences Sharm al-Shaikh Summit, 24(C2,C3) Terrorism American War on, 24(C3); 26(C3); 27(C1-C3) UK Asad's Visit, 51/52(C2) US, see Terrorism Bush's Vision, 26(C1-C3); 27(C1) Role in Middle East Peace Process, 14(C2); 21(C1); 24(C2-C3) Syria a Rogue State, 19(C3) Syrian Opposition to Military Attack against Iraq, 12(C1) TUNISIA Political System Presidency for Life, 23(C1) TURKEY AKP, 45(C2-C3); 49(C2,C3) Attaturkism, 49(C3) Elections Parliamentary, 45(C2-C3); 49(C2,C3) IMF, 49(C3) Iraq Military Attack against, 20(C3); 22(C4); 28(C1); 29(C1); 34(C1); 49(C1) KDP, 34(C1) Kurdish Problem, 29(C1); 34(C1); 42(C1) Republican People's Party, 45(C2) US Military Attack against Iraq, 34(C1) Wolfowitz' Visits, 29(C1); 49(C1) UAE ICJ, 1(C2) Iran Abu Musa and Greater and Lesser Tunb Islands Dispute, 1(C1-C2) Iraq, 41(C2); 50(C2) YEMEN Political System Presidency for Life, 23(C2) GENERAL Afghanistan Taliban Regime, 2(C3); 4(C4); 6(C3, C4); 8(C2)

Alliance of Hope, 49(C2) Arab Leadership Impotence of, 33(C2-C3) Arab League, 1(C3-C4) Arabs' Basic Rights, 32(C3-C4) CIA Qa'ida-Iraq Link, 12(C2); 18(C3) Clash of Civilizations, 41(D1-D5); 42(D2) Democracy in the Arab World Arab Referenda, 23(C2) Economic, Educational and Social Situation Gulf States, 50(C3-C4) Middle East, 50(C1) EU Exasperation with Bush Policy, 6(C2- C3); 7(C1-C2) GCC, 4(C4) Oman Summit Conference, 1(C1-C2) Islamic Fundamentalism, 3(C3-C4); 4(C3-C4); 41(D1-D5) Parliamentary Elections in Arab and Muslim States, 49(C2-C3) Korea (North), see Terrorism American War on "Axis of Evil" Middle East Institute, 14(D1-D6); 44(D1-D8) NATO, 34(C2); 44(D7-D8) Pakistan Parliamentary Elections, 49(C2,C3) Political Reforms Arab World, 3(C2-C3); 25(C2-C3); 28(C2-C3); 33(C2-C3) Political Situation Middle East, 50(C1) Qa'ida al-, 2(C3,C4); 3(C4); 5(C4); 6(C3); 35(C2); 50(C3); see also CIA Reshaping of Middle East Region, 34(C2); 50(C1) Summit Conferences, see GCC Beirut Arab Summit, 8(C2-C3); 9(C1); 10(C2); 11(C1,C3); 13(C1-C2); 14(C4); 15(C4-C5) Taliban, 35(C2); 44(D4); see also Afghanistan Terrorism, 42(D1-D5); 44(D3) American War on, 4(C3); 12(C1,C2); 24(C3); 35(C1-C4); 37(C3); 44(D4) "Axis of Evil", 5(C1,C3); 6(C2-C3); 7(C1-C2); 11(C2,C4); 14(D1-D6) Islamicists Reaction, 49(C2-C3) Targeted Countries, 2(C2); 4(C3,C4); 5(C2-C3); 6(C3-C4); 7(C1); 11(C2, C4); 18(C2-C3) Arab Columnists on 11 September Aftermath, 1(C3-C4); 2(C3-C4); 3(C2-C4); 4(C3-C4); 5(C3-C4); 6(C3- C4); 7(C3-C4); 8(C2-C3); 9(C2-C3); 10(C3); 11(C4); 13(C4); 37(C3) Iran-PA Axis, 3(C1-C2); 4(C1-C2); 6(C1) States Sponsoring Terrorism, 21(C1- C2) US, see Terrorism

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C3) Patterns of Global Terrorism 2001, 21(C1-C2) Political Reforms in Arab and Islamic

World, 28(C2-C3); 42(C3) US-Middle East Partnership Initiative, 50(C1) War on Iraq, 44(D1-D8)

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NAMES INDEX

Aba al-Khail, Muhammad, 21(B2) Abaza, Ibrahim, 20(C2) Abaza, Maher, 24(A17) 'Abbas, Fuad al-, 10(A9) 'Abbas, Mahmud, 24(C3); 37(C2) 'Abbasi, Jawad, 33(B11,B12) 'Abbasi, Salman, 1(B6); 25(B9) 'Abd al-'Aziz, 'Abd Allah ibn, 1(B2); 3(A10); 4(C1,C2); 5(C2); 6(A14,B5); 7(A11,C3,C4); 8(C1,C2); 9(C1,C2, C3); 10(A6,C1,C2,C3); 11(C3,D3, D4); 12(C1); 13(C1,C2); 14(C2,C4); 15(C1,C2,C4); 17(A1,A2,A7,C1); 18(A16,C2); 19(C1,C2,D6); 20(A1, C1,D1); 21(C2,C3); 22(C4); 23(A10, B3,B4); 24(A12,C3); 25(A13); 26(A7); 28(A3); 29(A1,A2); 30(B5); 31(A1); 32(C3); 34(B10); 38(A13); 42(A12,A13); 46(B1); 49(B7); 50(D4) 'Abd al-'Aziz, al-Walid ibn Talal ibn, 18(B6,B7); 23(B8); 28(B8,B9); 30(B11); 44(B7) 'Abd al-'Aziz, King, 36(D5) 'Abd al-'Aziz, Nawaf ibn, 27(C1) 'Abd al-'Aziz, Sultan ibn, 21(A16); 33(C1); 34(B10,C1) 'Abd al-'Aziz, Talal ibn, 7(C4) 'Abd al-Brini, Lajili, 1(A18) 'Abd al-Ghafur, Humam, 14(A1) 'Abd al-Ghani, Khalid, 7(A16) 'Abd al-Halim, Rafid, 45(A4) 'Abd al-Jawad, Ghazi, 43(B8) 'Abd al-Karim, Rif'at Ahmad, 5(B6); 45(B5) 'Abd Allah, 'Abd al-Khaliq, 4(C4); 18(C3) 'Abd Allah, Husain, 39(B3) 'Abd Allah, King, 8(B3); 9(B4); 11(C2); 12(C1); 13(C1); 20(C1); 23(C1); 25(C1) 'Abd Allah, Monsef bin, 4(A16) 'Abd Allah, Yusif bin 'Alawi bin, 26(A14) 'Abd al-Latif, Mahmud, 43(B7) 'Abd al-Mahdi, 'Adil, 4(A1,A2,A4); 48(C2) 'Abd al-Malik, 'Atif, 13(B7) 'Abd al-Nasir, Jamal, 11(C3) 'Abd al-Samad, 'Adnan, 49(B5) Abdel Aziz, Muhammad, 1(A21); 7(A16) Abdelnour, Gaby, 20(B1) Abderahmane, Boumaza, 41(A13) 'Abduh, Muhammad, 28(C2) Abdul Haq, 3(D3) Abi-Aad, Naji, 18(A1,D5); 35(A1,D1) Abraham, Nick, 37(A14) Abraham, Spencer, 2(A20); 6(A14); 17(A3); 19(A7); 27(A11); 31(A14); 32(A6); 33(A1); 36(D2); 39(A4); 40(A7); 48(A16) Abrams, Elliot, 49(A13)

Abu al-Enein, 'Amr, 3(B4,B5) Abu al-Futuh, Husam, 40(B5) Abu al-Makarim, Hasan, 40(B5) Abu al-Raghib, 'Ali, 7(B2); 8(B3); 14(B7); 28(C1); 29(A11); 35(B10) Abu al-'Unain, Fayiz, 8(B2) Abu al-'Uyun, Mahmud, 3(B4,B5,B6); 40(B5); 43(B8); 46(B7) Abu Dahish, 'Abd al-Wahab, 49(B2) Abu Daud, Isma'il, 7(A16) Abu Khattab, 34(B6) Abu Rudainah, Nabil, 29(C1) Abu Samra, Ma'ruf, 9(B3); 14(B7) Abu Sayyaf, 3(D1); 34(B6) Abu Sharif, Bassam, 16(C3) Abu Taha, Saffuh, 35(B10) Abyad, Yahya al-, 4(A20); 27(A5) Acila, Ali, 33(A19) Adair, Robert, 8(A12) Adeli, Mohammad Hossein, 46(A14) Adelman, MA, 21(D1,D3) 'Adwan, Muhammad, 28(C1); 34(B10) Afarideh, Hossein, 2(B7); 22(A3); 38(A18,A19) Afghani, Jamal al-Din al-, 28(C2) Aggarwal, Arvind, 21(A7) Ahani, Ali, 23(B2); 38(B6) Ahmad, 'Abd Allah Jabir al-, 15(B7) Ahmad, Salim 'Abd Allah al-, 44(B4) Ahmed, Kadir Moulay, 41(A13) Ahtisaari, Martti, 17(C1) Aissaoui, Ali, 1(A20); 4(A2,A20); 9(B5, B6,B7); 15(A1,D1,D9); 17(A21); 32(A1,D1) Ait-Laoussine, Nordine, 14(A13,A14); 27(A1,D1) 'Ajami, Fahd al-, 4(A17) Akasheh, Saad, 27(A12) Akbar, 'Ali, 33(A18) Akbar, Sarah, 10(A9) Al Khalifah, 'Abd Allah bin Khalid, 46(A18) Al Khalifah, Ahmad bin Muhammad, 2(B11); 45(C4); 49(B8) Al Khalifah, Hamad bin 'Isa, 7(C3); 24(B8); 34(B11); 36(C1); 41(C2); 42(B10); 45(C3,C4); 46(A18) Al Khalifah, 'Isa, 2(A15); 46(A18) Al Khalifah, 'Isa bin 'Ali, 46(A18) Al Khalifah, Khalifah bin Ahmad, 46(A18) Al Khalifah, Khalifah bin Salman, 9(B5); 34(B9); 46(A18) Al Khalifah, Muhammad bin Khalifah, 46(A18) Al Khalifah, Muhammad bin Mubarak, 46(A18) Al Maktum, Ahmad bin Sa'id, 29(A13) Al Maktum, Maktum bin Rashid, 15(B7) Al Maktum, Muhammad bin Rashid, 8(B3)

Al Nuhayyan, 'Abd Allah bin Zayid, 50(C2) Al Nuhayyan, Hamdan bin Mubarak, 22(B8) Al Nuhayyan, Hamdan bin Zayid, 23(A13); 26(A14) Al Nuhayyan, Hamid bin Zayid, 47(A19) Al Nuhayyan, Khalifah bin Zayid, 22(A2); 48(B10) Al Nuhayyan, Zayid bin Sultan, 13(B4); 23(B6); 26(A14); 41(C2) Al Thani, Hamad bin Faisal, 39(B2) Al Thani, Hamad bin Khalifah, 3(A2) Al Thani, Jasim bin Hamad, 13(A16); 14(B1) Al Thani, Muhammad, 42(A3) Alak, Chol Deng, 21(C2) Alalul, Sarah, 43(B1) 'Alawi, Iyad, 41(C3); 46(C4) 'Alawi, Majid al-, 46(A18) Alazard, N, 15(D9) Albar, Syed Hamid, 37(C1) Albright, Madeleine, 31(C3); 34(D3) Alcantara, Nicasio, 34(A18) Aleagha, Ali Akbar, 50(A18); 51/52(A2) Alekperov, Vagit, 7(A7); 42(A11); 43(A9); 44(A4); 47(A17 Alexsandrov, Alexey, 25(A5) Algadhib, Basel, 2(B11) Algosaibi, Ahmad Hamad, 49(B8) Ali, Muhammad (Clay), 2(C4) 'Ali, Tariq, 42(B2) 'Alimi, Rashid al-, 42(A20) Aliyev, Haydar, 5(A16); 17(A19); 18(A16); 20(A18); 21(A21); 23(A21); 24(A15); 32(A15); 39(A16); 48(A14) Aliyev, Ilham, 48(A14) Aliyev, Natiq, 9(A20); 32(A15); 48(A14); 50(A19) 'Allan, Muhammad, 35(B10) Allen, Terence, 6(B1,B2,B3) Alman, Rex, 35(A14) Amin, Husain Muhammad, 49(C1) Amin, Idi, 49(A5) Aminuddin, Usman, 2(A16); 9(A16) 'Ammari, Sa'ud al-, 11(A1,D1); 32(A6) Ammoudi, Khalid, 29(A11) Amokrane, Boudries Mohand, 41(A13) Amokrane, Larbi Cherif Mohand, 41(A13) Amrollahi, Reza, 20(A13); 46(A14) 'Amudi, Muhammad Husain al-, 12(A17); 42(A14) Amuzegar, Jahangir, 7(A1,D1); 24(A1, D1) Aninat, Eduardo, 27(B8) Annan, Kofi, 4(B1,B2,B3,B4,B5); 5(C2); 6(C3); 10(A3,A18); 11(A1,C1); 12(A14); 15(A5,B1,C2); 16(A15,C1,

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C2); 17(A4,C1,C2,D4); 18(A6,C1); 19(C4); 25(A8); 26(A3,A6); 27(A11); 28(B7,C1); 29(C1); 30(A9,A10,C2); 31(C1); 32(C2); 38(C1); 39(C1); 46(C1); 47(C1) Ansari, 'Abd al-Hamid al-, 1(C4) Ansari, Muhammad Jabir al-, 25(C2) Antill, Nick, 19(A1,D1) 'Aqil, 'Aqil al-, 34(B6) 'Aradi, 'Adnan al-, 33(A18) 'Arafa, Muhammad, 49(C2) 'Arafat, Yasir, 1(C1,C3); 2(C1,C2); 3(C1,C2); 4(C2); 5(C2); 6(C1); 7(C2); 8(C1,C2); 9(C1); 10(C1); 11(C1,C3); 12(C1); 13(A1,C1); 14(C1,C2,C3,C4); 15(C1,C2,C3,C5); 16(C1,C3); 17(A16, A17,C3,D1); 18(C1,C2,C4); 19(C1,C2, C3,C4); 20(A1,C1,D1,D2); 21(C2); 22(B8); 23(A1,A4,C1); 24(B7,C3); 25(B5); 26(A1,A10,C1,C2,C3); 27(A1, B7,C1,C2); 29(A1,C1); 32(C3); 33(C1); 34(B10); 37(C1,C2); 39(C1, C2); 40(C2); 45(C2); 46(C1,C2); 47(C2); 48(C1); 51/52(C2) Arai, 41(A11) 'Arbeed Ahmad al-, 3(A10); 4(A17); 7(A14); 13(A6); 33(A18) Ardebili, Hossein Kazempour, 7(A12); 39(A6); 50(A11) Argov, 15(C5) 'Aridi, Ghazi, 26(C3); 28(B9) Armey, Dick, 17(A16) Armitage, Richard, 50(A10) Armodeli, Yousef, 48(A19) Arrietta, Erwin, 10(D2,D4) Arslan, Muzaffer, 45(A5) Artadi, Elsa, 37(B9) Asad, Bashar al-, 2(B9); 10(C1,C2); 12(B9,C1); 14(B7); 18(B6); 20(C1, D3); 24(A2,C3); 27(C1,C2); 31(C1); 39(B6); 44(B7); 49(D2); 51/52(C2) Asad, Hafiz al-, 31(C2); 39(B6) Asad, Hani, 43(B5,B6) Asefi, Hamid-Reza, 1(C2); 12(C2); 21(A21); 25(B2); 39(A16) Ashkenazi, Gaby, 27(C3) 'Ashrawi, Hanan, 47(C2) 'Ashur, Talal, 2(A17); 45(A4) Askalan, Abd al-Kader, 7(B3) 'Assaf, Ibrahim al-, 4(A5,B7); 7(B2); 8(A9); 14(B4,B5); 15(B6); 16(B5); 17(A3); 23(B3); 26(A7); 28(A3); 29(B9); 32(A3); 33(A17); 41(A13); 44(B1); 46(B1) Astanova, Saule, 34(A19) 'Atallah, Samir, 39(C2) 'Atiqi, 'Imad al-, 10(A8); 33(A18) Atta, Muhammad, 3(D2); 5(C1); 18(C1, C2,C3) 'Attar, Abdelmajid, 25(A12) 'Attiyah, 'Abd Allah al-, 2(A16); 3(A1, A2); 5(A9); 7(A20); 9(A16); 12(A18); 13(A6); 14(A1,A6); 17(B6); 19(A18); 21(A18); 22(A8,B8); 25(A9); 26(A8); 28(A7,A12,B5); 29(A17); 30(A17);

37(B6); 38(A5); 42(A1,A15); 46(A15, A16); 48(A13); 51/52(A11) 'Attiyah, 'Abd Allah Khalid al-, 4(B8); 38(B3) 'Attiyah, 'Abd al-Rahman al-, 50(C2) 'Attiyah, Ghassan, 46(C2) 'Atwan, 'Abd al-Bari, 19(C4) 'Aun, 'Isa al-, 3(A8); 10(A9) 'Aun, Jasim al-, 13(A5) 'Awad, 'Abd al-Hadi al-, 10(A9) 'Awad Allah, Basim, 22(B7) Aydh, Salim al-, 33(A17) Ayub, Mahmud, 3(B5) 'Ayuti, 'Alia al-, 40(B5) 'Ayyar, Talal al-, 7(A13); 8(A17) 'Azar, Wasif, 8(B2) 'Azar-Khoury, Randa, 19(B1); 35(B3, B4,B6) 'Aziz, Shaukat, 9(A16) 'Aziz, Tariq, 4(C3); 15(A5); 38(C2); 41(C2); 43(A9); 51/52(A4) 'Azizi, Ibrahim, 11(B8) Aznar, Jose Maria, 41(A13) 'Azzam, Henry, 8(B6); 27(B6); 43(B2) 'Azzi, 'Adil, 24(B5) Ba'alawi, Sa'ud, 45(B4) Babtain, Khalid al-, 33(A18) Badawi, Mirvat, 32(B7); 35(A17,A18) Badrakhan, 'Abd al-Wahab, 2(C4); 20(C3) Badran, Mudar, 9(B4) Baghli, 'Ali al-, 15(B7) Bahamdan, 'Abd Allah Salim, 6(B8); 17(B8); 29(B5) Bahgat, Gawdat, 36(A1,D1); 48(D6) Bahr, Muhammad 'Abd al-Rahman al-, 39(B9); 42(B8) Bahree, Bhushan, 12(A12) Bahwan, Suhail, 16(A22); 44(A17) Bajamal, 'Abd al-Qadir, 4(A20); 21(A10); 27(A4); 44(B5) Bajubair, 'Abd Allah, 6(B10) Baker, Alan, 17(C1) Baker, James, 3(D5); 35(C1,C2) Balgimbaev, Nurlan, 9(A19) Baligh, Maha, 10(B3) Baltagi, Mamduh al-, 6(B11) Banaja, Ahmad, 3(A10) Banaszak, Sara, 42(A2) Bannayan, Hagop, 8(B3) Baqir al-Hakim, Muhammad, 28(C1) Baraba', Rashid, 4(A20); 5(A17,B2); 21(A10); 27(A4); 38(A19) Baradei, Muhammad al-, 46(A1,D8,D9); 49(A2) Barak, Ehud, 12(C3); 21(C2) Barak, Sa'd al-, 10(A8) Barakat, Jamil, 32(A18) Barakat, Muhammad Kamal al-Din, 51/52(B7) Barakat, Nabil, 8(B2); 14(B6) Barda'i, Ahmad al-, 43(B6) Barges, Juan Antonio, 10(A2)

Barwani, Muhammad, 20(A19) Barzani, Mas'ud, 28(C1); 34(A5); 35(A7) Bashir, Faisal al-, 34(B10) Bashir, Salah, 32(A18) Bashir, 'Umar Hassan Ahmad al-, 23(C2); 31(C1) Bashnaq, 'Adil, 34(B10) Basil, Francois, 46(B6,B7) Bastida, Adina, 21(A11) Basudan, 'Abd Allah, 34(B10) Batarji, Subhi, 8(B8); 32(B7) Batayneh, Muhammad, 1(A15); 11(A17); 12(A18); 25(A14); 34(A7); 48(A15) Battikhi, Samih, 8(B2); 9(B3); 14(B7) Bavarian, Eskandar, 22(A15) Baydoun, Muhammad, 7(A20); 17(B3); 24(A2); 25(A14); 34(A17); 45(B6) Baz, Freddie, 24(B6); 29(B8) Baz, Osama al-, 31(C1) Beaver, Rachel, 13(A10) Beghini, Victor, 33(A17) Belkhadem, Abdelaziz, 25(A12) Ben Eliezer, Binyamin, 1(C1,C3); 4(C2); 6(C1,C2); 17(C1); 29(C1); 37(C2); 44(C1); 46(C1); 47(C1) Benaissa, Muhammad, 46(A21) Benamar, Zenasni, 41(A13) Bencherif, Rachid, 48(A3) Benflis, Ali, 18(B3); 24(A16); 25(A12); 40(A1); 42(A21); 47(A13) Benon, Sevan, 4(B2) Berlusconi, Silvio, 24(A16) Bertin-Levecq, Sara, 42(B10) Betancourt, Romulo, 10(D1) Biancarelli, Jean-Louis, 6(B10) Bi'asiri, Sahar, 23(C2) Biden, Joseph, 11(C2); 12(A1,C1,C2); 31(C1) Bild, Peter, 12(A12) Bildaci, Gokhan, 16(A20); 37(A15); 38(A19) Bin 'Ali, Zein al-Abidine, 23(C2) Bin Ladin, Usama, 2(C3,C4); 3(B8,C4); 4(C); 5(C4); 6(C3); 18(C4); 19(C4); 20(D1); 34(B2,B5,B6,B7,C1); 35(C4); 36(B9); 38(C4); 42(A20,D1,D2,D3, D5); 44(D3) Bingaman, Jeff, 17(A3) Birol, Fatih, 42(A6); 48(A1,A2) Birri, Nabih, 6(B4) Bishara, 'Azmi, 12(C2) Bishop, James, 41(B1) Bitaraf, Habibollah, 7(A12); 16(A16); 20(B3) Bjordal, Brian, 16(A11) Blaha, Rudolf, 12(A12) Blahowsky, Martin, 12(A12) Blair, Tony, 9(A2); 14(D2); 22(A12); 26(C3); 32(A17); 39(A2,C1,C2,C3); 40(C1,C3); 41(A2); 43(C2); 51/52(A1, C1,C2) Blix, Hans, 12(A14); 31(A1,C1); 32(C2); 40(C1,C2); 45(C2); 46(A1,

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D8); 47(A13,C1); 49(A5) Blum, Joseph, 39(B2) Blumereau, Jean-Eric, 9(A21) Boag, Ian, 6(B11) Boardman, John, 25(A15) Bogdanchikov, Sergey, 45(D4) Boissiēre, Jean Baptiste de, 43(B3) Bokhanovsky, Leonid, 45(A19) Bolbol, 'Ali A, 11(B3); 38(B4) Bolton, John R, 2(B10); 19(C3); 31(A14); 32(C2); 38(A7) Bond, Kit, 11(A18) Bonini, Simon, 42(A3) Boot, Max, 42(A4,A5) Borruso, Andrea, 21(A7) Bosworth, B, 30(D4,D5) Boucher, Richard, 1(C1); 2(C1,C2); 6(A13); 11(C1); 12(C1,C2); 13(C2); 18(A5,A15); 20(A12); 25(A17,B3, C2); 28(C1); 30(A12,A18,C1); 35(C1); 39(C1); 40(C2); 51/52(C2) Boue, Juan Carlos, 4(A20) Boukrouh, Nouredine, 18(B1,B2,B3); 25(A12) Boumediene, Belkacem, 41(A13) Bourguiba, Habib, 23(C2) Bourland, Brad, 6(B6); 11(D5); 44(B3); 49(B4) Boussena, Sadek, 50(A7) Bouteflika, Abdelaziz, 4(A2); 6(A6,A7); 9(B5,B6); 10(B8); 15(D7); 18(B1,B3); 32(D1); 35(A6); 40(A2); 41(A13); 42(A21); 47(A13) Boxer, Barbara, 17(A16) Bozkurt, Turgut, 29(A18) Brek, Ahmad bin, 25(B6); 36(B3); 40(B6) Brodhage, Eberhard, 6(B3); 8(A19) Brok, Elmar, 26(B9) Brown, Gordon, 10(A21) Brown, Jeffrey, 2(D1) Brown, Malcolm, 13(A10) Brownback, Sam, 30(C2) Browne, John, 18(A1); 44(A3,A8,A9, A12) Brzezinski, Zbigniew, 17(C3); 37(C3) Bu Habib, 'Abd Allah, 21(C2) Bu Talib, Muhammad, 46(A21) Buchan, Claire, 33(C1) Buchan, David, 15(D9); 36(D8) Bucht, Harri, 44(A12) Buckee, Jim, 3(A19); 20(A15); 25(A17); 44(A12) Budi, Khalid, 33(A18) Buetel, Peter, 2(A6) Buhaliqah, Ihsan, 6(B10); 46(B1); 49(B4) Bunni, Walid, 31(C2) Burns, Willian, 6(A13); 9(C1); 22(C1); 23(C1); 43(A1,C2); 48(B3) Bush, George H, 3(D2,D4); 19(D6); 35(C1); 49(A13) Bush, George W, 1(B5,C2); 2(A17,C1, C4); 3(A18,C1,D1,D5,D6); 4(A6, A15,A16,C1); 5(A1,A15,A16,A20,B3,

C1,C2,C3); 6(A12,A13,C1,C2,C3); 7(A6,A7,A12,C1,C2); 8(A1,A15,A16, B6,C2,D1,D2,D3,D4,D7,D8,D9); 9(A1,C1); 10(A3,A20,C1,C3); 11(A1, C1,C2,C4); 12(C1); 14(A1,A2,C1,C2, C3,D1,D2); 15(A5,A17,C1,C2); 16(C1, C3); 17(A1,A2,A7,A19,C1); 18(A5,A6, A15,B6,C2,C4); 19(A1,C1,C2,C3,C4, D6); 20(A12,A14,B5,C2,D1,D2,D3); 21(A3,C1,C3); 22(A7,A16,B1,C2, C3); 23(A21,A22,A23,C1); 24(B6,C1, C2,C3); 25(A1,A2,A17,B2,C1); 26(A1, A10,A14,A15,C1,C2,C3); 27(B7,C1, C2); 28(A1,B1,C1); 29(A6,A19,C1); 30(A18,B8); 32(A1,A17,C1,C2,C3); 33(C1,C2); 34(A10,D4,D5); 35(A5, C1,C2); 36(A2,C1,D7); 37(A1,A12, C1); 38(B6,C1,C2,C4); 39(A1,C1,C2, C3); 40(A7,A9,B6,C1,C2); 41(C1,C2); 42(A1,A4,A5,C1,C2,D1,D4); 43(A9, A15,A18,C1,C2); 44(C1,D1); 46(A1, A5,B4,C1); 47(A3,A12,C1,C2); 48(A11,C1); 49(A1,A2,A12,A13,C1, C3); 50(A7,B3); 51/52(A5) Butt, Gerald, 17(A1); 18(A5); 41(A1) Buzzacott, Mike, 21(A6) Cabello, Diosdado, 14(A5); 16(A2) Caetani, Enzo, 21(A7) Cakan, Zeki, 3(A18); 4(A14); 5(A18); 9(A16); 27(A17); 32(B8); 37(A10); 41(A17); 43(A12); 46(A18) Cakmakoglu, Sabahattin, 34(C1); 42(C1) Calder, KE, 48(D6) Caldera, Rafael, 10(D2) Camdessus, Michel, 27(B4); 44(B6) Card, Andrew, 46(C1) Carmona, Pedro, 16(A11,D5); 23(A14) Carter, Jimmy, 4(A16); 9(D5); 34(D1); 37(C3) Cassel, Lynn, 3(C2) Cassens, Agnus, 11(A14); 23(A17) Cavaney, Red, 16(A2) Celasun, Merih, 39(A16,A17) Cem, Ismail, 28(A3) Chalabi, Ahmad, 18(A5); 22(A1,C2,C3, C4); 45(A4,A5); 46(C2,C3,C4); 49(C2); 50(A10); 51/52(A4,A5) Challen, Philippa, 3(A21) Chanturia, Gia, 12(A21) Chapman, Frank, 4(A4) Charfi, Mohammed, 25(A12) Charpentier, Ronald, 48(A2) Chassaing, Muriel, 15(B4) Chavez Frias, Hugo, 1(D1,D3); 7(A1, A6); 8(A1,A8); 9(A8); 10(A1,A11, A12,D1,D2,D3,D4); 11(A11); 12(A4, A11); 13(A15); 14(A6); 15(A1,A5, A6); 16(A1,A2,A11,A12,D4,D5,D6, D7); 17(A6); 18(A2); 19(A4); 21(A1, A11,A12); 23(A14); 25(A1,A5,A6); 29(A5,A6); 33(A11); 35(A7); 36(A1); 37(A2); 41(A1,A12); 42(A6,A7);

43(A1,A6,A7); 44(A8); 46(A11,A12); 47(A8); 48(A6,A7); 49(A5,A6,A7); 50(A11,A12); 51/52(A8,A9,A11) Chaya, Nabil, 10(B1) Chekired, Hocine, 47(A14) Chen, QC, 20(A12); 30(A12) Cheney, Dick, 3(A18,D5); 4(A16); 5(A19,C2); 7(C1); 8(D8); 10(C1); 11(A1,C1,C2); 12(A1,C1); 13(C4); 15(C3); 20(D1); 32(C1); 34(D4); 35(A1,A7,C1); 36(C1); 38(C2); 46(D3); 49(A13,C1) Chernomyrdin, Viktor, 48(A13) Chiang, Alpha C, 21(D3) Chirac, Jacques, 27(B4); 30(A10); 35(C3); 40(C1); 41(C1); 42(C1); 44(B6); 48(B1,B2) Chitchian, Hamid, 17(A13) Christophersen, Henning, 51/52(A21) Churchill, Winston, 46(D2) Clarke, Victoria, 32(C1) Clinton, Bill, 2(A20); 3(D5); 4(A6); 8(D1,D4,D5,D7,D8); 10(C2); 18(A5, C2); 23(B1); 26(A14); 32(C3); 34(D1, D2,D3,D4); 42(D3,D4) Clube, Tristan, 6(B1,B3) Collins, S, 30(D4,D5) Contan, Matt, 8(A5) Cook, John, 12(A6) Cook, Linda, 42(A17) Cook, Robin, 10(A3) Corbett, Phil, 13(A10) Cordesman, A, 48(D4,D6) Corell, Hans, 7(A16); 23(A22) Cornelius, Peter, 37(B8) Coro, Clara, 17(A7) Courtis, Kenneth, 21(B3) Craen, Stephen, 39(B4,B5) Crandall, Gareth, 48(A3) Crandell, James, 26(A12) Crossette, Barbara, 23(D4) Cullen, Lord, 11(A17) Cunningham, Andrew, 5(B8) Cunningham, James, 34(A4); 40(C2) Dabal, Hashim 'Abd Allah al-, 45(B4) Dabdub, Ibrahim, 5(B5); 22(B4); 26(B2); 29(B5); 33(B1,B2,B3,B4) Da'bul, Ahmad, 26(B10) Dadfar, Mohammad, 1(A14) Dahdah, Nabil, 8(B4,B6) Dahlan, Muhammad, 1(C3) Dahlen, John M, 30(A19) Da'ij, Khalifa al-, 33(A18) Dakhil, Khalid al-, 9(C2) Dalila, Aref, 31(C2) Dalton, David, 22(A3) Daly, Michael C, 9(A21) D'Amato, Al, 34(D3) Dan, Suzo, 31(A14,A15) Danforth, John, 3(A19); 20(A14,A15); 25(A17) Daniel, James A, 5(A14) Darby, J, 15(D9)

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Darwish, Butti Khalifah bin, 45(B4) Daschel, Tom, 19(C4); 38(C2) Davidson, Ian Hay, 21(B2); 42(A18) Davies, Pat, 21(A7) Davies, Peter, 25(A6) Davis, Gray, 31(A16) Davos, Jean-Marie, 45(A10) Day, Catherine, 3(B3) Defrawi, Muhammad, 9(A21) Dervis, Kemal, 28(A3) Desmarest, Thierry, 42(A17) Devin, Laurent, 28(B4) Dhaliwal, Herb, 19(A7) Dharab, Ibrahim al-, 3(A10) Dharif, Jamal al-, 29(A14) Dhawhri, Ayman al-, 3(C4) DiClemente, Robert, 46(A3) Divry, Catherine, 8(A19) Djamel, Bekkouche, 41(A13) Drucker, Peter, 51/52(D8) Dubuni, Rafid al-, 2(A17); 9(A4) Dugaithar, Ziyad al-, 3(A10) Dujaili, Mus'ib al-, 42(A11) Dukhail, 'Abd al-'Aziz al-, 17(C3) Dunham, Archie W, 8(D5,D6,D8); 21(A17); 46(A5) Durgeat, Jean Pierre, 22(B7) Eagleberger, Lawrence, 35(C1,C2) Eagles, Lawrence, 1(A9) Earl, John, 10(A4,A5) Ebel, Robert, 37(D6) Ecevit, Bulent, 3(A18); 17(A5); 28(A3); 29(C1); 42(C1) Eckhardt, Fred, 17(C2); 30(A18,C1) Ee, Cecil, 10((B8); 12(B5) Eifert, Benn, 47(B3) Ehtezazi, Hadi, 1(A14) Eiland, Giora, 3(C1) Eisbrenner, Kathleen, 42(A3) Eisenhower, Dwight, 19(D6); 27(A23) Eitam, Effi, 15(C3) Eizenstat, Stuart, 15(D7) Elnasr, Mohamed Seif, 17(B6) Elon, Benny, 15(C3) Elverding, Peter, 27(A21) Emerson, Sarah, 5(A10) Emile, Michel, 9(B3); 14(B7) Engel, Eliot, 17(A16) Enger, Thomas P, 30(A1,D1) Eraqi, 31(A15) Erbakan, Necmettin, 47(A18); 49(C3) Erdogan, Recep Tayyip, 45(C2-C3); 49(C3) Errico, Luca, 50(B5) Ersumer, Cumhur, 29(A18) Espresate, Pablo, 19(A4) Evans, Tim, 1(A9) Fabricius, Niels, 39(B1) Fadil, Ahmad 'Ali, 32(B5) Fadl, Jamal al-, 34(B6) Fahd, 'Abd al-'Aziz al-, 34(B10)

Fahd, King, 1(B7); 2(A11); 3(A10); 7(A11); 9(C1); 11(C3); 38(A13); 46(B1); 49(B1,B2) Fahmi, Ahmad Diyai al-Din, 43(B6) Fahmy, Amin Sameh, 1(A4,B6) Fahmy, Sameh, 6(A7); 10(A1,A3,A5, A6); 25(A14); 39(A17); 41(A20) Fairbairn, Paul, 39(B2) Faisal, Haifa al-, 48(C1) Faisal, King, 21(C3); 48(C1) Faisal, Sa'ud al-, 4(A5); 7(A10); 8(A9); 9(A22); 11(A6,D3); 13(C2); 16(A2); 19(C2); 25(A13); 26(A7,C3); 28(A3); 29(A2); 30(A7); 32(A3,C1); 33(C1); 35(A5,C3); 37(A4); 38(A1,A13,C1, C3); 41(A13) Faisal, Turki al-, 7(C3) Fakhro, Hassan, 46(A18) Fakhru, 'Ali Muhammad, 25(C3) Falah, Salih al-, 44(B4) Falih, Khalid al-, 11(D4); 47(A9,A10, A11,A12) Fanik, Fahd al-, 4(C3); 37(C3) Faqih, Usama, 26(B3) Faraj, Anais, 3(B4,B5) Fardan, 'Umar al-, 39(B3) Fardi, Muhammad al-, 33(A18) Faris, Abdulrazaq al-, 15(A15); 16(B2) Farkas, Aharon Zeevi, 27(C2) Farooq, Navaid, 3(B4); 9(B2,B3); 15(B8); 16(B8); 18(B8) Farren-Price, Bill, 7(A1); 10(A3); 18(A3); 24(A1); 27(A4); 28(A1); 29(A2); 42(A1) Farris, G Steven, 2(A14); 20(A21); 21(A18); 27(A22); 38(A18) Farsi, Fuad al-, 37(B7); 46(B1) Fasano, Ugo, 16(B2) Fauzan, 'Abd Allah al-, 19(A17); 33(B11) Fawzan, 'Abd al-Nasir, 5(B1); 6(B5) Fayiz, Khalid al-, 8(B7); 25(B9); 34(B10) Fayyad, Salam, 24(B7); 27(B7); 29(C1); 33(C1,C2); 34(B10) Fedotov, Yuri, 23(D5); 40(C2); 41(C1); 42(C1); 43(C2) Feduleyeva, Alla, 21(D7) Fedun, Leonid, 12(A21); 47(A16) Fee, Florence, 36(D8) Feingold, Russell, 38(C2) Feinstein, Dianne, 17(A17) Fernandez, Carlos, 42(A6) Fernandez, Juan, 46(A12) Fesharaki, Fereidun, 2(D1); 7(A20); 12(A19,A20); 15(A7,A8); 16(A13); 23(A1); 31(A12); 48(A9); 51/52(A2) Fhimah, al-Amin Khalifah, 32(A17) Figueroa, Liliana, 4(A20) Fiqi, Mustafa al-, 3(C2) Fischer, Franz, 2(D1) Fischer, Joschka, 7(C2); 47(C1) Fitschen, Juergen, 21(A8) Fjell, Olav, 16(A9,A10); 19(A4); 35(A12,A13); 51/52(A20)

Fleischer, Arl, 4(C1); 5(C2); 14(C2); 15(C1,C2,C3); 18(C2); 19(C1); 20(A2); 23(C1); 24(C1,C2); 25(C1); 30(C1); 36(C1); 38(C2); 39(C1); 40(C1); 43(C2); 44(A3); 48(C1); 49(C1); 51/52(A11,C1) Fletcher, Sam, 36(D8) Flores, Pedro, 7(A6) Fontaine, Nicole, 39(A4); 48(A8) Forman, Lori, 6(B11) Forontsov, Yuli, 15(C4) Franks, Tommy, 4(C1) Franssen, Herman T, 7(A2); 8(A1,D4); 34(A1,D1); 37(A1,D1) Freeman, Chas W, 17(A3,A4) Friedman, Thomas L, 8(C2); 9(C2,C3); 10(C3); 19(C4); 20(D3); 21(C3) Frisch, Morten, 13(A1,D1); 31(A1,D1) Fukami, 41(A11) Fulaij, Khalid al-, 7(A13); 10(A8) Fuleihan, Basil, 3(A1,B1,B2,B3); 6(B4); 15(B5); 25(B5); 48(B1) Fysh, Stuart, 14(A21); 22(A13,A14); 42(A12) Gadhib, Basil al-, 6(B1,B2,B3) Gadonneix, Pierre, 4(A4) Galal, Ahmad, 4(A1,D1) Gana, Jerry, 31(A3) Gantallet, Gilles, 38(A9,A10) Ganz, Benny, 27(C3) Garang, John, 20(A15); 31(C3) Garghour, Ibrahim, 2(B11) Gatilov, Gennady, 34(A4) Gaulle, Charles de, 38(D5); 44(D4) Gault, John, 47(A1,D1) Gaviria, Cesar, 44(A8); 47(A9); 50(A12) Gelb, Alan, 47(B3) Georgesson, Petur, 42(A12) Ghabra, Shafiq al-, 16(C2) Ghadhban, Thamir al-, 2(A17) Ghafly, Saif bin Ahmad al-, 38(A5) Ghali, Khalifah al-, 15(A14,A15) Ghali, Yusuf Butros, 6(B11); 12(B4); 40(B6) Ghalib, Sharif, 37(D5); 44(A20) Ghamis, Ahmad al-, 3(A10) Ghanim, Bassam Yusif al-, 33(B2) Ghanim, Shukri, 1(A18); 42(A1,B9, B10) Ghanimi Fard, Hojjatollah, 1(A9); 2(B7); 17(B5) Gharib, Muhyi al-Din al-, 10(B8); 51/52(B4) Ghattas, Khalil, 35(A15) Ghazza, Omar al-, 7(A3); 12(A16) Ghobril, Nasib, 15(B5); 26(B1) Giacaman, Rita, 15(B3) Gibbons, Brian M Jr, 41(A6) Gilman, Ben, 8(D3) Gissin, Raanan, 2(C1); 17(C1); 20(C1); 39(C2) Giuliani, Rudolph, 2(C4); 8(D1) Giusti, Luis, 10(D2,D4)

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Glaspie, April, 49(A5) Gnatchenko, Sergey, 13(A18) Golikova, Tatyana, 35(B7) Gomez, Enrique Medina, 43(A7) Gomez, Roman, 9(A8) Goold, Jim, 39(B2) Gordeev, Oleg, 12(D5) Gordon, Philip H, 3(A1,D1) Gore, Al, 15(D7) Graffenried, Mike de, 34(B3) Grant, General, 44(D6) Grassie, Jane, 44(A17) Greehey, Bill, 33(A1-A2) Green, Stephen, 19(D6) Greenspan, Alan, 12(A1,D4); 38(B6); 39(A2); 46(A3) Greenstock, Jeremy, 12(A14); 47(C1) Gref, German, 25(A2) Grossman, Mark, 46(C3); 49(A13) Grote, Byrone, 50(A20) Grudiewicz, Chris, 45(A11) Guillermou, Jean-Marie, 7(A2,A3) Gul, Abdullah, 49(C1) Guler, Hilmi, 47(A18) Gurnani, Deepak, 2(B11) Gutseriev, Mikhail, 3(A19) Haass, Richard, 3(C1); 22(C2) Hached, Ali, 4(A1,A2); 6(A19); 14(A3, A4,A5) Hadawi, Rashid, 28(B3) Haddad, Amin, 22(B8) Haddad, Ibrahim, 25(A14); 32(A19); 39(A12,A13); 46(A18) Haddad, Sami, 10(B4); 15(B4); 26(B10) Hadithi, Husain al-, 38(A7) Hadithi, Naji Sabri al-, 4(B2); 5(C2,C3); 6(C4); 10(A3,A18); 12(A14); 15(A5); 16(A15); 17(A4); 18(A6); 20(A2); 25(A8); 26(A3,A6); 27(A11); 28(C1); 30(A9,A10,C2); 31(C1); 32(C2); 34(A4); 38(C1); 41(C2); 46(C1); 48(A11) Hadley, Stephen, 50(A10) Hafiz, Salah al-Din, 8(C2); 42(C2) Haidar, Khalil 'Ali, 2(C3); 18(C3) Hakim, Ayatollah Muhammad Baqir al-, 4(C4); 6(C3) Hakim, Baihaki, 45(B2) Hakir, 'Abd al-Muhsin 'Abd al-'Aziz al-, 7(B3) Halabi, Mamun Absi, 27(A12) Haladjian, Mardig, 8(B9); 31(B2) Halayqa, Muhammad, 16(A22,B1); 22(B7); 25(A20) Hamad, 'Abd al-Latif al-, 15(B7) Hamad, 'Abd al-Rahman, 24(A19) Hamada, Sa'id, 33(A18) Hamadeh, 'Ali, 10(C2) Hamar, Nabil al-, 36(C1) Hamdy, Shamil, 11(B2) Hamilton, Lee, 34(D4); 42(A5) Hammadi, 'Ali, 2(A17) Hammud, Mahmud, 25(B5)

Handoussa, Heba, 41(B4,B5) Hanegbi, Tsahi, 5(C2) Hanelt, Christian-Peter, 15(A18) Hannachi, Houcine, 18(B2,B3) Hansen, Peter, 15(B1) Haqiqatjou, Fatemeh, 1(A14) Harb, Usama al-Ghazali, 17(C3); 28(C2) Hardy, Jose Toro, 8(A8) Harel, Victor, 15(C3) Hariri, Nazik al-, 29(B7) Hariri, Rafiq al-, 3(B3); 6(B4,B5); 10(B1); 17(B5); 19(B2,B3); 21(B4); 23(B8); 26(B1); 27(B4,B6); 28(B9); 29(B7,B8); 44(B6); 45(A19); 48(B1, B2,B3); 49(D2) Hariri, Sa'ad, 45(A19) Harun, 'Abd al-Rahman al-, 33(A18) Harun, Ahmad al-, 15(B7) Hasan, Bilal al-, 13(C4) Hasan, Isma'il, 46(B7) Hasan, Khalil, 46(A18) Hasanain, Midhat, 31(B1,B2) Hashemi-Shahrudi, Ayatollah Seyyed Mahmoud, 1(A14,C2); 17(A12) Hashim, Hashim, 4(A17) Hassan, 'Ali Rajab, 29(A3,A4); 42(A11); 50(A11) Hassan, Saddam Z, 45(A4) Hassani, Abolqassem, 17(A13); 47(A17, A18) Hassune, Anwar, 9(B9); 37(B10); 39(B8) Hatab, Sultan al-, 8(C4) Hattab, Tal'at, 9(A4) Hawari, Hatim al-, 40(B5) Haydar, Dima, 30(A15) Hayek, Kamal, 17(B3) Haynes, Peter, 33(A21); 42(A8) Heath, Edward, 46(D1) Helms, Jesse, 34(D4) Herbish, Sulaiman al-, 3(A1,A10); 5(A18); 23(A10); 29(B7) Hernandez, Gloria Mirt, 38(A5) Hila, 'Abd al-Salam al-, 45(A20) Hila', Rahu al-, 24(B3) Hill, Aubyn, 7(B3); 12(B1,B2) Hill, Fiona, 36(D8) Hindle, Robert, 27(A4) Hiranuma, Takeo, 21(A14); 39(A3,D3); 41(A11) Hirst, David, 19(A1,D5) Hodgkinson, David, 7(B5) Hodson, Charlie, 18(A19) Hojjati, Mahmoud, 16(A16) Hokail, 'Abd al-'Aziz al-, 33(A17) Ho-Ki, Yoo, 42(A14) Holbrooke, Richard, 35(C1,C2) Homsi, Ma'mun al-, 31(C2) Honda, 41(A11) Hoon, Geoffrey, 21(A16) Horsfall, Pierre, 44(B7) Horsnell, Paul, 2(A6); 3(A5); 9(A2); 12(A7); 15(A3); 19(A2); 23(A5); 29(A6); 30(A6); 32(A2); 33(A5); 34(A8); 35(A8); 37(A3); 38(A7);

39(A2); 44(A5); 46(A5); 51/52(A9) Hosoe, Tomoko, 2(D1); 33(A14); 41(A12) Hoss, Salim al-, 10(B1); 19(B2); 21(B4) Hosseini, Seyed Mehdi, 39(A6); 42(A1, A4) Hosseinian, Hadi Nejad, 39(A6); 43(A10) Houston, Martin, 22(A15); 34(B8); 42(A11); 47(A7) Howard, John, 23(A22) Howe, Katie, 11(A19) Hoyos, Carola, 23(D5) Humaid, Salih ibn, 7(A11) Humaidhi, 'Abd Allah Sa'ud al-, 20(B4) Humaidhi, Badr al-, 47(B7); 49(B8) Humphreys, Charles, 27(B8) Humud, Taha, 34(A5); 38(A7) Huntington, Sam, 42(D2) Husain, Hani, 7(A13); 10(A8) Husain, King, 9(B4); 32(C3) Husain, Muhammad, 4(A17) Husain, Saddam, 3(D1,D2,D3,D4,D5, D6); 4(C2,C4); 6(C4); 7(A7,C1); 11(A1,C2); 12(A14,C1); 14(D1,D6); 15(A4,B7); 16(A2,D2); 17(A5,D3, D4); 18(A5,A6); 19(D5,D6); 20(A1, D1); 22(C2,C3,C4); 23(C2,D4); 25(A2,A8); 29(C2); 31(C1); 32(A1, C1,C2); 33(A9); 35(A7,C1,C2,C3); 36(A1,A2,A10,C1); 37(A1); 38(A6, A11,B6,C1,C2,C3,C4); 39(A1,A2,C1, C2); 40(B6,C1,C4,D1,D2); 41(A2,A4, C1,C3,C4); 42(A4); 43(A9,B3,B4,C1, C2,C3); 44(A3,A4,C1,D2,D5,D6); 45(A4,A5,C2,C3); 46(A2,A3,A4,A5, A17,C1,C2,C3); 47(A3,A12,C1); 48(C2,C3,D5); 49(A2,A3,A4,A5,A12, C1,C2); 50(A1,A8,A10,B2,C1C2); 51/52(A4,A5,A6,A7,C1) Husain, 'Uday, 46(C1) Husaini, 'Abd Allah al-, 7(A16) Husari, 'Ali, 8(B2) Husseini, Sadad al-, 33(A17) Hutzler, Mary, 17(A7) Huwaysh, 'Isam, 15(A5) Huweidi, Fahmi, 3(C3) Ibrahim, Basim al-, 34(B10) Ibrahim, Fahd al-, 44(B4) Ibrahim, 'Izzat, 13(C1,C2); 15(C4); 20(D4); 22(C4) Ibrahim, Mahdi, 31(C1) Ibrahim, Muwafaq, 9(A4) Ibrahim, MW, 31(A18) Ibrahim, Sa'd al-Din, 31(C2); 33(A1, C1); 35(C4) Ibrahim, Yusif M al-, 5(A20); 9(B8); 19(A17); 23(A23); 27(B2) Ibrahim, Yusuf Hamad al-, 50(B7) Illarionov, Andrei, 7(A5); 8(A1) 'Imadi, Yusuf al-, 39(B3) Indyk, Martin, 25(C1); 34(C1)

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Iraani, Muhammad al-, 33(A17) Irani, Ray R, 19(A16); 23(A13) 'Isa, 'Abd al-Razzak 'Ali, 30(B2) 'Isa, 'Isa al-, 34(B10) Isautier, Bernard, 25(A20) Iskandar, Marwan, 15(B5); 27(B4) Isma'il, Mustafa 'Uthman, 14(A23) Issa, Gustavo Perez, 46(A12); 48(A7) �Itani, Jamal, 47(B7) Itayim, Basim, 3(B1) Ivanov, Igor, 4(C3); 17(A4); 24(A15); 29(C1); 38(C2); 43(C2) Ivanov, Sergei, 41(A2) 'Izzi, 'Adil, 32(B7) Jabir, 'Abd al-'Aziz, 4(A17) Jacoby, Klaus, 24(A10) Jafar, Amin, 29(A3) Jafar, Hamid, 2(A16); 9(A16) Jaffe, Amy Myers, 20(A7,A8); 48(D5, D6) Jahanghiri, Ishaq, 16(A16) Jaidah, Nasir, 2(A15,A16); 39(B1) Jaidah, Salah al-, 29(B1) Jalilian, Seyed, 22(A3) Jallaf, Anis al-, 8(B3,B4) Jamal, Ahmad Nur, 34(B7) Jamieson, Ken, 22(A19) Janahi, Yusuf Ahmad, 39(B2) Jannati, Ayatollah Ahmad, 16(A17); 17(A12) Jaraisy, 'Abd al-Rahman al-, 46(B1) Jarallah, Badr al-, 44(B4) Jarbu', 'Abd al-'Aziz al-, 34(B10) Jardanah, Dima, 35(B8,B9) Jarwan, 'Ali al-, 10(A21) Jasir, Jasir al-, 31(B8) Jassar, Jassar al-, 16(B5) Javadi, 39(A6); 42(A15) Jawharhayat, Mas'ud, 38(B7) Jaz, 'Awad Ahmad al-, 3(A19); 33(A5); 43(A15); 46(A20) Jazzaf, Muhammad al-, 4(A17); 10(A9); 48(A17) Jazzar, Muhammad al-, 3(A8) Jensen, James T, 8(A7) Jettou, Driss, 46(A20,A21) Jiaxuan, Tang, 38(C2) Jiddu, Ghassan bin, 6(C3) Johnson, Luke, 8(A5); 45(A11) Johnson, Lyndon, 44(D6,D7) Jones, Jessica, 3(A21); 35(A19) Jospin, Lionel, 12(A22) Jubair, 'Adil al-, 15(C2); 17(A1,C1); 49(B7) Jubair, Muhammad ibn, 7(A11) Juburi, Ibrahim, 9(A5) Juir, 'Abd al-Salam, 1(A18) Jum'a, Jum'a al-, 48(B7) Jum'ah, 'Abd Allah, 7(A20); 33(A17); 42(A13) Kaabi, Mohammad, 20(A12)

Kabariti, 'Abd al-Karim al-, 38(B7) Kabe, 41(A11) Kader, Hadou, 33(A19) Kahram, Hamid, 20(B3) Kahzadi, Nowruz, 27(B4) Kai, Kimimaro, 13(D3,D4,D9) Kaiser, Robert G, 36(D8) Kakimzhnov, Zeinulla, 49(A15) Kalah, Rami, 43(B6) Kaldor, N, 21(D3) Kalyuzhny, Viktor, 4(A18); 5(A16) Kamal, Yusuf Husain, 29(B1) Kamil, Salih, 34(B6,B7) Kamkoff, Jorge, 17(A7); 50(A12) Kandari, Nasir al-, 33(A18) Kanoo, 'Abd Allah 'Ali, 38(B1) Kansteiner, Walter, 25(A17); 31(A3) Karbasian, Mehdi, 20(B3) Karmi, Raid al-, 3(C2) Karroubi, Mehdi, 1(A14); 17(A12) Karzai, Hamid, 14(D4,D5); 21(A16); 44(D4) Kasyanov, Mikhail, 7(A7); 8(A1,A2); 10(A2); 11(A2); 21(A1); 31(A14) Katsav, Moshe, 9(C1) Katz, Moshe, 31(A15) Katzman, Kenneth, 34(A10) Kawakabi, 'Abd al-Rahman al-, 28(C2) Kazinov, Michael, 1(A2,A5) Keinde, Keba, 18(B2) Kelberer, John J, 36(D5) Keller, Jennifer, 51/52(B3) Kemp, Alice, 4(A20); 39(A17) Kemp, Geoffrey, 42(A4,A5) Kemper, Ria, 46(A14,A15,D1); 49(A6, A18); 51/52(A20,A21) Kennedy, Edward M, 34(D3) Kennedy, John F, 44(D6,D7) Kerry, John, 4(A15,A16); 5(A20); 11(A18) Kestenbaum, Charley, 25(B3) Khaddam, 'Abd al-Halim, 24(C2) Khadduri, Walid, 1(A1); 8(A3); 9(A1, D3); 12(A12); 14(A3); 21(A3); 26(A1); 38(A1); 39(A3); 40(A1); 50(A1) Khalaf, 'Abd al-Hadi, 45(C3) Khalidi, Ahmad, 25(C1) Khalili, 'Abd al-Malik al-, 30(B2) Khalilzad, Zalmay, 49(A12,A13,C1,C2); 51/52(C2) Khallaf, Ahmad, 32(B2) Khamenei, Ayatollah Ali, 1(C2); 2(B8); 7(C2); 8(D1); 11(B8); 12(C2); 16(A2); 21(A21) Khamooshi, Abolhassan, 39(A6) Khan, Iqbal, 17(B7) Kharafi, Jasim al-, 41(A19) Kharafi, Nasir al-, 15(B7) Kharrazi, Kamal, 6(C3); 7(C2); 8(D2); 22(A16); 38(B6) Khartukov, Eugene, 36(D8) Khashti, Bader al-, 7(A14) Khatami, Mohammad, 1(A14,C2); 2(B6,B7,B8); 6(C2); 7(B6,C2,D1);

10(B7); 12(A14,A15,A16); 13(A18, A19); 14(D6); 16(A2,A16); 17(A12); 19(A19); 20(A18,B5); 21(A21); 23(A14); 24(B6); 34(A10,A11); 44(C2); 46(B4,B6); 48(B8); 51/52(B1) Khattab, Tal'at, 2(A16) Khatub, Hasan, 13(B3) Khayat, Faleh al-, 29(A2,A3) Khayyal, 'Abd al-'Aziz al-, 33(A17) Khelil, Chakib, 1(A4,A20); 4(A20); 6(A1,A6,A7,A8,A18,A19); 7(A5); 9(A2); 11(A1,A2,A15); 14(A3,A5); 16(A1,A18,A19); 18(A3,A4); 19(A3); 24(A5); 25(A12,A13); 27(A17); 30(A4,A19); 32(A1); 33(A19); 35(A1, A2,A13,A14); 37(A11,A12); 38(A13); 40(A1,A2,A3,A10); 41(A5,A12,A13, B4); 42(A21); 43(A7); 45(A5); 48(A15,A16); 49(A1,A2) Khodorkovsky, Mikhail, 11(A10); 21(A13,A14) Khomeini, Ayatollah, 32(D5) Khoury, Ilias, 12(C3); 35(C3) Khoury, Maria-Gabriella, 35(B9,B10); 45(B3) Khristenko, Viktor, 11(A2) Khurafi, Marzuq Nasir al-, 40(B9) Khurbash, Muhammad Khalfan bin, 8(B3); 13(B4); 45(B4) Kidwa, Nasir al-, 11(C2) Kiinov, Lyazzat, 9(A19) Kim, Sun-dong, 30(A9) Kinnear, James W, 33(A17) Kirdar, Nemir, 29(B7); 48(B9) Kissinger, Henry, 17(C3); 35(C1) Kitukawa, 41(A11) Kivrikoglu, Husain, 20(C3) Kizir, Salah, 9(A4) Knapp, Wilfred, 50(A20) Knisely, Anne, 6(A8) Knott, David, 6(A6); 16(A9); 21(A6); 22(A3); 48(A1); 51/52(A1) Koizumi, Junichiro, 21(A14); 23(A22); 30(A14); 31(A12) Kolahdouz, Ali, 17(A13) Konaga, Keiichi, 13(A5) Kosolapov, Mikhail, 33(A19) Koyama, Ken, 31(A11) Koyama, Osamu, 23(A13) Koyama, Yoshikazi, 42(A2,A3) Kpakol, Magnus, 35(A8) Kreindler, James P, 18(A15) Krekshi, Fuad, 45(A3) Kronfol, Mohieddine, 10(B2) Krueger, Udo, 25(B9); 47(B3) Kruit, Jan Hessel, 27(A21) Kubo, 41(A11) Kulibayev, Timur, 9(A19) Kulta, Shahir, 43(B5) Kumar, Rajiv, 29(A17) Kumar, Suresh, 22(B1,B2) Kurdi, 'Abd Allah, 9(B4) Kurdi, Khalil, 34(B10) Kutovoy, Georgi, 51/52(A19) Kuwaiz, 'Abd Allah al-, 18(B4,B5)

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Ladoucette, Vera de, 46(A1,D1) Lahaidan, Salih al-, 7(C3) Laherrere, J, 43(D3) Lahimi, Ahmad, 27(A18) Lahouari, Sellaf, 41(A13) Lahoud, Emile, 19(B2,B3); 21(C2); 28(B8,B9) Lahoud, Nasib, 6(B4) Laidlaw, Sam, 6(A16) Lajous, Adrian, 10(D2); 50(A20) Lakah, Rami, 40(B5) Lamarre, Jacques, 16(A21) Lameda, Guaicaipuro, 1(D3); 7(A6); 8(A8); 9(A8); 10(A11) Lamine, Yassia Muhammad, 41(A13) Lamoureux, Francois, 43(A10) Lamy, Pascal, 13(B1) Lancry, Yehuda, 17(C1); 18(C1); 49(C2) Landau, Eli, 13(A20) Landau, Uzi, 27(C1); 37(C2) Lantos, Tom, 30(C2) Laouadi, Mohamed, 33(A19) Larson, Alan P, 17(A3); 26(A14,A15) Lash, William H, 12(A18) Lasserre, Frédéric, 43(A4) Lavrov, Sergei, 17(C2); 20(A3); 43(C2) Lawati, Ali Redha Darwish al-, 44(B7); 48(B6) Lawrence, Terry, 22(A15) Lay, Kenneth, 5(A19) Lee, Robert E, 44(D6) Lei, Wu, 48(A1,D2) Lelyveld, Michael, 36(D8) Leopold, Evelyn, 23(D3,D4) Leos, Munoz, 9(A8) Levin, Carl, 4(C1); 11(A18); 35(C2) Levine, Alan, 2(A6) Levy, Walter J, 38(D1) Levy, Yitzhak, 15(C1) Lewis, ST, 48(D6) Lewis, Steven W, 20(A7,A8) Libby, Lewis, 50(A10) Lieberman, Avigdor, 15(C3) Lieberman, Joseph, 50(C2) Lindsey, Lawrence, 38(B6); 40(B6,B7) Litjens, Boy, 27(A21) Lizardo, Maria, 11(A11) Llewellyn, Tim, 49(A3) Lobo, Luis Vielma, 23(A14) Locke, Alasdair, 38(A16) Loghmanian, Hossein, 1(A14,C2) Longwell, Harry J, 26(A8); 46(A9,A10) Lotfi, Ali, 31(B1) Loufir, Michael, 46(B7) Louis XIV, 3(C2) Lovatt, Melanie, 39(B1) Loveros, Andreas, 36(A13) Lubbers, Ruud, 25(D1,D2) Luciani, Giacomo, 8(A19) Lugar, Richard, 31(C1); 34(D4) Lukman, Rilwanu, 4(A3); 5(D3); 8(A2); 9(A1); 10(A2); 12(A3,A5,A12, D1,D2,D3,D5); 26(A3); 29(A6);

31(A1,A2); 32(A1); 33(A1,A6,D1); 35(A7); 36(A2); 38(A2,A5); 42(A7); 45(A1,A2,A5); 46(A1,A11); 47(A2, A3); 50(A5); 51/52(A9) Lundin, Ian, 20(A15); 30(A17) Lutah, Salih Sa'id, 45(B4) Ma'ashouq, Motassim al-, 34(A18) Maayan, Yair, 17(A20) Mabro, Robert, 21(A3,A4); 22(D1); 33(A8,A9); 44(A1,A2,A3); 50(A20, D1,D5) MacArthur, Douglas, 44(D6) MacDonald, Ian, 13(A18); 38(A17); 48(A13) Machar, Riak, 20(A15) Mackie, Alan, 17(B3) Madani, 'Abd al-Rahman al-, 24(B8) Mady, Muhammad al-, 2(B1); 8(A9); 14(A10); 20(B1); 23(A10); 27(A21); 30(A8); 31(B6); 51/52(A16) Magen, David, 4(C2) Mahailan, 'Abd al-Rahman al-, 33(A18) Mahdi, Kamil, 24(A19) Mahfouz, Khalid bin, 6(B9); 34(B1,B7) Mahfouz, Khalida bin, 34(B7) Mahir, Ahmad, 19(C2); 20(C1); 21(C1); 25(C1); 27(C1); 31(C1); 33(C1); 37(C1,C2); 38(C2) Mahmoudzadeh, Hossein, 7(A12); 15(A12) Mahmud, Shawqi 'Abd al-'Aziz al-, 39(B3) Maitami, Muhammad al-, 5(B3) Majali, Nadhir, 27(C2) Makarov, Igor, 23(A22) Makhizim, Badr 'Abd al-Muhsin al-, 16(B5) Makhlouf, Rami, 44(B7) Makkawi, Ziad, 10(B2) Makki, Ahmad 'Abd al-Nabi, 2(B4,B5); 24(B8); 44(A17); 45(B6) Malakhov, Boris, 34(A4) Mallaki, Mohammad, 39(A6) Mani', 'Abd al-'Aziz, 33(A17) Mann, Steven, 21(A21); 23(A13); 44(A14); 50(A18) Manna'i, Jasim al-, 13(B9) Mansur, 'Abd al-'Aziz al-, 33(A18) Mansuri, Sultan Sa'id al-, 45(B4) Marafi, Mina, 27(A12) Ma'rafi, Musa, 33(A18) Mariot, Christophe, 17(B8) Marshall, George C, 44(D4,D6) Martens, Ernesto, 9(A8); 18(A2); 25(A5) Martin, Alvaro, 41(A12) Martin, David, 45(A11) Martins-Kuye, Jubril, 31(A3) Marto, Michel, 1(B6); 14(B6); 16(B1); 28(B6); 31(B4) Marx, Karl, 49(A3) Marzuq, Faisal al-, 37(B2) Masoudi, Bahman, 19(A19); 20(B2,B3);

48(A18) Masri, Mahir al-, 8(B7); 26(B9) Masri, Munib al-, 32(A18) Masri, 'Umar, 44(B8) Massaddeh, Nasir Salim, 8(B2) Masuda, Tatsuo, 46(A10,A11); 51/52(A1,D1) Mateille, Jean-Pierre, 42(A3) Mazaheri, Tahmasb, 16(A16); 20(B3); 24(B6); 25(B6); 36(B9); 39(B7) M'Barki, Muhammad, 1(B4) Medelci, Murad, 25(A12) Medina, Horacio, 16(A12) Megrahi, 'Abd al-Basit 'Ali al-, 6(A13); 8(D8); 11(A17); 18(A15); 32(A17); 43(A16) Mekada, Tarek, 1(A20) Memarian, Mohammad Sadegh, 21(A1, D1,D3) Mercan, Murat, 45(C3) Meridor, Dan, 6(C1) Messallati, 'Azzam, 7(A2,A3) Meyer, Tony, 27(A17); 35(A14) Mezeika, Karl, 23(A14) Middleton, Nigel, 9(A21) Mielke, Erik, 3(A7) Migharbil, Nihal al-, 11(B2) Milhim, Khalid al-, 18(B4); 44(B7) Miller, Alexei, 45(D4) Miller, Kenneth, 12(A12) Minner, Ruth Ann, 29(A20) Minyard, Robert, 39(B2) Miquilena, Luis, 10(D3) Mirmoezi, Seyed Mehdi, 17(A12); 21(A7,A9); 22(A15); 46(A14); 51/52(A1,B1) Miro, Mustafa, 2(B8,B10) Mirza, 'Abd al-Husain 'Ali, 46(A18) Misnad, Sa'id al-, 39(B3) Mitchell, George J, 1(C1); 3(C2); 14(C1,C2); 15(C2); 18(C2); 26(C2); 47(C4) Mitchell, John V, 34(A11) Mithqal, Mahmud Nadim, 11(B9); 14(B7) Mitzna, Amram, 47(A1,C1) Mizah, Husain Muhammad al-, 45(B4) Mizoule, David, 21(A8) Moabi, Mohammad, 29(B1,B2,B3) Modi, Chetan, 2(A21) Mofaz, Shaul, 1(C1); 4(C1); 12(C3); 51/52(C2) Mohaddes, Mahmoud, 46(A13) Mohamad, Mahathir, 40(A10): 45(B5) Mohammadnejad, Hamdollah, 39(A6) Mojarrad, Jafar, 30(B11) Mojarrad, Mohammad, 22(B1); 28(B2); 50(B1) Molina, Carlos, 8(A8) Mommer, Bernard, 1(A1,D1); 27(A22, A23,A24) Monasef, Mohammad Amin, 20(A13) Moneef, Majid al-, 10(A9,A10); 21(A5, A6) Montagu, Caroline, 11(D3)

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Montepeque, Jorge, 9(A10,A11); 16(A12); 27(A6) Monti, Mario, 12(A22); 14(A5); 18(A4); 29(A8) Montoya, Julio Garcia, 51/52(A9) Mor, Amit, 34(A14) Morita, Yuji, 2(D1); 41(A11) Morozova, Tatiana, 31(B1) Morrison, David, 6(A7) Morse, Edward L, 9(A6,A7); 48(A4) Morton, Elaine, 34(A1,D1) Mostaine, Mohammad al-, 7(A16) Motahari, Ahmad Mir, 36(B8) Motley, Ron, 34(B7) Mouhdi, Zouhair, 21(B5) Moussa, Ahmed Rashad, 31(B1) Mu'allah, Ahmad, 39(A13) Mu'ashir, Marwan al-, 19(C2); 25(C1); 28(C1); 36(A14); 47(C2) Mubarak, Husni, 4(A5,B8); 9(C1); 10(B8); 11(C2); 12(C1); 13(C1); 15(D7); 16(C1); 19(C2); 20(C1); 23(A1,C1,C2); 24(A1,C1,C2,C3); 25(C1; 26(C2-C3); 29(C1); 30(C1); 31(C1); 35(C3); 40(B5); 41(C2); 43(B6); 45(A19); 46(B7) Mubarak, Khaldun al-, 12(A20); 23(A11,A13) Mudaimigh, Ibrahim al-, 34(B10) Mughabi, Robert, 38(A20) Mughniyeh, Imad, 8(D3); 14(D5) Muhalhal, Na'im 'Abd, 36(B9) Muhammad, Benahmed, 41(A13) Muhammad, Benhamou, 41(A13) Muhammad VI, King, 15(C2); 46(A20) Muhammad, Muhammad S, 34(B6) Muhammad, Seffouh, 41(A13) Muhanna, Ibrahim al-, 10(A6,A7); 46(A1,A12,A13) Muhaya, Salih al-, 4(C1) Muhyi al-Din, Mahmud, 43(B6) Mujtaba, Nadim, 42(B1) Mukundan, Pottengal, 42(A20) Mulva, Jim, 51/52(A13) Muna, Karim, 7(B2) Munif, Majid al-, 34(B10) Munro, Diane, 42(A4); 46(A1) Muntafaq, Said al-, 15(B7) Mu'raj, Rashid al-, 21(A4); 37(B6) Murawiec, Laurence, 32(A13,C1,D4); 34(C1); 50(C1) Murkowski, Frank, 12(A14); 16(A14) Musa, 'Amr, 4(C2); 5(C2); 6(C3); 8(C2); 15(C4); 37(C1) Musaffir, Muhammad Salih al-, 1(C3) Musarawa, Tariq, 1(C3) Musharraf, Pervez, 8(D2); 14(D3); 20(D5); 35(C3); 37(C1) Mussavi, Mir Hossein, 24(D1) Muttair, 'Abd al-Karim, 4(A20) McCain, John, 11(A18) McCarthy, Andrew, 44(A18) McCarthy, Steve, 19(A20)

McClellan, Scott, 38(C1); 47(C1) McColgin, James, 15(A11) McConnell, Mitch, 17(A17) McCormack, James, 23(B1); 50(B2) McCormack, Sean, 18(C1); 19(D3); 32(C2) McCutcheon, Hillary, 19(A13) McDougall, Myles, 33(A13) McGinley, Stanley E, 33(A17) McGregor, Neil, 13(D6) McLaughlin, John, 41(C1) McNamara, Robert, 44(D6,D7) McSlarrow, Kyle, 48(A13) Nabavi, Behzad, 16(A16,A17); 17(A12) Nabli, Mustafa, 51/52(B3) Nadhim, Mahmud, 24(A16) Nagel, David, 44(A11) Naik, Ram, 25(A16,A17); 36(A15); 39(A5); 44(A12) Naimi, Ali al-, 1(A1,A2,A5); 2(A1,A11, A12); 4(A5); 6(A14); 7(A5,A7,A10, A11); 8(A9); 10(D2); 11(A6); 12(A2, A3,A17); 15(A2); 17(A2,A3,A7,A10, A11); 18(A2,A16); 19(A8); 26(A7); 28(A3,A9); 31(A7); 32(A3); 33(A17); 36(A1,D5,D6,D8); 39(A3,D1); 40(A6,B2); 41(A13); 42(A1,A12, A13); 43(A1,A2); 44(A8,A15); 46(A4); 48(A6); 50(A1,A20,D1); 51/52(D7) Naimi, Salim al-, 51/52(A21) Namma, Karim, 32(B1,B2) Nanay, Julia, 28(A20,A21); 45(A1,D1) Nasaf, 'Adil al-, 33(A18) Nash, William, 17(C1) Nashruti, 'Amr al-, 43(B6) Nasif, 'Abd Allah, 7(C4) Nasiri, 'Ubaid bin Saif al-, 8(A1,A3); 23(A14) Nasrawi, Salah al-, 11(C4) Na'um, Sarkis, 24(C2) Navas, Nelson, 17(A7) Naveh, Danny, 5(C2); 26(B8,C2) Naylor, Mike, 44(A14) Nazarbayev, Nursultan, 9(A19); 20(A17); 24(A14); 39(A15) Nazarov, Kurbannazar, 24(A16); 50(A20) Nazif, Ahmad al-, 11(B2) Negroponte, John, 16(C2); 18(C1); 48(A10); 49(A12) Nematollahi, Akhbar, 36(A7) Nematzadeh, Mohammad, 6(A16); 15(A18); 19(A18); 21(A6,A8) Netanyahu, Benjamin, 13(C3); 17(A21); 19(D6); 20(C2,D2); 34(D2); 45(C2); 46(C1); 47(C2); 48(C1); 49(C2) Neugart, Felix, 15(A18) Nibari, 'Abd Allah al-, 8(A17); 10(A1, A8) Niblock, Tim, 35(A18,A19) Nichol, Peter, 8(A5); 45(A11) Nichols, Rob, 23(B1)

Nicklas, Ludovico, 17(A7) Nicoud, Gilles, 23(A11,A12) Nielson, Poul, 15(B1) Nil, Hamad al-, 30(A18) Ni'mat, Salamah, 38(C3) Nishimura, 46(A10,A11) Nixon, Richard, 11(C3); 36(D5) Niyazov, Saparmurat, 4(A17,A18); 5(A16); 17(A18); 23(A22); 29(A17); 31(A16); 32(A16); 50(A20) Nonneman, Gerd, 8(A19) Nordhaus, William D, 50(B2,B3) Noteborn, Frans, 27(A21); 51/52(A16) Noubkht, Mohammad Baqer, 2(B7) Nourbakhsh, Mohsen, 2(B7); 12(B5); 15(A12); 19(B4); 22(B1); 24(B6); 28(B1,B2); 36(B8) Nowak, Gene, 8(A5) Nu'aimi, Majid al-, 46(A18) Nur al-Din, Sati', 10(C3) Nuri, 'Abd al-Baqi al-, 33(A18) Nuri, Mahmud al-, 40(B9) Nusaibi, Sa'id al-, 36(B3) Nuwais, Nasir al-, 34(B9) Obasanjo, Olusegun, 31(A3); 33(A10, A11,D1); 35(A8); 47(B5,B6) O'Brien, Mike, 32(A17); 43(A16) Obuchi, Osamu, 9(A21) Ogata, Sadako, 17(C1) Ogawa, Yoshiki, 47(A4) O'Hanlon, Michael E, 3(A1,D1) Okabe, 46(A10) Olard, Rodolphe, 41(B1); 43(B4) Ollerearnshaw, Steve, 15(A13); 42(A18) O'Neill, Paul, 3(B8); 10(A1); 12(A3) O'Reilly, David, 39(A15) Ortega, Carlos, 12(A11); 23(A14); 25(A6); 47(A8) O'Sullivan, Edmund, 6(B1) Ott, Marvin, 5(C3) Ottaway, David B, 36(D8) Oualalou, Fathallah, 46(A21) Oubira, Abdelhamid, 47(A14) Ouchi, Nadhmi, 30(B11) Ouyahia, Ahmad, 25(A12); 42(A21); 47(A13) Owais, Humaid al-, 20(A14) Owji, Javad, 39(A7) Ozkan, Husamettin, 28(A3) Ozkok, Hilmi, 45(C3); 46(A17) Pahlavi, Reza, 8(D3) Paini, Giulio, 42(A2) Pakradouni, Karim, 19(C3) Palacio, Loyola de, 6(A14); 14(A5); 15(D8,D9); 18(A4); 24(A1,A9,A10); 39(A5); 51/52(A22) Parra, Francisco R, 21(D3); 38(A1,D1) Parra, Gaston, 7(A6); 8(A8); 9(A8); 10(A11,D3); 11(A11); 12(A11); 13(A15); 14(A6); 16(A12)

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Pasi, Solomon, 36(A13) Patten, Chris, 7(C2); 15(B3); 25(B5); 26(B8,B9) Pazner, Avi, 3(C1,C2); 16(C2) Pazos, Luis, 43(B4) Pech, Christian, 27(A4,A5) Peker, Unal, 29(A18) Pelletreau, Robert H, 8(A1,D1) Pena, Alfredo, 48(A7); 51/52(A9) Pepple, Ama, 43(A7) Percival, Rob, 13(A20) Peres, Shimon, 1(C3); 2(C1); 4(C2); 6(C2); 9(C1); 12(C2); 14(C3); 15(C5); 17(C1); 18(C1); 21(C3); 30(C1); 34(D2); 37(C2); 42(C2) Perez, Carlos Andres, 10(D2); 16(D6) Perez Jimenez, Marcos, 10(D1,D3) Perle, Richard, 3(D1); 14(D1); 32(A13) Petain, Marshal, 37(C2) Picco, Giandomenico, 42(A1,D1) Pierini, Marc, 2(B10) Pietz, Matthias, 15(A18) Pique, Josep, 15(B3); 25(B5) Pittalis, Constantinos, 9(B8); 11(B7); 29(B2,B3) Plan, Alexis, 28(B1,B2); 36(B8); 50(B1) Pollacco, John, 6(B9) Positano, Michele, 45(B6) Powell, Colin, 2(C1); 3(C2); 4(C1); 5(C2); 6(C1,C2); 7(C1,C2); 8(D1,D2, D3); 9(C1); 10(C1,C3,D3); 11(C1); 14(A2,C1,C2,C3,D1,D3); 15(A1,A2, A4,C1,C2,C3); 16(A1,C1,C3); 19(C1, C2,D5,D6); 20(C2); 21(C1); 22(C1); 23(C1,D1,D5); 24(A1,C1,C2); 27(A1, C1); 29(C1); 32(C1); 34(D4); 36(C1); 38(C1); 40(C1); 43(C2); 44(C1,D5); 48(C1); 49(C1); 50(B4,C1); 51/52(A10,A11,C1,C2) Prakken, Joel, 46(A3) Prendergast, Kieran, 18(C1) Preure, Mourad, 11(A19) Priddle, Robert, 15(A2); 17(A7); 18(A1,A2,D1); 36(A2); 39(A4); 47(A8); 48(D3,D6) Prodi, Romano, 3(B3); 10(B5); 12(A22); 15(B1,D8); 36(D2); 46(D3) Prosor, Ron, 47(C2) Puie, Fernando, 19(A4) Purvanov, Georgi, 36(A13) Putin, Vladimir, 1(A2,A5); 4(A1,A17, A18); 5(A16); 7(A5,C2); 8(A1); 15(A5,D6); 19(D4); 20(A17,A18); 22(A7,A16); 24(A14,A15); 25(A5); 32(A6,D1); 36(A13,D1,D2,D3); 39(A15,C1); 40(A7,A9); 42(A11); 43(A9); 45(C2,D2); 46(B4); 47(A16) Qabazard, Hasan, 27(A12) Qabus bin Sa'id, Sultan, 20(A19); 26(A14) Qadhafi, Mu'ammar al-, 3(A21); 8(D9); 13(C1); 18(A15); 20(D1); 23(C2); 32(A17); 43(A16)

Qadhafi, Muhammad al-, 3(A21) Qadhafi, Sa'di al-, 3(A21) Qadhafi, Saif al-Islam al-, 3(A21) Qadi, 'Umar, 50(B7) Qafari, 'Abd Allah al-, 36(C2) Qalaf, 'Abbas al-, 4(A17); 33(A18) Qamzi, Husain al-, 21(B2,B3,B4); 41(B8) Qasabi, Malik al-, 34(B10) Qasir, Samir, 11(C3) Qazwini, 'Ali, 2(B3) Qilab, Salih al-, 15(C4) Qirqawi, Muhammad 'Abd Allah al-, 15(B7); 45(B4) Qubaisi, Muhammad al-, 9(A21) Qudaibi, Talal al-, 4(B8); 7(B4) Quiro Corradi, Alberto, 10(D3,D4) Qurai', Ahmad, 6(C1); 24(C3) Qurdahi, Jean-Louis, 19(B3); 51/52(B6) Qurshi, Muhammad, 21(B6) Qusaibi, Ghazi al-, 38(A13); 40(B4); 41(A1,A13); 45(B1,B2) Qusaibi, Khalid al-, 4(A5); 8(A9); 26(A7); 28(A3); 32(A3); 41(A13) Quwaiz, Sulaiman al-, 4(B8) Rabie, 'Abd al-Karim, 46(A21) Rabin, Yitzhak, 42(D4,D5) Rafalli, Hugo Hernandez, 17(A7) Raff, Anna, 36(D8) Raffarin, Jean-Pierre, 41(C1) Rafie, Yusif, 33(A17) Rafsanjani, Ali Akbar, 5(A18); 6(C2); 7(A12,C2); 12(B4); 24(D1) Ragab, Maha, 32(B2) Ragab, Muhammad 'Abd al-Fattah, 43(B6) Rahbari, Mohammad, 21(A8) Rahgozar, Ahmad, 3(A16); 13(A15, A16); 39(A6); 42(A14,A15) Raisdana, Fariborz, 2(B7) Rajab, 'Ali, 2(A17); 32(A4); 45(A4) Rajhi, Khalid al-, 3(A10) Rajhi, Sulaiman al-, 26(B10); 34(B7) Rajub, Jibril al-, 1(C3) Ramadan, Taha Yasin, 7(C1); 31(C1) Ramezan-Zadeh, Abdollah, 12(C2) Ramid, Mustafa al-, 49(C3) Ramirez, Rafael, 29(A4,A5); 31(A3); 36(A1); 44(A7); 46(A11); 47(A9); 48(A7); 49(A6); 50(A11) Ramondelli, Nina, 8(B9); 12(B10) Rangel, Jose Vicente, 21(A12); 33(A11) Rashid, 'Abd al-Rahman al-, 20(D1) Rashid, 'Abd al-Sattar al-, 28(A13) Rashid, 'Amir Muhammad, 1(A15); 2(A1); 4(A16); 12(A13,A14); 15(A4); 18(A1); 22(A10); 25(A7,A8); 48(A15); 51/52(A4) Rashid, Latif, 41(A1,A2,A4) Rashid, Muhammad, 20(C2) Rashid, Rashid 'Abd al-'Aziz al-, 4(B8); 7(B4) Rashidi, 'Id al-, 44(B4)

Rasizade, Artur, 17(A19); 47(A17) Rasmussen, Anders, 37(C1) Raudhan, Nasir al-, 43(A9) Rawwas, Najib al-, 1(B1) Raymond, Lee, 4(A5); 6(A22); 7(A10); 8(A9); 9(A22); 11(A6); 24(A12); 25(A13); 26(A7); 28(A3); 29(A1); 38(A1,A13) Razim, Mohammed Alim, 21(A16) Razon, Jacob, 2(A21) Razzuqi, Hisham al-, 16(B5); 30(B10, B11) Reagan, Roland, 8(D7); 34(D1); 49(A13) Rebihi, Ayache, 47(A14) Reeker, Philip, 3(C2); 31(A14); 32(C1); 33(C1); 49(B7) Rezai, Mohsen, 24(B6) Rezaiguia, Ali, 47(A14) Ricardel, Mira, 15(A17) Rice, Condoleezza, 6(C1); 15(C1); 27(B7,C1); 39(C2) Richard, James, 9(A6,A7) Richards, John, 11(B8); 51/52(B7) Richardson, Bill, 18(D1) Ricupero, Rubens, 30(A5) Rifa'i, Ghassan al-, 4(B7,B8); 9(B4); 18(B6); 39(B6); 41(B4); 51/52(B6,B7) Rifa'i, Hashim al-, 4(A17) Rimawi, Marwan, 35(B9) Rivasseau, Francois, 42(C1) Roberts, Nigel, 14(B3); 22(B8) Robertson, Peter, 47(A15) Rodriguez Araque, Ali, 4(A6); 6(A9); 7(A20); 8(A2); 9(A1,A2); 10(A2,A11, D2,D4); 12(A3,A12,D1,D2,D3,D5); 15(A1,A2,A6); 16(A1,A12); 17(A6, A7); 18(A2); 22(A4); 23(A14); 24(A5, A10); 25(A2); 26(A1,A5,D1); 29(A4, A6); 30(A5); 31(A3); 42(A7); 44(A7); 46(A12); 47(A3); 49(A6); 50(A12) Rodriguez, Francisco, 23(A14) Rodriguez Ochoa, Arnoldo, 17(A7) Rodrik, D, 30(D2,D3,D4,D6) Roed-Larsen, Terje, 17(C2); 18(C3,C4) Rolandis, Nicos, 25(A14); 41(A20); 46(A18) Romanowski, Alina, 46(A4) Rongji, Zhu, 35(A14) Ross, Gary, 3(A5) Rothman, Mike, 6(A9); 8(A2); 9(A2); 10(A3); 13(A7); 19(A2); 20(A2); 22(A4); 24(A5); 27(A6); 30(A6,A7); 31(A4); 40(A11); 45(A6) Roumi, 'Abd Allah al-, 19(A17) Rowat, Colin, 23(A1,D1) Royce, Edward, 31(A3) Ruba'i, Ahmad al-, 5(C4); 14(C3); 19(C4); 23(C2) Rubin, Michael, 38(A6) Rumaithi, Murshid al-, 9(A21) Rumhy, Muhammad al-, 9(A21); 10(A2); 11(A12,A13); 15(A13); 18(A14); 23(A17); 28(A11); 30(A16);

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44(A8); 49(A19) Rumsfeld, Donald, 4(C1); 6(C2); 9(C1); 14(D3); 17(C1); 32(C1,C2); 33(C1); 35(C2,C3); 36(C1); 39(A2); 47(C1); 49(A13,C1); 50(C2) Rumyantsev, Alexander, 29(A19) Russell, Bertrand, 39(C2) Ruzuqi, Tariq al-, 15(B7) Sa'adi, Radhwan al-, 2(A17) Saadi, Sabri Zire al-, 40(B1,B2); 46(B5) Saar, Gideon, 17(C2) Sabah, Ahmad al-Fahd al-, 7(A13); 10(A8); 11(A7); 12(A5); 14(A22); 16(A3,A7); 19(A17); 20(A18,A19); 34(A8); 35(A2); 50(C2) Sabah, Jabir al-Ahmad al-, 6(A4); 42(B9) Sabah, Jabir al-Mubarak al-, 14(A22) Sabah, Muhammad al-, 3(A3); 14(A22) Sabah, Muhammad al-Khalid, 14(A22) Sabah, Nasir Sabah al-Ahmad al-, 14(A22); 15(B7) Sabah, Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-, 4(C2); 7(A13); 9(A11); 10(A8); 11(A7); 13(A5,C1); 14(A22); 16(A3, A4,A5); 19(A17) Sabah, Sa'd Abd Allah al-, 6(A4); 14(A22) Sabah, Salim 'Abd al-'Aziz, 42(B9) Sabah, Sa'ud al-Nasir al-, 16(A6) Sabah, Su'ad al-, 40(B9) Sabban, Mohammad S al-, 9(A1,D1); 34(B10) Sabeeh, Adel al-, 3(A2); 5(A9); 6(A1, A2,A4,A5); 7(A1,A13); 9(A1,A11); 10(A8); 11(A7); 13(A5); 16(A3,A4, A5); 19(A17) Sa'd, Muhammad Najib, 11(B8,B9) Sadaqiani, Kambiz, 51/52(A20) Sa'dat, Ahmed, 6(C1) Sadat, Anwar al-, 3(B5,C4); 4(B9); 11(C3) Sadek, 'Ali T, 11(B3); 38(B4) Sa'di, 'Amir al-, 45(C2); 46(D6,D7) Sadik, 'Abd al-Karim, 25(B1) Saduni, Naji, 40(A13) Safari, Mehdi, 24(A15) Safire, William, 3(C1) Sagemo, Geir, 3(A7) Sahaf, Muhammad Sa'id al-, 20(A1) Sahil, Mustapha, 46(A21) Sa'idi, Abderrahman, 13(A16); 48(A11) Sa'idi, Nasir al-, 50(B2) Saif, 'Abd Allah al-, 27(B7); 33(A17); 46(A18) Sakamoto, 46(A10,A11) Salah al-Din, Ghazi, 30(C1) Sala-i-Martin, Xavier, 37(B9) Salamah, Riad, 9(B7); 23(A1,B5); 51/52(B6) Salas, Luis, 13(A15) Salatt, Abdulla H, 7(A20) Saleh, Faysal al-, 3(A10)

Saleh, Habib, 31(C2) Saleh, Ibrahim, 2(A12) Salehiforuz, Assadollah, 18(A13); 22(A15); 51/52(A2) Salem, Husain, 24(A17) Salih, 'Ali 'Abd Allah, 5(B3); 7(A16); 23(C2); 26(B7); 45(B2) Salih, Muhammad Mahdi, 10(A18); 16(A15) Salim, 'Abd al-'Aziz al-, 49(B2) Salim, Ahmad ibn Salih al-, 21(B1,B2); 49(B4) Salman, 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn, 10(D2) Salman, 'Ali, 45(C3) Salman, Ramzi, 24(A1,A11) Salman, Sabah, 38(C3) Samaha, Joseph, 13(C3); 20(C2) Samarrai, Majid al-, 29(C2) Sansonetti, Tom, 29(A20) Santorum, Rick, 17(A16) Sanusi, Joseph, 35(A9) Sarajmir, Said, 6(A7) Sarbib, Jean-Louis, 6(B10,B11); 9(B9); 44(B5) Sargsian, Armen, 20(A13) Sartre, Jean-Paul, 39(C2) Satel, Adel, 43(B4); 46(B7) Satloff, Robert, 3(C1) Sattarifar, Mohammad, 2(B8) Sa'ud, Muhmmad al-Faisal al-, 34(B7, C1) Sa'ud, Turki al-Faisal, 34(C1) Sawiris, Nagib, 10(B3); 24(B1,B2) Sawiris, Nasif, 10(B4) Saxe-Coburg, Simeon, 45(A18) Sayigh, Ahmad, 12(A19) Sayigh, Michel, 8(B2,B3) Sayir, Badr al-, 33(A18) Sayyari, Hamad al-, 1(B7); 3(B8) Sbai, Abderrahmane, 46(A21) Schambel, Christian, 39(B2) Schiller, John, 4(A5) Schmidt, Gunther, 12(A12) Schroeder, Gerhard, 35(C3); 40(C1) Schumer, C, 34(D5) Scrowcroft, Brent, 8(D5); 35(A1,C1, C2) Sdiqui, Mohammad es-, 7(A15) Seidan, Habibollah, 25(A20) Seif, Riad, 31(C2) Seifan, Samir, 2(B9); 12(B9) Seitz, John, 3(A17); 9(A18); 23(A19); 31(A17,A18) Selvi, Muzaffer, 29(A18) Sethna, Zaab, 45(A5) Sevan, Benon V, 2(A2); 7(A1,A14); 9(A4,B7); 22(A1,A10); 23(B6,D1, D3); 32(A5); 39(A8) Sewell, Jennifer, 34(A19) Seymour, Adam, 51/52(A15) Seymour, Ian, 12(A1,A12); 16(A1,D1); 26(A1); 35(A1); 50(A1) Sezer, Ahmet Necdet, 18(A16); 20(C3) Sfligiotti, Giuseppe M, 15(D7,D9) Sha'aban, Salim, 15(A13)

Sha'ban, Majdi, 9(B3); 14(B7) Shabibi, Sinan al-, 4(B2); 35(A1,B1,B2, B3) Shah of Iran, 30(C2); 38(D2); 39(A11) Shaheen, Fayez, 9(A4) Shaibi, 'Abd al-Rahman al-, 39(B3) Shaifan, Sa'ad al-, 33(A17) Shaikh, Sa'id A al-, 11(D1); 34(B1); 46(B1,B2); 51/52(B5) Shaikhly, Salah al-, 41(A1,A2,A4) Sha'ir, Sausan, 5(C3) Shakir, Zeid bin, 9(B4) Shalgam, Muhammad 'Abd al-Rahman, 6(A13); 8(D8); 32(A17); 43(A16) Shalom, Silvan, 26(B9) Shamayilah, Majid, 8(B2); 9(B3,B4); 14(B6,B7); 35(B8,B10) Shamir, Yitzhak, 20(C2) Shamkhani, Ali, 6(C2) Shammary, Katib al-, 34(B7) Shamri, Mufrij al-, 10(A9) Shara', Faruq al-, 21(C1); 27(C1) Sharansky, Nathan, 47(C2) Sha'rawi, Mustafa, 8(A12) Shari, Muhammad al-, 1(A20) Sharif, Nawwaz, 20(D5) Sharifi, Faisal al-, 7(A13) Sharon, Ariel, 1(C1,C3); 2(C1,C2,C4); 3(C1); 4(C1,C2); 6(A1,C1,C2); 8(C1, C2); 10(C1,C3); 11(A1,C1); 12(C1, C2,C3); 13(A1,C1,C2,C3); 14(C1,C2, C3); 15(A4,B2,C1,C2,C3,C5); 16(C1, C3); 17(A1,C1,C3,D1); 18(C1,C2,C4); 19(A1,C1,C3,C4,D5,D6); 20(C1,C2, C3,D3); 21(A20,C1,C3); 22(A12); 23(C1); 24(A1,C1,C2,C3); 25(C1,C2); 26(C2); 30(C1); 32(B8); 37(C1,C2, C3); 39(C1,C2); 41(C2); 42(A1,C1, C2,D1,D4); 44(C1,D7); 45(A1,C2); 46(C1,C2); 47(C2,C5); 48(A1,C1); 49(C2) Sha'th, Nabil, 18(B7) Shaush, Hassuna, 21(C2) Shawkat, 'Abd al-Bari, 22(A10) Shawush, Hassuna, 8(D9) Shayeb, Hamdi al-, 45(A19) Shazli, 'Alai al-, 32(B2) Sheetrit, Meir, 2(C1); 15(C3) Shevardnadze, Eduard, 18(A16) Shihab, 'Abd al-Husain, 4(A17) Shihab el-Din, Adnan, 12(D1,D2); 21(A4); 22(A1,D1); 41(A14); 43(A1, D1) Shihada, Salah, 30(C1) Shiono, 41(A11) Shirabi, Hisham, 33(C2) Shi'rawi, Hilmi, 31(C2) Shiryan, Daud al-, 5(C4); 16(C3) Shiv, Hans Raj, 30(A12) Shiyyab, Khalid, 27(B6) Shkolink, Vladimir, 9(A19); 28(A19); 47(A15); 50(A19) Shoman, 'Abd al-Hamid, 29(B8); 32(A18) Shoman, 'Abd al-Majid, 29(B8);

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32(A18) Shoman, Khalid, 29(B8) Shoval, Zalman, 19(C2) Shtayeh, Muhammad, 8(B7) Shu'aibi, Hamud ibn 'Aqla l-, 7(C4) Shukrallah, Hani, 5(C1,C2) Shuwaib, Sa'd al-, 13(A5) Sick, Gary, 14(A1,D1) Silva Calderon, Alvaro, 10(D4); 15(A6); 16(A12); 17(A6); 18(A2); 24(A1, A10); 26(A3); 29(A4); 32(A6); 33(A6); 36(A2); 45(A1,A3); 47(A3, A8); 49(A6); 51/52(A11) Silva, Ramiro Armando de Oliveira Lopes da, 25(A8) Simitis, Costas, 12(A15); 45(A18) Simmons, Matthew R, 13(A10,A13) Sind, Sind al-, 4(A17) Siniora, Fuad, 6(B4); 13(B9); 48(B3); 50(B2) Sirenko, Sergei, 17(A23) Sitri, Muhammad al-, 46(A18) Smallwood, Anthony, 32(B2) Smith, Robert, 16(A13) Smith, Stuart, 48(A3) Soederhuizen, Arjen, 2(B11) Solana, Javier, 9(C1); 23(C1); 38(B6) Sommaruga, Cornelio, 17(C1) Sonmez, Birsel, 29(A18) Soros, George, 33(A21) Soto, Pedro Luis, 7(A6); 10(D3) Spratt, John, 40(B7) Stauffer, Thomas R, 47(D6) Steensnaes, Einar, 7(A5,A7,A10); 14(A2); 15(A2); 19(A2); 21(A2); 25(A2); 28(A10,A11); 29(A8); 39(A4) Stein, Alan, 23(A20) Stern, Ishayahu, 47(A19) Stern, Nicholas, 18(B3) Stewart, Stern, 19(D3) Stoppard, Michael, 10(A4) Stork, Hoe, 36(D8) Straw, Jack, 6(C3); 7(C2); 11(A17); 38(C1); 41(C2); 51/52(C2) Stuart, Jan, 22(A6) Subroto, Dr, 50(A11) Sufan, Ahmad, 4(A20) Suhaibani, 'Abd al-Rahman al-, 4(A5); 8(A9) Sukkar, Nabil, 2(B9); 12(B9) Sulh, Riad al-, 28(B9) Sullivan, Paul, 40(A1,D1); 49(A1,D1) Sultan, 'Amr, 24(B1); 27(B5) Sultan, Bandar ibn, 48(C1) Sultan, Husain, 4(A11); 24(B5) Sultan, Maqbul bin 'Ali bin, 17(B5) Sultan, Nader, 6(A4); 16(A3,A4); 19(A17); 46(D3) Sultan, 'Uthman, 27(B5) Sultanov, 43(C3) Sumie, 46(A10,A11) Sunai, 'Abd al-Rahman al-, 49(B4) Sundararajan, V, 50(B5) Sun-Dong, Kim, 42(A14)

Suwaidan, Ahmad al-, 34(B10) Suwaidi, Faysal al-, 42(A15) Suwaidi, Sultan Nasir al-, 21(B6) Suwayil, Muhammad al-, 33(A17) Swift, Jonathan, 44(A18) Szabo, Antonio, 10(A1,D1); 15(A5) Ta'amri, Salah, 37(C2) Tachberdi, Tagiyev, 50(A20) Taha, 'Ali Muhammad, 31(C1) Taha, 'Ali Othman, 10(B8); 20(A14); 51/52(B4) Taheri, Amir, 44(C1) Tahir, Muhammad al-, 32(A18) Tahtawi, Rifa'at al-, 28(C2) Takieddine, Randa, 12(A12) Talabani, Jalal, 6(C4); 8(C3); 51/52(A5) Talabani, Nuri, 20(C3) Talal, Hasan bin, 32(C3) Talib, Muhammad, 33(A18) Talib, Sabir, 50(B7) Tallroth, Nils Borje, 47(B3) Tamimi, 'Amir al-, 27(B2); 50(C3) Tanahashi, 46(A10) Tanaka, 41(A11) Tanner, James, 12(A12) Tantawi, Muhammad Said, 4(C3); 50(B7) Taqi, 'Abbas, 10(A9) Tarif, Jalil, 35(B8) Tasmagambetov, Imangaly, 9(A19); 44(A13,A14) Tatchio, Sara, 43(A17) Tawila, Muhammad, 10(A4) Taya', Mu'awiya Ould Sid Ahmad, 23(C2) Taylor, Alam M, 14(A24) Taylor, James, 44(A14) Taylor, John, 34(B7) Taylor, Jonathan, 23(A20) Tellez, Luis, 10(D2) Temar, Abdelhamid, 13(B2); 25(A12) Tenet, George, 3(C2); 9(C1); 10(C1); 12(C1,C2); 14(C1,C2); 15(C2); 16(C2); 18(C2); 19(C3); 21(C1); 22(C1); 23(C1); 47(C4) Terbeche, Mohamed, 25(A12) Thatcher, Margaret, 46(D1) Thompson, Alan, 4(B8); 7(B4) Tiflah, Sa'd al-, 40(C3) Tikriti, 'Abd al-Ilah al-, 2(A16) Tillman, Seth P, 36(D8) Tineh, Rashid, 1(A15) Ting, Paul, 1(A9); 11(A3); 14(A2); 17(A8); 20(A4); 36(A2); 41(A6); 42(A8); 43(A3); 46(A5); 49(A7); 50(A13) Tohamy, Sahar, 11(B2) Tokarev, Nikolay, 39(A13) Tokayev, Kasymzhomart, 9(A19) Tonge, David, 28(A1,A2) Torbey, Joseph, 50(B2) Torkan, Akbar, 17(A12); 27(A20) Torralba, Carlos, 42(A2)

Toumi, Khalida, 25(A12); 37(B9) Towfiqi, Naser, 38(A15) Townshend, Michael, 17(A18,A19) Tropsch, Hans, 2(D1) Truman, Harry, 19(D6) Tsohatzopoulos, Akis, 9(A16) Tueini, Ghassan, 43(C3) Tukhayis, 'Ali al-, 49(B3) Tunisi, Khair al-Din al-, 28(C2) Tuqan, Umayya, 7(B2); 8(B2,B3); 14(B6); 35(B8); 45(B5) Turk, Riad, 31(C2) Turki, 'Abd al-'Aziz al-, 1(A4,A19) Turki, 'Abd al-Muhsin al-, 7(C3) Turki, Ahmad al-, 3(A10) Tuwaijri, 'Abd al-Rahman al-, 23(B3); 33(A17); 34(B10) Tyler, Patrick, 23(D5) 'Ubaid, 'Atif, 3(B5); 6(B11); 31(B1); 40(B6); 43(B6,B7); 51/52(B7) 'Ubaid, Bashar, 35(B8) 'Ukda, Faruq, 51/52(B7) 'Umani, Sulaiman al-, 33(A18) 'Umar, Mahmud 'Abd al-Salim, 43(B8) 'Umar, Muhammad al-, 16(B5) 'Umar, Mulla Muhammad, 6(C3); 44(D4) 'Umari, 'Abd al-'Aziz al-, 34(B7) 'Umran, 'Adnan, 43(A9) 'Unsur, Muhammad al-, 46(A21) 'Uraiqat, Sa'ib, 1(C1); 18(C1); 30(C1); 51/52(C2) 'Utaibi, Dhaifallah al-, 33(A17) 'Utaibi, Hisham al-, 33(A18) Vahidy, Hassaan, 16(A13); 48(A9) Vajpayee, AB, 45(A20) Valencia, MJ, 48(D6) Van de Berg, Ron, 48(A7) Vargas-Campos, Marcelo, 39(A5) Varzi, Mehdi, 3(A7); 12(A12); 13(A10); 17(A1,D1); 22(A3); 33(A9); 51/52(A3) Vasconcelos, Jose Botelho de, 10(A2) Vassileko, Alexander, 50(A10) Vaughan, Andrew, 37(A13) Vedrine, Hubert, 6(C1,C3) Veer, Jeroen van der, 24(A10); 38(A13); 39(B1) Verhofstadt, Guy, 1(A21) Verso, Richard Gott, 10(D1) Vielma, Luis, 48(A2) Villamizar, Antero, 10(D1) Villepin, Dominique de, 26(C3); 37(C1); 38(C2); 43(A16,C2) Vital, Tina, 30(A12) Vithyswaran, Jawanth, 19(D3) Vladov, Mikhail Pavlovich, 20(A13) Volland, Emmanuel, 9(B9); 15(B8); 21(B7); 37(B10); 39(B9) Volmer, Ludger, 6(C3)

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Wagner, Rodney B, 33(A17) Waite, David, 2(B11) Wälde, Thomas W, 25(A1,D1); 44(A4) Walker, David, 5(A19,A20) Walker, Frank, 44(B7) Walther, Arne, 6(A1,D1) Warner, John, 35(C2) Warnika, Kardaya, 35(B7) Warthi, Najib al-Zurwali al-, 46(A21) Washington, George, 44(D6) Wasylkiw, Ihor, 45(A16) Watson, Elina, 15(A18); 29(A21) Watts, Lew, 30(A19) Watts, Phillip, 19(D2); 24(A12); 25(A13); 26(A7); 28(A3); 29(A1); 31(A2) Webb, Susan, 4(A20) Weener, Robert, 51/52(A3) Wehbe, Mikhail, 20(A2) Welch, David, 27(B8) Welch, Donald S, 29(A20) Wells, Peter, 22(A4); 51/52(A3) White, Deborah, 43(A4) White, Linda, 48(A2) Whittle, Chris, 1(A9) Whittock, Andrew, 8(A5) Wiborg, Rolf, 7(A5); 16(A10) Wiegand, Gunnar, 19(C2) Wihbey, Paul Michael, 31(A3) Williams, Simon, 23(B1) Wilpert, Gregory, 16(A1,D4); 21(A12) Wilson, Rodney, 6(B3); 8(A19); 35(A18,A19) Winterton, Tom, 7(A19) Witschonke, Ross, 33(A21) Wolahan, Jerry, 39(B2) Wolf, John, 13(C2,C3) Wolfensohn, James, 21(B3) Wolfowitz, Paul D, 2(A4,C2); 3(D1); 14(D1); 29(A1,C1); 49(A1,A7,A13, C1); 50(A10) Woo, Fook Cheong, 3(A7)

Wood, Robin, 12(A14) Woodcraft, Clare, 6(B1); 12(B1) Woodward, David, 1(A16); 11(A17); 23(A21); 34(A15); 37(A11); 51/52(A18) Woolsey, James, 3(D1); 34(B7) Wu, Kang, 4(A10); 31(A12) Wyden, Ron, 48(A11) Wyman, Ron, 30(C2) Yaalon, Moshe, 27(C2) Yafi'i, Sa'd, 41(A14); 47(B6) Yahya, 'Abd al-Razzak al-, 29(C1) Yahya, Khalid al-, 42(B8) Yakis, Yasar, 49(A13,C1) Yamani, Ahmad Zaki, 5(A1,D1); 38(D2); 45(A4) Yamani, Hashim al-, 2(B1); 3(A11); 4(A5); 8(A9); 26(A7); 28(A3); 32(A3); 41(A13) Yamauchi, 41(A11) Yamina, Hamdi, 41(A13) Yanaga, 41(A11) Yasin, Ahmad, 30(C1) Yassin, Mark, 43(B3) Yazghi, Muhammad al-, 46(A21) Yergin, Dan, 46(D2) Yoo, Ho-ki, 30(A9) Yousef, Yousef Omair bin, 8(A21) Youssoufi, Abderrahmane, 7(A15); 40(C3) Yusgiantoro, Purnomo, 38(A5) Yusuf, 'Ala'a al-, 15(B9); 16(B8); 29(B9); 37(B10); 46(B9) Yusuf, Salih, 15(B7) Yusufov, Igor, 5(A10); 7(A5); 8(A1, A2); 10(A2); 12(A13); 18(A2); 32(A6); 40(A7,A8) Zahra, Joseph, 6(B9) Zaid, 'Abd Allah al-, 37(B5)

Za'im, 'Isam al-, 39(B6,B7) Zainal, 'Abd Allah, 34(B10) Zainal, Muhammad, 9(A21) Zaki, 'Abbas, 37(C2) Zamami, Badr al-, 10(A9) Zamil, 'Abd al-'Aziz al-, 11(A6); 32(A14) Zamil, 'Abd al-Rahman al-, 3(A10); 7(B6); 44(A4); 49(B4) Zanganeh, Bijan Namdar, 1(A1,A14); 3(A16); 4(A6,A14,A20); 5(A10); 6(A1,A6,A15); 9(A16,A17); 10(A17, B7); 12(A16); 15(A12,A18); 16(A16, A17); 17(A12,A13); 18(A14); 20(A9); 27(A20,A21); 28(B2); 34(A8); 36(A7, A8); 37(A10); 38(A5,A18); 39(A5, A6); 41(A17,A19); 42(A2,A14,A15); 43(A10,A13); 45(A14); 46(A14,A18); 48(D2); 49(A18); 51/52(A1,A2) Zanki, Faruq al-, 4(A17) Zannuni, Zuhair, 8(B2); 9(B3); 14(B7) Zanoyan, Vahan, 19(A3,A4); 41(A1, D1) Zawir, Badr al-, 33(A18) Zaydan, Farid, 3(A1,A10); 14(A11) Zeevi, Aharon, 37(C2) Zeevi, Rehavam, 1(C1) Zerhouni, Nouredine, 25(A12) Zeroual, Liamine, 22(C1) Ziada, Abdelhak, 33(A19) Zibin, Saddam, 38(A7) Zimi', 'Ali al-, 15(B7) Zinni, Anthony, 1(C1,C3); 2(C1); 10(C1); 11(C1,C2); 12(C1); 13(C1); 14(C1); 15(C2); 35(C1,C2); 42(A5); 44(A1,D1,D5,D6,D7,D8) Zleitini, 'Abd al-Hafiz, 7(A1,A2); 12(A22); 43(A7) Zoellick, Robert, 25(B5); 43(A9) Zolghadr, Mohammad Baghr, 7(A12) Zu'bi, 'Abd al-Wahab al-, 32(A18)