Saudi Arabia’s TAQA Sets Up Firm With Norway’s Archer

The new firm will provide wireline and mechanical intervention services for oil and gas wells.

UAE’s TAQA Slashes Capex Plans, Dividend, After Big Q4 Loss

The company lost Dhs3.63 billion in the fourth quarter of 2014.

Saudi Butanol Co Says Plant To Start Trial Operations In Q3 2015

Testing of the plant’s performance will take between three and six months, the company said.

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OPEC Oil Output Hits Highest Since October On Iraq, Saudi

OPEC supply has risen in March to 30.63 million barrels per day (bpd) from a revised 30.07 million bpd in February, according to the survey.

Saudi’s Sipchem Says Initial Operations Begin At Plastics Plant

The plant, located in Jubail Industrial City, will manufacture up to 63,000 tonnes per year of polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) resin.

Qatari Investors To Pay $5bn For 49% Shandong Dongming Petchem Stake

The cash will be used to finance a number of projects that Shandong is currently working on.

Saudi Aramco Says Signs $10bn Dual-Currency Loan

The loan will replace an existing $4 billion facility due to mature later this year.

Dubai’s ENOC Appoints New CEO

Saif Humaid Al Falasi will replace Saeed Al Khoory, who has served as ENOC’s CEO since 2007.

Kuwait Oil Tanker Shipments Unaffected By Yemen Operations

An official said that tankers were operating in a safe and usual manner through the Bab el-Mandeb strait.

Saudi Kayan Olefins Plant Resumes Production

Saudi Kayan had said earlier that it would shut several units at its petrochemicals complex in Jubail for about five weeks.

Investors Hope RWE’s Gulf Dream Offers Cash Or New Markets

The utility last week disclosed it was in talks with an unnamed Gulf investor, raising hopes that it could receive fresh funds and emerge from a crisis.

Yemen War Clouds Raise Dangers For Top Oil Shipping Route

The conflict could potentially damage Bab el-Mandeb passage through which nearly 4 million barrels of oil are shipped daily to Europe, the United States and Asia.

Kuwait Raises Security At Oil Facilities Due To Yemen Strikes – KUNA

These measures include “securing all industrial safety and security requirements and raising the level of security measures of oil installations.

Saudi Sahara, Ma’aden Petchem Plant Shut For Maintenance In April

The plant, in Jubail, is operated by Sahara & Ma’aden Petrochemicals Co (SAMAPCO) and will be offline for 25 days from April 1.

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Global Demand To Help Oil Prices Despite U.S. Glut- Senior Gulf OPEC Delegate

The comments appear to counter some market forecasts that the U.S. oil glut may push prices to as low as $20-$30.

Oil To Reach $100 A Barrel By End Of 2016 -Pickens

Pickens revised his previous forecast which said oil prices would reach the $100 level as early as this year.

UAE’s Shah Gas Project Seen Achieving Full Capacity In Q2

Al Hosn Gas is the Shah gas development joint venture by the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) and U.S.-based Occidental Petroleum.

Saudi Ma’aden Shuts Down Ammonia Plant After Cooling Facility Fault

The company said that the shutdown at the facility in Ras Al Khair would last for around 10 days.

Saudi’s Advanced Petrochemical Resumes Production After Maintenance

Full operational capacity at the two plants would be achieved in 8-10 days.

Saudi’s ACWA, Mitsui Win $630m Oman Power Plant Deal

The contract was won along with Dhofar International Development and Investment Holding Co.

Oil Prices Drop After Saudi Arabia Says It Will Not Cut Output Alone

Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi asserted on Sunday that the Kingdom will not curb output to prop up prices.

Saudi Oil Minister Denies “Conspiracy Theory” Behind OPEC Decision

Ali al-Naimi also said that OPEC will not take sole responsibility for propping up the oil price.

Saudi Arabia’s OPEC Governor: Hard To Reach $100-120 Oil Again

Mohammed al-Madi said that the current price drop was because of fundamental supply and demand factors, not any non-economic policies.

Bahrain-Based Terra Sola To Build $3.5bn Solar Plant In Egypt

The project is expected to provide 2,000 megawatts of solar energy to Egypt.

Saudi Looking Beyond Oil Price Slump As Rig Count Spikes

The Kingdom has been ramping up the number of machines drilling for oil and gas.

OPEC’s Gulf Core Steels For Longer Wait, Lower Prices In Shale Struggle

Actual oil output from the United States could prove harder to beat back, sources say.

Oil Falls To $55 As Kuwait Comments Refocus On Oversupply

Kuwait’s oil minister said on Thursday that OPEC had no choice but to keep output steady.

OPEC Has No Choice But To Keep Output Unchanged- Kuwait Minister

Ali al-Omair said the OPEC has to keep output unchanged to sustain marketshare.

Saudi Crude Exports Up In January To 7.47m Bpd

Production was steady in January at 9.680 million bpd from 9.630 million bpd in December.

Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Petroleum To Explore Big Morocco Offshore Area

The company has an exclusive licence to carry out a geological survey of the Mediterranee Ouestarea, which comprises 3,433 sqkm.