Saudi Arabia, South Korea Sign MoU On Nuclear Power

The MoU calls for South Korean firms to help build at least two small-to-medium sized nuclear reactors in Saudi.

UAE’s ADNOC Raises February Crude Prices

ADNOC said on Wednesday it raised benchmark Murban crude prices to $56.55 per barrel, up $10.15 from the previous month.

Saudi Aramco Senior VP Buainain Steps Down-Sources

Khalid al-Buainain took early retirement for personal reasons and his departure will take effect on Sunday.

Rowan Says Expects Saudi Aramco To Keep Employing Its Rigs

Rowan said it was in talks with Saudi Aramco to extend contracts for four of its drillships and was looking to win contracts for three jack-up rigs.

Shell’s Qatari GTL Plant Starts Two Month Partial Maintenance

Pearl GTL can produce 140,000 barrels per day of gas-to-liquids products and 120,000 barrels per day of natural gas liquids and ethane.

Saudi To Hike April Crude OSPs For Asia, Arab Light

Higher OSPs would come as a vote of confidence by the OPEC kingpin in oil demand recovery.

Saudi Aramco Sees Jizan Refinery’s First Units Starting Up In 2017

The 400,000 barrels per day refinery is part of a $20 billion plan to develop an industrial city in Jizan.

Oil Rises To $59 As Saudis Say Demand Growing

Oil fell on Tuesday after a bigger-than-anticipated rise in U.S. crude oil stocks.

Saudi’s Naimi Says Oil Demand Is Growing As Prices Stabilise

The price of crude rebounded from a near six-year low to around $60 per barrel this month.

Oil Prices Dip As Worries Over US Oversupply Drag

Brent futures dropped below $60 a barrel and U.S. contracts hovered around $50.30.

Dubai Refiner ENOC Hires M&A Team, Close To $1.5 bn Loan -Sources

The state-owned company might use some of the proceeds from a $1.5 billion long-term loan for its expansion plans.

With Solar Costs Falling, GCC Govts Should Speed Up Projects – Expert

Regional governments should ditch existing, outdated roadmaps for installing solar, says expert.

Saudi Aramco Extends Bidding For Unconventional Gas Work -Sources

The project will involve building processing facilities, wellheads and pipelines for gas in Turaif.

Oil Falls Sharply After US Crude Inventories Rise

Brent crude oil prices slipped below $59 a barrel on Thursday.

Saudi Arabia’s Oil Output Rising, At About 10m

The estimate suggested the country is hewing tightly to the strategy of protecting market share rather than cutting production to try to inflate prices.

Saudi Crude Oil Exports Drop To 6.934m bpd In December

Exports fell by 362,000 barrels per day from 7.296 million bpd in November 2014.

Qatargas, Pakistan Close To 15-Year LNG Supply Deal – Sources

The first shipment is expected to be received by March, according to sources.

Oil Prices Dip After Strong Rally Earlier This Week

Analysts said that the drop was a reaction to soaring prices of the past two weeks, which many say was overblown.

Libyan Oil Exports All But Shut Off As Violence Spreads

Not a single crude oil tanker has departed Libya in the past week, industry sources say.

Oil Rises To $62, Close To 2015 High

Brent has jumped by almost 40 per cent in the last four weeks, supported by a sharp fall in U.S. oil drilling.

Dubai’s DEWA Posts 2014 Profit Rise, To Repay $1bn Bond In April

Dubai’s only utility also said it would distribute a cash dividend for the year of Dhs500 million to the government.

IEA’s Birol Says Middle East Militancy Poses “Major Challenge” For Oil

Security challenges created by groups such as ISIL are impacting oil investments, which will affect future production, an expert said.

Oil Prices Rise Further But Analysts Expect Downward Correction

Analysts said that downward pressure may come from the refined products market in the next quarter.

Kuwait To Boost Drilling Rigs, Crude Capacity Despite Low Oil Price

The Gulf state plans to deploy 120 oil and gas rigs by the start of next year, up from 80 rigs now.

Oil Steadies Around $61, Kuwait Sees Prices Supported

The price of Brent crude has increased by more than 30 per cent in the last four weeks.

Kuwait Oil Minister Says He Expects Price Rally To Continue

Omair said the current market surplus was less than 1.8 million barrels per day.

Oman Antimony Project Secures $40m Loan

Antimony trioxide is mostly used as a flame retardant and a catalyst in the production of plastics.

Egypt Lines Up $6.8bn Of Kuwaiti Investment For Energy Projects

Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab signed MoUs with Kuwaiti companies involving projects due to start in three to five years.

Saudi’s SABIC Says Appoints Yousef Al-Benyan As Acting CEO

Benyan replaces Mohammed Al Mady, who was appointed as the president of the country’s military industries corporation.

OPEC+meeting

Higher Oil Forecasts Suggest OPEC Tactics Are Paying Off

OPEC officials have expressed cautious optimism about the price recovery and noted signs of higher demand.