Kuwait Says OPEC Unlikely To Cut Output To Support Prices

Kuwait’s oil minister Ali al-Omair said that cutting output would not necessarily prop up prices.

Oman Plans $125m Wind Farm Project

The wind farm at Harweel will have a capacity of 50 megawatts, and is expected to begin operating early in 2017.

Saudi Arabia Tells OPEC It Raised Output In Sept Despite Oil Drop

The lack of a Saudi cut could add to perceptions of traders and analysts that the Kingdom is looking to defend market share, not prices.

ENOC Signs Dhs50m Contract With Emirates Transport Company

Emirates Transport has been meeting the staff transportation needs of ENOC’s group of companies for the last seven years.

Dubai Crude Trade Hits Record Volume On Chinaoil Buys

The purchases strengthened the Dubai cash price, flipping it into a small premium against its swap for the first time in two months.

Abu Dhabi’s ADWEA And GDF Suez Close $1.5bn Mirfa IWPP Financing

The Mirfa IWPP was financed through a mix of bank debt and equity from the shareholders, a statement from ADWEA said.

Chevron Sells Stake In Canadian Shale Field To Kuwait

The deal with Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Co helps Chevron reduce production risk and gives it more capital to increase drilling in Alberta’s Duvernay shale formation.

UAE’s RAK Petroleum Plans To list In Oslo

The firm aims to raise $25 million in an initial public share offering (IPO).

Kuwait’s KPI Cancels Refinery Investment, Considers Sale

The refinery could be converted into a storage terminal or might be shut down permanently following the cancellation of the investment, an official said.

BP Awards $730m Drilling Contracts For Oman’s Tight Gas Project

The Khazzan project aims to extract around one billion cubic feet (bcf) per day of gas.

Kuwait In Talks With Major Oil Companies To Develop Fields

Kuwait has invited BP, Total, Royal Dutch Shell, ExxonMobil and Chevron, to bid for an agreement for the northern Ratqa heavy oilfield.

Saudi Cuts Official Crude Oil Prices In Battle For Market Share

The move comes amid calls from some within the OPEC for action to shore up prices, as international benchmark Brent crude oil has slumped to a two-year low.

Oil Rises From More Than Two-Year Low

Concern over rising OPEC oil supply, weak European and Chinese growth and a stronger dollar pushed Brent to its lowest since June 2012 on Sept 30.

UAE Firm Signs Deal To Build Egypt’s First Coal-Fired Power Plant

Al Nowais Investments, an Abu Dhabi-based private firm is leading a consortium to build Egypt’s first coal-fired power plant in the Suez area.

Dana Gas Signs Deal To Recover $280m Owed By Egypt

The company has had problems recovering payments in Egypt because of political turmoil and said in August that it was working with the Egyptian government to agree a new deal.

UAE’s Dana Gas Says Wins Gas Concessions In Egypt

The company will operate the North El Salhiya onshore area on a 100 per cent basis, and will partner with British major BP to explore El Matariya on a 50:50 ownership basis.

Abu Dhabi Grants Licenses For Solar Power Generation

Abu Dhabi Judiciary and Al Ain Zoo are among the institutions granted licenses to generate electricity through solar power.

Gulf Electricity-Sharing Grid Looks At Growing Larger

The grid has been working since 2009 with trading touching the equivalent of 800,000 mega watts (MW) hour of energy annually.

Saudi Oil Output Seen Steady On Expected Rise In Demand

Oil prices have slid on ample supplies and concern about weakening demand on slowing economic growth in Europe and China.

Iran Urges OPEC To Stop Oil Slide, Gulf Members Relaxed

Oil has fallen from $115 in June, pressured by concern about slowing global demand and higher supplies, raising concern among some oil exporters of lower revenues.

Saudi Arabia Sent $3bn Worth Of Fuel To Egypt Since April

The total value of oil aid to Egypt from Saudi Arabia since July 2013 through September of this year amounted to $5 billion.

Kuwait To Ship First Crude To Egypt In October Under Long Term Deal

The deal for two million barrels a month of Kuwaiti crude was signed with the Arab Petroleum Pipeline Co.

Dubai’s Gulf Extrusions To Double Output

The firm, part of the Al Ghurair Group and one of the largest aluminium product makers in the Gulf, will lift annual output to 100,000 tonnes in the next three to four years.

Masdar Buys 35% Stake In British Offshore Wind Farm Project

Masdar bought the stake in a $2.5 billion 402 MW offshore wind project from Norway’s Statoil.

Dubai Aluminium Plans $600m Smelter Upgrade

The Dubai entity currently produces 1.1 million tonnes of aluminium per year, with the planned upgrade set to enhance output by 100,000 tonnes when completed.

UAE Oil Minister Says Premature To Decide On OPEC Output Target

Brent crude prices have fallen below OPEC’s preferred level of $100 a barrel.

Saudi Oil Minister Plays Down Concerns About Falling Crude Prices

Oil prices in Europe have declined since June as geopolitical concerns wane and key producers pump large amounts into the market.

Oman’s Sohar Aluminium To Boost Production Capacity

Sohar Aluminium plans to spend $35 million over the next five years.

Industries Qatar Shelves Multi Billion Dollar Petrochemicals Project

The Al Sejeel petrochemical project, one of the world’s largest mixed-feed steam crackers, was scheduled for completion in 2018.

Saudi Utility To Spend $80bn By 2025 To Raise Water Production

SWCC, also Saudi Arabia’s second largest power producer, now produces 3.6 million cubic meters per day of desalinated water.