Gulf Arabs Free Fuel For Egypt Reaches $6bn In Value

The aid helps reduce the heavy costs of government fuel subsidies and the drain on foreign exchange reserves.

Al Hassan Engineering Wins $5.2m Al Ghurair Deal

The Omani contractor will construct phase two of the Al Ghurair plant expansion in Abu Dhabi’s ICAD – I Mussafah.

Oman’s Sohar Oil Refinery Shut For Cooling Pipe Repair -Operator

The refinery has capacity to process around 116,000 barrels per day of Omani crude.

Qatar Lifts Retail Diesel Prices By 50%

The move apparently aims to curb smuggling of fuel in the Gulf country, a local newspaper reported.

Abu Dhabi Fund IPIC Posts 23.4% Profit Hike For 2013

Its total assets grew to Dhs251.2 billion at the end of 2013, up from Dhs239.3 billion on December 31, 2012.

UAE Grants China Right To Develop Abu Dhabi Oil Fields

The UAE concession system allows oil producers to acquire equity in hydrocarbon resources from the country, with ADNOC usually holding a 60 per cent stake in each joint venture.

Kuwait Signs LNG Import Deal With Qatargas

Rising air conditioning demand during summer and a lack of domestic supply means Kuwait needs to import more gas each year to run its power plants.

Industries Qatar Q1 Net Profit Falls 38%

Revenue for the quarter was 1.32 billion riyals against 1.67 billion riyals in the prior-year period, it said in a statement.

Saudi PetroRabigh Says Oil Unit Back After Maintenance

Work on the unit, which lasted a month from March 27, was originally due to finish on April 19 but was extended by a week.

Oman Expects 5% Growth In 2014 -Central Bank

Head of Oman’s Central Bank says infrastructure projects are generating economic activity.

Consortium Agrees $500mn National Petroleum Services Buy

No information was given as to the stake size being acquired, but some current shareholders will remain as minority shareholders, Fajr Capital said.

Qatar Electricity And Water Q1 Net Profit Rises 49%

State-run utility’s net profit rises by nearly half in the three months to March 31.

Saudi Electricity Q1 Net Loss Widens 39% On Higher Costs

The company lost 913 million riyals during the three months to March 31, compared to 657 million riyals during the same period of the previous year.

Saudi’s SABIC Says Natural Gas Shortage Limiting Domestic Growth

SABIC chief said that increased competition among sectors and a shortage of gas have made internal expansion hard.

Saudi SABIC Profit Slips In Q1, CEO Says Must Expand Abroad

SABIC made a net profit of 6.44 billion riyals ($1.72 billion) between January and March compared to 6.56 billion riyals a year earlier.

Nuclear Power: Boon Or Bane For The GCC?

As the UAE and Saudi race to build nuclear reactors to meet mounting energy needs, the inevitable question arises – is nuclear a viable option?

Saudi PetroRabigh Says Unit Shutdown Extended To April 25

The firm estimated financial loss due to the outage to amount to around SAR214 million.

Abu Dhabi’s TAQA Begins Storing Gas At New Bergermeer Facility

TAQA has invested in Bergermeer storage facility alongside Dutch energy company EBN.

Saudi Arabia’s Sahara Q1 Net Profit Drops 20.3% On Lower Sales

Sahara blamed the decline on lower sales, citing a planned shutdown of Al Waha plant as well as lower income from associates.

Kuwait To Award $4.3bn Contract This Year For Heavy Oil Project

The deadline for bids for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract is May 11, a senior executive said.

Kuwait To Open Main Tenders For New Zour Refinery In May

The refinery, which will become the biggest in the Middle East, will begin operations by late 2018 or early 2019.

Shell, BP Sign 5-6 Year LNG Supply Deals With Kuwait

The total volume of super-cooled gas to be delivered between the two companies would be around 2.5 million tonnes a year, a senior official said.

UAE Energy Minister Hopes Western Partners Keep Oilfields Role

ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell, Total and BP have each held 9.5 per cent equity stakes in the ADCO concession since the 1970s.

Dealing With The Shale Gas Equation

Is the rise of shale gas and oil a threat or an opportunity for GCC nations?

Saudi’s Sipchem Q1 Net Profit Rises 6.5%

Sipchem made a profit of 68.7 million Saudi riyals ($18.3 million) in the three months to March 31.

Saudis Keeps May Crude Supply Steady To 2 Asia Buyers -Sources

Saudi Arabia has supplied full contractual volumes to most Asian buyers since late 2009.

Saudi Arabia’s Crude Oil Output Drops To 9.566m bpd In March

The world’s largest oil exporter and OPEC heavyweight supplied 9.899 million bpd in February.

Kuwait Boosts Oil And Diesel Supplies To Egypt

Kuwait Petroleum Corporation will provide Egypt with 85,000 barrels of crude oil per day.

Kuwait In Talks To Renew Contracts On Supplying Oil To Egypt

In July 2013 Kuwait pledged $4 billion to Egypt, including $1 billion in oil products.

Kuwait’s Oil Output Capacity Rises To 3.3m Bpd – KPC

Kuwait’s oil production is expected to reach 3.5 million barrels per day by 2015, a senior official said.