Saudi Arabia to set up $10bn oil refinery in Pakistan

Last year, Saudi offered Pakistan a $6bn package that included help to finance crude imports

Power letters 2019: Paddy Padmanathan, CEO and president of ACWA Power International

The swing to renewable energy will be faster than any one expects and what can be reasonably forecasted

Saudi awards its first wind power project under renewables strategy

A consortium led by France’s EDF Energies Nouvelles and Abu Dhabi’s Masdar won the bid

Saudi Aramco to issue bonds in Q2 2019, list in 2021 – energy minister

The oil giant previously considered issuing bonds to help it buy a controlling stake in chemicals firm SABIC

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Saudi announces rise in oil reserves after external audit ahead of Aramco IPO

The kingdom’s reserves of easily recoverable oil have long been the world’s largest but few details were public

UAE energy minister says nuclear power project slightly delayed

The UAE’s nuclear project was initially set to open in 2017

Abu Dhabi starts operations at world’s largest solar plant

The Dhs3.2bn project is expected to generate 1,177 MW of energy

Consortium led by Saudi’s ACWA Power to raise over $2bn for Dubai solar project

The loan will fund the $4.3bn Noor Energy 1 project, expected to become the world’s largest single-site concentrated solar power plant

Abu Dhabi’s Masdar launches region’s first all-electric bus

The bus can seat 30 passengers with a range of 150 kilometres per battery charge

Abu Dhabi’s Masdar to double renewables capacity in five years – CEO

The company has so far invested $8.5bn to build capacity of 4GW in renewables projects

ADNOC named world’s 6th most influential energy company

The company was the third highest place oil company behind Exxon Mobil and China’s CNPC

Saudi Arabia may cut Feb heavy crude prices to Asia

Weaker fuel oil margins and an expected drop in Asia’s crude demand could lead to the fall in prices

Iran denies oil discount rumours

Crude oil prices seen averaging below $70 in 2019 – poll

Oil prices have fallen more than 40 per cent from multi-year highs reached in early October

Dubai crude average price in Dec drops to lowest since Oct 2017

Dubai crude averaged $57.318 a barrel for December

Dubai solar park moves into the fourth phase of construction

The capacity of the fourth phase is projected to be 950MW with investments reaching Dhs16bn

Saudi Aramco creates fuel retail subsidiary

Saudi Aramco Retail Co will create a network of filling stations within Saudi Arabia to sell automotive fuel

Masdar instals first turbine at Oman’s Dhofar Wind Farm

The 13-turbine project is set to be the Gulf region’s first large-scale commercial wind farm

Kuwait light crude output expected to rise to 250,000 bpd in 3 years

Light crude output is currently 180,000 bpd

Saudi overtakes Russia as China’s largest crude oil supplier in Nov

Saudi, the world’s biggest oil exporter, is trying to expand its market share in China this year

UAE: Oil producers to have extra meeting if output cuts “not enough”

Oil prices fell on Friday to their lowest since the third quarter of 2017

UAE’s ADNOC awards 5% Ghasha concession stake to Austria’s OMV

The company joins Italy’s Eni and Germany’s Wintershall as a partner on the concession

Oman signs exploration agreements with Occidental Petroleum

The agreement covers the rights to explore for oil and natural gas in concessions 51 and 65

UAE’s ADNOC Distribution opens first Dubai fuel station

The company also opened its first locations in Saudi Arabia earlier this month

Kuwait’s National Petroleum studies new oil refinery

The new refinery is planned in the south of the country

UAE nuclear power plant over 90% complete

Crucial testing now complete at Unit 3 of the power plant

US oil services firm NESR plans facility in Saudi’s King Salman Energy Park

Spark is hoped to build on the kingdom’s role as an energy hub

IEA sees global oil supply tightening more quickly in 2019

Uncertainty over the global economy stemming from US-China trade tensions could undermine oil consumption next year

Kuwait, Saudi said to be close to restarting oil production in Neutral Zone

Production has been halted in the zone for years due to political differences and environmental concerns

OPEC offsets Iran oil loss, sees lower 2019 demand

OPEC and its allies including Russia last week agreed to return to oil supply cuts next year

Kuwait-backed Vietnamese refinery begins commercial operations

The Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical Complex has the capacity to process 200,000 barrels of oil a day