Abu Dhabi’s ADNOC seals $5.8bn refining and trading deal with ENI, OMV

The “one of a kind” deal expands ADNOC’s access to European markets

Russia holds off Saudi to remain top crude oil supplier to China in 2018

Russia’s lead over Saudi in supplying China almost doubled to 295,000 bpd in 2018 from 150,000 bpd a year earlier

Saudi Aramco eyes multi-billion-dollar US gas acquisitions – CEO

Aramco already owns Motiva, the biggest U.S. oil refinery

Saudi plans oil refinery, petrochemicals plant in South Africa

The kingdom already supplies 40 per cent of the crude oil consumed in South Africa

Saudi sees domestic energy use falling due to hike in gas, power prices

The kingdom is also investing heavily in its renewable energy sector

Abu Dhabi’s Masdar to buy wind farm stakes from John Laing Group

Masdar said it was buying stakes in the Rocksprings wind farm in Texas and the Sterling wind farm in New Mexico

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Abu Dhabi’s investment into renewable energy reaches $2.2bn

Among the emirate’s big investments are the Dhs2.2bn Shams 1 project, and Dhs3.2bn Noor Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi’s Taqa says investments in 2018 reached $30bn

The company said it had coped with declining oil prices by reducing expenditures in 2018 by $750m

ACWA plans to make solar panels as part of SoftBank and Saudi fund’s $200bn project

Last year SoftBank announced plans to create the world’s biggest solar power project in Saudi Arabia

Saudi to produce 60 GW of renewable energy by 2030, says official

The kingdom hopes to generate 40 GW from solar energy, and 20 GW from wind and other sources

UAE’s ADNOC awards Eni-led consortium offshore exploration blocks

ADNOC plans to boost its oil production capacity to 5 million barrels per day by 2030

OPEC is not the enemy of the US, UAE energy minister says

Leading oil producers agreed in December to cut their combined oil output, despite US President Donald Trump’s call for them not to

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