Saudi Aramco says its facilities are ‘safe’ after reports of missile attack

Yemen’s Houthi movement claimed that it had launched a missile on an Aramco facility in Asir

Dubai’s DEWA commissions 15 substations at a cost of Dhs1.73bn

DEWA is expanding infrastructure to meet increasing demand for energy in Dubai

ACWA Power consortium preferred bidder for UAE desalination plant

The authority intends to tender three other desalination projects by year-end

Saudi Crown Prince leaves for Russia to attend World Cup opening

Prince Mohammed and Vladimir Putin will also meet to discuss the oil deal

Saudi Aramco eyes partnerships as it expands refining, petrochems

The state oil giant is moving ahead with multi-billion-dollar projects in China, India and Malaysia

OPEC will squeeze oil buffer to historic lows with an output hike

Some analysts say spare capacity could even fall below 2 per cent

Saudi Aramco names new head of finance after govt reshuffle

Aramco’s IPO, set to be the world’s biggest, is expected to take place in 2019

Saudi Aramco restructures non-oil assets ahead of IPO

Saudi Arabia has often tasked Aramco with carrying out government projects such as building industrial cities, stadiums and cultural centres

Saudi crown prince, UK PM note importance of oil market stability

The two, who met in London earlier this year, also discussed the Iran nuclear deal

UAE’s first nuclear reactor start-up delayed

It is expected to start operations between the end of 2019 and early 2020

UAE’s Mubadala to take stake in subsidiary of Russia’s Gazprom

The Russian oil subsidiary’s combined production stood at 1.64 million tonnes in 2017

Oil rises on supply concerns as OPEC considers raising output

OPEC may decide to raise oil output as soon as June due to worries over Iranian and Venezuelan supply

IEA warns global oil demand may suffer as crude nears $80

Oil has risen 51 per cent in the last year

UAE’s ADNOC plans fertiliser venture with Morocco’s OCP

The two firms previously announced a long-term sulphur off-take deal in December

Saudi’s PIF, SoftBank in early funding talks for $200bn solar project

The initial phase of the project will cost $5bn

OPEC says oil glut almost gone, makes supply pledge amid Iran worries

OPEC signalled it was ready to step in should “geopolitical developments” impact supply

UAE’s ADNOC signs deal with Spain’s Cepsa for new facility

The plans to invest $45bn over the next five years to expand its refining and petrochemicals operations

UAE’s Dana Gas Q1 net profit rises 27%

Dana has in recent years been struggling to recover hundreds of millions of dollars in overdue payments

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UAE says next OPEC meeting to focus on inventory not sanctions

OPEC is set to meet in June to set oil policy together with non-OPEC producers participating in the supply cut deal

UAE’s ADNOC plans $44.9bn downstream investment

ADNOC wants to expand its downstream portfolio particularly in Asian markets where demand for oil is still growing

Oil prices surge as Iran sanctions loom

Brent crude could return to $100 a barrel next year, or even sooner, Bank of America said

Abu Dhabi’s TAQA reports 43% profit rise

The company is studying growth opportunities in the power and water sector, according to its chairman

Saudi may raise oil output after US quits Iran nuclear deal

Trump said on Tuesday that the United States was reimposing the “highest level of economic sanctions” on Iran

Dubai ruler opens 200MW expansion to solar park

The wider development is set to generate 5,000MW of solar power by 2030

Kuwait Petroleum eyes stake in India’s Bina refinery

Global oil producers are vying to gain entry into India’s expanding refining sector

Abu Dhabi appoints Japan’s Inpex to manage offshore concession

Inpex’s secured a 10 per cent interest in the Lower Zakum field in February for $600m

Audit finds Saudi Aramco has larger oil reserves than expected

Saudi Arabia’s reserves of easily recoverable oil have long been the world’s largest

Abu Dhabi finalises $1.5bn offshore sale with Austria’s OMV

Abu Dhabi state fund Mubadala owns around 25 per cent of OMV

Saudi Aramco appoints new board members including a woman

Lynn Laverty Elsenhans the former chairwoman, president and CEO of Sunoco Inc.

Kuwait Energy starts producing gas in southern Iraq

Siba began producing gas at an initial rate of 25 million cubic feet a day