Kuwait To Boost Drilling Rigs, Crude Capacity Despite Low Oil Price

The Gulf state plans to deploy 120 oil and gas rigs by the start of next year, up from 80 rigs now.

Oil Steadies Around $61, Kuwait Sees Prices Supported

The price of Brent crude has increased by more than 30 per cent in the last four weeks.

Kuwait Oil Minister Says He Expects Price Rally To Continue

Omair said the current market surplus was less than 1.8 million barrels per day.

Oman Antimony Project Secures $40m Loan

Antimony trioxide is mostly used as a flame retardant and a catalyst in the production of plastics.

Egypt Lines Up $6.8bn Of Kuwaiti Investment For Energy Projects

Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab signed MoUs with Kuwaiti companies involving projects due to start in three to five years.

Saudi’s SABIC Says Appoints Yousef Al-Benyan As Acting CEO

Benyan replaces Mohammed Al Mady, who was appointed as the president of the country’s military industries corporation.

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Higher Oil Forecasts Suggest OPEC Tactics Are Paying Off

OPEC officials have expressed cautious optimism about the price recovery and noted signs of higher demand.

Kuwait Resumes Oil Exports After Weather Improves

Kuwait briefly halted all its oil exports on Thursday due to a dust storm and bad weather.

Total CEO Hails Abu Dhabi Concession As “Blockbuster”

Four oil majors — ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell , Total and BP — had each held 9.5 per cent equity stakes in the ADCO concession since the 1970s.

Saudi’s Advanced Petrochemical To Shut Production For Maintenance

The plant in Jubail will go offline on March 1, the company said in a bourse statement,

Kuwait Halts All Oil Exports Due To Bad Weather – KNPC

The suspension will remain until further notice when the weather conditions improve, a spokesman said.

Kuwait Signs April 2015 To March 2016 Naphtha Deal At $8/T Premium

That marks the lowest term price for Kuwait Petroleum Corp since its December 2008 to November 2009 contract.

Saudi Oil Minister Discusses OPEC With Russian, Algerian Officials

Under Saudi guidance, OPEC decided last November not to cut output, allowing oil prices to plunge.

Oil Drops Sharply As IEA Expects Inventories To Rise

Oil stockpiles in member countries of the OECD may approach a record 2.83 billion barrels by mid-2015, said the IEA.

Rosneft’s Sechin Slams OPEC, Warns On Possible Oil Shortage

OPEC ministers and delegates have blamed non-OPEC producers such as Russia, Mexico and Kazakhstan, as well as U.S. shale oil production, for the oversupply in the market.

More Oil Price Pressure May Be Ahead – IEA

The IEA said that supplies remained abundant and that it would take time for investment cuts to make more than a relatively small dent on production, keeping prices low.

UAE’s ADNOC Inks $500m Technical Agreement With Oxy

ADNOC holds a 70 per cent share in the fields development venture, while Occidental holds 30 per cent, a statement said.

Abu Dhabi Gas Firms Award $1.6bn Expansion Contracts

The contracts were awarded to a consortium involving Italy’s Maire Tecnimont and Greece’s Archirodon, Spain’s Tecnicas Reunidas, and the UAE’ National Petroleum Construction Co.

Oil To Account For Only 5% Of UAE’s GDP By 2021- Deputy PM

Oil revenues currently contribute 30 per cent to the UAE’s overall GDP.

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OPEC Says Oil Price Drop Hits Other Producers Much Quicker Than Thought

In a monthly report, OPEC forecast demand for the group’s oil will average 29.21 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2015, up 430,000 bpd from its previous figure.

UAE Diversified, Can Handle Low Oil Prices – Abu Dhabi Crown Prince

The country has diversified into sectors such as clean energy and industry, said Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed.

ADNOC Set To Decide On Revised Concession Bids From BP, Shell -Sources

BP and Shell were asked to raise their signing bonus, a source told Reuters, in line with France’s Total, which has already renewed its concession.

2-S-Oil Sells $1bn Diesel, Naphtha To Saudi Aramco’s Trading Arm

S-Oil said will supply up to 14 million barrels of diesel, including ultra-low-sulphur diesel and low-sulphur diesel, and up to 14 million barrels of light naphtha to Saudi Aramco.

Saudi Central Bank Chief Calls For Energy Subsidy Reform

Fahad al-Mubarak gave no indication that the government actually planned concrete action.

Saudi Kayan Gets More Gas For Making Ethylene

The Saudi oil ministry has allocated an extra 10 million cubic feed a day (scfd) of ethane from July 1, Kayan said.

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OPEC Delegates See Scant Hope Of Rapid Oil Price Recovery

Brent crude prices reached a near six-year low of around $45 in January.

Revealed: Top 10 Countries With The Cheapest Petrol Rates

The average price of petrol around the world ranged around $1.04 per liter, according to GlobalPetrolPrices.com

ADNOC Starts Production At New Ruwais Refinery

The refinery has started production at the crude unit and a hydrotreater and is currently producing gasoil, jet fuel and naphtha.

Qatar’s Tasweeq Offers Rare Straight-Run Fuel Oil Cargo

The company is offering two 40,000-tonne cargoes for loading in March from Mesaieed.

Bahrain Petroleum Inks Rare Term Deal For Low Sulphur Diesel

Bapco signed a January to December 2015 term contract with Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC), traders said.