UAE’s Ras Al Khaimah launches petroleum licensing round

The licensing round offers seven areas

Saudi Aramco finalises refinery deal with Malaysia’s Petronas

The oil giant agreed to buy a $7b stake in Petronas’s RAPID project in February last year

OPEC seeks “very long-term” cooperation with other oil exporters

The comments come after news that Saudi Arabia and Russia were working on a long-term pact that could extend controls over world crude supplies by major exporters

SoftBank Vision Fund, Saudi Arabia to create world’s biggest solar power firm

The $200bn project is expected to have capacity to produce up to 200 GW by 2030

South Korea aims for 2018 start-up of UAE nuclear reactor

The first of four reactors being built by Korea Electric Power Corporation is part of the $24.4bn Barakah power plant project

UAE and South Korea mark completion of nuclear reactor

The UAE will be the first new country to acquire nuclear power in more than two decades

UAE’s Dana Gas plans cash dividend despite $700m sukuk dispute

The dividend would total about $95m, equivalent to 5 per cent of capital

Abu Dhabi’s utility folded into new energy department, says spokesman

The new Energy Department will be responsible for strategic plans for the entire energy sector in Abu Dhabi

Dubai saves 323MW in electricity consumption during Earth Hour

This year’s saving represents a 32 per cent increase compared to 2017

Saudi expects oil producers to extend output curbs into 2019

The cuts, agreed in January last year, have helped lift oil prices to current levels of around $65 per barrel

UAE’s ENEC confirms unit one of nuclear plant over 84% complete

UAE’s first nuclear reactor delayed until 2019

The $24.4bn Barakah power plant is the world’s largest nuclear project under construction

Abu Dhabi awards PetroChina stakes in two offshore concessions for $1.2bn

PetroChina joins investors including France’s Total and Italy’s Eni

Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala finalises investment in Malaysia gas field

Mubadala and its partner have agreed to invest in excess of $1bn in the block

Malaysia concludes talks with Saudi Aramco over $7bn investment

Aramco’s investment will come in by the end of the month, a government official said

Dubai’s ruler breaks ground on world’s biggest concentrated solar power project

The 700MW project forms the fourth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park

Abu Dhabi awards offshore oil concessions to France’s total for $1.45bn

Italy’s Eni was also awarded stakes in the two concessions last week

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OPEC sees oil supply surge from US countering its cuts

OPEC now projects the expansion in supply outside the group will exceed gains in demand

Is OPEC moving the goalposts for the oil market?

Saudi energy minister Khalid al Falih says OPEC and its partners should look at metrics such as non-OECD inventories

UAE’s Tabreed acquires 50% stake in Abu Dhabi cooling firm

The deal will make Tabreed the 100 per cent owner of the Reem Island-based S&T

Dana Gas says UAE court orders it to proceed with $700m sukuk case

The decision appeared to set up a conflict between courts in the UAE and Britain

Saudi utility invites bids for Jubail water, power project

WEC is offering to purchase the plant’s output under a 25-year concession agreement

Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala acquires 10% stake in Egypt gas concession from Italy’s Eni

The Zohr field has a potential 30 trillion cubic feet of gas in place

Abu Dhabi awards offshore concessions to Italy’s Eni for $875m

ADNOC said it was the first time an Italian energy company had been given concession rights in Abu Dhabi’s oil and gas sector

UK officials told that Saudi Aramco IPO unlikely until 2019

The Saudi government had targeted a market listing by the second half of 2018

$465m gas power plant begins operations in Oman

The greenfield Salalah 2 Independent Power Plant has an aggregate capacity of 445MW

UAE solar start-up Pawame raises $2m

The company will use the funds to expand its footprint in Kenya

Dubai’s ENOC awards jet fuel pipeline contract for link to Al Maktoum airport

The construction of the pipeline is expected to be completed in 24 months

US to overtake Russia as world’s biggest oil producer by 2019 – IEA

Oil output from the US is expected to exceed 11 million bpd by late 2018

Japan’s Inpex awarded Abu Dhabi offshore oil stake for $600m

Inpex’s stakes in the Satah and Umm Al Dalkh concessions have also been extended for 25 years

Saudi oil minister hopes OPEC, allies can ease output curbs in 2019

OPEC is reducing output by about 1.2 million bpd as part of a deal with Russia and other non-OPEC producers