Saudi to raise fuel prices before November

Car and jet fuel prices would undergo an immediate one-time increase under the plan

Dubai awards $3.9bn contract for world’s largest concentrated solar power project

The project will feature a 260-metre tower receiving focused sunlight – the world’s tallest such tower

Saudi plans to launch nuclear power tender next month

Saudi wants to start construction next year on two plants with a total capacity of up to 2.8GW

Saudi Aramco to complete first unit in Jizan refinery by end 2017

The refinery on the Red Sea is part of a plan to revive the region

Oil prices rise as Iran backs output cap; UAE expects positive impact

Kuwait says OPEC could meet in March on extending oil cut pact

The joint OPEC, non-OPEC ministerial committee will meet on September 22 in Vienna

Oil up on Saudi, Russia meeting

Saudi to supply full crude allocations to most Asian refiners

The October allocations are in contrast to the steep cuts in the September allotments

Abu Dhabi’s ADNOC could list stake in fuel retail business next year

ADNOC said in July it planned to float stakes in some of its services businesses

Kuwait’s oil minister says OPEC will decide on cut extension in Nov

“OPEC’s strategy is moving forward on the right track,” Marzouq was quoted as saying

Dubai’s ENOC launches new green fuel

The product will mainly be used by companies in the commercial and industrial segment

Abu Dhabi-listed Dana Gas soars after Kurdistan deal

Iraqi Kurdistan agreed to immediately pay Dana’s gas production consortium $1bn to settle a London court case last week

Sharjah authority installs 100 solar lighting poles in Khor Fakkan

The installed poles feature photovoltaic cells that are charged by the sun during the day

Saudi Aramco uses seismic technology to re-explore vast Empty Quarter

The new seismic technology may improve the chances of successful exploration

Kurdistan pays $1bn to Dana Gas, partners to settle London case

Dana Gas, its parent Crescent Petroleum and its partners filed a case against the KRG in October 2013

Saudi’s Yasref refinery contains fire, operations unaffected

The fire, which occurred at the weekend, was minor

Fuel prices again hiked for September in the UAE

Petrol prices have been hiked by around 6.6 per cent on average

Kuwait state-refiner KNPC to spend KD3.5bn over five years

The plan involves completing projects and starting new ones

Saudi signs cooperation deals with China on nuclear energy

Riyadh is in the early stages of feasibility and design studies for its first two commercial nuclear reactors

Dubai’s DEWA urges customers to install solar panels at home

Solar panels have been installed on 435 buildings so far under Shams Dubai

Saudi Aramco receives bids for contracts in gas expansion drive

The contracts are part of a $4bn scheme to increase gas production in the country

Saudi issues rules for small-scale solar energy generation

The rules will come into force next July 1

Kuwait signs $2.9bn deal for LNG facility

Kuwait selects consortium for solid waste project

The plant will burn waste to generate energy

Abu Dhabi’s Masdar to build GCC’s first large-scale wind farm in Oman

The 50MW wind farm is expected to supply electricity to an estimated 16,000 homes when complete

Iran meeting to decide fate of oil deal

Saudi crude oil exports fall slightly in June

Exports in June were 35,000 barrels per day (bpd) lower than the May level

Saudi’s SABIC acquires Shell’s stake in its Saudi plant

The acquisition will be carried out before the end of the year

Saudi Aramco gets bids to expand Hawiyah gas plant

Hawiyah is part of Ghawar, the world’s largest onshore oilfield

Oman tests fuel subsidy cards for low earners

The cards would allow low earners to purchase discounted fuel

Kuwait to issue tender for $1.2bn solar project in 2018

Companies have been given a September deadline to express interest

Kuwait contains oil spill, investigating incident

The clean-up of the shores affected by the spill will take one week

Major components installed at last unit of UAE’s nuclear power plant

Construction of the four units is now more than 82 per cent complete

IEA says strong oil demand growth helping market rebalance

The agency raised its 2017 demand growth forecast to 1.5 million barrels per day