Saudi Aramco’s oil reserves confirmed by external audit ahead of IPO

Based on a figure of 265 billion barrels, Aramco’s fields contain about 15 per cent of the world’s proven reserves

Qatar investment in Russia to boost OPEC, non-OPEC ties

Qatar Investment Authority and Glencore have bought a 19.5 per cent stake in Russia’s Rosneft

UAE’s Abraaj to acquire stake in Pakistan wind power firm

JPL owns a 50MW wind power project at Sindh in the Jhimpir wind corridor

UAE, India sign major energy deal

The UAE is India’s fifth biggest oil supplier

Saudi Aramco scraps $20.1bn project with Petronas – report

Aramco pulled out after conducting a feasibility study, according to the Wall Street Journal

Russia beats Saudi as China’s top crude oil supplier in 2016

Russian shipments surged nearly a quarter over 2015 to about 1.05 million barrels per day

Kuwait Oil Company announces state of emergency after oil leak

The company said it had not detected any leaks of harmful gas

Saudi Aramco operating 220 rigs, says energy minister

The kingdom is maintaining production capacity at 12.5 million barrels per day

Saudi, Russian ministers satisfied with compliance on oil output cuts

Producers will lower output by nearly 1.8 million barrels per day under the deal

Despite diversification efforts, oil revenues vital for Saudi’s growth

The increase in oil prices is expected to help the country narrow its budget deficit this year

Saudi’s PetroRabigh to restart petchem complex after brief shutdown

The whole complex at Rabigh was closed as a precautionary measure after a technical failure

Dubai’s ENOC appoints new board for its subsidiary, Dragon Oil

Dubai’s deputy ruler Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum has been appointed chairman

Kuwait Oil Company union protests over privatisation plans

Essam Al-Marzouq told Sky News Arabia on Sunday the country would privatise areas related to oil services

Masdar, Bee’ah to build massive waste-to-energy plant in Sharjah

The plant will incinerate up to 37.5 tonnes of solid waste per hour to create 30MW of energy

Japan extends UAE crude storage deal through 2019

Tokyo has given UAE free crude storage since 2009

Saudi Aramco CEO sees balance returning to oil market in H1

Amin H. Nasser also warned that $25 trillion of investment was needed to meet demand over the next 25 years

Abu Dhabi’s Masdar acquires 25% stake in Scottish offshore wind farm

The 30MW Highwind Scotland project is located 15 miles off Scotland’s North East coast

Abu Dhabi’s ADNOC seeks $1bn in energy efficiency savings

Under the plans the company aims to reduce its gas consumption by 156 million cubic feet per day

Work on phase 3 of Dubai’s mega solar park to begin this month

Construction of the 16 sqkm 800MW project will occur in three stages

Saudi to soon launch $30-50bn renewable energy programme

Riyadh will start the first round of bidding for projects in the next few weeks

Saudi pledges adherence to oil cut

Producers will reassess the situation and extend the agreement if necessary

Kuwait says oil cuts could exceed OPEC commitment

The Gulf state could reduce between 146,000 and 148,000 barrels per day

Abdul Latif Jameel Energy forms new water projects unit

Almar Water Solutions will construct and operate water desalination and purification treatment plants

OPEC chief confident about commitment for output cut deal

Under the deal, producers will curtail oil output by nearly 1.8 million bpd, initially for six months

Saudi energy minister still expects Aramco IPO in 2018

Saudi plans to sell up to 5 per cent of the company in what could be the world’s largest IPO

Oman says December oil output slightly lower

More than 90 per cent of Oman’s oil exports went to China

UAE’s ADNOC says fire at Ruwais oil refinery contained

No casualties were reported as a result of the fire

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Saudi Arabia officially names new OPEC governor

Adeeb al-Aama replaces Mohammed al-Madi

UAE to invest Dhs600bn by 2050 in clean energy strategy

The UAE aims to increase the contribution of clean energy in the total energy mix to 50 per cent by 2050

Construction of UAE nuclear power plant units 75% complete

The Barakah Nuclear Energy plant is scheduled for completion in 2020