Kuwaitis to receive free fuel to compensate for price increase

The decision was reached after MPs protested that Kuwaitis should be compensated for the price rise

Dubai says work begins on region’s largest solar rooftop project

The project is being implemented by DP World with phase one slated for completion in 2017

UAE’s Dolphin to supply Qatari gas to Sharjah and RAK

Additional gas will be provided to authorities in both emirates

Saudi Electricity awards France’s Engie $1.2bn power station contract

The plant will be operational by December 2019

UAE’s ADNOC to consolidate offshore oil firms

The consolidation process is expected to be concluded by early 2018

Kuwait government appeals fuel price hike verdict

The increase, which is as high as 80 per cent for some fuel types, was deemed illegal by a court last week

Iran oil exports hit pre-sanctions high on run-up in condensate shipments

Iran, along with Libya and Nigeria, is allowed to produce “at maximum levels that make sense” as part of any output limits

Why regional business leaders should not dream of a higher oil price

The region has already changed forever regardless of whether the oil price recovers, says Nicolai Tillisch, author of Effective Business in the Gulf

Saudi ‘keen’ for oil market stability – cabinet

Saudi is “ready to participate in any collective action” to achieve this goal, the cabinet said

Saudi Electric to seek private investment for 5,400MW of projects

The projects may be executed in phases

Relief arrives for US shale firms as OPEC oil folds

One US shale oil industry veteran likened the results of the prolonged price war to a bruising 12-round boxing match

UAE fuel prices to rise in October

Motorists can expect price rises of roughly 2 to 3.5 per cent

Kuwaiti court says petrol price hike illegal following backlash

Price rise made on September 1 was fiercely challenged by Kuwait’s MPs and the public

OPEC agrees to modest oil output curbs

The move would effectively re-establish OPEC production ceilings abandoned a year ago

$100m petroleum storage terminal opens in Sharjah

The new facility has the capacity to store 80,000 cubic metres of oil

Saudis, Iran dashes hopes for OPEC oil deal in Algeria

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries will hold informal talks on Wednesday

UAE says backs output freeze to support oil markets

Some ministers and officials have expressed hope that a deal would emerge this week

Saudi offers oil cut if Iran freezes output

The offer, which has yet to be accepted or rejected by Tehran, was made this month

India wants to add UAE, Saudi oil for strategic reserve

India is exploring two to three other models for sourcing oil

UAE says Algiers oil talks aimed at consultation, not decision-making

Members of OPEC will meet on the sidelines of the International Energy Forum next week

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Oil jumps after surprise drop in US crude inventories

An oil services workers strike in Norway threatened to cut North Sea output

Fire at Saudi Aramco’s Ras Tanura terminal injures eight

The company said the fire had not affected operations

Oil up on Saudi, Russia meeting

Saudi crude exports rise to 7.622m bpd in July

The kingdom produced a record high 10.673 million bpd in July

Aramco awards major gas pipeline work to Saudi KAD

The contract was worth in the region of SAR5bn, according to sources

Abu Dhabi considers extending Sweihan solar project after record low bid

Bidding for the Sweihan solar project is said to have beaten a record set in Chile last month

ENOC announces $1bn expansion of Jebel Ali refinery

The expansion will increase the capacity of the refinery by 50 per cent

Saudi Aramco to shut two refineries for maintenance later this year

Each shutdown could add four million to eight million barrels of crude into global markets

OPEC, non-OPEC oil stabilising deal close – Venezuela President

OPEC members are set to hold a meeting with non-OPEC oil producing nations in Algeria this month

Iran supports any move to stabilise oil market – President Rouhani

Falling oil prices are “harmful to all countries, especially oil producers,” he said

Why volatility persists in the oil market

Efforts to tame the boom-bust cycle through the control of prices and production have repeatedly broken down, writes Reuters columnist John Kemp