Oil output freeze expectations rise

A previous attempt to freeze output at January levels to support prices collapsed in April

$54m transformer installed at Dubai’s Hassyan coal plant

Dubai plans to generate 7% of its energy from clean goal by 2030

Russia energy minister says oil talks with Saudi developing

Alexander Novak said the door is still open for further consultations on a production freeze

Dubai government to buy new electric and hybrid cars

Up to 10 per cent of new vehicles will be electric and hybrid cars

IEA forecasts lower oil demand in 2017

Agency says dimmer “macroeconomic outlook” will impact demand

Oman’s National Gas Company terminates CEO

Oman to change Iran gas pipeline route to avoid UAE

The pipeline would be financed on a 50-50 basis by Oman and Iran

Abu Dhabi’s TAQA reports Q2 net loss of $160m

Revenues from oil and gas fell by 34.6 per cent to Dhs1.04bn

Oil leak at Kuwait’s al-Ahmadi field, no fire

Officials said specialised teams were dealing with the spill

Abu Dhabi’s GASCO receives LNG storage vessel

The floating import vessel follows delays to plans for an onshore facility in Fujairah, according to reports

Saudi’s petrochem firms beat profit forecasts, but will soon face slump

Combined net profits of Saudi’s 14 listed petrochemical firms fell by a fifth from a year earlier

Fire breaks out at petrochemical complex in southern Iran

The fire has not disrupted operations at the plant, said officials

Oil price rebound may lift bourses in Gulf

Brent oil futures have risen 0.6 per cent on Thursday morning to $43.34 per barrel

Iranian oil minister: Crude market ‘oversupplied’

Supply from OPEC rose to 33.41 million barrels per day in July

UAE fuel prices to decline in August

Prices increased the previous four months

Saudi Aramco’s clean fuels project receives foreign bids

The $2bn-plus scheme will remove sulphur from refined oil products

Saudi Aramco appoints new CEO for trading arm

Ibrahim al-Buainain replaces Yasser Mufti, who was named executive director of new business development in June

Solar Impulse 2 completes historic round-the-world trip

The zero-fuel plane landed in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday morning, more than a year after setting off from the UAE capital

Saudi’s SABIC mulling JV with Exxon Mobil affiliate

The project will be on the United States’ Gulf Coast, possibly in Texas or Louisiana

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

Korea Hydro & Nuclear staff to operate Abu Dhabi’s Barakah plant

New agreement will see KHNP staff stationed at Barakah until 2030

Solar Impulse 2 begins final leg of round-the-world trip

The solar-powered plane will return to its starting point, Abu Dhabi, later this week

Saudi Arabia regains spot as top crude supplier to China

China imported 4.569 million tonnes of crude from the kingdom in June

Saudi Aramco signs contracts to build $13.3bn Fadhili gas project

The plan for Fadhili includes a 1,500-megawatt power plant

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OPEC delegates say Saudi comments show higher oil price desire

Khalid al-Falih told German newspaper Handelsblatt that an oil price higher than $50 is needed to achieve balance

IEA says oil glut remains a major dampener on prices

Oil prices slumped to their lowest in over a decade at $27 a barrel earlier this year

Saudi Aramco IPO to depend on oil, stock market conditions

Saudi Arabia is expected to list 5 per cent of the state-owned oil giant by the end of 2018

Work begins on world’s largest industrial gas facility in Saudi

The $2.1bn complex will serve Saudi Aramco’s Jazan refinery and terminal

Kuwait studies privatisation of oil services to boost revenues

Any privatisation plans in Kuwait will not include its oil production facilities

Kuwait to privatise parts of its oil sector – report

The plan will enable Gulf and foreign investors to bid for part of the offered shares

Iran expects fire-hit petchem plant back online within weeks

The fire broke out at the complex in the city of Bandar Mahshahr on Wednesday but caused no fatalities