Abu Dhabi’s TAQA Q1 Profit Falls 6.6% On Low Oil Prices

Total revenues tumbled 29 per cent to Dhs5.13 billion because of the plunge of oil prices since last June.

Japan’s Cosmo Oil, Spanish Firm Cepsa In Talks For New Abu Dhabi Oilfield Stake

Abu Dhabi’s International Petroleum Investment (IPIC) owns all of Cepsa and is the biggest shareholder in Cosmo.

Saudi Aramco Reiterates It Will Spend To Retain Leading Oil Position

The oil giant has completed a massive investment programme which took its output capacity up to 12 million bpd.

Saudi Arabia’s April Crude Output Hits Record High

The Kingdom pumped 10.308 million barrels of oil per day in April, compared to 10.29 million bpd in March.

Saudi Aramco Discovered Eight New Oil And Gas Fields In 2014

The company did not give figures on estimated reserves or production rates for the new fields.

OPEC Expects Oil Prices To Be About $76 A Barrel In 2025

Oil slipped towards $65 a barrel on Monday as signs that U.S. shale oil production was recovering.

Saudi, Kuwait To Shut Joint Oilfield For Two Weeks

Total production from the Wafra onshore oilfield is around 190,000 barrels per day.

China Overtakes US To Become World’s Top Crude Oil Buyer

China’s crude oil imports hit a record of almost 7.4 million barrels a day last month.

Owner Of Oman’s Largest Power Plant Begins $146m Flotation

Subscription for the initial public offering, which is open to both local and international investors, will run until June 8.

Oman Oil Co To Restructure, Privatise Some Units

With the new structure, the company said it will be focusing more on Duqm and managing its international assets.

Gulf Countries Scramble To Generate More Power As Consumption Surges

The new oil paradigm and what it means for GCC’s power generation sector.

Qatar Invites Oil Firms To Bid For Al-Shaheen Oilfield From Mid-2017

Qatar’s existing 25-year exploration and production-sharing agreement with Maersk Oil of Denmark expires in 2017.

Saudi Electricity Says Looking For Investments To Diversify

Last month, the state-owned firm said that its net loss for the first quarter of the year more than doubled, to 1.94 billion riyals ($517 million).

Iran May Join TANAP Gas Pipeline Project

The Trans Anatolian Pipeline (TANAP) will carry carrying 16 billion cubic metres (bcm) of gas a year from Azerbaijan’s Shah Deniz II field in the Caspian Sea to European markets.

UAE’s ADNOC Adds Upper Zakum Crude Delivery Point As Output Grows

The OPEC producer began storing the medium-sour crude onboard Aframax tanker Abu Dhabi III in mid-April, the sources said.

Oil Hits Fresh 2015 High On Weaker Dollar, Libya Supply Woes

Brent crude jumped 76 cents to $68.28 a barrel by 0603 GMT, after earlier hitting a 2015 peak of $68.53.

Saudi Oil Minister Naimi Optimistic About Kingdom’s Oil Future

The minister said that he saw a bright future for education, training, development and manufacturing in the Kingdom.

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OPEC Policy Rollover Likely In June As Oil Rebounds -Delegates

While the June meeting in Vienna is likely to hear demands from some members for a reduction in the amount of oil pumped, a curb is largely unlikely.

India To Sign Port Deal With Iran, Ignoring US Warnings

India and Iran agreed in 2003 to develop a port at Chabahar on the Gulf of Oman, but the venture has made little progress because of Western sanctions on Iran.

Saudi Aramco In Negotiation To Buy 1.7 Million Barrells Gasoil For May

The spot requirement comes even after the country added 800,000 barrels per day (bpd) of capacity in two new refineries over the last two years.

UAE’s Dana Gas Q1 Profit Tumbles 73% On Lower Oil Prices

The firm made a net profit of $12 million in the three months to March 31, down from $45 million in the prior-year period.

Brent Crude Slips Towards $66 On Saudi Plan To Halt Yemen Bombing

A stronger US dollar also weighed on the dollar-denominated commodity.

Saudi Aramco To Cut Jet Fuel Prices Domestically-SPA

Jet fuel prices will be cut by 15 halalas per litre at Riyadh and Jeddah airports and by 20 halalas per litre at other airports.

Saudi’s SAFCO Says New Urea Plant Delayed Further To June-End

The company said the delay would not increase the cost of the plant.

Abu Dhabi’s Dolphin Energy Seeks Adviser For $1bn Loan -Sources

The firm is looking for what bankers termed “incremental finance”, sources said.

Saudi Sahara Petrochemicals Affiliate Restarting Plant

Al Waha Petrochemical had closed its propylene and polypropylene plant in Jubail for 30 days from April 1.

Saudi Restructures Oil Giant Aramco; Senior VP Named Acting CEO

On Wednesday, Saudi King Salman appointed Saudi Aramco’s CEO as chairman of the state oil firm and health minister.

UAE’s Topaz Says Secures $550m Loan To Refinance Debt, Expand

The loan consisted of three portions lasting between five and seven years.

Abu Dhabi’s TAQA Says Appoints Acting CFO

Grant Gillon has been appointed the acting chief financial officer of TAQA.

Kuwait Seeking Around $10bn Loan For Clean Fuels Project

The project will upgrade and expand two of the Gulf Arab state’s largest existing refineries.