Italian energy company Saipem may be interested in working in the Iranian energy market despite U.S. sanctions concerns, Iran’s energy ministry reported. Iranian petrochemicals executives meet on the sidelines of Continue Reading
Saad Sherida al-Kaabi (R), president & CEO of Qatar Petroleum, signs an agreement with Andrew Swiger, the principal financial officer of Exxon Mobil, for a stake in shale gas in Continue Reading
Saudi Aramco is restructuring its non-oil businesses into subsidiaries and possible spin-offs as it aims to streamline operations and achieve a higher valuation for its profitable core oil business ahead Continue Reading
Saudi Arabia has plunged its immediate region into major strategic uncertainty. What can only be described as a serious outbreak of shooting in the Royal Palace in Riyadh on April Continue Reading
Iran’s crude oil and condensate exports hit 2.7 million bpd in May, higher than its average volumes over the past year, while the U.S. withdrew last month from the Iran Continue Reading
A crude oil swap deal between Iran and Iraq, which was supposed to begin in mid-April, has started, Iran’s Shana agency reported yesterday, as quoted by Reuters. Under the deal, Continue Reading
Dozens of high-profile Saudis are locked up in jail, many of them denounced as traitors. Hundreds, possibly more, are barred from leaving the kingdom. And others have quietly left their Continue Reading
Iraq’s Federal Supreme Court has given the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) until June 27 to formally provide answers to court queries, including arguments to support its claims that its autonomous Continue Reading
Nowhere has Russia’s resurgent power been more on display than in the Middle East , where Moscow has undeniably matched, and some would say, outstripped Washington in areas concerning diplomacy, Continue Reading
The Trump administration is weighing an appeal from the United Arab Emirates for direct U.S. support to seize Yemen’s main port for humanitarian aid from Iranian-backed Houthi fighters, according to Continue Reading
