French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday the president of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan (MbZ), had told him two top OPEC oil producers, Saudi Arabia Continue Reading
India is providing safety certification for dozens of ships managed by a Dubai subsidiary of top Russian shipping group Sovcomflot, official data showed, enabling oil exports to India and elsewhere Continue Reading
France is in talks with the United Arab Emirates to replace Russian oil purchases, which will stop after the imposition of a European Union ban on Russian crude, Finance Minister Continue Reading
The UAE is looking to expand its production capacity from 4 million bpd today to 5 million bpd ahead before 2030. The investments in production expansion are also aimed at Continue Reading
UAE, Saudi have spare oil capacity that is now in demand U.S. waited till crisis before seeking help, says source Longtime U.S. allies have been building Russia ties Yemen war, Continue Reading
Crude prices tanked yesterday after the UAE Ambassador to Washington said that the UAE favors further production increases. Today, the Emirati energy minister, Suhail al Mazrouei has reaffirmed that the Continue Reading
Stretching into the Persian Gulf from the beaches and skyscrapers of Dubai is a man-made archipelago in the shape of a vast palm tree, its branchlike rows of islands lined Continue Reading
The Hassyan power station near Dubai. Dubai plans to convert the Hassyan power station, the Arab Gulf’s first and only coal-fired power plant, to use natural gas. The move will Continue Reading
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin responds to questions during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on “Ending the U.S. Military Mission in Afghanistan” in the Rayburn House Office Building Continue Reading
Yemen’s Houthis threaten more attacks on UAE Israeli president presses on with visit to Expo Dubai UAE prides itself as safe business haven Attacks mark escalation in Yemen conflict UAE, Continue Reading
The United Arab Emirates intercepted and destroyed two Houthi ballistic missiles targeting the Gulf country on Monday with no casualties, its defence ministry said, following a deadly attack a week Continue Reading
Abu Dhabi, federal capital of the United Arab Emirates, was this week hit by a drone attack claimed by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. The assault risks ending the first Continue Reading
Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen used advanced missiles and drones to target the United Arab Emirates on Monday, according to people briefed on the investigation—a deadly demonstration of the expanding threat to Continue Reading
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement said on Monday it had carried out an attack on the United Arab Emirates after authorities in the Gulf state reported two fires in the capital Continue Reading
A significant oil find in UAE’s offshore advances the country’ plans to reach a production of 5 million bpd by 2030 The discovery is likely to have recoverable reserves of Continue Reading
Highlights Dubai Airports revises up its forecast for 2021 to 28.9 mil passengers Dubai International handled 25.9 mil passengers in 2020, down 70% on 2019 Middle East jet fuel demand Continue Reading
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) will invest as much as $127 billion in its upstream, downstream, and low-carbon fuel businesses between 2022 and 2026, the state oil firm Continue Reading
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) is set to imminently award engineering and construction contracts for a major offshore natural gas field to increase gas production and exports, sources Continue Reading
In line with the UAE’s role as a principal member of the U.S.’s new Middle East strategy to counter China’s increasing influence in the region, Brooge Petroleum and Gas Investment Continue Reading
The United Arab Emirates energy minister said on Tuesday low gas prices were not sustainable and a recent hike reflected market fundamentals and a lack of investment in the sector. Continue Reading
The Fujairah Oil Terminal (FOT) is upgrading its infrastructure to link the storage site with a key crude pipeline and the terminal for supertankers at the Port of Fujairah, in Continue Reading
The resurgence of COVID in China could not have happened at a worse time for Middle Eastern producers. Saudi Arabia brought back all its 1 mbpd voluntary production cut and Continue Reading
A UAE oil transport deal is now on hold due to environmental concerns from Israel’s environmental protection ministry following pressure from activists. The agreement between the UAE and Israel expects Continue Reading
The United Arab Emirates on Wednesday become the first Gulf state to open an embassy in Israel, as its envoy hailed the trade and investment opportunities that closer ties would Continue Reading
Initial output will be 40,000 mt/year, to reach 200,000 mt/yr in 2026 Owners of projects talk to potential investors to hold stakes Project to be located in Khalifa Industrial Zone Continue Reading
The pandemic stalled factories and shut down businesses around the world, causing a historic drop in oil demand just as production was reaching new highs. (Originally published April 16, 2020) Continue Reading
A few years ago, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia went as far as secretly drawing a plan for a political union.While a confederation did not materialize, the Gulf’s Continue Reading
Highlights UAE’s ADNOC spending $122 bil through 2025 ADNOC boosting capacity to 5 mil b/d by 2030 It wants Murban futures to become benchmark OPEC is no stranger to squabbles, Continue Reading
Current Oct 2018 baseline is unfair: UAE energy ministry Wants extension of current pact beyond April 2022 to be discussed later OPEC+ to meet virtually July 5 to resume talks Continue Reading
One of OPEC’s largest producers, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is considering the potential adoption of a net-zero by 2050 goal, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, citing sources with knowledge of Continue Reading
The first cargo ships from Dubai that docked last year in the Mediterranean port of Haifa were met by celebration in Israel. Flags waved. Reporters gathered. The prime minister walked Continue Reading
Three key developments were announced last week by the UAE in line with its role as a principal member of the U.S.’s new Middle East strategy to counter China’s dramatically Continue Reading
Oil products stockpiles at the Port of Fujairah outside of the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf dropped to a two-month low, with some traders forced to buy marine Continue Reading
The installed renewable capacity of the United Arab Emirates, which until recently was nearly non-existent, concluded 2020 at 2.3 gigawatts (GW), around 91% of which comprises of solar PV projects, Continue Reading
After a 12-hour shift in the Old Souk one day last week, Yousaf Khan had not made a single sale at his shop where he sells colored glass lamps and Continue Reading
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) is looking to form partnerships with companies from the United States to develop unconventional oil resources in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Reuters Continue Reading
Adnoc, the Abu Dhabi state oil company, Adu Dhabi Investment Holding, and Mubadala Investment Co., two state investment funds, have teamed up in an Abu Dhabi Hydrogen Alliance to develop Continue Reading
Abu Dhabi – the oil powerhouse at the centre of the U.S.’s pushback against increasing Chinese influence across the Middle East – last week further cemented this alliance with a Continue Reading
The United Arab Emirates ratcheted up tension with oil allies in OPEC+, with officials privately questioning the benefits of being in the producers’ alliance and even considering whether to leave Continue Reading
OPEC has suffered immensely under the pandemic and subsequent oil demand loss, and its job could now become significantly more challenging as members mull the pros of staying with the Continue Reading
The UAE achieved 126% compliance with its OPEC+ quota in October, the energy ministry said late Nov. 17, as OPEC’s third-largest producer sought to compensate for overproduction in August. The Continue Reading
Group CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) on Monday forecast that oil demand will reach more than 105 million bpd within the next decade. Dr. Sultan Bin Continue Reading
The U.S. State Department gave Congress notification it plans to sell 18 sophisticated armed MQ-9B aerial drones to the United Arab Emirates in a deal worth as much as $2.9 Continue Reading
The UAE lowered its September crude output by 8% on the month to 2.476 million b/d, achieving 116% compliance with its OPEC+ quota as the producer compensated for overproduction in Continue Reading
The US, Israel and the UAE agreed to cooperate in the fields of oil, gas and renewables among other energy sectors, following the signing of a peace agreement between Israel Continue Reading
The U.S. Transportation Department said Thursday it fined Emirates airline $400,000 for operating flights in parts of prohibited Iranian airspace in 2019. The flight was carrying the JetBlue Airways JBLU.O Continue Reading
Global oil demand has another decade to grow until peaking in 2030, Mubadala Investment Company, one of the largest state wealth funds of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), believes. The Continue Reading
Oil-rich Gulf nations are relying on a well-worn playbook of spending less and borrowing more to get through the coronavirus crisis but with the outlook for oil clouded by uncertainty Continue Reading
The United Arab Emirates (UAE), currently OPEC’s third-largest producer, is estimated to have exported a lot more crude oil in August as it produced more than its quota under the Continue Reading
The United Arab Emirates have just become the first Arab nation to operate a nuclear plant as its 5.6GW Barakah nuclear plant achieved criticality on its Unit 1 in the Continue Reading
