Saudi Arabia is synonymous with oil, the EU is obsessed with renewable energy, and the U.S. is the world’s leading natural gas producer, but there are few countries pursuing all three of these energy sources with as much vigor as the UAE. While much of the West, encouraged by the …
Read More »UAE Presents Phenomenal Plan to Boost Its Position as Oil Hub
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 increasing influence over the region: plans for a major economic expansion; plans to attract more oil trade into new contracts; …
Read More »Abu Dhabi’s ADNOC and Petronas to Collaborate on Big Energy Projects
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) plans to collaborate with Malaysian oil and gas company Petronas. Under the deal the pair will jointly explore opportunities to collaborate in the production of conventional and unconventional hydrocarbon resources in Abu Dhabi, ADNOC said in a statement carried by WAM, the official …
Read More »UAE can be Major Low-Cost Blue Hydrogen Producer
The United Arab Emirates can become one of the world’s biggest and lowest-cost producers of blue hydrogen, Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. Chief Executive Officer Sultan Al Jaber said. The OPEC country aims to cut its emissions by 24% by 2030 compared with 2016, Al Jaber said Tuesday at the …
Read More »UAE ADNOC Turns to Hydrogen
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 hydrogen production and export capabilities, joining a growing number of businesses betting on hydrogen, Argus reports citing Emirati media. Bloomberg …
Read More »UAE Eases Oil Supply Cuts to Asia after OPEC+ Compromise Deal
The United Arab Emirates will provide Asian oil buyers with a little more crude next month after OPEC+ reached a compromise deal on cuts. While OPEC’s third-largest producer will still reduce supply to Asia in January, the curbs won’t be as deep as this month in percentage terms. Abu Dhabi …
Read More »UAE Discovers 22 Billion Barrels Worth of Onshore ‘Unconventional’ Oil Resource
An onshore unconventional oil source with 22 billion recoverable barrels has been discovered, the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has announced. The discovery of new oil sources “is a testament to ADNOC’s relentless efforts to unlock and maximize value from the UAE’s hydrocarbon reserves for the benefit of the …
Read More »Mena Midstream Sector Enters Pivotal Phase
Unstable global energy demand outlook, combined with looming geopolitical threats, is seeing regional oil and gas producers ramp up transport and storage capacities The fall in oil prices as a result of the impact of the coronavirus epidemic on the Chinese economy has highlighted the fragile state of the world’s …
Read More »Adjustments under OPEC+ Agreement Get Going
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has notified its customers in a letter of its plans to voluntarily adjust its crude oil production in May and June 2020, Trend reports citing OPEC. May’s voluntary adjustments: 15 percent Murban crude; 5 percent Umm Lulu crude; 5 percent Das crude; and 15 …
Read More »UAE’s Latest Natural Gas Discovery Is a Game Changer
Currently. the majority of the UAE’s income is derived from oil exports.
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