Aramco, one of the world’s leading integrated energy and chemicals companies, has joined forces with Linde Engineering, a global leader in the production and processing of gases, to develop a new ammonia cracking technology. The collaboration between the two companies will see Linde Engineering and Aramco’s experience and capabilities being …
Read More »OPEC chief calls on oil industry to speak ‘louder’
Haitham Al Ghais, Secretary General of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has called upon the oil industry to get united and be more vocal in the face of criticism that the industry is a major polluter. He said this to a gathering of delegates at the Middle …
Read More »Saudi, France to Boost Cooperation in Nuclear Energy Sector
Saudi Arabia has announced the signing of an agreement with French authorities on the peaceful use of nuclear energy and future opportunities in various energy fields, including renewable energy, clean hydrogen and electricity interconnection. The pact was signed by Prince Abdulaziz Bin Salman, Minister of Energy, with the visiting French …
Read More »QatarEnergy in New Tie-Up to Develop Offshore Fields
QatarEnergy and Japan’s Qatar Petroleum Development Company (QPD) have signed a new agreement for the continued development and production of the Al-Karkara and A-Structures oil fields in Qatar. This new five-year agreement, which commenced on December 23, succeeds the development and production sharing agreement signed in December 1997. Under the …
Read More »Sabic to Study Oil-to-Chemicals Project in Ras Al-Khair
Sabic, a global leader in diversified chemicals, has announced its intention to study the establishment of a complex to convert oil and liquids into petrochemicals in Ras Al-Khair in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The complex is expected to convert 400,000 barrels per day of oil into chemicals. This project, …
Read More »Qatar Solar Plant to Offset Emissions from World Cup
Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) said that carbon savings from the new 800 MW solar power plant will be used to offset about half the emissions generated from the country’s hosting of the Fifa World Cup. The Al Kharsaah Solar PV Independent Power Producer Project will commit …
Read More »World Bank Group Creates Global Low-Carbon Hydrogen Tie-Up
The World Bank Group has created the Hydrogen for Development Partnership (H4D), a new global initiative to boost the deployment of low-carbon hydrogen in developing countries. The announcement was made on November 15, Energy Day, at COP27. H4D will help catalyse significant financing for hydrogen investments in the next few …
Read More »QatarEnergy Announces Oil Discovery in Brazil Field
QatarEnergy has announced an oil discovery in the 4-BRSA-1386D-RJS well in Brazil’s world class Sépia oil field, which is located in the prolific Santos Basin in water depths of about 2,000 meters off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. QatarEnergy acquired a working interest in the Sépia Co-Participated Area in …
Read More »Aramco, IBM to Set up Innovation Hub in Saudi Arabia
Aramco and IBM have announced preliminary plans for a strategic collaboration to establish an Innovation Hub in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The collaboration aims to support high-tech driven economic growth in Saudi Arabia, leveraging emerging technologies in hybrid cloud, AI, and quantum computing to address objectives including circular economy, materials science, …
Read More »37 French Industrialists to Bring Energy Solutions at Adipec
37 French companies from oil and gas, petrochemical and renewables sector will be gathered in Abu Dhabi from 31 October to 3 November for Adipec, the region’s leading event in the energy sector. This year edition will focus on securing affordable and clean energy systems one year away from the …
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