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Khor Mor gas processing plant in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. Photo: Crescent Petroleum
Iraq's Khor Mor gasfield reaches production milestone

Project aimed at boosting output to be completed in the first quarter of 2026

April 04, 2025
Oil tanker trucks outside an oil refinery in Mumbai. Indian refiners have rushed back to the market to seek crude supply. Bloomberg
Oil prices fall to lowest level since 2021

Oil posts biggest weekly decline since 2023 as China announces retaliatory tariffs on US

April 04, 2025
Attendees at the Cop29 climate change conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, walk past an installation depicting a barrel of oil with the Opec logo. Reuters
Oil prices slump as Opec+ announces surprise output increase

Brent, the international benchmark, declined nearly 6 per cent after the announcement

April 03, 2025
Al Dhafrah solar park in Abu Dhabi. Masdar aims to reach 100 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity by 2030, up from about 20 gigawatts at present. Victor Besa / The National
Taqa and Ewec partner on 1GW gas turbine plant in Abu Dhabi

Taqa will own and manage the plant, including its operation and maintenance

April 03, 2025
The docks of the Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA subsidiary VOPAK Venezuela are seen on the Waikiki beach, in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela.  From April 2, the US will levy a 25 per cent tariff on all goods from any country that imports Venezuelan oil. Reuters
Oil posts third straight weekly gain amid US tariffs and curbs on Iran supply

US to levy 25 per cent tariff on all goods from any country that imports Venezuelan oil starting next week

March 28, 2025
A solar project in the Ningxia region of China. Cfoto/Sipa USA
Acwa Power to stay the course with China as trade war concerns grow

Recent trade disputes and tariffs will not disrupt Acwa Power's business, chief executive says

March 28, 2025
About half of all cars sold in America last year were imported. Reuters
Trump’s tariffs to raise car prices and disrupt industry supply chains

Move aimed at 'turbocharging domestic car manufacturing' is almost certain to backfire, expert warns

March 27, 2025
Tesla has faced falling sales in Europe in particular, which is widely linked to consumer anger at Elon Musk's move into politics. Reuters
Tesla set for Saudi Arabia launch as European sales collapse

Entry into the kingdom comes at a tumultuous time for the company

March 26, 2025
Syria's oil and gas production in 2011 was about 500,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed), which plummeted to about 50,000 boed under government control last year. Getty Images
Western sanctions relief will not bring big oil firms back to Syria immediately

Interest in the Syrian oil and gas sector maybe limited to smaller companies with a high appetite for risk

March 25, 2025
Elon Musk with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Washington, DC. Reuters
Why X is suing India when Elon Musk is cosying up to PM Modi

Content censorship is at the centre of the lawsuit

March 23, 2025
Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed, Deputy Ruler of Abu Dhabi and National Security Adviser, left, G42 chief executive Peng Xiao, centre, and Meta founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg. Photo: G42 via LinkedIn
Sheikh Tahnoon meets Mark Zuckerberg and G42 chief as UAE-US AI talks accelerate

It follows Sheikh Tahnoon’s recent meetings with US tech leaders and high-ranking officials

March 23, 2025
Saudi Aramco and Siemens Energy will continue working closely together with the aim of scaling up directly capture-carbon technology. Reuters
Saudi Aramco launches direct air capture pilot project in decarbonisation push

The plant, developed in partnership with Siemens Energy, is the kingdom's first carbon dioxide direct air capture

March 20, 2025
Dalian Petrochemical refinery in Liaoning province. China is the world’s largest crude importer. Reuters
Oil prices climb and gold hits record as Middle East tensions flare

Global stocks gaining amid positive economic data from the US and stimulus talks in China

March 18, 2025
Saudi Arabia is focused on diversifying its economy away from oil as part of the kingdom’s Vision 2030 overarching transformation agenda, which also seeks to boost employment and foreign direct investment into the country. EPA
S&P upgrades Saudi Arabia's credit rating after two years on economic diversification efforts

The ratings agency expects the kingdom's fiscal deficit to widen this year amid a drop in oil prices

March 15, 2025
A currency exchange in Moscow. The rouble has strengthened against the dollar amid expectations of warmer ties between Russia and the US. EPA
Russia needs more than a ceasefire to return to global markets, analysts say

Prospect of a Trump-brokered peace deal with Ukraine has renewed interest but investors remain cautious

March 14, 2025