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UAE’s Federal Electricity and Water Authority (Fewa) will build a 200MW solar energy plant in the northern Emirate of Umm Al Qaiwain under an agreement between the federal authority and the local government of the emirate. The project will be Read more
Kuwait’s Prime Minister Jaber Mubarak Al-Sabah has accepted the resignation of oil minister, Bakhit al-Rashidi who has been under fire by lawmakers over mismanagement of the country’s oil industry, which provides 90 per cent of public revenue. Al-Rashidi submitted his Read more
Oman has penned two agreements granting Oman Occidental, a unit of state-run Oman Oil Co, the rights to explore for oil and gas in concessions 51 and 65. The announcement by the Gulf country’s oil ministry on Twitter says the Read more
Qatar Petroleum has entered into an agreement with an ExxonMobil affiliate to acquire a 10% participating interest in three offshore exploration blocks in the Angoche and Zambezi basins in the Republic of Mozambique. The agreement is subject to customary regulatory Read more
The US has urged Iraqi authorities to put an end to the country’s dependence on Iran for energy as the White House seeks to replace Iranian suppliers with American companies, The New Arab reports. “The time has come for Iraq Read more
The US administration has given special permission to Iraq to continue importing energy from Iran despite fresh sanctions on Tehran and threats against countries wishing to continue trade with the Islamic regime. The US State Department’s representative on Iran, Brian Read more
The American company Emerson has been tasked by Algeria’s state-owned Sonatrach to improve and optimize activities at its Alrar gas processing plant located in the Southeastern part of the North African country. The $32 million project includes engineering procurement, commissioning Read more
RAK Gas of Ras Al Khaimah emirate will take part in the production of oil and gas for the government of the Tanzanian semi-autonomous territory of Zanzibar. A sharing agreement to this effect, according to Ras Al Khaimah government, has Read more
Morocco is seeking to go beyond the target it set to reach 52% of renewable energy in the national electricity mix by 2030. This was stressed at a working session held Thursday in Rabat, under the chairmanship of King Mohammed Read more
A joint Japanese-Omani venture will build a 100 megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic independent power producer (IPP) project in Oman. Marubeni Corporation from Japan (lead founder) won the bidding process with Omani company Bahwan Renewable Energy Company and Modern Channels Services. Read more