Lamprell completes Abu Dhabi rigs order
Lamprell has delivered the final jack-up drilling rig in a series of nine to Abu Dhabi’s National Drilling Company (NDC).
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Economy Secretary to travel to Abu Dhabi on trade mission
Economy Secretary Keith Brown is to travel to the Middle East in a bid to boost overseas trade following the vote for Brexit.
Abu Dhabi merger to build oil producer dwarfing OPEC’s Libya
Abu Dhabi’s proposed merger of two of its largest sovereign investment funds would create a global energy business that produces more oil than OPEC member Libya and with more assets than ConocoPhillips.
Abu Dhabi plans merger of sovereign funds Mubadala and IPIC
Abu Dhabi is planning to merge two of its largest sovereign investment funds as the sheikhdom pursues a strategy of consolidation after the slump in oil prices.
Rigmar opens new Abu Dhabi office
Oilfield services specialist Rigmar Group is expanding its international operation with the opening of a new office in Abu Dhabi.
Adnoc said to be cutting 5,000 jobs
Abu Dhabi's state-owned National Oil Co (ADNOC) plans to cut 5,000 jobs by the end of the year, and 2,000 of the lay-offs have already been carried out, Middle East news service MEED has reported.
Taqa reports $166m loss in first quarter
Abu Dhabi National Energy Co., which produces oil and natural gas from Canada to North Africa, reported a net loss for the first quarter as revenue declined because of lower crude and natural gas prices.
TAQA said to be mulling hiving off oil and gas assets
Abu Dhabi National Energy Co is considering whether to sell its overseas oil and gas assets to another Abu Dhabi state-owned entity as it focuses on its core business of power generation and water production.
ADNOC and Occidental open world’s largest sour gas project
The world's first ultra-sour gas project has been officially opened by the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company(ADNOC) in a joint venture with Occidental Petroleum.
Abu Dhabi’s oil chief sees crude market balancing by end of 2017
Oil markets will probably balance by the end of next year, with prices rising in the medium term, according to Sultan Al Jaber, the new head of Abu Dhabi National Oil Co.
Abu Dhabi stocks enter bull market as oil spurs Mideast rally
Abu Dhabi stocks entered a bull market, leading Mideast gauges higher, as rising oil prices added to growing bullish sentiment across global equities.
Abu Dhabi’s new oil head comes from investment side
Abu Dhabi, the Persian Gulf emirate that holds about 6 percent of global crude reserves, replaced the head of its state oil company with an executive who spent the last 10 years investing in energy as prices languish near a 12- year low.
Churchill Drilling to unveil new technology in Middle East
Churchill Drilling Tools will launch its HyPR HoleSaver in the Middle East. The expansion comes after successful deployments of the hydraulic pipe recovery tool in the North Sea and the Gulf Of Mexico.
OptaSense secures Gasos deal in Abu Dhabi
Acoustics specialist OptaSense, has signed an agency agreement with Abu Dhabi’s Gulf Automation Services and Oilfield Supplies (GASOS).
Tecnicas Reunidas wins $310million contract from ADOC
Tecnicas Reunidas has been awarded a $310million contract from Abu Dhabi Oil Company Limited (ADOC) for early production facilities in the Haild field. The contract work is expected to last around 20 months and consists of onshore works to be developed in the islands of Mubarraz and Hail.
Sparrows Group strikes five-year deal with ADMA-OPCO
Sparrows Group has won a five-year deal with Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA-OPCO) in the Middle East. The successful re-tender came through the company’s local partner Abu Dhabi Oilfield Services. The company will provide operations and maintenance support to all cranes and lifting equipment aboard offshore platforms and the Al Hyleh Barge in the UAE and Zirku Islands.
Abu Dhabi said to revive debt plan for first nuclear plant
Emirates Nuclear Energy Corp., the company developing the Gulf Arab region’s first nuclear power plant, is reviving plans to borrow from banks and other financial institutions to help fund the $25 billion project, four people with knowledge of the matter said. Export-Import Bank of Korea will provide about $1.5 billion for the project, the people said, asking not to be identified as the information is private. Enec, as the company is known, is also in talks with five banks to provide about $250 million for the project, they said. HSBC Holdings Plc is advising Enec on the deal, and Standard Chartered is advising Korea Electric Power Corp., which will build and operate the nuclear plant, the people said.
Amec Foster Wheeler nets contract extension on Gulf oil field
Amec Foster Wheeler has been awarded an extension for its Project Management Consultancy (PMC) contract for the UZ750 project. The agreement is for the Upper Zakum field 84 kilometres north-west of Abu Dhabi. The Zakum Development Company (ZADCO) awarded the contract as it operated the field through a venture involving the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, ExxonMobil and the Japan Oil Development Company.
Amec Foster Wheeler subsidiary Qedi opens in Abu Dhabi
Completions and technology provider Qedi has opened its first office in Abu Dhabi.
UAE’s Dana Gas wins favourable ruling in Kurdistan dispute
Dana Gas, one of the largest oil and gas investors in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region, said on Sunday that it had obtained a favourable ruling from a London arbitration tribunal in its dispute with Kurdistan authorities. The Abu Dhabi-listed firm, which leads a consortium of investors, had filed an arbitration case in London in October 2013 against the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), seeking to confirm its contract rights and to obtain payments for products which it had delivered.
Abu Dhabi pivots for Asian partners in $22 billion oil push
Abu Dhabi, with 6 percent of global crude reserves, selected GS Energy Corp. of South Korea to join Japan’s Inpex Corp. as the second Asian partner in the Persian Gulf emirate’s biggest onshore oil concession. GS Energy secured a 3 percent stake for 40 years in the venture, it said in a statement. Another South Korean company, Korea National Oil Corp., said it will provide technical support to GS Energy in the project. State-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Co confirmed the award Wednesday. Inpex won a 5 percent stake in the venture last month.
Solar-powered plane completes first leg of round-the-world flight
Solar Impulse, an ultralight plane powered only by the sun’s rays, took off from Abu Dhabi yesterday in an attempt to fly around the world without using fuel. Swiss pilot Andre Borschberg, the project’s founder, is at the controls of the single-seat aircraft for the first leg of the journey spanning 250 miles to Muscat in Oman, estimated to take about 12 hours.
Late Jurassic era rock steals the show in Abu Dhabi
A 150million-year-old rock took centre stage during an oil and gas-related visit by Germany's economics minister, Sigmar Gabriel, to Abu Dabi today. The rock is the first piece of a drill core from the Shuwaihat natural gas and condensate field.
ADNOC signs technical agreement with Occidental Petroleum
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has signed a technical agreement with Occidental Petroleum to develop the al-Hail and Ghasha oil fields. ADNOC holds a 70% share in the fields development venture, while Occidental holds the remaining 30%.
Total signs onshore concession agreement in Abu Dhabi
Total has signed a new 40 year onshore concession agreement with the Supreme Petroleum Council of the Emirates of Abu Dhabi (UAE) and the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC). The deal will give the French company a 10% participating interest in the concession, which covers the 15 principal onshore oil fields of the region and represents more than half of the Emirate's production.