Tagged With Clare Dunkley
14 June 2023
Meeting 2030 production target requires $33bn of investment and a massive buildout of renewables, the IEA says in gushing report on the Gulf state’s hydrogen potential
15 May 2023
The Emirati giant is keen to reinforce its status as a net gas exporter while remaining cost-conscious even as it splashes its oil windfall
16 January 2023
A flurry of petchems co-investments reflects Aramco’s drive to preserve long-term market share in both crude and its products
9 January 2023
The Emirati heavyweight’s five-year investment blueprint calls for an accelerated oil and gas capacity ramp-up
5 January 2023
International commitments to its expanding petchems and LNG industries are a huge boon
8 December 2022
A trio of major project announcements signal the Saudi heavyweight’s renewed focus on maximising petchems yield
6 December 2022
The government’s new focus on relatively small, state-funded refinery expansions and upgrades bodes well for long-awaited progress
21 November 2022
The new Baghdad government hopes to succeed where predecessors have failed in developing supply
10 November 2022
Refining, petchems and distribution businesses are feeling the investment impact of sustained oil market strength
9 November 2022
The new administration’s close ties to Tehran could mould its stance towards potential IOC investors
17 October 2022
The opportunity offered by high oil prices to expand static oil and gas capacity is being squandered
5 October 2022
Don’t call it a comeback, newly gas-focused majors have been here for years
26 September 2022
Appetite to replace Russian energy imports is providing a major fillip to the Emirati firm’s upstream development plans
16 August 2022
Record profits allow for investment drive not just in the upstream but also the downstream and in lower-carbon
8 August 2022
Iran aims to channel the fruits of accelerating upstream oil development into refining and petchems integration
3 August 2022
The Emirati heavyweight is racing to bring on new gas production to exploit rampant global thirst for the resource
27 July 2022
Oil Ministry claims around key IOC investments ignore its lame duck status
19 July 2022
Aramco and Adnoc are channelling windfall oil revenues into furthering their government owners’ domestic economic development drives
28 June 2022
Any hopes that the Mideast Gulf state could increase production and exports to help ease the global shortfall are misplaced
30 May 2022
Political paralysis is preventing Iraq from capitalising on renewed international enthusiasm for upstream investment
17 May 2022
The Saudi oil behemoth is funnelling record earnings into domestic upstream
11 May 2022
The Emirati oil heavyweight’s downstream strategy takes firmer shape
3 May 2022
Kuwait and Saudi Arabia’s domestic scarcity has driven the formal revival of longstanding plans to tap the shared Dorra field
19 April 2022
The market upswing is driving investment in untapped reserves and field redevelopments previously considered commercially unviable
14 April 2022
Rising oil and gas prices and Europe’s pivot away from Russian imports add impetus to state-owned Adnoc’s gas development drive
25 March 2022
Soaring annual profits to be channelled into unapologetic expansion of output capacity
14 March 2022
Soaring oil prices are spurring renewed IOC investment but exposing infrastructure gaps
2 March 2022
The Saudi titan’s renewed plans to lock in demand through downstream developments coincide with consumers seeking to guarantee supply
7 February 2022
Soaring oil revenues and heavy Chinese investment have driven a series of recent refining and gas deals
18 January 2022
Shell and TotalEnergies have agreed to execute a major integrated development and bought into the government’s gas-led strategy
10 January 2022
Soaring revenues have enabled awards on two flagship upstream projects as efforts to recycle the windfall in-Kingdom intensify
4 January 2022
The commissioning of Oman’s largest petrochemicals plant has coincided with Saudi Arabia’s potential rescue of an even bigger one
4 January 2022
New medium-term investment programme remains heavily focused on exploiting additional hydrocarbons
3 December 2021
The Saudi heavyweight’s international downstream expansion strategy will need another reboot
2 December 2021
The firm still faces challenges balancing economics with politics
22 November 2021
Global decarbonisation pressures notwithstanding, the Emirati giant is determined to extract maximum residual value from its crude oil endowment
8 November 2021
KPC chief claims remediation is just around the corner, but his assessment appears improbably upbeat
25 October 2021
A poor showing for Iranian-backed factions may add impetus to efforts to reduce import dependence
19 October 2021
Abu Dhabi’s plans to raise oil and gas production are advancing despite the federation’s carbon-cutting pledges
22 September 2021
Beyond a flashy pledge of long-term carbon-neutrality lie some meaningful medium-term goals that could substantially speed up Muscat’s lagging decarbonisation efforts
17 August 2021
The country has lifted its long-term production target to 8mn bl/d despite continued murmurings about IOC dissatisfaction
26 July 2021
Bid round and first-ever private refinery shows the government is looking to external investment
20 July 2021
While the focus is on domestic gas, the Qatari firm is hedging locally and internationally
5 July 2021
Oft-promised upgrades and greenfield facilities are again making putative progress
21 June 2021
Abu Dhabi has resumed the chase towards long-term capacity targets
15 June 2021
The Omani government’s focus is reluctantly shifting to managing output decline
24 May 2021
Erbil's long-held ambitions to sell its plentiful supplies to gas-poor neighbours move closer to fruition
11 May 2021
Oil market recovery is financing a cautious renewal of spending on core domestic projects
8 May 2021
Baghdad turns again to China to develop its second largest gasfield
