CNBC DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United Arab Emirates announced Saturday the successful start up of its Barakah nuclear energy plant, the first in the Arab world and a significant step towards the country’s goal of emissions-free electricity. With the announcement, the UAE becomes the newest member of an exclusive club of 31 countries running nuclear power operations. It’s
The Arab Weekly Once fuel assemblies are loaded into the reactor, Nawah will begin the start-up sequence for testing. Barakah will be the United Arab Emirates’ first nuclear plant and the world’s largest when completed, with four reactors and 5,600 megawatts of electrical generation capacity. It is being built by Korea Electric Power Corporation. Oil and Gas Publishers Note: The
Reuters ABU DHABI (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates grew its renewable energy portfolio by more than 400% in the last 10 years, and is on track to double that again in the coming decade, Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. chief executive Sultan al-Jaber said on Monday. “We (ADNOC) will increase our carbon capture utilization and storage program by 500%
By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 UAE denies ownership of the Panama-flagged vessel, which has been missing for two days The Riah, a 190-foot Panama-flagged oil tanker traveling through the Strait of Hormuz, has been missing since Saturday after its transponder stopped broadcasting near the coast of the small Iranian island of Qeshm. According to the Associated
Abu Dhabi looks to publicly list parts of its national oil company The United Arab Emirates plans to list part of its national oil company on public markets in order to create new revenue streams and gain access to new markets amid low oil prices. The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) is considering an IPO of minority stakes in
UAE energy minister said OPEC members ready to cooperate The price of oil today approached a new low of $26.21 per barrel today, the lowest since May 8, 2003, when it hit $26, before bouncing up on news of a possible production cuts from OPEC. The Wall Street Journal’s Summer Said reported on Twitter that the UAE’s Energy Minister Suhail bin
“We aren’t going to go back to a cartel … That time has passed” – U.A.E. Minister Al Mazrouei Just over a year after deciding to change its focus to defending market share rather than oil prices, OPEC members left their semi-annual meeting in Vienna on December 4 grim-faced, according to reports. After out-producing its self-imposed ceiling for 18 months,
A shot heard round the world Last November 27, OPEC sparked the decline in crude oil prices that would see both international benchmark Brent crude, and U.S. benchmark WTI crude, lose more than 50% of their value. The group decided to move away from its traditional role of maintaining a reasonable crude oil price in order to protect its market
The UAE is looking to use enhanced oil recovery to increase production moving forward The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is looking to enhanced oil recovery (EOR) to push its production higher as the chances of finding new reserves decrease. OPEC’s second-largest producer of petroleum and other liquids, and the world’s sixth-largest oil producer, hopes to expand production by 30% by
Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC), a wholly owned entity of the Dubai government, will buy out Dragon Oil for $3.7 billion. Neither company has confirmed the announcement but several news outlets are reporting an agreement has been reached. ENOC already owns 54% of Dragon and will acquire the remaining interest for 750 pence per share – a premium of 47%
