Saudi Arabia will begin privatizing its airports and related services in the first quarter of 2016, the country’s General Authority for Civil Aviation (GACA) said on Sunday
The decline in oil prices has increased the importance of reforms to switch the focus of growth from the public sector to the private sector in Saudi Arabia, said Christine Lagarde, managing director of the IMF.
Two Kuwaiti oil experts – Mohammad Al-Shatti and Amer Al-Tamimi – urged the GCC countries to put plans and take reform measures to face falling oil prices.
Saudi Arabia's plans to diversify its economy away from oil gained additional imputes with the announcement that the country's mining sector is set to triple by 2030.
Oman's top 100 energy sector stakeholders held a workshop Tuesday aimed at drafting the most-critical recommendations to be included in Oman’s 25-year energy master plan
Top Omani officials and experts are expected to hold an extended meeting on October 21 to explore solutions and proposals to alleviate the impact of the oil crisis on the national economy
Angola's Oil minister, Botelho de Vasconcelos, urged that his country's petroleum sector show a greater commitment with a view to meeting the new challenges of the oil industry