Nakilat Shipping Qatar Limited (NQSL) has signed an agreement with Shell International Trading and Shipping to begin the planned phased transition of the management of Nakilat’s LNG fleet from Shell to NSQL.
The state-run utility firm Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) agreed to invest $900m in a company operating the first nuclear power plant in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Qatar delayed the start-up of its $10B Barzan Gas project, which is a RasGas-operated joint venture between Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil, due to a leak in a gas pipeline.
Qatargas signed a five-year sales and purchase agreement (SPA) with Petronas LNG to deliver 1.1mt/y of LNG to the UK-based venture until the end of 2023.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Agence Française de Development (AFD), and the European Investment Bank (EIB) will provide $38m to support Morocco's sustainable energy developments.
Crude oil output in OPEC reached a new record of 33.64mb/d during September, causing crude oil prices to drop back down after reaching above $53 per barrel as a result of reports that OPEC had agreed to curb production.