Oil Prices | Egypt Oil & Gas - Part 8
Kuwait Is to Award $27b Contracts despite Low Oil Prices
Kuwait is expected to award $27b worth of contracts before year-end despite the significant slump in oil prices, indicating an expansion in Kuwait's projects market.
EIA: Global Oil Glut Persists Despite Demand Growth
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) said that the oil market is maintaining a global crude glut despite global demand growth, a drop in non-OPEC production, and a decline in crude stockpiles. Saudi Oil Minister: Above $50 Per Barrel Needed to Sustain Investments
Saudi Energy Minister, Khalid Al-Falih, said that an amount of more than $50 per barrel is needed to sustain investments for the global oil sector.
Crude Investors Flee to Safety after Brexit
The UK’s surprising vote to for Brexit has brought a new level of uncertainty into the markets as investors started to withdraw from the international oil and gas market and the oil prices started to falter. Analysts ...
Algeria’s President Replaces Energy Minister
Algeria's Energy Minister, Salah Khebri, has been replaced, after a year in office, by the Head of the state power company, Sonelgaz, Noureddine Boutarfa. Algeria's President, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, organized a surpr ...
WB: Egypt’s Annual Growth to Ease to 3.3%
According to the World Bank's (WB) report – Global Economic Prospects June - Egypt’s annual growth is forecast to ease to 3.3% in the fiscal year (FY) 2015/16 and it is estimated to reach 4.4% in FY 2016/17, falling ...
Abu Dhabi’s ADNOC Cuts 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.
Abu Dhabi’s Taqa Posts Q1 Loss Hurt by Low Oil Prices
TAQA reported a first-quarter net loss hurt by low oil prices. The company, majority-owned by Abu Dhabi's government, reduced its first-quarter revenue by 24% following a 43% drop in the price it sold its oil and gas.
