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ABU DHABI: Crude oil at US$50 a barrel is too low for most producing countries, according to United Arab Emirates Energy Minister Suhail Al Mazrouei. Prices have climbed almost 20% to above US$50 a barrel since the Nov 30 agreement by the Organisation of …
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… Emirates – The leader of the United Arab Emirates, who has rarely been seen in public since suffering a stroke nearly three years ago, has returned to the country after a “private visit” abroad. The state-run WAM news agency says Sheikh Khalifa bin …
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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – Participants at an oil conference in crude-rich Abu Dhabi say they hope production cuts will drive prices even higher. Emirati Energy Minister Suhail al-Mazroui says there’s “a fair movement” toward higher prices.
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The UAE’s state-run WAM news agency identified the dead as Mohammed Ali Zainal al-Bastaki, Abdullah Mohammed Essa Obaid al-Kaabi, Ahmed Rashid Salim Ali al-Mazroui, Ahmed Abdul Rahman Ahmad al-Tunaiji, and Abdul Hamid Sultan Abdullah Ibrahim al-Hammadi.
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(Allauddin Khan/AP) The UAE’s state-run WAM news agency identified the Emirati dead as Mohammed Ali Zainal al-Bastaki, Abdullah Mohammed Essa Obaid al-Kaabi, Ahmed Rashid Salim Ali al-Mazroui, Ahmed Abdul Rahman Ahmad al-Tunaiji, and Abdul Hamid …
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It is still too early to say if the oil supply deal should be extended beyond its original six-month period at the end of the first half this year, the oil minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) said on Wednesday. After OPEC and 11 non-OPEC producers …
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Trump said Wednesday at his first news conference since his election that he had turned down the deal, offering the decision as evidence of his commitment to avoiding conflicts of interest. “Over the weekend, I was offered $2 billion to do a deal in Dubai …
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“This was Dubai’s highest December demand increase since 2011. The month closed with three consecutive nights of occupancy above 90 per cent, including a level of more than 95 per cent on New Year’s Eve,” STR said in a statement sent to Gulf New
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – The Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. says a fire has broken out at a refinery, with no injuries immediately reported. ADNOC said Wednesday night on Twitter that the fire hit its Takreer Ruwais refinery. That refinery is in the …
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Abu Dhabi’s powerful crown prince … in the past that diplomats and security forces later attributed to the group. The UAE’s state-run WAM news agency identified the Emirati dead as Mohammed Ali Zainal al-Bastaki, Abdullah Mohammed Essa Obaid al-Kaabi …
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The killing of five diplomats from the United Arab Emirates in a bombing in southern Afghanistan marks the deadliest attack ever for the young nation’s diplomatic corps, though it’s too soon to tell who was behind it or if the Gulf envoys were even the …
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Abu Dhabi’s powerful crown prince … in the past that diplomats and security forces later attributed to the group. The UAE’s state-run WAM news agency identified the Emirati dead as Mohammed Ali Zainal al-Bastaki, Abdullah Mohammed Essa Obaid al-Kaabi …
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The United Arab Emirates has said that it intends to invest $163bn (£134bn) in projects to generate half of the nation’s power needs from renewables. The major oil producing Gulf state is hoping to get close to this by 2050 and says it wants to balance …
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Oil-rich Arab Gulf state aims to meet almost half of its power needs from green sources and reduce fossil-fuel use. In 2013, Abu Dhabi opened the world’s largest concentrated solar power plant [AFP] The United Arab Emirates has announced plans to invest $ …
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Dubai: Brand Dubai, the creative arm of the Government of Dubai Media Office (GDMO), has announced that the third edition of the Dubai Canvas 3D Art Festival will be held in partnership with Meraas, one of Dubai’s leading holding companies, from March 1 …
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