HSBC to fund Lebanon’s Zouk and Jiyeh power plants rehabilitation
HSBC Bank won a tender to carry out maintenance work at Zouk and Jiyeh power plants instead of providing the...
Energy
Lebanon to seek pre-qualification gas exploration bids in February
Lebanon will seek bids from Feb. 1 from companies wanting to pre-qualify for oil and gas exploration drilling in its...
Saudi Arabia awards $346 million power contracts
Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) plans to set up three transformer stations across the country at a cost of SR1.3 billion...
Call for better system to manage rain water in Qatar
Qatar needs to place storm water management design and landscaping as too many "impervious surfaces" combined with the presence of...
Middle East on right track for diversifying energy
Middle Eastern countries can bring up their ranking in the World Energy Council’s (WEC) World Energy Trilemma report by trying...
Jordan receives funding for 250MW power plant agreement
A US firm is set to break ground on a 250-megawatt (MW) power plant in Jordan next month, thanks to...
Qatar to be key player in renewable energy
As the Middle East and North African (Mena) countries set to emerge as a major renewable energy force, Qatar is...
Saudi Aramco and Total to double SATORP capital to $1.9 billion
Saudi Aramco and France's Total will double the capital of its oil refinery joint venture at Jubail to 7.12 billion...
Saudi Arabia and UAE to lead MENA’s renewable energy generation
Saudi Arabia and the UAE are the new entrants from the MENA region to Ernst & Young’s Renewable Energy Country...
Jordan has 80 billion tons stockpile of oil shale
Jordan has approximately 40-80 billion tons of oil shale (about 34 billion barrels of shale oil) that could last for...
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