While upstream oil and gas revenue provided much of the financing for Dubai’s early development, the emirate’s road to modernisation has been built around economic...
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Although Dubai has traversed some challenging economic territory over recent years the economic stimulus of Expo 2020 preparation and more stable oil prices have eased this strain in 2019, and business sentiment has improved accordingly. With the long-anticipated expo event set to take place in 2020, attention has started to focus on the important question of sustaining the current economic momentum over the medium term.
Interviews & Viewpoints | Hashem Hashem, Deputy Chairman and CEO, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC): Interview from The Report: Kuwait 2019
To what extent are operational efficiencies being strengthened across KPC subsidiaries to improve productivity and optimise costs?
Interviews & Viewpoints | Emad Sultan, CEO, Kuwait Oil Company (KOC): Interview from The Report: Kuwait 2019
How is Kuwait pursuing its energy security goals, and will expansion of gas production play a role?
Articles & Analysis | Solar power in Kuwait to help reduce energy imports and recover oil from mature wells from The Report: Kuwait 2019
At the 2012 UN Conference on Climate Change in Doha, the emir of Kuwait announced that the country was aiming to generate 15% of its electricity from sun and wind by 2030 – a target since reasserted in the New Kuwait 2035 vision. While this goal will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change, Kuwait’s desire to boost...
Articles & Analysis | Heavy investment in Kuwait’s energy industry to move away from crude oil exports from The Report: Kuwait 2019
With the sixth-largest proven oil reserves in the world, and an industry that dates back to the early days of oil and gas dominance in energy, Kuwait is among the world’s principal hydrocarbons powers. The Gulf country is also one of the top energy sector investors, with a range of mega-projects under way in refining, petrochemicals, new...