Abu Dhabi / WAM The ‘Imagine Abu Dhabi’ initiative attracted 2,270 entries within 25 days of its launch, with the aim of opening opportunities for different segments of society to present proposals and ideas that support the development of the emirate. The entries, in different languages, tackled various economic areas and sectors in the emirate, including investment opportunities, services development, ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business His Highness Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Culture, Youth, and Social Development inaugurated UAE’s most advanced eye care center in Khalifa City A, in Abu Dhabi. The Yateem Eye Center and Day Care Surgery, is a highly-specialized health care center with world-class facilities and a team of medical professionals with strong ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business As many as 15 government entities and private bodies will exhibit in the UAE pavilion at Hannover Messe — the world’s largest manufacturing industry trade fair. The UAE is sending a delegation to Germany to participate in the prestigious exhibition for the tenth consecutive year, being held from April, 24-28. Across two halls and ...

  SHARJAH / Emirates Business His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, will witness the launch of the region’s largest children’s reading event on Wednesday at 10:00 AM, as more than 2,093 activities and 123 international exhibitors focus on the needs, trends, issues and solutions of young readers at ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The Masdar Institute of Science and Technology (MIST), a research-driven graduate-level institution focused on advanced energy and sustainable technologies, and Al Yahsat Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat), have announced the launch of the Yahsat Space Laboratory. Masdar Institute is a part of the newly-established Khalifa University of Science and Technology. Launched by officials from Masdar ...

  DUBAI / Emirates Business The winners of the Top CEO Awards 2017 were announced, following the successful conclusion of the Top CEO Conference on April 11. The award ceremony was hosted at the Bay La Sun Hotel & Marina, King Abdullah Economic City, where the event made its Saudi Arabian debut. It is is organised by TRENDS magazine in ...

  Bloomberg Oil declined below $53 a barrel as the US continued to ramp up drilling, stoking concern that the nation’s surge in output this year will offset OPEC-led efforts to cut a global supply surplus. Futures fell as much as 1 percent in New York, paring last week’s 1.8 percent advance. US explorers added 11 rigs last week, capping ...

  Bloomberg Iran, holder of the world’s biggest natural gas reserves, boosted output by inaugurating six projects at the giant South Pars offshore field. The country raised total production capacity at South Pars to 570 million cubic meters a day of gas, putting it almost on par with neighboring Qatar, which produces from an adjacent portion of the same deposit, ...

  Bloomberg China’s natural gas production surged to a record last month and coal output rebounded as economic growth accelerated power use in the world’s largest energy user. Natural gas production in March rose 8.2 percent from the average of the first two months of the year to a record 13.6 billion cubic meters, according to data Monday from the ...

  Reuters Iraq plans to build three new plants to process natural gas currently being flared at southern oil fields, and use the fuel for power generation and to increase the nation’s income from energy exports, Oil Minister Jabar al-Luaibi said on Monday. Iraq is forced to flare some of the gas produced alongside crude oil as it lacks the ...