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ABU DHABI / WAM Mubadala Petroleum has announced that it signed the Production Sharing Contract (PSC) together with its partner PTTEP Energy Development Company Limited (PTTEP ED), a subsidiary of PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited, for offshore Block G1/61 containing the Erawan producing gas field in Thailand. The current Block G1/61 concession will expire in April 2022 and …

BELGRADE / WAM President Aleksandar Vucic of Serbia has opened the textile factory ‘Armis Luss Protect’ textile factory in the Raska District. The factory was funded by the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation. The opening ceremony was attended by the UAE Ambassador to Serbia Mubarak Saeed Ahmed Barasheed Al Dhaheri. The Serbian President thanked the UAE and the Khalifa …

Bloomberg President Donald Trump said he’ll extend a deadline to raise tariffs on Chinese goods beyond this week, citing “substantial progress” in the latest round of talks that wrapped up in Washington. “The US has made substantial progress in our trade talks with China on important structural issues including intellectual property protection, technology transfer, agriculture, services, currency, and many other …

Bloomberg Oil prices could potentially rise as much as 13 percent from current levels, though the rally may prove fleeting, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Top Opec member Saudi Arabia is cutting output faster than US shale drillers can fill the gap, leaving a void in the market that may push global benchmark Brent crude to $70-$75 a barrel …

DUBAI / Emirates Business The sovereign long-term commercial borrowing in the Middle East and North African (Mena) could increase by 25% this year after falling 38% in 2018, according to S&P Global Ratings. This is chiefly because higher oil prices and fiscal consolidation measures in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries significantly reduced GCC sovereigns’ funding needs in 2018. However, lower …

Bloomberg The world’s largest energy trader says oil prices are set to rally further as Opec output cuts and American sanctions on Iran and Venezuela cause a “shortage” of the low-quality heavy crudes refiners rely on. “From here there’s probably the potential to be a little bit higher,” said Russell Hardy, chief executive officer of Vitol Group. “Oil supply is …

Bloomberg Centrica Plc plunged to the lowest in almost two decades after tougher trading conditions in the UK energy market prompted the utility to forecast a gloomy outlook for next year. Hurt both by a government-imposed cap on consumer energy bills and by outages at nuclear plants and gas wells, a target range for average adjusted operating cash flow “is …

Bloomberg Oil in New York posted a second straight weekly advance as investors focus on talks between the US and China on trade and as Opec shows commitment to curbing production. Futures added 0.5 percent in New York to the highest in more than three months. Trade talks in Washington between a Chinese delegation led by Vice Premier Liu He …

Emirates Business According to BESA’s latest research, the UAE has overtaken the US and Saudi Arabia as the country that UK companies are most interested in exporting to. The findings come as 83 UK education suppliers have confirmed to exhibit at the influential GESS Dubai 2019, the British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA) announced. GESS Dubai is the leading education conference …

Bloomberg Saudi Arabia reaffirmed its interest in the Chinese market with a deal to build a $10 billion refining and petrochemicals complex as it vies for crude-oil customers with fellow OPEC members and Russia. Saudi Arabian Oil Co, or Aramco, agreed to set up a joint venture with two Chinese companies to develop the facility in Liaoning province, according to …