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ABU DHABI / WAM Suhail bin Mohammed Faraj Faris Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy and Industry, has underscored the need to extend the crude oil production cut deal to ensure market stability and reasonable prices, noting that reaching an agreement by OPEC and non-OPEC countries towards this end is possible and is likely to reduce the current supply glut. “International ...

DUBAI/ WAM The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) received a high-level delegation from the Riyadh Chamber of Commerce and Industry on its premises as part of efforts to promote and facilitate knowledge sharing and cooperation between the two organisations. During the meeting, Hamad Buamim, President and CEO of Dubai Chamber, said, Saudi Arabia remains the top destination for ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Masdar City has been named “Best Free Zone for Start Up Support” by the Financial Times and has collected three other prestigious global awards. The Global Free Zone of the Year Awards, hosted by the FT’s fDi Magazine, are among the most high-profile awards in the free zone sector, with approximately 65 free zones entering this ...

ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Agility, UPAC, and NREC, the consortium behind Abu Dhabi’s Reem Mall, a retail, leisure and entertainment destination, announced that financing for the $1.2 billion project is now complete, by signing the largest real estate asset based facility in the United Arab Emirates in 2017. “The business climate in Abu Dhabi is one of the things ...

Bloomberg OPEC has an Iraq problem: the group’s second-biggest exporter is lurching between quota busting and production-crimping crisis, clouding the policy-making picture as ministers decide how long they need to extend output curbs. After consistently exceeding its output quota all year, Iraqi production plunged in October when clashes between the federal army and fighters from the semi-autonomous Kurdish region disrupted ...

Bloomberg Centrica Plc will scrap its default tariffs for new customers by the end of March as part of a set of proposals for reforming the UK energy retail market. Removing the rolling plan, known as standard variable tariff, and replacing it with a choice of fixed-term contracts with a duration as long as three years will increase competition, the ...

BAGHDAD / Reuters BP and Eni are among companies that have expressed an interest in developing the giant Majnoon oilfield which Royal Dutch Shell plans to leave next year, Iraqi oil officials said. Shell has agreed to exit the Majnoon field in southern Iraq and hand over its operation to the state-run Basra Oil Co. by the end of June ...

Bloomberg BHP Billiton Ltd. is aiming to complete its exit from the US onshore oil and gas sector within two years after settling on asset sales ahead of alternatives such as an initial public offering. “We’re determined to divest these businesses,” Chief Executive Officer Andrew Mackenzie said at an annual meeting in Melbourne. “We have concluded with our shareholders that ...

Bloomberg Ford Motor Co. and its Indian partner Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. could create their own electric car line in the country to help battle pollution from the vehicles clogging India’s roads, Chairman Anand Mahindra said. Mahindra & Mahindra, which already sells the e2o micro electric car, would be open to creating a new electric vehicle line in India with ...

Bloomberg Hailing an Uber in India is a whole different game. Addresses are non-existent or rarely useful, while most people are using older smartphones in a place with limited mobile-data speeds. To tackle such challenges, Uber Technologies Inc. is rolling out new features in the world’s second-most populous nation. Customers can book rides on a new, lighter web-based version of ...