Reuters Saudi Electricity Co (SEC) will likely delay the planned expansion of its Jeddah South power plant, but is still expected to start tendering for a plant near Riyadh by the end of the year, industry sources told Reuters. The utility, the Gulf’s largest, faces multiple challenges as it tries to keep up with rampant growth in power demand …

  Bloomberg Iran will invite international oil companies to submit bids in October under the long-awaited new contract model for energy investors, as the OPEC producer seeks billions of dollars to boost output after years of international sanctions. The government will invite companies to bid to develop the South Azadegan field on Iran’s southwestern border with Iraq during the week …

  Reuters Iraqi state oil firm SOMO has blacklisted three tankers involved in shipping crude from Kurdistan, stepping up pressure on the semi-autonomous region amid tense talks on sharing oil revenue. Kurdistan has been exporting crude independently via Turkey since mid-2015 after saying Baghdad had failed to respect an oil revenue-sharing deal and transfer enough money to Erbil. Baghdad, which …