DUBAI/ GULF TIME The oil and gas industry is crucial for providing global energy, but it faces a constant problem, corrosion. According to a study by NACE, corrosion costs the industry around $1.372 billion every year. To break it down, $589 million goes to surface pipeline and facility costs, $463 million for yearly downhole tubing expenses, and an extra $320 …

ABU DHABI/ WAM UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan issued a Federal Decree appointing Mohammed Abdul Rahman Al Hawi as Undersecretary of the Ministry of Investment. Al Hawi held a number of leadership positions in investment sector, including the Director of Economic Development at the Executive Council of Dubai, following his role as a Vice President …

ABU DHABI/ WAM Alef Education, a UAE-based global leader in education technology, announced a strategic collaboration with MetaMetrics®, the US-based developer of the Lexile® Framework for Reading, to launch an Arabic reading scale to improve the literacy skills of approximately 100 million K-12 Arabic speakers across the Middle East and North Africa. This collaboration aims to provide native Arabic speakers …