ABU DHABI / WAM Customers with contracts for the supply of Murban crude oil from the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) have been advised of a 25 percent cut in allocations for March 2018, ADNOC sources have confirmed. In a Twitter message, the Minister of Energy and Industry, Suhail Mohammed Faraj Al Mazroui, said that the cut was ‘in ...

DAMMAM / WAM The Middle East and North Africa (Mena) will need investments of approximately $180 billion to add a capacity at 7.4% annually until 2021, which corresponds to additions of more than 130GW, according to estimates by Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation (APICORP). ‘‘Governments continue to meet this challenge by expediting new projects and upgrading their infrastructure to meet increasing ...

DUBAI / Reuters Emirates NBD said it had started initial strategic discussions with Russia’s Sberbank about a possible purchase of Sberbank’s stake in Turkey’s Denizbank. Emirates NBD has previously acquired BNP Paribas’ Eygptian banking business and has been scouting for opportunities in the Turkish banking sector for several years as part of its international expansion. Moscow-based Sberbank was evaluating opportunities ...