ABERDEEN / WAM Petrofac, the UAE-linked international service provider to the oil and gas produc-tion and processing industry, has been awarded a contract by Hess, a leading independent energy company, for the well-plugging and abandonment of four wells within the Rubie and Renee oilfields in the Central sector of Britain’s North Sea. The wells lie offshore around 200 km north-east ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE — via the Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation — has begun immediate relief operations in Sudan to help those affected by severe floods sweeping the country. At least 62 people have died as a result of flash flooding which devastated some 26,000 homes, with the worst affected areas include the White Nile State ...

SHARJAH / Emirates Business Sharjah Entrepreneurship Center (Sheraa) and Liv, the digital-only lifestyle bank by Emirates NBD, teamed up to educate UAE youth and jumpstart their entrepreneurial journey with a workshop series recently. Organised at the Youth Hub in Dubai, the workshops aimed to provide aspiring entrepreneurs with the tools and support necessary to build a solid foundation for their ...