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First Adnoc crude cargo reaches India’s Mangalore reserve

ABU DHABI / WAM A delegation from the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) attended, a special event at the Karnataka oil storage facility, in the Indian city of Mangalore, to celebrate the unloading of the first cargo of Adnoc crude oil sent to the Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Ltd (ISPRL). The cargo, which was loaded in Abu Dhabi at ...

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AI to add $182 billion to UAE economy by 2035

DUBAI / WAM Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to boost economic growth in the United Arab Emirates by 1.6 percentage points and add $182 billion to the national economy by 2035, according to a recent report by Accenture. The report looked at 15 industries in the UAE and 13 in Saudi Arabia to determine the potential sector-specific impact of ...

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Abu Dhabi-based banks’ income reaches AED7.9bn

ABU DHABI / WAM The net income of Abu Dhabi-based commercial and Islamic banks amounted to around AED7.9 billion during Q1 2018, up 2.8 percent over the corresponding period of 2017. According to figures released recently by the Statistics Centre — Abu Dhabi, the net income of commercial banks operating in the UAE capital, reached AED6.56 billion by the end ...

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