ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) announced on Thursday the award of framework agreements valued at $658 million (AED2.4 billion) for cementing services as it continues to invest and enable drilling growth and expand its crude oil production capacity. The framework agreements were awarded to Haliburton Worldwide Limited Abu Dhabi (Halliburton), Baker Middle East (Baker), Emirates ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM The United Arab Emirates has welcomed the decision by the Council of the European Union to amend Regulation (EU) No 1352/2014, thereby adopting the arms embargo adopted by the United Nations (UN), which all UN Member States are required to implement under the UN Charter. The European Council decision cites the text of the UN ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Emirates Steel recorded a nearly 50% increase over the past two years in the number of its export markets in Europe, America, Asia, and the Middle East and North Africa. The expansion of Emirates Steel’s export footprint to 56 countries in 2021 compared to 38 in 2019 is part of the company’s strategy to diversify ...

  DUBAI / WAM The UAE Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure and the Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications of Bahrain discussed ways of strengthening their cooperation in land and maritime transportation. The discussion took place during their first meeting to monitor the progress of the land and maritime transport cooperation and the implementation of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed ...

  VIENNA / WAM Support for economic recovery, new infrastructure funding and boosting food security are some of the highlights of the projects the Opec Fund for International Development has approved at the 179th session of its Governing Board in Vienna on Thursday. The $233 million in new funding will benefit public sector projects promoting sustainable development around the world. ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Building on the success of the Atmah project, the region’s first Social Impact Bonds, the Authority of Social Contribution (Ma’an) announced an AED4 million investment by Aldar to be allocated to two Social Contracting projects. The new social investment contributions include AED2.7 million for family counselling services project by the Abu Dhabi Early Childhood Authority; ...

MOSCOW / WAM His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, met on Thursday with Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, in Moscow. They discussed cooperation between the two countries and ways to enhance the bilateral strategic partnership in various fields. They exchanged views on key developments and challenges ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Emirates Steel has recorded a nearly 50 percent increase over the past two years in the number of its export markets in Europe, America, Asia, and the Middle East and North Africa. The expansion of Emirates Steel’s export footprint to 56 countries in 2021 compared to 38 in 2019 is part of the company’s strategy ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) will host the 12th World Environment Education Congress (WEEC) in Abu Dhabi in 2024, it was officially announced at the end of congress’ 11th edition held in Prague, Czech Republic. The congress themed ‘Connecting People, Creating Tomorrow’ will take place from January 29 to February 2, under the patronage ...

  Dubai / WAM The Philippines Pavilion “Bangkóta” at Expo 2020 Dubai recorded over one million visitors as of mid-March, driving its unique key message of “cultural sustainability” to Expo’s global audiences. Kathelyn Nida Mendres and her family stepped within the grounds of the Bangkóta to a pleasant surprise when they learned that they were the one-millionth visitor marking a ...