September, 2018

• 2 September

  Adnoc’s new unit to maximise value from heavy oils, slurry

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Adnoc Refining, a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc), announced, on Sunday, it has successfully completed the commissioning of a specialised coker unit, as part of its Carbon Black and Coker Project. With this, ADNOC will extract the maximum value from ‘bottom-of-the-barrel’ heavy oils and slurry, as it delivers on its aggressive downstream ...

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• 2 September

  Etihad Airways rolls out hand baggage-only fare

  

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etihad Airways has launched a new hand baggage only ‘Deal Fare’ across selected destinations, allowing travellers to purchase lower fares in Economy Class if no checked baggage is required. The ‘Deal Fare’ includes a complimentary carry-on baggage allowance of 7kg and is available on flights between Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Lebanon, ...

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• 2 September

  Al Ain Book Fair marks 10-year anniversary

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Held under the patronage of HH Sheikh Tahnoun bin Mohammed Al Nahyan, Ruler’s Representative in Al Ain Region, the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi, DCT Abu Dhabi, is organising the 10th Al Ain Book Fair (AABF), at the Al Ain Convention Centre. During this year’s fair, DCT Abu Dhabi will mark the anniversary ...

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• 2 September

  DCT Abu Dhabi launches ‘new destination campaign’

  

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) has significantly upped the ante on global marketing with the introduction of a major new international promotional campaign. This latest activity will build upon a destination identity that has already attracted record numbers of guests to the emirate for two successive years, and ...

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• 2 September

  FANR, Khalifa University sign research agreement

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation, FANR, and Khalifa University of Science and Technology (KU), have signed a collaborative research agreement focused on advancing nuclear safety research and educating the UAE’s next generation of peaceful nuclear energy professionals. The agreement was signed during a ceremony held at FANR’s premises by Christer Viktorsson, FANR Director-General, and Dr. ...

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• 2 September

  US stocks keep playing havoc with predictions post vacation

  

  Bloomberg OK, Wall Street, back to work. The stock market crash you feared while guiltily snoozing through August on the beach may not have materialised but there are a few things you need to know about. First the good news. While firms from Goldman Sachs to Voya Asset Management warned everyone in July about the risk of late-summer turbulence and ...

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• 2 September

  Russia holds oil production near post-Soviet highs

  

  Bloomberg Russia kept pumping oil near post-Soviet records last month as it reaped benefits from a deal with OPEC easing output caps and oil prices at an all-time high in rubles. The nation extracted an average of 11.21 million barrels of crude per day in August, according to data emailed by the Russian Energy Ministry’s CDU-TEK unit. Volumes were little ...

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• 2 September

  May, Corbyn both face friendly fire as UK parliament returns

  

  Bloomberg Both Prime Minister Theresa May and opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn found themselves under fire as British lawmakers prepared to return to work this week. For May the issue was Brexit. Her proposed agreement was attacked by European Union negotiator Michel Barnier, who said he “strictly” opposed it. It was derided by her former Brexit Secretary David Davis, ...

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• 2 September

  UK Tories propose Canada-style Brexit

  Bloomberg Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit strategy has come under fresh fire, this time from a senior lawmaker in her own party who opposes a hard departure from the European Union. Most of the criticism of May’s cabinet-backed “Chequers Plan” has come from Conservatives linked to the European Research Group, which seeks maximum distance from the EU and is pushing ...

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• 2 September

  Move to withhold Kavanaugh White House records flayed

  Bloomberg Senate Democrats criticised the withholding of documents ahead of Tuesday’s start of confirmation hearings for President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, even as a top Republican predicted he would be approved by a healthy margin. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York said in a tweet that the decision to hold back more than 100,000 pages ...

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