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  Ajman / Emirates Business Reiterating their commitment towards providing seamless consumer experiences ranging from state-of-art pipeline and water treatment solutions to facilitating remote interactions with its customers, Ajman Sewerage Private Company Limited (ASPCL) announced strong growth in user-base for its brand new Mobile Application and E-Payment website that was launched mid-October last year. This free application has been made ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) won a strategic bid to host nine new international congresses at the venue from 2017 – 2021, adding to its already robust calendar of confirmed events over the coming years. Expected to welcome over 24,000 delegates from around the world, these high-profile events are set to deliver a solid economic ...

  Abu Dhabi / emirates business The Abu Dhabi Systems and Information Centre (ADSIC) announced the winners of its Excellence Award 2016 ‘Tamayuz’ – an internal competition for employees, projects, and teams – in a ceremony held at the Centre’s headquarters. The awards ceremony, which was organized recently, was attended by His Excellency Rashed Lahej Al Mansoori, Director General of ...

  Bloomberg West African oil producers this month will send the most crude to Asia in at least five years, the latest sign of how refineries in the world’s biggest demand region are scouring the world to replace supplies cut by OPEC’s Middle East producers. Shipments on the trade route, among the longest for supertankers, are set to soar to ...

  Bloomberg President Donald Trump’s energy policies are good for the petroleum industry and Saudi Arabia sees no problem with growth in US oil production as long as it’s in line with demand, Saudi Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih said. “President Trump has policies which are good for the oil industries,” Al-Falih said in an interview with the BBC. “He has ...

  HONOLULU / AP Hawaii has the most aggressive renewable energy targets in the nation, aiming for its utilities to get 100 percent of their electricity from renewable sources by 2045. Now advocates want to extend that goal to the transportation sector to urge all forms of ground transportation to fuel up using renewable sources by 2045. “The majority of ...

  Bloomberg Oil traded below $53 a barrel in New York after an industry report was said to show an US crude supply gain while the dollar dropped. vUS crude inventories rose 5.83 million barrels last week in an American Petroleum Institute report on Tuesday, people familiar with the data said. The Energy Information Administration will probably report that supplies ...

  Bloomberg India’s annual oil imports from Iran surged to a record high in 2016 as some refiners resumed purchases after the lifting of sanctions against Tehran, according to ship tracking data and a report compiled by Thomson Reuters Oil Research and Forecasts. The sharp increase propelled Iran into fourth place among India’s suppliers in 2016, up from seventh position ...

  Bloomberg Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered tax cuts and boosted spending on some of India’s poorest citizens hurt by his cash ban as he seeks to shore up support before pivotal state elections. The budget shortfall is forecast to be 3.2 percent of gross domestic product in the year starting April 1, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley told lawmakers in ...

  Bloomberg Japan’s biggest electricity wholesaler knows it’ll take more than cutting-edge coal technology to save the environment. Electric Power Development Co., known as J-Power, is looking to build its first major power plant that burns natural gas near cities such as Tokyo as well as use more woody biomass instead of fossil fuels, Executive Officer Hitoshi Kanno said. That’s ...