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Manufacturers are waiting for interest in hybrids to grow
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Hybrid cars are reaching the Gulf in limited numbers. But those who want to do their bit for the environment, or make a statement, will have to dig deep into their resources.

January 7, 2013

Yemen has confirmed its oil sales for March 2013
11:31 GMT

Yemen's Supreme Committee on Crude Oil Marketing sealed Sunday the crude oil sales of March 2013, estimated to be 4.1 million barrels.

Demand for gas in Jordan has shot up as col weather is expected to hit the Kingdom
09:52 GMT

As a polar air mass is expected to hit Jordan on Monday, bringing near-zero temperatures and possibly snow, demand for heating fuel increased sharply over the past two days,

January 6, 2013

Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer,  MDCEO DEWA
11:06 GMT
(press release)

A high level delegation from Dubai Supreme Council of Energy and Dubai Electricity and Water Authority will attend The 4th General Conference of Arab Union of Electricity in Doha.

During the campaign
09:48 GMT
(press release)

Emirates Gas, EMGAS, a subsidiary of Emirates National Oil Company, ENOC, concluded its ‘Safe Cylinder, Safe House’ public safety awareness campaign at a ceremony today.

Sudan and South Sudan have agreed a deal which could finally see oil exports to flow South Sudan through Sudan's pipelines
05:48 GMT

The presidents of Sudan and South Sudan agreed on Saturday to set up a demilitarized zone along their disputed border and allow oil exports to flow from South Sudan’s oil fields north through Sudan’s pipelines.

Egyptian gas supplies to Jordan have returned to "normal levels", according to energy officials
02:00 GMT

Jordan’s Egyptian gas supplies have returned to “normal levels”, according to energy officials, after nearly two years of reduced supply due to political and technical setbacks

January 3, 2013

During the event
06:38 GMT
(press release)

ENOC Lubricants launched new strategies to fuel its growth, in line with its ‘Energy to Drive Ahead’ plan, at its 5th Annual Business Meeting held recently in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority
04:55 GMT
(press release)

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority has awarded a contract for a project to supply, implement and extend a 450 mm-diameter water transmission network by 416 km in several areas of Dubai.

January 2, 2013

ENOC
10:30 GMT
(press release)

ENOC and EPPCO, Strategic Partners of the Dubai Events and Promotions Establishment (DEPE), will take part in the Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) 2013.

Gas prices continue to creep up in Lebanon
09:11 GMT

The weekly price update of gasoline prices in Lebanon showed an increase for the fifth week in a row Wednesday.

Ahmad Al-Jemaz, new chairman of the board
09:03 GMT
(press release)

Kuwait Aromatics Company (KARO) has named the members of its new board of directors.

Mr. Abdulla Hassan Al Noman, Manager, Retail Sales Operations at Emarat
08:28 GMT

Under the slogan "Spend & Win", Emarat launched a new promotional campaign aiming to enhance winning opportunities for the customers at its service stations in Dubai and the Northern Emirates.

December 31, 2012

China’s crude oil imports from Iran fell 31 per cent in November , with traders citing delivery delays by Iranian tankers because of tough Western sanctions.
12:28 GMT

China’s crude oil imports from Iran fell 31 per cent in November from a year earlier and were down 6.3 per cent on the month, data showed, with traders citing delivery delays by Iranian tankers because of tough Western sanctions.

Citing Western sanctions against Iran, South Korean oil imports from Iran have dropped dramatically
12:20 GMT

South Korea’s imports of crude oil from Iran dropped 39 per cent from a year ago in the first eleven months of the year after sanctions squeezed shipments, data from state-run Korea National Oil Corp showed.

Iraq is to refuse payment to the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region in a long running dispute over oil rights
08:56 GMT

Iraq will not pay oil companies operating in Kurdistan because the autonomous region has failed to export the volume of crude it pledged, a spokesman for Hussain Al Shahristani, Iraq’s deputy prime minister for energy, said.