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SATYENDRA PATHAK DOHA HUNGARY is eyeing Qatar as key partner to meet its growing energy needs. Qatar Chamber and Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU)…

Pakistan's Present & Future PAKISTANIS are celebrating the accomplishment of an elected government – for the first time in the country's history – serving in office for the full five yea…

REUTERS CAIRO EGYPT will import 900,000 barrels of oil a month from Libya starting in April and is paying off some of the money it owes to foreign energy firms, its oil minister was quoted as saying…

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA NAKILAT, Qatar’s premier gas transporter, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for collaboration in areas of mutual interest with the state energy company of Alge…

THE inaugural Abdullah bin Hamad al Attiyah International Energy Awards for lifetime achievement in different categories went to Minister of Energy & Industry HE Mohammad bin Saleh al Sada (Adva…

Kerry's M-E Trip POOR John Kerry. On his first foreign trip in his new job, the US secretary of state - and his boss - have been given a sharp slap in the face. A mission to Europe and the Middl…

REUTERS RIYADH SAUDI Arabia has published a roadmap for its renewable energy programme, aimed at reducing the amount of oil it burns in power stations, and targets issuing final bids for the first p…

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA GULF Drilling International Limited (GDI) announced the signing of a contract valued at an estimated $34 million to provide Lift Boat Services to Dolphin Energy Limited ove…

Tax Carbon Consumption ENVIRON- MENT played only a modest role in the recent American presidential election. President Obama lauded his new fuel-efficiency standards and support for renewable energy…

REUTERS ALGIERS ALGERIA plans to start linking taxes on foreign energy firms to profits instead of turnover, according to draft amendments to its hydrocarbons law aimed at making the sector more att…

BERLIN CHANCELLOR Angela Merkel held talks on developing a nationwide strategy on renewable energy with the governors of Germany’s 16 states on Friday, at a time when energy prices are rising and th…

AFP LONDON ENERGY giant Royal Dutch Shell reported on Thursday a 2 percent rise in net profit to $7.139 billion (5.514 billion euros) in the third quarter, saying it had faced “volatile energy marke…

REUTERS WASHINGTON THE US oil and gas rush is cutting into jobless numbers, supporting a total of 1.7 million jobs this year, a number that will swell to almost 3 million by 2020, a leading consulta…