1. ENEC Speaks with MEES About Abu Dhabi’s Game-Changing Barakah Nuclear Plant

    ...is is just the beginning for ENEC to deliver even more value for the UAE by supporting the global civil nuclear sector.  1: ABU DHABI’S EWEC GAS FEEDSTOCK REQUIREMENTS FALL 30% FROM THEIR 2017 PEAK DESPITE OVERALL GENERATION SOARING (TWh)   2: ABU DHABI ‘CLEAN’ POWER GENERATION (TW...

    Volume: 68
    Issue: 42
    Published at Fri, 17 Oct 2025
  2. Middle East Exporters Maintain Grip On Korea’s Shrinking Crude Oil Market

    ...*Middle East exporters continue to dominate Korea’s steadily dwindling crude oil market. Korean crude imports over the first nine months of the year are down 2% to 2.77mn b/d, while the Middle East’s share of the total remains steady at 72%. Korean imports peaked at 3.03mn b/d in 2017 and ha...

    Volume: 68
    Issue: 42
    Published at Fri, 17 Oct 2025
  3. QatarEnergy Expands Offshore Egypt, Partners Shell

    ...nsiderable acreage nearby. QatarEnergy has moved swiftly to develop a strong presence in Egypt’s upstream as bilateral relations thawed after the end of the 2017-2021 Qatar embargo (MEES, 23 June 2017). Relations are now at their warmest since the 2013 ousting of President Mohamed Morsi. More recently, Eg...

    Volume: 68
    Issue: 41
    Published at Fri, 10 Oct 2025
  4. Adnoc Subsidiaries To Distribute $43bn In Dividends By 2030

    ...pital through the listing of subsidiaries. The firm made a splash in 2017 when it listed 10% of its retail fuel subsidiary Adnoc Distribution on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX). After the $851mn initial public offering, the energy giant went on to list stakes in five other firms: Adnoc Drilling (20...

    Volume: 68
    Issue: 41
    Published at Fri, 10 Oct 2025
  5. Eni’s Egypt Receivables Down Markedly From Mid-2024 Peak

    ...PAYMENT PLAN HELPS REDUCE DUES BY 24% TO $992MN AT THE END OF JUNE *NO FIGURES PROVIDED BETWEEN 2017-2022. ORIGINAL NUMBER GIVEN IN EUROS, CONVERSION USES EXCHANGE RATE ON LAST DAY OF REPORTED PERIOD. SOURCE: ENI, MEES CALCULATIONS.   2: EGYPT NET OUTPUT: BOTH GAS AND OIL SLUMPED TO SEVEN-YE...

    Volume: 68
    Issue: 41
    Published at Fri, 10 Oct 2025
  6. Qatar Targets 380,000 B/D From Al Shaheen

    ...%, TotalEnergies 30%) since 2017. A multi-phase development plan kicked off in 2017 and has helped the firms revive the field’s fortunes. Production appears to be on course to rise above 300,000 b/d this year. Kpler data shows exports increasing by 12% so far this year, implying average output of mo...

    Volume: 68
    Issue: 40
    Published at Fri, 03 Oct 2025
  7. Saudi Arabia Doubles Deficit Forecast For 2025

    ...reseeable future, but strong economic growth in recent years means that as a share of GDP, the deficits are expected to be considerably less than over the 2014-2020 period. By way of comparison, this year’s forecast $65.3bn deficit is comparable with 2017’s $63.6bn figure. But while the 2017 deficit was eq...

    Volume: 68
    Issue: 40
    Published at Fri, 03 Oct 2025