:: Region’s first supercomputer launched
Posted: 18 December 2006
The United Arab Emirates joins the supercomputing world by launching the first supercomputer centre in the region.

:: Prepared for the worst
Posted: 18 December 2006
The United States and the Gulf’s oil superpowers are developing a strategy to protect energy facilities against terror attacks.

:: Mubadala and Suez to build a new power and desalination plant
Posted: 18 December 2006
Mubadala Development Company, the wholly owned investment and development vehicle of the government of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, confirmed that the Government of Sultanate of Oman has selected Mubadala Development, consortium leader Suez Energy International and National Trading Company of Oman to build a new power and desalination plant to be installed at Barka, as well as acquire Al-Rusail Power Company, an existing power plant.

:: Invensys wins automation and safety contract for Yemen grassroots LNG plant
Posted: 18 December 2006
Invensys Process Systems has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract to provide distributed control systems (DCS), safety systems and fire & gas systems for the Yemen LNG Company Ltd. plant being built at Balhaf, on Yemen 's south coast. The new $2+ billion grassroots plant is the first LNG plant in Yemen , and the Foxboro implementation will be the first major DCS in Yemen.

:: Pearl GTL awards effluent treatment contract in Qatar
Posted: 18 December 2006
Qatar Shell GTL Limited has awarded the design-build contract for the Pearl GTL complex effluent treatment plant to a consortium formed from a 50-50 joint venture between Veolia Water; and Saipem and a local construction company, Al Jaber.

:: Statoil opens office in Libya
Posted: 18 December 2006
Statoil's Libyan office was inaugurated on 11 December in the country's capital, Tripoli . It was opened by Norway 's petroleum and energy minister, Odd Roger Enoksen.

:: Aramco’s operating plan approved for 2007
Posted: 18 December 2006
The Executive Committee of the Board of Directors met Dec. 6, approving an aggressive 2007 Operating Plan that, among other things, includes a beefed-up safety emphasis aiming at zero accidents and injuries.

:: Veritas DGC receives IRS letter on CGG mergerramco’s operating plan approved for 2007
Posted: 18 December 2006
Veritas DGC has received the requested United States Internal Revenue Service private letter ruling in connection with the previously announced merger agreement whereby Compagnie Generale de Geophysique ("CGG") will acquire Veritas. The IRS ruled that the exchange of Veritas common stock for CGG ADSs or CGG ADSs and cash will qualify for an exception to Section 367(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code.

:: Dana Gas Lead Sponsor at UIM Formula One Powerboat World Championship
Posted: 18 December 2006
Leading energy firm Dana Gas announced that they are to be the Gold Sponsor of this year's UIM Formula One Powerboat World Championship 2006 event, that is currently being hosted by the Emirate of Sharjah.

:: Local Qatari children visit world’s leading GTL fuelled vehicles
Posted: 18 December 2006
Activities were held to promote Qatar as the “GTL Capital of the World”. Thirty children from the Al Andalous primary boys school had the unique opportunity to visit two of the world’s leading Gas To Liquids (GTL) fuelled vehicles currently on display at the City Centre Mall.

:: Stepping on the gas - standing room only as Sasol Chevron drives on GTL at Gastech in Abu Dhabi
Posted: 18 December 2006
Gas-To-Liquids (GTL) projects and products are the energy industry’s hot topic of the moment and it was standing room only for the GTL session at Gastech, one of the most influential conferences in the global gas industry’s calendar.

:: Joint effort to reduce subsea incidents
Posted: 18 December 2006
After more than a decade of fast-track subsea developments, the industry is now experiencing a need to consolidate its improved knowledge of subsea foundations. In addition, the current state of knowledge regarding the design and installation of offshore foundations in general must be compiled.

:: GASTECH 2006 - A resounding success
Posted: 18 December 2006
Gastech 2006, the 22 nd International Exhibition and Conference for the LNG, LPG and Natural Gas Industries, held in Abu Dhabi, proved to be a true record breaker, with a total attendance 6409, from 66 countries (subject to independent verification). The total attendance in Bilbao at Gastech 2005 was approx 5400 ? attendance at this year’s event thus saw an increase of approximately a thousand individuals from the global industry.