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• Is A Renewable Energy Boom Coming To The Middle East?

  Published 14 March 2021 | viewed 6,701 times

  The coronavirus pandemic has raised awareness among GCC countries of the importance of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) standards. If current trends continue, then…

• Middle East Producers Are Desperate For Higher Oil Prices

  Published 02 March 2021 | viewed 13,637 times

  A combination of continued production cuts and an increase in economic activity has prompted oil prices to return to pre-pandemic levels – a factor that…

• Is Mexico’s Road To Recovery Paved In Precious Metals?

  Published 13 February 2021 | viewed 6,398 times

  Mining was heavily disrupted last year as a result of Covid-19, with most mines and projects suspended for a number of months, before resuming activity…

• The Global Car Industry Is Finally Set To Rebound

  Published 27 January 2021 | viewed 2,369 times

  The global automotive industry took a significant hit last year on the back of a Covid-19-related slump in activity. However, a more positive global outlook…

• Tourism Industry Set To Recover Sooner Than Expected

  Published 25 November 2020 | viewed 3,203 times

  On November 9 US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and German biotechnology company BioNTech announced that a jointly developed vaccine candidate was effective at preventing more than…

• The Oil Price Crash Has Made Diversification Vital For Gulf Nations

  Published 19 November 2020 | viewed 1,427 times

  While many Gulf nations were already working to diversify their economies prior to the coronavirus pandemic, the subsequent economic downturn and collapse in oil prices…

• How COVID-19 Is Transforming The Auto Industry

  Published 11 September 2020 | viewed 2,838 times

  Automotive players in Turkey expect up to 8m used car sales in 2020 as a pre-pandemic shortage of new vehicles is exacerbated by supply chain…

• How COVID Nearly Killed Public Transport

  Published 20 August 2020 | viewed 1,297 times

  Many of the emerging world’s mass transit systems have seen demand nosedive as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Lockdowns, social distancing, and remote working…

• Low Gas Prices Could Derail Papua New Guinea’s LNG Ambitions

  Published 15 August 2020 | viewed 2,689 times

  Papua New Guinea first started producing liquefied natural gas (LNG) in April 2014 when the flagship $19bn PNG LNG project came on-line months ahead of…

• Abu Dhabi's Energy Sector Gears Up For The Fourth Industrial Revolution

  Published 22 July 2020 | viewed 13,467 times

  While the emirate continues to look for ways to increase the value of its onshore and offshore deposits, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) is…

• Indonesia Aims To Boost Domestic Oil Production To 1 Million Barrels Per Day

  Published 16 July 2020 | viewed 12,066 times

  Oil production has been in steady decline for much of the past two decades in Indonesia, but the state aims to reverse this trend and…

• Emerging Economies Get A Renewable Bump Thanks To Impact Investors

  Published 15 July 2020 | viewed 10,612 times

  In a sign of the depressed business sentiment that has accompanied the virus-related economic slowdown, UNCTAD, the UN’s trade body, predicted in June that global…

• Covid-19 Could Boost Fossil Fuels, Slow Renewables In Emerging Economies

  Published 09 July 2020 | viewed 22,193 times

  Just as the pandemic has had an considerable impact on the global economy, travel restrictions and the suspension of industrial activities have led to an unprecedented drop in global…

• COVID-19 Could Kill China’s $3.8 Trillion New Silk Road

  Published 20 April 2020 | viewed 83,969 times

  The BRI is a far-reaching plan for transnational infrastructure development, linking five continents through land and sea corridors and industrial clusters. Launched in 2013, it…

• The Real Winner Of The OPEC+ Output Deal

  Published 16 April 2020 | viewed 85,944 times

  As of April 15, Mexico, the world’s 10th-most populous country, had recorded 5847 cases and 449 deaths related to COVID-19, far behind the figures reported…

• This Emerging Economy Bets Big On Solar

  Published 06 April 2020 | viewed 15,115 times

  Egypt’s total of 1173 recorded Covid-19 cases and 78 deaths, as of April 5, places Africa's third-most populous country significantly below the global per capita averages…

• Saudi Arabia’s Secret To Surviving The Oil Price War

  Published 01 April 2020 | viewed 24,730 times

  Restrictions on movement and trade as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic have led to a significant shift in consumer behaviour in Saudi Arabia, with…

• New Gas Find Could Save This Nation’s Economy

  Published 25 March 2020 | viewed 15,618 times

  Tunisia has started production at the long-awaited Nawara gas field, a development that is expected to transform the country’s energy balance and provide a significant…

• Solar Energy Could Solve Morocco's Largest Energy Problem

  Published 18 December 2019 | viewed 31,170 times

  In mid-October government officials inaugurated the village of Id Mjahdi, located near the western city of Essaouira. The first of its kind in Africa, the…

• Will The Aramco IPO Help Saudi Arabia Meet Its Vision 2030 Goals?

  Published 10 December 2019 | viewed 7,987 times

  Announcing the development on November 3, Saudi Aramco said that the offer period will run from November 17 to December 4, and the IPO would…