Qatar
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December 04, 2018
The immediate question raised by Qatar leaving OPEC is, of course, what to call this? Qatarexit, or even Qatexit, sound wrong. Qatar-ta-for-now has a nice ring to it, even if it’s a tad unwieldy. Maybe just go with Qatout.
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December 03, 2018
Oil surged the most in more than five months as Saudi Arabia and Russia extended a cooperation pact and U.S.-China trade tensions cooled. Unprecedented supply cuts in Canada also drove prices higher.
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December 03, 2018
Qatar said it will leave OPEC next month, a rare example of the toxic politics of the Middle East rupturing a group that had held together for decades through war and sanctions.
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November 05, 2018
Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi was appointed minister of state for energy issues and vice chairman of Qatar Petroleum after 32 years at the company.
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October 16, 2018
Occidental Petroleum dropped the most in over a year after deciding to hand over an oil field in Qatar to the government, an announcement that appeared to catch some investors off-guard.
Article
October 2018
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) remain the quintessential oil exporting region, replete with considerable assets and tensions.
News
September 26, 2018
The world’s biggest producer of liquefied natural gas wants to bulk up as competing supplies from Australia and the U.S. are also set to come to the market over the next decade.
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September 10, 2018
PetroChina signed a deal with Qatargas Operating to purchase 3.4 MM tons of LNG annually, the Chinese company’s biggest supply deal.
Article
July 2018
EnerMech has appointed Salvatore Cutino as regional director for Africa, based in Cape Town, South Africa.
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June 26, 2018
Qatar Petroleum, the world’s biggest seller of liquefied natural gas, is looking to get even larger, investing $20 billion in America’s oil and gas fields at a time when rival U.S. exporters are expanding.
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May 04, 2018
Qatar emerged as a major shareholder in Rosneft PJSC on Friday after a $9-billion deal to sell a stake in Russia’s state-run oil producer to China’s troubled CEFC Energy Co. collapsed.
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March 29, 2018
Rosneft has opened an office of the International Center for Research and Development in Qatar, which will become a full-scale representative office of the Company, performing along with scientific and technical activities, and also functions to promote various business areas of the Company in the region.
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March 13, 2018
The debate over how to price natural gas is settled, at least for exporters, and oil-indexing should prevail.
Article
February 2018
Downhole turbines are a solution in hard and abrasive formations, otherwise inaccessible with conventional motors.
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January 31, 2018
Tiny OPEC producer Qatar is paying the price for top member Saudi Arabia’s oil strategy in Asia.
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January 31, 2018
Qatar is paying the price for top member Saudi Arabia’s oil strategy in Asia.
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January 25, 2018
Qatar managed to keep liquefied natural gas exports flowing last year even under a Saudi-led embargo, passing its first test in its plans to expand LNG production.
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January 01, 2018
For as long as Gulf economies rely on oil, crude will be a factor in determining how investors trade regional markets. But right now, politics is king.
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December 28, 2017
Gulf Arab energy companies issued record debt this year as producers opted to exploit lower borrowing costs to fund expansion plans.
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October 30, 2017
Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Al Khalifa called for the freezing of Qatar’s Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) membership, escalating attempts by a Saudi-led coalition to deepen the isolation of the gas-rich country.
Article
October 2017
Middle East/North Africa grapples with production cut commitment, despite urge to boost output
