Petrochemical clusters offer great advantages, but at what cost?
Market Watch
Nuclear family
In the Gulf the UAE has been getting the ball rolling, and looks the most likely to be first to commission a nuclear power station.
Explosion on Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline
Fire continues to blaze on Turkish section of BTC pipeline forcing reduced oil production in Azerbaijan.
Iraq’s oil legacy
Omar Al-Saadoon, senior associate with the Iraq Practice Group at Al Tamimi & Co examines Iraq’s oil laws exclusively for Oil & Gas Middle East.
Drilling demand continues
Swicorp takes majority stake in Middle East drilling rig firm.
Due South?
In oil and gas circles it’s fairly common to hear about Oman in the context of fighting declining reserves, and experimental enhanced recovery techniques.
Grand vision
Gustaf Akermark, senior advisor for petrochemicals at ADBI, reveals production is set to double by 2011.
Piper Alpha
Stephen McGinty has written an epic account of the Piper Alpha oil platform disaster, Fire In The Night.
TAQA heads north
Abu Dhabi energy fund agrees purchase of North Sea oil fields.
It never rains…
Oil prices have once again become bullish after what had appeared to be a long-awaited respite for consumers around the world.