Esmat Advances Local Wind Turbine Manufacturing Plans

Esmat Advances Local Wind Turbine Manufacturing Plans

Mahmoud Esmat, Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, met with Alexie Ba, Regional Director of SANY Group, a Chinese company that operates in manufacturing renewable energy equipment, to discuss and follow up on p...

Iraq’s PM-Designate Secures US Backing

Iraq’s Shia parties nominated businessman Ali al-Zaidi as their prime ministerial candidate on 27 April in a surprise move that could end the five-month political impasse since last November’s parliamentary elections...

UAE Exits OAPEC After Leaving OPEC and OPEC+

The UAE has announced its departure from the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC), Reuters reported, citing a statement from the intergovernmental alliance released on Sunday. OAPEC, founded in 1968...

US Seeks To Pressure Iran By Targeting China Trade

On 28 April, the US Treasury alerted financial institutions of the risk of secondary sanctions when dealing with Chinese independent refiners known as teapots that have been sanctioned for buying Iranian crude oil. The a...

Egypt Raises Industrial Gas Price Floor to $6.50/MMBtu

Egypt Raises Industrial Gas Price Floor to $6.50/MMBtu

The government has raised natural gas supply prices for the industrial sector, setting a minimum selling price of no less than $6.50 per million British thermal units (MMBtu) for energy-intensive industries. The measure ...