International News Obama bans oil drilling ‘permanently’ in millions of acres of ocean nada nasser Dec 21, 2016 0 Outgoing US President Barack Obama has permanently banned offshore oil and gas drilling in the "vast majority" of…
World Stocks close slightly higher; energy weighs Yomna Yasser Dec 20, 2016 0 U.S. stocks closed higher Monday in low volume trade as traders bought some recently less-favored sectors, while…
Industry & Trade Aramco, GE to launch Saudi Arabia’s first wind turbine next month Ghada Ismail Dec 19, 2016 0 Saudi Aramco plans to commission its wind turbine pilot project, the first in the kingdom, next month, the state…
forex news Oil prices climb in anticipation of tighter 2017 market Yomna Yasser Dec 19, 2016 0 Oil prices rose on Monday in anticipation of tighter crude supply going into 2017 following the decision by OPEC…
World Stocks close lower after Fed raises rates; energy and utilities drop 2% Yomna Yasser Dec 15, 2016 0 U.S. stocks fell in choppy trade Wednesday, led lower by energy and utilities, after the Federal Reserve raise…
World Oil, dollar, energy shares and bond yields leap on OPEC deal Noha Gad Dec 1, 2016 0 Oil prices and energy shares swept higher on Thursday after OPEC agreed to cut crude output to clear a glut, while…
Industry & Trade Italy’s Eni: Egypt Nooros gas field producing 900 million cubic feet/day Yomna Yasser Nov 21, 2016 0 Italian oil giant Eni said its Egypt Nooros field is a producing almost 900 million cubic feet of gas per day and…
Industry & Trade Siemens investments in Egypt hit €8b: German Ambassador Noha Gad Nov 21, 2016 0 The total investments of German industrial group Siemens in Egyptian energy sector reached €8 billion, German…
Industry & Trade China’s Shanghai Electric plans building Waste-to-energy plant in Egypt Noha Gad Nov 1, 2016 0 Chinese electrical equipment manufacturer Shanghai Electric targets establishing a factory to generate power using…
Industry & Trade Green energy firms start feed-in tariff talks in Egypt Noha Gad Oct 31, 2016 0 Renewable energy companies have started negotiations with foreign and domestic banking institutions in Egypt to…