Category: Economy

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Jan2020
Doha, 19 January 2020 Qatar has signed an agreement with French energy giant Total and Japan's Marubeni to build a solar power plant capable of producing 800 megawatts, a tenth of country's peak energy demand, according to Sa'ad AlKa'abi, State Minister for Energy. Addressing a press conference just after the signing ... Read More
January 19, 2020M Ashraf Siddiqui

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Nov2019
Doha, 19 Nov 2019 Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, Minister of State for Energy Affairs of State of Qatar, met in Beijing with Dai Houliang, Chairman of China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec), Wang Dongjin, Chairman of China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), Wang Yilin, Chairman of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), and ... Read More
November 19, 2019M Ashraf Siddiqui
UDC at 2019 Cityscape

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Oct2019
Doha, 25 Oct 2019 United Development Company (UDC), a leading Qatari public shareholding company and the master developer of The Pearl-Qatar and Gewan Islands announced its financial results for the nine-month period ended 30 September 2019, reporting net profit of QR 343 million over revenues of QR 1.3 billion. The net ... Read More
October 25, 2019M Ashraf Siddiqui
Qitcom 2019

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Oct2019
Doha, 20 Oct. 2019 Cities around the world are increasingly transforming into ‘Smart Cities’ as rapid urbanization is exerting growing pressure on the traditional infrastructures. Smart Cities initiative, which integrate digital technology to optimize the efficiency of cities' operations and services, are now the global trend due to the several economic ... Read More
October 20, 2019M Ashraf Siddiqui
21st Ministerial Meeting Group Picture

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Oct2019
Doha, 04 Oct. 2019 State of Qatar will host 6thGas Summit of Heads of State and Government of Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) Member Countries. iIt was announced during the conclusion of 21stGECF ministerial meeting in Moscow. Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, the Minister of State for Energy Affairs, the President and CEO of ... Read More
October 5, 2019M Ashraf Siddiqui

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Sep2019
Doha, 02 Sept 2019 Affiliates of Qatar Petroleum and the Belgian independent natural gas transport company Fluxys Belgium signed a long-term agreement for LNG unloading services at the Zeebrugge LNG Terminal. The agreement was signed during a ceremony held in Brussels today by Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, Minister of State for Energy ... Read More
September 3, 2019M Ashraf Siddiqui
AlKaabi

27

Aug2019
Doha, 27 Aug. 2019 (QP)   Qatar Petroleum has entered into agreements with Total for a share of exploration and production rights in two blocks offshore the Republic of Namibia. Under the agreements, which are subject to customary regulatory approvals by the government of Namibia and approvals by the partners in the blocks, ... Read More
August 27, 2019M Ashraf Siddiqui
AlKaabi

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Aug2019
Doha, Qatar, 20 August 2019 (QP) Qatar Petroleum for the Sale of Petroleum Products Company (QPSPP), has recently concluded a 5-year sale agreement with ExxonMobil Trading Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. (EXTAP), a division of ExxonMobil Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. based in Singapore. Under the agreement, QPSPP will supply ExxonMobil’s Singapore Integrated Manufacturing ... Read More
August 22, 2019M Ashraf Siddiqui
map_Kenya_Block_Arabic

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Jul2019
Doha Qatar Petroleum has entered into an agreement with Eni and Total to acquire a 25% participating interest (13.75% from Eni and 11.25% from Total) in blocks L11A, L11B and L12 located offshore Kenya. The agreement is subject to customary regulatory approvals by the government of Kenya. Following such approval, the partners ... Read More
July 27, 2019M Ashraf Siddiqui
Doha vowed to continue to supply the UAE with LNG, despite being blockaded by the country [AP]

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May2019
Doha, 19 May 2019 (AlJazeera News) A major gas pipeline from Qatar to the United Arab Emirates, Dolphin, experienced an outage for several days last month and Qatar filled the gap with additional liquefied gas supplies, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters news agency. Qatar has been under a political ... Read More
May 19, 2019M Ashraf Siddiqui