Siemens Energy will supply six gas turbines, six generators and 20-year maintenance services for Oman’s Misfah and Duqm IPP projects, adding nearly 2.6 GW of capacity, increasing national electricity generation by almost 20% and serving more than 2 million people.
TA’ZIZ, a joint venture between ADNOC and ADQ, has announced the launch of a joint feasibility study with Covestro and XRG to assess the development of a world-scale methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) plant at the TA’ZIZ Industrial Chemicals Zone in Ruwais Industrial City, Abu Dhabi.
Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) has awarded contracts worth more than QR2.2 billion ($604 million) to expand the electricity transmission network in the country's western region as it prepares to integrate power from the Dukhan solar project into the national grid.
France's EDF Power Solutions and Oman have strengthened strategic energy cooperation through three key renewable energy and energy storage agreements.
QatarEnergy has signed a commercial discovery declaration for the Glaucus and Pegasus fields in Block 10, offshore Cyprus, as well as a collaboration statement, together with the Government of Cyprus and ExxonMobil.
Sasol and Topsoe have announced plans to reorganise their sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) partnership by preparing for the orderly operational wind-down of their joint venture, Zaffra, while strengthening their long-standing technology licensing collaboration through the Single Point Licensor (SPL) framework established in 2019.
Applus+ has renewed a major offshore pipeline integrity contract with a leading UAE organisation for another five years, reinforcing its long-standing partnership and technical expertise.
SLB has been awarded a seven-year contract by Kuwait Oil Company under the Ahmadi Innovation Valley initiative, supporting research, digital innovation and deployment of technologies including AI, IIoT, reservoir management and energy transition solutions.
Plenitude, controlled by Eni, has begun production at its 220 MW Villarino solar plant in Salamanca, Spain. The 286-hectare facility has over 365,000 bifacial modules and is expected to generate more than 400 GWh annually.
Global demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) is projected to reach nearly 700 million tonnes annually by 2050, up around 65 per cent from 2025 levels, driven by growing demand for secure, flexible and lower-emission energy, according to Shell’s LNG Outlook 2026.
