Oman’s Ministry of Energy and Minerals, with be’ah, held a workshop on a national facility to manage naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM) waste, supporting efforts to build a safe, integrated system for handling radioactive waste from oil and gas activities.
The Black Gold Museum at the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC) in Riyadh was inaugurated on Tuesday, marking a significant milestone in Saudi Arabia’s cultural landscape.
The installed renewable energy capacity has exceeded 7.7 gigawatts (GW), with projects under development expected to raise total capacity to more than 23 GW by 2031, a WAM news agency report said.
The Saudi Water Authority (SWA) has announced that it has achieved a major global milestone at its Yanbu production plant by recording the lowest energy consumption level globally at 1.55 kilowatt-hours per cu m, reducing it from its earlier consumption level of 1.7 kilowatt-hours per cu m.
Direct Travel has expanded its Avenir platform across Energy, Marine, and Mining divisions via ATPI, offering a unified global model for executive and project travel that complements existing specialist workforce and logistics solutions.
In a shock move poised to rattle global oil markets, the UAE has announced it will exit the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its wider Opec+ grouping, effective May 1, 2026.
Bidgely’s EmPOWER AI 2026 conference will take place May 12–14 in New York City, bringing together utility leaders, researchers, and technology experts to explore the growing role of artificial intelligence in the energy sector.
Saudi Power Procurement Company (Principal Buyer) has launched the qualification bid process for the second group of Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) projects. The combined capacity of Group 2 BESS projects is 3000MW for a 4-hour storage duration (12,000 MWh).
Chinese scientists have developed a universal green, high-efficiency membrane separation method to selectively extract a range of heavy metal resources critical to new energy technologies.
The Iran–US–Israel conflict is driving the worst global energy crisis, IEA head Fatih Birol said, calling it the biggest in history, worsened by Russia-related energy shocks and supply pressures global.
