Environment & Energy | Thursday 20 October, 2016 3:37 am

Oil-price downturn coming to an end

Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources Khalid Al-Falih said on Wednesday that the oil-price downturn was coming to an end. Speaking at the Oil & Money conference here, Falih called for new investments to avert a supply shortage in the future. “We are ...

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Environment & Energy | Wednesday 19 October, 2016 1:39 pm

Global and regional experts on sustainability to address 5th EmiratesGBC Congress 2016 on Oct. 25 & 26 in Dubai

Some of the world’s foremost thought leaders in sustainability are making a beeline for Dubai to take part in the deliberations of the fifth EmiratesGBC Congress 2016 hosted by Emirates Green Building Council (EmiratesGBC), an independent forum aimed at conserving the environment by...

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Environment & Energy | Sunday 16 October, 2016 3:36 pm

Empower achieves impressive 8.9% saving on District Cooling energy consumption

The Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower), the world’s largest district cooling services provider, has announced that it achieved 8.9% savings in energy consumption of district cooling during its four-month summer campaign “Saving Starts at 24°C”, which was...

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Environment & Energy | Sunday 16 October, 2016 12:51 pm

Well-established Gulf petrochemical industry to lift GCC stock markets says ArabPlast organizers

Although some upstream oil operators have posted results that have missed expectations, their derivative segments and other petrochemical businesses are seeing the upside of the oil price erosion revealed Satish Khanna, General Manager, Al Fajer Information and Services, co-organisers of ArabPlast, ...

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Environment & Energy | Sunday 16 October, 2016 6:23 am

SEC, GE drive Saudi Arabia’s electricity digital transformation

SAUDI Electricity Company (SEC) has selected GE as its solutions provider to drive a nationwide digital transformation of electricity in Saudi Arabia. GE and SEC will work together to make SEC’s power generation capabilities one of the world’s most efficient and reliable, as it prepares ...

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Environment & Energy | Saturday 15 October, 2016 1:00 am

Rescued Cheetah Cubs Raised at Emirates Park Zoo and Resort

 Emirates Park Zoo and Resort rescued Jasper and Shazly, two cheetah cubs from the Saudi Arabian border. Officials confiscated 15 cubs who were being smuggled into the country, with the intent of selling as pets. All 15 are suspected of being taken from the wild. Originally, Emirates Park...

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Environment & Energy | Saturday 15 October, 2016 12:58 am

Watts Opens New Sales, Distribution and Learning Center in Dubai

Watts Water Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: WTS)  announced the relocation of its sales and distribution facility in Dubai to a new location in Jebel Ali, and the opening of a new Watts® WorksSM Learning Center in the same facility. The new Watts Works Learning Center in Dubai will...

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Environment & Energy | Thursday 13 October, 2016 4:42 am

OPEC invites Russia to meeting, eyeing higher oil price

OPEC said it was inviting Russia and other key non-members to a meeting later this month as the oil group and Moscow seek to tighten cooperation to boost historically low crude prices. The announcement came after a meeting in Istanbul between several top OPEC energy ministers with their Russian...

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Environment & Energy | Wednesday 12 October, 2016 1:26 pm

GPCA’s Waste Free Environment campaign chosen as CSR Initiative of the Year

Waste Free Environment (WFE), the community based environmental awareness and anti-litter campaign organized by the Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA) was chosen as the 2016 “Best Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative of the Year” at the 7th Oil and Gas and...

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Environment & Energy | Wednesday 12 October, 2016 7:07 am

Empower concluded its participation in 18th WETEX

The Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower), world’s largest district cooling services provider, concluded its participating in the 18thWater, Energy, Technology, and Environment Exhibition (WETEX) 2016 and the third World Green Economy Summit (WGES) that were held in Dubai as...

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