Majid Jafar on CNBC at WEF Davos
Majid Jafar, CEO of Crescent Petroleum, tells CNBC that a big problem for the Middle East is that they are consuming too much of their own energy, with consumption up 500% in the last thirty years
Majid Jafar’s BBC Radio-WEF Davos speech
24 January 13 Majid Jafar told BBC's Today programme business presenter Simon Jack that the growth of unconventional energy sources highlights the need for a "proper long-term strategic energy policy" rather than one which is "just reactive or politically expedient"
UAE’s Gas Cities and Saudi’s Construction Products Company International to develop industrial parks across MENA region
GasCities Limited, a joint venture between UAE's Crescent Petroleum and Dana Gas, and Saudi Arabian Construction Products Company International (CPC International), announced the formation of a joint venture company that will develop, construct, and operate industrial parks focusing on Middle East, North Africa and South Asia region (MENASA)
Majid Jafar: One of the most powerful people in ME Oil & Gas
Oil & Gas Middle East presents the fifty most influential decision makers in the regional upstream business. The second edition of the Oil & Gas Middle East Power 50 list sees the top spot claimed by a Saudi Arabian this year, however the number of people with ties to the Iraqi upstream sector who have [...]
Dana Gas shareholder supports debt restructuring deal
Crescent Petroleum, the biggest shareholder in Dana Gas, said the terms of Dana's planned $920 million debt restructuring deal are fair and protect shareholders. Crescent Chief Executive Majid Jafar, who is also a board member of Dana, described the deal as "an optimum balance to serve interests of all stakeholders"
Gas: Plans develop to raise foreign sales
In 1958, Majid Jafar’s grandfather, then the Iraqi development minister, opened two hydroelectric dams in the mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan. Until a joint venture between the Jafar family's Crescent Petroleum and its affiliate Dana Gas started to produce Kurdish gas in 2008, there had been no new power-generation facility in the northern region of Iraq [...]
Majid Jafar addresses youth unemployment (BBC Radio)
In an interview with BBC’s Business Daily World Radio report, Majid Jafar, Crescent Petroleum’s CEO and Member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council, expands on the issues underlying the disproportionate increase in youth unemployment around the world. Joined by Skills Policy Adviser, Katerina Rudiger of the CIPD, Jafar and Rudiger assess the challenges [...]
Crescent Petroleum Highlights Importance of Environmental Policy for Regional Companies
Arab World Energy Demand increases 500% in last 30 years Affordability and sustainability key to sustainable energy policy for region Crescent Petroleum, the Middle East’s oldest private oil and gas company, has highlighted the need for responsible companies in the Arab World to develop and adopt environmental policies for sustainable development as part of their [...]
Crescent Petroleum’s CEO discusses opportunities within the private sector
In an exclusive interview with Gulf Business, Crescent Petroleum’s CEO, Majid Jafar, highlights the wealth of new opportunities underlying the Arab world’s economic revolution, and its advantages to the private sector
Dubai One Interviews Majid Jafar
Majid Jafar, Crescent Petroleum’s CEO, addresses the challenges facing the energy sector today; discussing the implications behind fluctuating oil prices, the need for establishing clear energy policies and job creation in the Middle East .........