BBC interviews Crescent’s CEO
Majid Jafar shares his views on the recent socio-political changes impacting the Middle East’s economy and the region’s growing energy business
Mideast to need $600b investment in oil and gas
“To create a sustainable energy grid, the MENA countries need clear and good energy policies that will help the region offer sustainable energy with a good energy mix to power their economies,” Majid H. Jafar, Chief Executive Officer of Crescent Petroleum, said on Wednesday at a breakout session at the World Energy Forum
Dana Gas and Crescent Petroleum Kurdistan production reaches 80,000 barrels per day on 4th anniversary
Dana Gas, the region's first regional private-sector natural gas company, and Crescent Petroleum, the oldest Middle East private oil and gas company, in their capacity as joint operator of the Khor Mor field, have announced that total production in their gas operations in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq has reached 80,000 barrels of oil equivalent [...]
Gulf gas production has 30 billion cubic feet per day more potential, Crescent Petroleum President tells participants in WEF Summit on Global Agenda
Addressing fellow members of the World Economic Forum Council on Energy Security, as part of the ongoing Summit on the Global Agenda in Dubai, the Managing Director of the Crescent Group and President of Crescent Petroleum said that the Gulf region has the potential to produce up to an additional 30 billion cubic feet per [...]
Crescent Petroleum and Dana Gas Kurdistan Production Reaches 70,000 barrels per day
Leading Middle East private oil and gas company Crescent Petroleum and its partner and affiliate Dana Gas PJSC, the region's first private-sector natural gas company, have, in their capacity as joint operator of the Kor Mor field, announced that total production in their major gas operations in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq has grown steadily [...]
Youth unemployment in the Arab world: tackling the demographic time bomb
The threat to stability in the Arab world posed by youth unemployment is such that governments old and new must urgently address the worsening economic environment. If a solution is not found soon, the whole region risks instability or even secondary revolutions
Crescent Petroleum’s Chairman Mr. Hamid Jafar addressing the World Economic Forum in Istanbul
Crescent Petroleum’s Chairman Mr. Hamid Jafar addressing the World Economic Forum in Istanbul on “New Energy Corridors” on 5th June 2012
Crescent’s wise man looks north
Majid Jafar, CEO of upstream oil and gas company Crescent Petroleum, says the Kurdistan region of Iraq is key to the company’s future growth
‘Art in Iraq today’ book launched
As part of events to commemorate its 40th year, Crescent Petroleum, the Middle East's oldest private oil and gas company, has partnered with the Meem Gallery, a leading specialist in the Arab art world, to launch "Art in Iraq Today"
Principles of a nation offered an advantage from the start
02 December 11 Forty years ago, seven desert sheikhdoms came together to announce their political union under a new federation. The region and the world were sceptical about the chances for success and survival of this new country, and with good reason - with British protection withdrawn, and territorial claims by larger established neighbours such [...]