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'RFL UAE' allows users to connect their personal wellness journey to FOCP's objective to raise funds that will aid the treatment of cancer patients

UAE - Crescent Petroleum, the first and largest private oil and gas company in the Middle East, has partnered with Edraak, Arab World's leading platform for massive open online courses (MOOCs), to develop a series of open and free online career readiness courses to bridge the gap between the skills acquired during school or university [...]

This year, the newly rebranded Middle East Energy Awards saw a record number of nominations. Those nominees were whittled down to shortlists representing some of the best achievements from the energy sector in the past year. Our esteemed panel of judges had the difficult task of selecting the winner and highly commended of each category, [...]

Majid Jafar discusses the political spectrum in the GCC countries.

For the past hundred years, Middle East energy has been synonymous with oil. But walk through the plenaries and halls of energy forums in the region these days, and the word you will hear most often is gas.

A senior oil executive has predicted that Iraq could surpass Saudi Arabia as an oil producer. Addressing delegates at CWC‘s Iraq Petroleum conference in London, Majid Jafar (pictured), CEO of Sharjah-based Crescent Petroleum, said: "Iraq is hugely underexplored. We at Crescent know of 300 structures just in the Western Desert that have yet to be drilled, so I for one believe that Iraq has a lot of potential, and I wouldn't be surprised if it becomes the largest producer in OPEC during my career."

Region’s first and largest private upstream exploration and production company signs on as Silver Sponsor Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), 09 May 2019 - The UAE Organising Committee of the 24th World Energy Congress is pleased to announce the sponsorship of Crescent Petroleum, the first and largest private upstream exploration and production company in [...]

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE): - The UAE Organising Committee of the 24th World Energy Congress is pleased to announce the sponsorship of Crescent Petroleum, the first and largest private upstream exploration and production company in the Middle East, as a Silver Sponsor and Exhibitor at the World Energy Congress that will take place [...]

It has been a whirlwind year for the regional oil and gas industry. Watching the market intently from our perch, Oil & Gas Middle East has seen the slips, successes and surprises that have kept oil and gas companies on their toes this year. In our Power 50 list, we tally all of these up [...]