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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 [...]

20-year Gas Sales Agreement Signed between Pearl Petroleum and KRG Additional 250 MMscf/day in gas sales to fuel local power plants Plans underway for gas production from Khor Mor Field to reach 650 MMscf/day by 2021 and 900 MMscf/day by 2022 Total current production reaches 106,000 BOEPD Pearl Petroleum Company Limited (“Pearl Petroleum”), the Consortium [...]

Dubai, 3rd March, 2019 (WAM) -- High Hopes Pediatric Therapy Centre in Dubai, in partnership with Al Jallilah Children’s Specialty Hospital and the UAE Genetic Diseases Association, have marked Rare Disease Day 2019 with a family event on Meraas Kite Beach, Dubai.

Sharjah-based cancer charity Friends of Cancer Patients (FOCP) launched the second edition of its annual Ana-vation School Championship at the University City Hall recently to raise awareness on paediatric cancers among the UAE youth. The four-month championship features 150 students, aged 11 and above, from fifteen participating schools, who will gather in teams to use [...]