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TAQA’s Comorant Alpha oil platform, in the North Sea (TAQA)

TAQA completes North Sea acquisitions

by Andrés Cala | Jun 11, 2013 | Business

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Abu Dhabi National Energy Company announced earlier this month that it has completed the acquisition of several of BP’s North Sea assets. The company, commonly known as TAQA, is listed on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, and is 72.5%...

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Iranian workers weld two gas pipes together at the start of construction on a pipeline to transfer natural gas from Iran to Pakistan, in Chabahar, southeastern Iran, near the Pakistani border, Monday, March 11, 2013. The leaders of Pakistan and Iran on Monday pushed ahead with a pipeline to bring natural gas from Iran despite […]

Problems in the Pipeline

by Alex Vatanka | May 7, 2013 | The Majalla Magazine

In Pakistan’s feverish election season, politicians in the country are promising an array of solutions to an excruciating crisis: its acute energy shortage. There seems to be a broad national consensus that importing Iranian natural gas via a 1700-mile pipeline could...

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Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Qandil (L) and Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al-Thani (R) arrive for a joint news conference at the Emiri Diwan in Doha, Qatar, on April 10, 2013. Source: EPA/STRINGER

Qatar to Purchase USD 3bn in Egyptian Treasury Bonds

by Sharif Yamani | Apr 11, 2013 | Business

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Qatari prime minister Hamad bin Jassim has announced that his country will provide USD 3 billion in additional aid to Egypt in a press conference during Egyptian prime minister Hisham Qandil’s visit to the Gulf kingdom. The additional funds will...