Starting in 1908 with the discovery of oil in Persia, our story has always been about transitions – from coal to oil, from oil to gas, from onshore to deep water, and now onwards towards a new mix of energy sources as the world moves into a lower carbon
Petroleum, also known as crude oil, was found in underground reservoirs and used to make gasoline, and therefore the global price of crude oil began to directly impact the cost of gas. The United States both imported and exported petroleum, though for many years the nation imported far more ...
Out of the ashes of the Ottoman Empire18, Kemal Atatürk19 helped found modern Turkey. Eamon de Valera won Irish independence from Great Britain. Ibn Sa'ūd created a country, Saudi Arabia, that bears his family's name. And, Mao Zedong20 led a 30-year struggle in China, creating a ...
OPEC and OPEC+ are groupings of oil exporting countries that use supply quotas in an effort to secure the highest long-term prices for their members Both groups set their supply targets by consensus, though Saudi Arabia plays an outsized role as the top exporter with most spare capacity. ...
In Malaysia and Saudi Arabia, we installed telepresence videoconferencing systems so that different organizations responsible for pandemic response could collaborate more seamlessly. This allowed doctors to share clinical experience more efficiently and governments to issue guidance more effectively. In Ecuador...
A recent survey by Wisewell found that 65 percent of Saudi residents are already concerned about the health implications of plastic consumption. However, many have continued using bottled water because no widely trusted alternative has been available. ...
In the wake of the stock market collapse, institutional investors were eager to find new places to park money that might prove more robust than the complex financial instruments that collapsed when the housing bubble burst. What they found was a market ready for change. The owners of farms ...
OIL AND BLOOD Zaidoon’s seventeen year-old cousin, Jamal, darts through the refinery’s enormous storage drums. He is trying to fill a jerry can with gasoline for one of the truck drivers who’s pulled up in an empty tanker. Jamal runs over to the huge drum that holds the gasoline ...
Starting in 1908 with the discovery of oil in Persia, our story has always been about transitions – from coal to oil, from oil to gas, from onshore to deep water, and now onwards towards a new mix of energy sources as the world moves into a lower carbon
The Doctor looked at Jo’s fair hair and pretty face. They had traveled a great deal together, through Time and Space, and he had learned to love her very dearly. He found it difficult to accept in his heart that he might never see her again. There was a sudden stuffiness in his no...