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...This time the impact is broader and, in a worst-case scenario, could result in a slimmed down version of Dubai Inc....
...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on November 01. ©2019 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...A US cyber attack in June wiped out a critical database, damaging Tehran’s ability to target shipping traffic in the Gulf....
...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on March 28 2018. ©2018 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...Atwood Oceanics, an offshore rig contractor, was down by roughly the same margin at $8.67....
...Even more ominously for the contractors, many oil producers have cut back sharply on exploration to find fields that will lead to future developments....
...Kyaukphyu links the Middle Kingdom to seaways towards south Asia, Africa, the Gulf and beyond....
...That is Act V, and we are not there yet. For now we are still very definitely in the age of hydrocarbons....
...Other possible Typhoon deals could come from South Korea, Malaysia, Qatar, Azerbaijan and Kuwait – all of which have plans to buy fighter jets in the next couple of years....
...Gulf Council meets The six-state Gulf Co-operation Council holds a meeting in Riyadh and is scheduled to discuss the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria and a possible US-led intervention backed by...
...The gulf oil spill has made a mockery of both....
...Meanwhile, contractors are winning new business as oil companies ramp up their operations, especially around areas such as Basra in the south....
...That means the contractors “have little commercial incentive to make gas readily available,” the IEA said....
...Turkey now claims more companies among the world’s top international contractors than anywhere else save China....
...biggest online retailer by sales looks to profit from a boom in internet shopping in the region that inspired its name. http://on.ft.com/RFKHvq Apple to return some Mac production to U.S. in 2013 Apple Inc...
...* Rich states urged to boost climate funds * Morsi offers talks but no concessions * Amazon launches online bookstore in Brazil * Kuwait closes in on BofA’s London HQ * Judge seeks closure in Apple v...
...TPAO, the Turkish state oil company, was last year expelled from an exploration deal in the south of the country....
...The second is that a company such as Shell which prides itself (rightly) on its environmental performance is only as good as its weakest contractor....
...The Kulluk, which was being towed south to Seattle after drilling in the Beaufort Sea, ran aground just before 9pm local time on Monday on Sitkalidak Island, on the western side of the Gulf of Alaska....
...The work has been brought forward to start as early as January, if the corps can find a suitable contractor in time....
...US defence contractors accustomed to a ravenous domestic customer are finding themselves increasingly dependent on overseas sales to keep open their assembly lines as the US cuts defence spending....
...BAE Systems, Britain’s biggest defence contractor, has won a £446m contract to provide engineering support for Eurofighter Typhoon jets, which it said would protect 600 jobs in the UK....
...JPMorgan expects organic revenues at the largest contractors to decline about 5 per cent in 2012, and another 5 per cent in 2013....
...Tony Hayward, who resigned as chief executive of BP after the oil company’s spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, this year returned to the FTSE 100 as director of Glencore, the commodity trader....
...BP rose 2.6 per cent to 483p on hopes that a US court ruling would encourage contractor Halliburton to reach a settlement over its liability for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill....
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