Kuwait
Top 10 Oil & Gas Companies: Kuwait Petroleum Corp
February 13 by Sumit DuttaThe Kuwait Petroleum Corporation produces seven per cent of the world’s total crude oil across a diverse portfolio. Let's look at the key statistics of this heavy-hitting firm.
Asset Management In The Middle East: Extending Life Cycles In Oil & Gas
November 18 by Oil & Gas IQ EditorFalling global oil prices continue to have a marked effect on the Middle East’s OPEC oil producing countries that rely on their main national export to underwrite their economies. As prices fall...
Editorial: Going Locomotive - All Aboard The Oil Train
February 11 by Tim Haïdar"You and I come by road or rail, but economists travel on infrastructure." Margaret Thatcher (1925 - 2013) News reaches us today that Oman, the Sultanate of 3.8 million people perched on the south...
Editorial: Cooking Fish & Making / Breaking Nations
July 16 by Tim Haïdar"Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it."Lao Tzu (6th Century BCE) News reaches us that the tiny Gulf state of Kuwait has discovered a new oil and gas field in the...
Aftermath Algeria: Incident Response 101 – Containing and Taming the Crisis
June 04 by Oil & Gas IQTim Haidar: Hello! Welcome! This is Tim Haidar. Today, I’m speaking with Peter Johnson, Incident Commander for the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agenc...
The 10 biggest oil spills: the Gulf War
April 14 by Oil & Gas IQSince the dawn of modern oil exploitation in the 19th century, a sad but inevitable truth has rung true: accidents happen and oil spills.
Oil and Gas Production: Five Ways To Ensure Your EPC Megaprojects Don’t Fail
December 11 by Oil & Gas IQ EditorPower consumption has grown in Kuwait by 2.5% year on year, so the tiny Gulf nation is investing huge amounts into upcoming EPC projects including the development of its northern gas fields, construct...
On This Day in Oil & Gas: September 10th - Birth of OPEC
September 10 by On This Day in Oil & GasBaghdad, September 10th 1960: Juan Pablo Pêrez Alfonzo, Energy and Mines minister for Venezuelan and Abdullah al-Tariki , his Saudi counterpart, convened a meeting with representatives from Iraq, Ir...