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Opinion: Could Murban crude become a new oil benchmark?
Dr. Carole Nakhle
Dr. Carole Nakhle

The trade launch of the United Arab Emirates’ flagship oil, Murban, marks yet another step toward privatization and competitiveness for the Emirati energy sector. With production volumes far surpassing those of other crude oils in the region, Murban could become a new benchmark in the Middle East and possibly beyond.

Launch of products from Chinese brand Xiaomi in Dubai, January 2016
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The UAE and China: New ties and strategies

While the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia are still staunch allies, the former has strayed from the latter to pursue its own interests, especially its fruitful cooperation with Beijing. In the multisided Yemen conflict, Abu Dhabi has begun backing separatist movements in the hope of taking over ports that ...
Devils' Dune oil field in Abu Dhabi
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The UAE’s oil and gas investment spree

In 2018, the United Arab Emirates launched a five-year spending plan of more than $130 billion to overhaul its oil and gas sector, ultimately aiming to become gas self-sufficient. The increase in production could result in a larger share of the oil market, but only if environmental concerns do not ...
 Dr. Carole Nakhle
Dr. Carole Nakhle
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The UAE balances oil riches with green energy drive

The United Arab Emirates is one of the world’s leading oil producers, and gets 100 percent of its electricity from burning natural gas. However, this fossil fuel-dependent country has big ambitions to become a champion of green energy. Though the goals look achievable, market realities mean oil is likely to ...
 Dr. Carole Nakhle
Dr. Carole Nakhle
Oil processing plant in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (photo: dpa)
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Why the United Arab Emirates wants to keep both Iran and the West on side

The United Arab Emirates has for decades retained a special relationship with the international oil community, and now produces more than three per cent of the world’s oil. But in April 2012, following the EU’s ban on Iranian fuel imports, UAE oil minister, Mohammed bin Dhaen al-Hamli, said it had ...
 Dr. Carole Nakhle
Dr. Carole Nakhle

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