Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has received a three-year contract from Sahara Petrochemicals (Sahara) to provide general engineering services at Sahara’s Jubail Industrial City facilities in Saudi Arabia. “Jacobs has had a presence in the Middle East for many years serving the oil, gas, buildings and infrastructure sectors," Bassim Shebaro, Jacobs' senior vice president of oil and gas, said. Read More »

In a well-oiled operation, a new offshore complex in Tanajib — the Marine Offshore Floating Hub — is changing the way rigs are maintained under the shipshape management of Saudi Aramco, a company in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Read More »

Cisco recently showcased its threat-centric cybersecurity solutions during the Kuwait Info Security Conference and Exhibition event. Read More »

Doha is getting the first Angry Birds playground at Doha Festival City’s Family Entertainment Complex. With Qatari officials so proud to introduce the Finnish gaming company’s characters to one of their central entertainment attractions, it begs the question of how much Western and international iconography might get built into cities and what type of tourism the region is trying to attract. Read More »

A familiar face to Aon Hewitt, the international human resources business of Aon plc, will fill the role of CEO for Aon Hewitt Middle East.  Read More »

Qatar has maintained its position as the fifth most popular destination globally in the Muslim travel market, according to the MasterCard-CrescentRating Global Muslim Travel Index (GMTI) 2016. Read More »

Chemical company BASF and the Kanoo Group, an independent, family-owned company, have launched a new branch office in the Nation Towers of Abu Dhabi. Read More »

Qatar Petroleum and Saudi Aramco will be among the exhibitors at the 2016 World Energy Congress, the influential energy industry gathering being hosted by the World Energy Council Oct. 9-13 in Istanbul. Among the already more than 170 confirmed speakers are BP Group CEO Bob Dudley, Econet Founder Strive Masiyiwa and International Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih Birol. Read More »

A recent Wall Street Journal article indicates various community colleges and other American educational institutions are trying out the idea of satellite campuses in the Gulf region. Houston Community College Vice Chancellor Edmund Herod said there are certain challenges to these kinds of ventures, but he is ultimately positive about the way these projects can work. Read More »

Ericsson hosted the first LTE Towards 5G Forum for the Public Sector last week in Doha where the telecommunications company highlighted how advanced technology can address the critical and diverse needs of the public sector in Qatar. The forum was a networking platform for the various participants, which included Qatar Rail, Ministry of Interior and the Qatar Foundation. Read More »

American colleges and universities are making money in the Middle East by operating satellite campuses in Qatar, but many claim this moonlighting is not in line with the mission of public schools and in some cases is against the rules. Read More »

Newly obtained documents from Texas A&M University paint a grim portrait of low morale and lack of leadership at the school’s satellite location in Doha, Qatar. Read More »

Scoring exceptionally well in most parameters for ‘Muslim-friendly travel’ in the MasterCard-CrescentRating Global Muslim Travel Index (GMTI) 2016, Qatar maintained its position as the fifth most popular destination in the global Muslim travel market Read More »

Among the sovereign wealth funds that allow nations to make foreign investments in their national interests, the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), representing the oil-rich Gulf state, is one of the wealthiest. This year, the QIA is poised to put $35 billion into a set of U.S. investments, including the buyout of a division of American Express and other key investments. The QIA also plans to set up a new office in New York. Read More »

GE Oil & Gas chose the end of March to break ground on a new multimodal manufacturing and service facility at the MODON site in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. Read More »

The Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), based in the United Arab Emirates, placed an order this week for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI) H-IIA launch services for the launch of the Emirates Mars Mission’s Hope spacecraft. Hope is slated for launch in 2020 on MHI's H-IIA launch vehicle and is expected to arrive at Mars in 2021. Read More »

Excelerate Energy recently tested its freshly improved floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU), Explorer, and is happy to say the vessel has set a milestone as an FSRU. Read More »

UL, along with the Saudi Arabian Standards Organization (SAS), recently stated that it has made an agreement to encourage UL Standards for Safety usage as Saudi Arabia continues to develop its own national safety standards. Read More »

Mubadala Development Company and Boeing agreed to work together in an effort to establish innovative research and development (R&D) projects to advance aerospace manufacturing capabilities in the UAE. The five-year agreement between the Abu Dhabi based investment and development company and Boeing ensures that Boeing will have access to Mubadala 's existing R&D ecosystem. Read More »

Houston Community College (HCC) is massively scaling back operations at its satellite location in Doha, Qatar. HCC is one of a handful of American universities and colleges running in Qatar’s Education City, an undertaking designed by the oil-rich country to bring American higher education to the Middle East. Under a new agreement outlined in the Houston Chronicle, HCC will now work with Qatar on a “consulting basis” focusing on curriculum and staff support. Read More »