Wael Mahdi

Wael Mahdi
Business OPEC to Discuss Oil Cuts in June

OPEC to Discuss Oil Cuts in June

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will discuss the fate of the deal to curb oil production, according to Kuwait’s oil minister Bakhit al…

Wael Mahdi (Kuwait)
Business UAE Wants OPEC, Russia to Reduce Inventories First

UAE Wants OPEC, Russia to Reduce Inventories First

Saudi Arabia wants the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its non-OPEC allies, led by Russia, to seek new criteria to assess the…

Wael Mahdi (Kuwait)
Features Saudi-US Relations Voyage Beyond Oil Sales

Saudi-US Relations Voyage Beyond Oil Sales

Oil has been at the heart of the Saudi-American economic relationship for eight decades, but that fact is changing as black gold no longer occupies the center…

Wael Mahdi (Kuwait)
Business Saudi Arabia to Tap Shale Gas from Jafurah Basin

Saudi Arabia to Tap Shale Gas from Jafurah Basin

Within days, Aramco will start producing unconventional gas from the north, in a quest to supply electricity companies there and Waad Al Shamaal City with the…

Wael Mahdi (Kuwait)
Business Aramco

Falih: Timing of Aramco IPO Not that Significant

Saudi Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih has stressed that the timing of the initial public offering of the state oil company Aramco was not that significant as…

Wael Mahdi (Kuwait)
Business US Competes with Russia Over Saudi Nuclear Reactors

US Competes with Russia Over Saudi Nuclear Reactors

It seems that competition will be fierce on building Saudi nuclear reactors, in which the United States shows great interest after Russia has applied an…

Wael Mahdi (Kuwait)
Business Key Topics of International Petroleum Week: Saudi Gas, OPEC Deal, Shale Oil

Key Topics of International Petroleum Week: Saudi Gas, OPEC Deal, Shale Oil

International Petroleum (IP) Week kicked off on Monday in London- an event where giant oil companies meet with traders and analysts. There were three key…

Wael Mahdi (London)
Gulf Kuwait Sees Oil Market Balance in Late 2018 or Early 2019

Kuwait Sees Oil Market Balance in Late 2018 or Early 2019

It is unlikely that oil producers will exit earlier this year from the agreement to cut production between OPEC and non-OPEC countries as Kuwaiti Oil Minister…

Wael Mahdi (Kuwait)