Environment & Energy | Saturday 4 July, 2015 3:56 am

Solar Impulse 2 Makes History; Arrives Safely in Hawaii

Solar Impulse 2, the revolutionary solar-powered aircraft able to fly day and night without a drop of fuel, arrived in Honolulu, Hawaii on Friday at 19:57 UAE time after crossing the Pacific Ocean. The 118 hour 8,261km flight from Nagoya, Japan to Honolulu made history, as it was a feat that had...

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Environment & Energy | Wednesday 1 July, 2015 2:32 pm

NWC continues to improve quality of pilgrim services

Preceded by early preparations and continuous enhancement projects, NWC is applying new operational services to raise the quality of provided services for pilgrims. NWC assured that all preparations has been finalized for controlling water and environment services in Makkah and the Holy Shrines...

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Environment & Energy | Sunday 28 June, 2015 1:01 pm

SAR 227 million to Reduce Overflow of Wastewater

The NWC announced that it has just finished linking the historical and central suburbs of Jeddah to the wastewater triple treatment plant in Alkhamrah 4, south of Jeddah through a wastewater transport pipeline. The pipeline is 3000 mm in diameter, cost SAR 227 million and was built to reduce...

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Environment & Energy | Friday 26 June, 2015 6:17 am

Aramco plans cleaner fuels for Ras Tanura, Rabigh refineries

Saudi Aramco has revived plans to add a clean fuels unit in its biggest oil refinery in Ras Tanura and more environmentally-friendly units to its Rabigh refinery, industry sources said. There has been a shift in Middle Eastern refineries to produce cleaner fuel to target export markets with...

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Environment & Energy | Friday 26 June, 2015 5:27 am

Saudi Butanol gears up for Jubail plant trial operations

Saudi Butanol Company (SaBuCo) is preparing to start trial operations at its largest butanol plant in Jubail in the third quarter of this year. Planned to be carried out for around six months, the trial operations will test equipment and production efficiency through technical licensing and...

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Environment & Energy | Thursday 25 June, 2015 5:37 am

Aramco implements expansion plans at Shaybah oil field

As part of Saudi Aramco’s mega projects, it is implementing expansion plans at Shaybah field in the Empty Quarter to increase oil production capacity and natural gas liquids (NGL) at an estimated cost of SR186.75 billion. Saudi Aramco's joint projects in the field of refining and petrochemical...

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Environment & Energy | Wednesday 24 June, 2015 6:49 am

Saudi Aramco may shut Jeddah refinery in several years

State oil giant Saudi Aramco is considering whether to close its 90,000 barrel per day crude oil refinery in Jeddah after several years because of age and environmental concerns, industry sources said.The refinery, which started operating in 1967, serves much of the country's western region and its ...

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Environment & Energy | Tuesday 23 June, 2015 12:55 pm

Saudi American alliance aimed at the implementation of the five projects

Saudi American alliance aimed at the implementation of the five projects for the production of 59 thousand megawatts of electricity and provide half a million jobs in EgyptDetection Alliance Saudi American launch of five projects for the production of more than 59 thousand megawatts watts of...

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Environment & Energy | Monday 22 June, 2015 1:57 pm

Russia and Saudi Arabia signed an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in peaceful uses of atomic energy

Governments of Russian Federation and Saudi Arabia signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of nuclear energy for peaceful uses.For the first time in the history of Russian-Saudi relations the document creates a legal basis for cooperation between two countries in the field of nuclear energy ...

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Environment & Energy | Sunday 21 June, 2015 2:14 pm

NWC makes plans to meet Zamzam water demands during the Omra Season

The NWC is the main operator of the King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz project for Zamzam. The company started preparations early this year and increased the daily production capacity of Zamzam bottles in order to meet the expected increase in demand during the Ramadan season.There are four production...

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