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Aman Amanpour conducts a condened petrochemical course few times next year, first one in Singapore - 26 to 28 March 2012. Read more.
Published in European Energy Review: "Following the Petrodollar in the Persian Gulf Crisis: The Myth of Isolated Iran". Aman Amanpour comments. Read more.
GPCA Forum 2011: “Moving Downstream – Creating Added Value and Sustainable Growth’. Could the key requisites to achieving this motto be thoroughly addressed? Aman Amanpour comments. Read more.
Current state of global economy and post Q3
projected outlooks for chemical industry. Aman Amanpour comments.
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Aman Amanpour spoke at Middle East Chemical Week event in Ab-Dhabi -16th - 19th Oct/2011. Read more.
Aman Amanpour spoke at and chaired the second day of MENA 9th Olefin and Polyolefin Conference in Dubai - 10 and 11th Oct/2011. Read more.
World' top Chemical Companies: BASF still taking the top spot - with distance, yet champions from 'East' are on the march. Read more.
Iran’s subsidy reform: “a success”, judges IMF. Yet new problems are looming. Aman Amanpour comments. Read more.
The renewable Future. The new report by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), involving more than 120 scientists, economists, and technology specialists, provides that long-overdue assessment. Read more.
US ethylene capacity additions: the scramble to announce on the back of Shale Gas Euphoria. Aman Amanpour comments. Dow Chemical’s … Read more.
West’s different treatments of Libya and Bahrain: But is “Oil” the common factor? Aman Amanpour comments. Read more.
The collapse of the Old Oil Order ?? There are already strong voices, heralding this. Yet how abrupt and acute are these assertions ? If real, then how impactful are these on the alternative sources of energy ? Who will win and who has to lose ? Aman Amanpour comments. Read more.
Latest Export Statistics on Iran’s Petrochemicals: Shana's News and Aman Amanpour's commentary. Read more.
Unrest and Libya's Energy Industry. Read more.
The International Year of Chemistry 2011 (IYC 2011) is a worldwide celebration of the achievements of chemistry and its contributions to the well-being of humankind. Read more.
BP – Rosneft partnership: IOCs changing gears again – returning to "MRH" from OECD ? Read more.
Iran to produce DME as a clean fuel. Read the strory and Aman Amanpour's comments
Germany's Upcoming Energy Revolution. Germany's Environment Minister Norbert Röttgen calls the new German energy strategy a 'civil revolution'. Read more.
Chemistry (a nice video from EPCA): It's All About you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1mn9xGScqcI
Obama' State of Union message, 25/1/2011. The US energy sector on Wednesday was sharply critical of President Barack Obama's "state of the union" address. Aman Amanpour opines. Read more.
Abu Dhabi has chosen Occidental as its partner in the giant Shah sour gas project. Read more.
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Panel blames lax oversight, poor safety standards. Read more.
A key feedback from GPCA: shifting from commodity to specialty petrochemicals. Read more.
Massive Growth and Immense Potential of Mideast to Be Showcased at Fifth Annual GPCA Forum in Dubai from 7th-9th December 2010. Read more.
New wave of Petrochemical investments and srtategy in the ME/GCC: What to make ? How to add value? What Business Model? Opportunities and Challenges. Aman Amanpour opines. Read more
Futuer of the Oil Industry between hope and fear. This October Oil & Money Conference in London, a meeting place for the oil industry, identified four "game changers in global energy": Iraq, China, Macondo and shale gas. Read more.
Iraq and Iran both announce higher Oil Reserves within a span of one week. Read more.
EU ETS (Emission Tradding Scheme): can the new phase, being put together in Brussels, really bite? Read more.
Shell Qatar GTL Plant started commisioning. Read more
Iran claims self sufficiency in Gasoline production by converting Petrochemicals capacities. Read more
Shale Gas: a real "revolution" or a hype? Aman Amanpour opines. Read more
Aramco's next wave of Downstream investments. Read more
Aramco and Dow Chemical move ahead with $15bn project. Read more
GCC Petrochemical Producers (GPCA) protest aginst the Indian anti-damping actions. Read more.
The rumoured Exit of ExxonMobil from the long planned and last in January 2010 confirmed Qatari Project is another case of recent IOCs' exits from the Middle Eastern projects. Aman Amanpour opines on this and other exits. Read more.
The CWC Libya Gas Conference : Aman Amanpour participated in the "Session 5: successful monitization of Gas. The views and perspectives he offered were well received, generated lively debates during and were reflected after the conference in prominent press. Read more