Analysis

• ENERGY

  Saudi Arabia Weighs Annual Budget to Boost Clean Energy

  SUSTG Team  |  7. 12. 2012

  An annual budget for renewables would differ from the feed- in tariffs that Germany, Spain, Italy, France and Britain offered to spur solar and wind power in their nations.

• OIL

  Saudi Arabia wins oil battle against Iran

  SUSTG Team  |  7. 12. 2012

  It seems that the first round in the series of the ferocious battles between Iran and Saudi Arabia, the two giant oil-exporting countries, was settled in favor of the latter.

• POLITICS

  Showing Pragmatism, Egypt’s Morsi Looks to Saudi

  SUSTG Team  |  7. 11. 2012

  Nonetheless, the Egyptian government’s announcement that President Mohammed Morsi’s first foreign visit will take him to Saudi Arabia came as something of a surprise.

• NATURAL RESOURCES

  Underground in Arabia

  SUSTG Team  |  7. 11. 2012

  In 1983, John Pint, an American teaching English at the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), was wandering around the flat, featureless desert north of Riyadh when he discovered a hole the size of a serving platter. Air was blowing out of the hole, the sign of a cave below.

• ENERGY

  Saudi Aramco to invest in new energy ventures

  Lucien Zeigler  |  7. 9. 2012

  Saudi Aramco has launched an investment arm to buy into companies that have developed technologies of strategic importance to Saudi Arabia and speed their deployment in the kingdom, the state-run energy group said.

• KINGDOM

  Al Jubayl Saudi Arabia As Seen From Orbit at Night

  SUSTG Team  |  7. 9. 2012

  The city of Al Jubayl (or Jubail) is located on the coast of Saudi Arabia, along the Persian Gulf. The city has a history extending back more than 7,000 years, but since 1975 it has been associated with the petrochemical, fertilizer, and steel industries.

• OIL

  Study finds ’80 more years of Saudi oil at current production levels’

  Lucien Zeigler  |  7. 9. 2012

  Saudi Arabia, the biggest oil producer in the world with a proven reserve of 264 billion barrels, could continue oil supplies for the next 80 years at the current production levels, the Kuwait-based Diplomatic Center for Strategic Studies (DCSS) said in a study.

• TOURISM

  Why Saudi Arabia’s Travel and Tourism Sector Is Ripe for Growth

  Lucien Zeigler  |  7. 6. 2012

  Saudi Arabia’s travel and tourism sector is poised for rapid growth in the next decade and beyond, and both Saudi and international corporations are looking to cash in on the opportunities ahead.

• ENERGY

  Saudi, UAE, Qatar top Cleantech list

  Lucien Zeigler  |  7. 3. 2012

  Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar and Jordan are the most attractive markets for clean technologies, thanks to their government plans, budgets and long-term strategies, said a report by Ernst & Young.