The Cargo and Personnel Screening Conference concluded yesterday in Dubai with recommendations from participants to give more focus on better cooperation between customs administrations and more technology to be involved in the screening process. The event ran for two days at the Dusit Thani hotel in Dubai, and was organized by International Quality & Productivity Center in strategic partnership with Dubai Customs.
Category: United Arab Emirates
UAE to build first city on Mars by 2117
The UAE has unveiled plans to build the first city on Mars by 2117 as the energy-rich country looks to transport people to the Red Planet over the next few decades. Do you think the UAE’s Mars 2117 mission will succeed and in the next hundred years they will have a city on Mars? “Mars 2117 Project” is a new space construction project which the UAE is planning by building a mini-city with an average population of 600,000 on Mars.
China’s CNPC Buys Stake in $22 Billion Abu Dhabi Oil Venture
China National Petroleum Corp. bought a stake in Abu Dhabi’s largest oil concession as the Middle Eastern emirate with 6 percent of global crude reserves looks increasingly to Asia, its biggest market, for investment to raise output capacity. Abu Dhabi National Oil Co.
Dubai has new rules after high-rise fires, but few details
The Address Downtown, a 63-story building that caught fire on Dec. 31, 2015, is seen as it undergoes repairs in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017. Dubai authorities announced Sunday the city-state had new fire safety regulations, but offered few details on how they would be enforced after a series of skyscraper fires.
For Cheapest Power on Earth, Look Skyward as Coal Falls to Solar
Solar power is now cheaper than coal in some parts of the world. In less than a decade, it’s likely to be the lowest-cost option almost everywhere.
BP Gains Abu Dhabi Oil Field Stake for $2.2 Billion in Stock
BP Plc cemented its 77-year relationship with Abu Dhabi by swapping about $2.2 billion of its own shares for a stake in one of the emirate’s largest onshore oil concessions. The U.K.’s second-biggest oil group will issue new ordinary shares to pay for 10 percent of the Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Petroleum Operations Ltd., giving the emirate a 2 percent holding in BP, the London-based company said Saturday in a statement.