Valentina Sokolov · Feb 26, 2026
The kingdom wants large reactors and has research capacity operating, but no commercial nuclear plant is under construction: the big-reactor tender has run for years without a signed EPC. Where the program actually stands.
Valentina Sokolov · Feb 23, 2026
Abu Dhabi's 2-gigawatt Al Dhafra, Dubai's Mohammed bin Rashid park heading for 5 GW, Morocco's Noor complex and Egypt's Benban: a field guide to the plants that reset world solar tariffs.
Valentina Sokolov · Feb 19, 2026
Two-thirds of the world's physical crude trades against Brent; the Gulf's own benchmark, Murban, has traded in Abu Dhabi since 2021; and Saudi Aramco's monthly official selling prices set the region's real reference. A decoder.
Valentina Sokolov · Feb 16, 2026
A coalition of the OPEC cartel plus ten non-OPEC producers led by Russia that manages output through production targets. Its decisions, taken at meetings in Vienna, set the supply side of the world oil price.