(AETOS Wire)-- The fourth edition of the prestigious World Branding Awards saw 245 brands from 32 countries named “Brand of the Year” in a glittering ceremony held in the main entrance and Orangery at Kensington Palace today.

Global tier winners included Apple, Beijing Tong Ren Tang, BMW, Cartier, Club Med, Coca-Cola, Facebook, Google, Lego, L'Oréal, Louis Vuitton, McDonald's, Nescafé,"...

Oil Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa inaugurated today the emerging industrial enterprises creativity corner, on the sidelines of the 4th Middle East Process Engineering Conference and Exhibition (MEPEC) 2017 which is hosted by Bahrain under the patronage of His Royal Highness the Prime Minister from October 9 to 11 under the theme 'Sustainable Growth Through Process Innovation and Downstream Integration'.
Shaikh Mohammed lauded the distinguished efforts of the organising parties in including"...

“A new 350,000-barrels-per-day oil pipeline between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain will be completed in 2018 to serve the planned expansion of Bahrain’s refinery capacity while construction of a gas pipeline is being considered,” Bahrain’s Oil Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa said.

“Bahrain is in final negotiations with a preferred bidder to expand its only oil refinery and a contract is expected to be awarded"...

Minister of Oil, Shaikh Mohamed bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa has presented the Leadership Excellence Women Awards in Industry (LEWAS), an industry initiative of Middle East Process Engineering Conference & Exhibition (MEPEC). This year’s recipient of LEWAS awards for excellence in GCC were:

1. Abrar Al Hadad from ARAMCO, Esra Al Husni from ADCO, and Hiya Al Jassim from GPIC (The Rising Star Award).

2"...

Minister of Oil, Shaikh Mohamed bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa has presented the Leadership Excellence Women Awards in Industry (LEWAS) in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries with their seven categories during a dinner ceremony.
The event was organised by the Middle East Energy Events in collaboration with the National Oil & Gas Authority (NOGA) as parts of the activities of the Leading Women Awards in Industry Forum in its third edition on the side-lines of the 4th Middle East Process Engineering Conference"...

HRH Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa the Prime Minister has deputized Oil Minister Shaikh Mohamed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa to inaugurate the Middle East Process Engineering Conference (MEPEC 2017).

Hosted by the Kingdom of Bahrain under the patronage of HRH the Prime Minister on October 9-11, this year’s MEPEC theme is 'Sustainable Growth through Process Innovation & Downstream Integration'. MEPEC,

The conference, exhibition is organized at the Bahrain International Exhibition"...

About four decades ago, the people of Bahrain saw a slew of Korean workers flooding into their country and spreading out to other Middle Eastern countries to gain jobs working on massive infrastructure projects.

In their eyes, those strangers were desperate migrant workers, carrying out extra work to send a penny more home to their families.

These days, what Bahrainis see in Koreans is a mix of admiration and jealousy based on how those poor workers earned seed money in the Middle East and evolved"...

(AETOS Wire)-- The following is a statement from Derains & Gharavi, Caratube and Mr. Hourani’s legal representatives:

'On September 27, 2017, an ICSID Arbitral Tribunal, under auspices of the World Bank, composed of President Prof. Laurent Levy, Prof. Laurent Aynés and Prof. Jacques Salès, rendered the first Award ruling on the merits the Hourani family (including Messrs. Devincci"...

The Electricity and Water Authority in Manama closed in June the pre-qualification process for a tender round for Al Dur 2 Independent Water and Power Project. After carefully reviewing the applications, it would award the project on a build-own-operate basis.

The US$ 1.5 billion gas-fired plant would have"...

At the end of June the Electricity and Water Authority (EWA) closed its prequalification process for interested developers in the tender round for the Al Dur 2 Independent Water and Power Project.

After review by the authority, the project will be awarded on a build-own-operate basis, though further dates for project tenders have yet to be announced.

According to the tender"...