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Gulf Energy Project Research Index

A recurring index of Gulf LNG, power, desalination, pipelines, petrochemicals and industrial energy projects.

Last reviewed: 2026-09-12. Values remain tied to their stated source and project or regulatory stage. Missing values are not estimated.
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Last reviewed 2026-09-12. Historical observations are preserved rather than silently rewritten where context matters.

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Indexed research items

49

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49

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Coverage window

2023-01-16 to 2026-10-29

Source hierarchy

  1. Primary official sources, company filings, regulator publications and operator disclosures are preferred for factual dataset records.
  2. High-quality wire reporting or specialist trade reporting with an explicit attributable source trail may be used where it adds a dated physical-project fact not available in a practical first-party source.
  3. Secondary press, estimates and promotional claims are not promoted into dataset facts unless their status and provenance are clearly labelled.

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  • Observation date and publication date are kept distinct where the underlying fact is time-sensitive.
  • Announced, planned, under-construction and operating states are not collapsed into one status.
  • Parent programme IDs distinguish child-site milestones from wider investment programmes so nested values are not silently double counted.
  • Reported results, management guidance, analyst opinions and policy targets remain separate evidence classes.
  • Missing values remain missing rather than being filled with inferred or modelled estimates.
  • Historical observations preserve earlier stated values and milestones rather than silently replacing them with the newest figure.
  • Material revisions are recorded so later updates do not erase the historical basis of an earlier observation.
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2026-10-29UAE-Canada Trade Deal Opens a New Corridor, but $70 Billion Is Still a CommitmentinvestmentUAE Canada trade agreement 2026Global Affairs Canada: Trade agreement signed, 28 OctoberOpen source
2026-10-28Why QatarEnergy Is Buying US LNG Through 2054 Despite Being a Global Gas GiantenergyQatarEnergy Cheniere LNG deal 2026Cheniere: QatarEnergy sale-and-purchase agreements, 22 OctoberOpen source
2026-10-20Saudi Arabia Approves First Hospitality Incentive Projects, With Openings Through 2029investmentSaudi hospitality investment enablers 2026Saudi Press Agency: First Hospitality Investment Enablers approvals, 19 October 2026Open source
2026-10-18Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan Discuss an Electricity Exchange Pilot: The Grid Test AheadenergySaudi Egypt Jordan electricity exchange pilotSaudi Press Agency: Riyadh energy congress and electricity-market discussions, 15 OctoberOpen source
2026-10-14Riyadh's Airport Disruption Exposes a Business-Continuity Risk Beyond AviationinfrastructureRiyadh airport disruption October 2026 businessReuters: attack on Saudi Aramco compound and regional escalation, 13 OctoberOpen source
2026-10-13Saudi Arabia's 10 Million Barrel Pipeline Plan Is a Logistics Hedge, Not New Oil OutputenergySaudi East-West pipeline 10 million barrels 2026Reuters: Saudi energy minister outlines 10 million bpd pipeline ambition, 12 OctoberOpen source
2026-10-11Khorfakkan's Expansion Is Turning Sharjah Into a Test of Gulf Trade DiversificationinfrastructureKhorfakkan port expansion 2026Economic Times: Sharjah FDI Office CEO interview, 8 OctoberOpen source
2026-10-07The Gulf's Next Energy Investment Is a Route, Not Another BarrelinfrastructureGulf oil alternative export routes investmentReuters: oil executives call for more export routes after disruptionOpen source
2026-10-06Gulf Oil Flows Have Recovered Faster Than Gulf RefiningenergyGulf oil exports September 2026 recoveryReuters: Gulf oil flows recovered to 81% of pre-war rate in SeptemberOpen source
2026-10-03Saudi Arabia Is Treating Red Sea Access as Economic InfrastructureinfrastructureSaudi Houthi offensive Red Sea shipping 2026Reuters: Saudis plan assault to break Red Sea chokeholdOpen source
2026-10-02Fujairah's Fuel-Oil Recovery Is Rewriting Gulf Supply RoutesenergyFujairah fuel oil supply recovery 2026Reuters: Fujairah restores fuel-oil supplies and Asia exportsOpen source
2026-10-01Qatar Has Become the Gulf Economy Most Exposed to a Closed HormuzenergyQatar LNG Iran war economic impactQatarEnergy: Minister Al-Kaabi on the lack of a viable pipeline alternative for LNGOpen source
2026-10-01Saudi Arabia's Oil Redundancy Is Working, but the War Has Put a Price on Every Alternative RouteenergySaudi Red Sea oil exports Iran warAramco: Q1 2026 results and East-West Pipeline maximum capacityOpen source
2026-09-30Gulf Oil Exports Are Recovering Through Redundancy, Not NormalityenergyMiddle East oil exports September 2026IEA: Gulf producers' oil exports during the 2026 disruptionOpen source
2026-09-27A Separate Aramco Gas Division Would Turn Jafurah Into a Capital-Market StoryenergyAramco gas division JafurahAramco: gas strategy and Jafurah productionOpen source
2026-09-25Qatar's LNG Expansion Has a New Constraint: Getting the Equipment InenergyQatar LNG expansion Hormuz 2026Reuters: QatarEnergy says Hormuz crisis may delay LNG expansionOpen source
2026-09-23Saudi Arabia's East-West Pipeline Is Showing Why Hormuz Risk Is Not the Same as a Gulf Export ShutdownenergySaudi East West pipeline Hormuz 2026Reuters: Saudi Arabia restarts East-West oil pipelineOpen source
2026-09-22Strait of Hormuz Traffic Falls to Two Ships as Gulf Export Risks IntensifyenergyStrait of Hormuz vessel traffic September 2026Reuters: Hormuz vessel traffic falls to twoOpen source
2026-09-21Hormuz Shipping Slows to a Trickle as Gulf Producers Build Costly Oil WorkaroundsenergyStrait of Hormuz shipping traffic 2026Reuters analysis: Hormuz shuttles keep oil flowing at high costOpen source
2026-09-16Saudi Oil Disruption Shows Why Export Routes Matter as Much as Production CapacityenergySaudi oil cargoes pipeline disruptionIEA: Energy and AIOpen source
2026-09-15Saudi East-West Pipeline Shutdown Puts the Kingdom's Hormuz Bypass Under PressureinfrastructureSaudi East West Pipeline shutdownSaudi Ministry of Energy via SPA: East-West Pipeline shutdownOpen source
2026-09-14Saudi Arabia's Red Sea Oil Export System: Pipeline, Yanbu and the Routes Beyond HormuzinfrastructureSaudi Red Sea oil export capacityU.S. EIA: Saudi Arabia country analysisOpen source
2026-09-14Saudi Arabia vs UAE: Which Country Has More Capacity to Bypass Hormuz?infrastructureSaudi UAE Hormuz bypass pipelinesU.S. EIA: Strait of Hormuz remains critical oil chokepointOpen source
2026-09-14Hormuz Is Only One Chokepoint: How Gulf Oil Moves Through Bab el-Mandeb and SuezinfrastructureGulf oil chokepoints Hormuz Bab el Mandeb SuezU.S. EIA: Red Sea chokepointsOpen source
2026-09-14Why Spare Pipeline Capacity Is Geopolitical Insurance for Oil Exportersinfrastructureoil pipeline spare capacity geopolitical riskU.S. EIA: Strait of Hormuz remains critical oil chokepointOpen source
2026-09-14Saudi East-West Pipeline Shutdown Exposes the Gulf's Most Important Oil Bypass RouteinfrastructureSaudi East-West Pipeline shutdownSaudi Press Agency: East-West Pipeline shut down as precautionOpen source
2026-09-14Saudi East-West Pipeline Explained: Route, Capacity and Why It Bypasses HormuzinfrastructureSaudi East-West PipelineSaudi Press Agency: East-West Pipeline shut down as precautionOpen source
2026-09-14Yanbu Oil Infrastructure: Why Saudi Arabia's Red Sea Export System MattersinfrastructureYanbu oil export infrastructureSaudi Press Agency: East-West Pipeline shut down as precautionOpen source
2026-09-13Saudi Arabia and the UAE Are Absorbing Most of the Gulf's Next-Dollar AttentioninvestmentGulf investment Saudi UAE 2026IMF: 2026 Article IV consultation with Saudi ArabiaOpen source
2026-09-08Strait of Hormuz Traffic Is Still Constrained. The Gulf's Alternative Export Routes Matter More Every WeekinfrastructureStrait of Hormuz traffic September 2026Reuters: Iran threatens new Gulf exclusion zoneOpen source
2026-09-04Qatar and UAE LNG Cargoes Used Rare Ship-to-Ship Transfers Outside HormuzinfrastructureLNG ship to ship Strait of HormuzReuters on Qatar and UAE LNG transfersOpen source
2026-08-28How the Gulf Is Building Around the Strait of HormuzinfrastructureGulf infrastructure bypass Strait of HormuzReuters: Gulf ports and pipelines investment around Hormuz disruptionOpen source
2026-08-25Which Gulf Oil Export Routes Can Bypass the Strait of Hormuz?infrastructureoil export routes bypass Strait of HormuzReuters: Gulf ports and pipelines investment around Hormuz disruptionOpen source
2026-08-20The Gulf's Largest Container Ports: Scale, Location and What Throughput Really Measuresinfrastructurelargest container ports GulfDP World: Jeddah South Container Terminal July 2026 recordOpen source
2026-07-18Gulf Electricity Production Reached 784.9 TWh. Networks Decide Its ValueinfrastructureGCC electricity productionGCC-Stat data portalOpen source
2026-07-12Qatar's Non-Energy Investment Test Comes After ConstructioninvestmentQatar non energy investmentQatar National Planning Council statisticsOpen source
2026-06-27Airport Capacity Is Not Passenger Demand in QatarinfrastructureHamad airport capacityHamad International AirportOpen source
2026-06-24The UAE Construction Pipeline Needs Four LabelscompaniesUAE construction pipelineUAE Ministry of Energy and InfrastructureOpen source
2026-06-10The Gulf AI Buildout Is Becoming a Partnership-Finance MarketinvestmentGulf AI infrastructure investmentPIF: launch of HUMAINOpen source
2026-05-31The Gulf's Desalination Scale Is Also a Power QuestioninfrastructureGulf desalinationGCC-Stat data portalOpen source
2026-05-28Comparing Gulf Sovereign Funds Takes More Than an Assets RankinginvestmentGulf sovereign wealth fundsInternational Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds membersOpen source
2026-05-18Qatar's LNG Expansion Has Three Tests: Capacity, Contracts and CashenergyQatar LNG capacity contracts revenueQatarEnergy LNG overviewOpen source
2026-05-13Qatar's LNG Expansion Is Also a Domestic Capacity TestenergyQatar LNG expansionQatarEnergy LNG overviewOpen source
2025-07-22ADQ's Aramex Majority Stake Was About Building a Logistics System, Not Buying a CourierinvestmentADQ Aramex majority stake 2025ADQ: completes acquisition of majority stake in AramexOpen source
2025-05-14Ma'aden's MP Materials Partnership Expanded Saudi Mining From Volume to Strategic MaterialscompaniesMaaden MP Materials rare earth 2025MP Materials: Ma'aden rare-earth collaborationOpen source
2025-04-10Masdar's TERNA ENERGY Acquisition Showed How the 100GW Strategy Would Actually Be BuiltenergyMasdar TERNA Energy acquisition 2025Masdar: completes 100% acquisition of TERNA ENERGYOpen source
2024-05-20EDGE's Fincantieri Venture Moved the UAE From Naval Buyer Toward Shipbuilding PartnercompaniesEDGE Fincantieri MAESTRAL 2024EDGE and Fincantieri: MAESTRAL and €400m orderOpen source
2024-02-23ADQ's $35 Billion Ras El-Hekma Deal Turned Sovereign Capital Into Regional Macro PolicyinvestmentADQ Ras El-Hekma $35 billion 2024Abu Dhabi Media Office: ADQ-led consortium to invest $35bn in EgyptOpen source
2023-01-16Masdar's 100GW Target Recast the UAE's Clean-Energy Company as a Global Infrastructure PlatformenergyMasdar 100GW 2030 strategyMasdar corporate factsheet 2023Open source

Dataset methodology

Scope

Gulf Business Review reporting on material GCC energy and industrial-infrastructure projects across six national markets.

Inclusion criteria

Records must identify a GCC project, operator or country and preserve the distinction between target, investment, construction and operating evidence.

Exclusions and limitations

Global commodity stories without a material Gulf project, company, fiscal or industrial consequence are excluded.

Revision policy

The index is rebuilt from the publication archive as new qualifying reporting is added. Historical article dates and source attribution remain unchanged; new observations are appended rather than backfilled with inferred facts.

Reuse and attribution

Journalists, researchers and analysts may quote figures with attribution to Gulf Business Review, the dataset version and review date. For substantial republication, chart reuse or data licensing, contact editor@gulfbusinessreview.com.

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