Oil and gas pipelines do not require western Naval protection. They cannot be blockaded. They provide constant and secure energy to a nation. This is why the major economic engines of the world are focused on direct connections. Germany has a direct oil pipeline to Russia. At the same time, Russia is building pipelines to China, Japan and other far eastern countries. China owns the pipelines which bring oil and gas from central Asia. Soon this pipeline link will be extended to Iran. The... The future of oil and gas ..read more

Historic Jeddah ready to be included in World Heritage List RIYADH: RASHID HASSAN Published — Tuesday 14 January 2014 The Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA) in coordination with Jeddah municipality and other government agencies has completed the nomination file for registration of Jeddah historic area in the UNESCO’s World Heritage site list, the SCTA’s... Tourism ..read more

Manama: Saudi Arabia plans to implement new tourism projects worth SR50 billion ($13.3 billion) and details of the much-awaited tourist visa project will be announced soon, according to Prince Sultan bin Salman, secretary-general of the Supreme Commission for Tourism (SCT). The SCT intends to carry out a number of tourism projects on the Red Sea coast, an Arab News report quoting the Saudi Press Agency said. Apart from coastal resorts on the Red Sea, the government also plans tourist... Saudi Arabia plans $13 billion tourism projects ..read more

The Real Estate Boom P.K. Abdul Ghafour, ghafour@arabnews.com Eye-catching residential towers and superstar hotels in Makkah and Madinah; state-of-the-art mega malls and commercial centers in Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam and impressive tourist infrastructure facilities in Taif, Abha and Baha; all give a picture of booming real estate market in Saudi Arabia. The boom has been attributed to the continuous repatriation of Saudi funds from overseas and... The Real Estate Boom (Article ..read more

al salam alikm hi guys welcome to my thread i hope it to be useful , that thread will be only for Jeddah Private Picture if anyone have a good pics pls put it here now, i well add all my pics here from now . if you want to adding pls read these CONDITION to make that thread better 1-that pic should be good quality 2-dont put any images from web or magazine ok if you dont like my Condition there no problem :bash: dont miss these pags it will update time by time ^^ Short... JEDDAH l Photo Gallery ..read more

There seems to be quite a significant development in Makkah. A while ago the "Muslims only" signs vanished, but the centre of Makkah was still restricted to Muslims and there have been checkpoints on major roads. In the recent weeks and months though I read more and more reports about non-Muslims who had no problems getting into the very city center of Makkah. They did not even have to pretend to be a Muslim. Even the police confirmed that is no longer a problem to visit Makkah as a... Makkah open for everybody now ..read more

Saudi Arabia will generate up to five gigawatts of energy through solar power by 2020 as part of its $100bn spending drive to target renewable energy, the organisers of Saudi Energy 2011 said on Sunday. With an increasingly diverse industry base and a fast growing population, the Kingdom’s demand for energy is expected to peak at 120 gigawatts by 2012, analysts have said. This demand is expected to double by... Energy l ..read more

2018 and 2017 gasoline demand in Saudi Arabia (from JODI Oil... IEF/IEA: https://www.jodidata.org/oil/): Our demand fell by 14.09 million barrels in 2018, or 38.6 thousand barrels per day. I guess that spike in December 2017 was due to a rush to fill up before gasoline price rose on January 1st, 2018 ..read more

Hi all, as you have noticed I have compacted the Saudi forums to four local development and construction forums, and the main page which can be used for everything else. No worries, all threads are still here, it's just that the very old ones don't show up on top any more. The reason for doing is that it is better to have a smaller number of active looking forums, than it is to have a larger group of inactive looking forums. Anyway, let me know if you have ideas or questions ..read more

US 'close to deal with Saudi on WTO' Hi, well Saudi Arabia might finally see the light to join the WTO, enjoy: The US is close to reaching an agreement with Saudi Arabia on tariff cuts that the kingdom needs to make to join the World Trade Organisation, a top US trade official said in a letter obtained on Friday. "We are close to finalizing our agreement on tariffs with Saudi Arabia, and we are increasingly more comfortable that the multilateral issues will be addressed... Economic l ..read more