INTERVIEW: A Sharjah oilman’s view on the energy world

INTERVIEW: A Sharjah oilman’s view on the energy world

INTERVIEW: A Sharjah oilman's view on the energy world

INTERVIEW: A Sharjah oilman's view on the energy world

INTERVIEW: A Sharjah oilman's view on the energy world

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INTERVIEW: A Sharjah oilman's view on the energy world

SNOC CEO explains how US shale will be big loser from price wars

Updated 26 July 2020

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The Sharjah National Oil Co. (SNOC) is not one of the big beasts of the global oil world, certainly in comparison with its giant neighbors such as Saudi Aramco or the Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC). 

As the SNOC's CEO Hatem Al-Mosa admits, its production disappears in the rounding up of the UAE's quota at the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

But Al-Mosa is a lifelong oilman, having worked at Amoco and then BP after the two companies merged, and he has a wealth of experience and insight into the business.

A conversation with him is well worth having for anybody seeking an expert view on what is happening in the energy world.

So who better to ask the burning questions of the last five months of unprecedented turbulence and volatility in the global energy business: Has there been a price war? And who won it?

On the latter, he is