Read the October 2022 MEED Business Review – MEED

Read the October 2022 MEED Business Review – MEED

Gulf accelerates non-oil diversification plans; Acwa Power widens regional lead in MEED's annual power developer ranking; Oil market fuels Saudi Arabia's growth ambitions

Gulf countries are accelerating their non-oil diversification plans by investing in large-scale non-oil industrial complexes while also looking to boost existing industrial clusters. 

As part of their non-oil economic journey, regional governments are backing industries such as aluminium, steel, other metals and minerals, and industrial equipment manufacturing, as well as providing impetus to the hydrocarbon value chain – in the form of petrochemicals and their derivatives.