HOUSTON, Jan. 28-- In a major upstream gas offering, Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources this week awarded three contracts to international oil companies (IOCs) to explore and ...

Total SA has confirmed its decision to withdraw from the South Rub al-Khali gas exploration project in the southern part of Saudi Arabia's "Empty Quarter." It will transfer to Royal Dutch Shell PLC ...

Take a flight of discovery high above Rub' al Khali in the United Arab Emirates, also known as the "Empty Quarter," the world’s largest uninterrupted sand desert. Witness breathtaking aerial footage ...

Ar Rub al Khali Sand Sea, Arabian Peninsula is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 27 crew member on the International Space Station. The Ar Rub al Khali, also known as the “Empty ...

Saudi Arabia isn’t just deserts and skyscrapers—did you know it has the world’s largest oasis, a village that was once only reachable by ropes, and even a cliff locals call the “Edge of the World”?

Rub al Khali, a promising and rather unexplored basin in the Middle East, could potentially hold the key to up to 20 million tonnes per annum of liquefied natural gas supplies by 2040, according to ...