Energy
Iran builds local manifold for sour-gas wells
Iran developed a domestic choke manifold for sour-gas wells in the Khan Giran and Tus fields.
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Energy
Yazd raises solar capacity above 500 kW
Yazd Gas Company commissioned a new 200 kW solar phase, taking its total installed capacity above 500 kW.
Economy
Jordan active insured population exceeds 1.705 million in October
The Social Security Corporation linked the increase to education-system and private-school hires; the figure is not the whole workforce.
Economy
Jordan rises to sixth in 2026 Arab Digital Economy Index
The ministry reported a score increase from 52.6 in 2024 to 59.6; methodology and coverage belong to the index report.
Science
MIT establishes AI Exchange for teaching and research
MIT announced the AI Exchange, a centralized resource and coordination framework for its teaching, learning and research community. The plan will connect learning and research exchanges through shared infrastructure.
Science
MIT team improves two-to-six-week weather forecasts
An MIT-led machine-learning error-correction method improved forecasts over the two-to-six-week range, the researchers reported. The approach placed first in a European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts competition.
Energy
Grimsnes discovery estimated at 19–50 million barrels of recoverable oil equivalent
Equinor and partners reported a preliminary range for the North Sea find near Oseberg.
Technology
NVIDIA adds AI simulation tools for chip design and fabs
NVIDIA introduced the cuPotential library in early access and described semiconductor companies’ use of its CUDA-X tools for design, process modeling and inspection. The reported speedups are company claims from specific tests and applications.
Economy
WOQOD nine-month net profit rises 13.3%
Qatar Fuel Company reported net profit of QAR 851.66 million for January to September 2026.
Science
IBM studies open-model agent factory for chip design
IBM Research tested an agent factory using open-weight models and distributed inference to search hardware designs for a quantum error-correction decoder. Under the same 100-hypothesis search budget, the company reported inference costs of about $26 for the open-model configuration and $299 for the proprietary-model configuration.
Science
IBM outlines early PDK plans for 0.7nm nanostack technology
IBM said it plans an early process design kit (PDK) so chip designers can explore its 0.7nm nanostack transistor architecture. The first version is expected in the first quarter of 2027 for research and development.
Energy
Iraq amends fuel-supply calculation for Taurus Arm power contract
The Cabinet said the Ministry of Oil supply rate would be “USD 32 plus 200 liters per MWh”; its post did not clarify the formula components.