Soon Abdulrahman Jawahery, CEO of Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco), will complete a year in office. How has Bapco's status been during his tenure?

Bahrain is considering hiring consultants to help sell stakes in some oil and gas assets, as it looks to open the sector to foreign investment for the first time in decades, Bloomberg reported.

The wave of layoffs taking place over the Coronavirus pandemic has hit national companies, as the Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco) laid off employees "to ensure its continuity in the future".

The Bahraini Cabinet agreed in its session on Monday to allow "TTSJV", with 68% foreign-owned capital, to engage in the "service activities related to water transport - management and operation of public and private ports" to serve the Bapco Modernization Program (BMP).

The Bahrain Oil Company (Bapco) hired dozens of foreign workers earlier this year, at a time when the number of unemployed citizens in the country is increasing, new information revealed.

Inspired by Saudi Aramco, Bahrain says it is considering selling a stake of its assets in the oil and gas sector as it seeks to reach financial balance by 2022.

Bahrain has been hit during the past few years by serious cyberattacks that caused severe damages, the most recent one was the hacking of Bahrain Oil Company (Bapco) which led to damaging more than 2000 computers, encryption of the company's data by the hackers, re-engineering of its internal network and affecting production and refining departments work.

On Friday (January 10, 2020), the state-run Akhbar Al-Khaleej newspaper published the following: “A failed Iranian cyberattack on the Bahrain Oil Company (Bapco).” An IT website said a cyberattack affected the oil company’s network.

Iranian hackers have deployed a new strain of data-wiping malware on the network of Bapco, Bahrain's national oil company, ZDNet website has learned from multiple sources.

Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa said that 7 entities were referred to the Public Prosecution over violations mentioned in the National Audit Office (NAO) report for 2019.

It is not just about Saudi Arabia when half of Aramco's production stops. A portion of the consequences of this can be understood from the US president's statement that he has authorized the use of strategic oil reserves.

Saudi Arabia has shut down its crude oil pipeline to Bahrain after attacks on Saudi oil facilities, two trade sources told Reuters on Monday.

Bahraini Oil Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa has appointed Dawood Nassif as the chairman of the board of directors of Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco), the Bahrain News Agency (BNA) said on Tuesday.

The Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco) and the Electricity and Water Authority have started to abandon a large part of their operations for private companies, including the supply of manpower to carry out specific tasks such as maintenance and operation, under the supervision of engineers in the two institutions.

Contradictory news is being released by the Ministry of Electricity in Bahrain, which cuts off electricity in poverty-stricken areas, depriving those citizens, who cannot provide their basic needs, of electricity while turning a blind eye to the collection of arrears of hotels, ministries and wealthy members of the ruling family.

Bahrain plans to commission its expanded oil refinery by early 2023, allowing it to sell and trade more petroleum products in the Gulf region and Asia, the chief executive of state-owned oil company Bapco said.

The General Federation of Bahraini Trade Unions (GFBTU) Hassan Al-Halwaji called upon the leased workers of Bapco to take their time before accepting "Tatweer's" offer, stating that a call has been made to the Ministry of Labor and union regarding this topic.

The report of the National Audit Office for the years 2017 and 2018 showed that the balance of Bapco’s revenue arrears increased from $295 million at the end of 2014 to $693 million .

MP Abdulnabi Salman said that a number of Bapco employees are threatened to be dismissed or transferred to Tatweer Company with non-remunerative and unfair employment contracts.

MP Abdulnabi Salman said that Bapco intends to terminate the services of about 158 Bahraini workers through transferring them from Bapco to Tatweer Company.