| Oryx Petroleum Spuded AAS-1 Exploration Well in KRG |
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Iraq >> 6/18/2013 - Oryx Petroleum Corporation Limited (Oryx Petroleum) (OXC) announces that on June 10, 2013 the Sakson Hilong 10 rig (2000 HP) spudded the AAS-1 well in the Hawler license area in the Kurdistan Region o...
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| New Rigs for Halfaya Field |
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Iraq >> 6/17/2013 - Missan Oil Company declared that new rigs have been arrived to Halfaya field to increase the number of new wells accordance the second stage of field developing. ...
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| Sadara Announces Completion of Financial Signing |
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Saudi Arabia >> 6/17/2013 - Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara) announced the signing of a number of definitive financing agreements for an additional funding of approximately US$10.5 billion (the Main Financing), marking another m...
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| Oman Reaches 'Conceptual Deal' with BP on Tight Gas |
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Oman >> 6/16/2013 - The Sultanate has reached a “conceptual agreement” with BP in a key step towards the commercial development of potentially huge tight gas reserves in the energy major’s Block 61 concession in central ...
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| Yemen's Main Oil Pipeline Attacked Again |
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Yemen >> 6/14/2013 - Tribesmen blew up Yemen's main oil export pipeline, halting the flow of crude just a day after it had been repaired following a similar attack last month, a local official said. The Arabian Peninsula ...
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| Oil Search Terminated the Testing of Taza 1 St2 Well |
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Iraq >> 6/13/2013 - Oil Search reports that, the Taza 1 ST2 well was at a depth of 3,351 metres and rigging down test equipment. During the week, further flow and build-up periods were undertaken in the Euphrates open ho...
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| Enefit Jordan First Oil Shale Fired Power Plant |
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Jordan >> 6/13/2013 - Enefit Jordan has received approval from the Ministry of Environment to proceed with its oil shale fired power plant in Jordan. The approval was given following a review by a committee appointed by th...
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| Japan to Lend $1.24B to Iraq for Port & Refinery |
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Iraq >> 6/12/2013 - Japan has offered its largest-ever loan to Iraq of about 120 billion yen ($1.24 billion) to build a new refinery and rebuild a port, the Nikkei said. ...
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| No Deal So Far on Iraq, Kurdistan Oil Payments |
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Iraq >> 6/12/2013 - No agreement has been reached between Iraq and Kurdistan on payments to oil companies working in the autonomous region despite a meeting this week between Baghdad and Kurdish leaders, Deputy Prime Min...
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| Essar Projects Secures US$90M Contract in Abu Dhabi |
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United Arab Emirates >> 6/12/2013 - Essar Projects (EPL), a global Engineering, Procurement, Construction (EPC) contractor headquartered in Dubai, announced that it has secured another two orders worth US$90 million, one from Abu Dhabi ...
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| Successful Horizontal Drilling in Tawke License |
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Iraq >> 6/11/2013 - DNO International ASA (DNO International), the Norwegian oil and gas company, announced that its deep Tawke-17 well tested 1,500 barrels a day of 26-28 degree API crude oil from an Upper Jurassic rese...
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| Sipchem’s Affiliate Signs Loan Agreement with PIF |
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Saudi Arabia >> 6/11/2013 - Saudi International Petrochemical Company (Sipchem) announced that its affiliate, International Polymers Company (IPC) has signed on 10 June, a financing agreement of SR 704 million (US$ 188 million) ...
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| Energy Sector Middle East Vulnerable to Cyber Attacks |
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United Arab Emirates >> 6/11/2013 - More than elsewhere, the energy sector in the Middle East is vulnerable to cyber-attacks. Although governments and companies have raised concern, the awareness in the region for cyber threats is insuf...
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| UAE Picks Excelerate Energy to Build LNG Terminal |
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United Arab Emirates >> 6/11/2013 - U.S.-based Excelerate Energy has won a contract to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), two sources close to the deal said. ...
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| Iraq Police Avert Bomb Attack on North Oilfield |
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Iraq >> 6/10/2013 - Iraqi police defused bombs planted at two oil wells near the northern city of Kirkuk, according to security and oil sources, who said exports to the Ceyhan port in Turkey were not affected. ...
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| Siemens Will Supply Wet Air Oxidation System to QAPCO |
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Qatar >> 6/10/2013 - Siemens Energy will supply a wet air oxidation ethylene spent caustic treatment system as part of an ethylene plant expansion. Customer is Qatar Petrochemical Company (QAPCO), one of the leading compa...
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| Saudi Arabia to Sell More Crude to India in July |
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Saudi Arabia >> 6/10/2013 - Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia is selling more crude to India in July as two refiners have asked for additional cargoes, industry and company sources familiar with the plan said, in part to make up for...
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| Iraq Cuts July Basra Light Crude Price to Asia |
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Iraq >> 6/9/2013 - Iraq cut the price of Basra light crude to Asian buyers for July by 35 cents to a discount 50 cents per barrel to the average of Oman/Dubai quotes and raised prices to U.S. and Europe, the oil ministr...
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| Sohar Refinery Gets Wet Gas Scrubber from L&T Heavy |
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Oman >> 6/9/2013 - Larsen & Toubro Heavy Engineering (L&T HE) has completed a challenging work of fabrication and transportation of a Wet Gas Scrubber (WGS) for Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (Orpi...
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| Oil Search Continue the Testing Operations |
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Iraq >> 6/6/2013 - Oil Search reports that, the Taza 1 ST2 well was at a depth of 3,351 metres and continuing to test a 150 meter open hole section, which includes the Euphrates Formation. ...
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| Iraq's Kirkuk-Ceyhan Pipeline Bombed |
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Iraq >> 6/5/2013 - Iraq's Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline has been hit by bombs, but crude supplies were unaffected because there was sufficient oil available in storage, oil ministry officials said. ...
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| Israel's Leviathan Gas Field to Cost at Least $4.5B |
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Israel >> 6/5/2013 - The U.S.-Israeli consortium developing Israel's Leviathan natural gas field estimates it will cost $4.5 billion to develop the offshore well, not including infrastructure for exports, an official fami...
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| Kuwait Plans to Drill for Heavy Oil |
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Kuwait >> 6/5/2013 - Major crude producer Kuwait plans to start drilling for heavy oil so that the Gulf Arab state can produce up to 60,000 barrels per day (bpd) of it by 2017, a local newspaper reported. OPEC member Kuwa...
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| QP Signs QAR 1.7B Contract with GDI |
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Qatar >> 6/5/2013 - Qatar Petroleum (QP) has announced the signing of two contracts for the offshore drilling rigs, Al-Doha and Al-Zubarah, of Gulf Drilling International Ltd. (GDI) for use in QP’s offshore fields. ...
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| Contract Signing for Midyan Project |
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Saudi Arabia >> 6/5/2013 - Saudi Aramco has launched its first project in the industrial Tabuk region, where procurement and construction work for a gas plant in the Midyan gas field in the Kingdom’s north is now underway. ...
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| Technip Awarded PMC Contract for Karbala Refinery |
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Iraq >> 6/4/2013 - Technip was awarded by Oil Projects Company - SCOP a significant contract for project management consultancy (PMC) services for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) phase of the Karbala...
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| Sipchem & Sahara Petrochemicals Start Study for Merger |
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Saudi Arabia >> 6/4/2013 - Saudi International Petrochemical Company (Sipchem) announces the start of the initial mutual understanding to study the merger with the Sahara Petrochemicals Company. Both companies will undergo feas...
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| Petrofac Won $500M Contract for Bab Gas Compression |
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United Arab Emirates >> 6/4/2013 - Petrofac is pleased to announce that Petrofac Emirates, its joint venture with Mubadala Petroleum, has been awarded a US$500 million onshore engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by...
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| Petrofac Awarded US$187M EPC Contract in Abu Dhabi |
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United Arab Emirates >> 6/4/2013 - Petrofac is pleased to announce that Petrofac Emirates, its joint venture with Mubadala Petroleum, has been awarded an onshore engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by Abu Dhabi Com...
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| Aquaterra Energy Opens New Office in Dubai |
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United Arab Emirates >> 6/4/2013 - Aquaterra Energy, the offshore engineering solutions specialist, has extended its global footprint and cemented its presence in the Middle East with the opening of a new office in Dubai. ...
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| Ametek Wins $4.6m Sulfur Analyzers Contract in Abu Dhabi |
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United Arab Emirates >> 6/4/2013 - AMETEK Process Instruments has been awarded a contract to supply UV process gas analyzers for the Sulfur Recovery Units (SRU) and Tail Gas Treating Units (TGTU) at the Abu Dhabi Gas Development Compan...
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| Oman Govt to Award Six Oil Blocks Soon |
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Oman >> 6/3/2013 - Oman government is in advanced stages of negotiations with international oil giants for awarding six onshore oil and gas blocks for development on production sharing basis, even as evaluation is going...
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| Aramco Announces an Equity Investment into Zilift |
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Saudi Arabia >> 6/3/2013 - Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures LLC (SAEV), the corporate venturing subsidiary of Saudi Aramco, announced the closing of an equity investment into Zilift, a developer of through-tubing deployed artificia...
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| Shale Revolution Will Shape MENA Future Energy Strategy |
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United Arab Emirates >> 6/3/2013 - Euro Petroleum Consultants has officially announced an important high-level event dedicated to Unconventional Gas for the Middle East and North Africa region. MENA Shale 2013 will take place in Abu Dh...
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| OOCEP Awards $40mn Pipeline Contract to NPCC |
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Oman >> 6/1/2013 - Oman Oil Company Exploration and Production LLC (OOCEP), an upstream oil and gas subsidiary of Oman Oil Co, has awarded a US$40mn engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to Abu Dhabi-...
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| Genel Makes Commercial Discovery in Ber Bahr-1 Well |
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Iraq >> 5/30/2013 - The Anglo-Turkish oil and gas independent, Genel Energy, announced that a successful side track of the original Ber Bahr 1 exploration well in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, has confirmed the existence...
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| Oil Search Stopped Operations on Taza 1 St2 Well |
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Iraq >> 5/30/2013 - Oil Search reports that, the Taza 1 ST2 well was at a depth of 3,351 meters and continuing to test a 150 meter open hole section, which includes the Euphrates Formation. ...
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| Eni Set Lower Output Target at Zubair Oilfield |
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Iraq >> 5/30/2013 - Baghdad and a group led by Italy's Eni have agreed to cut the planned output target at Iraq's Zubair oilfield to allow this southern giant to pump more for a longer period. ...
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| Iraq Turns to New Gasoline Suppliers |
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Iraq >> 5/30/2013 - Baghdad has turned to France's Total and Japan's Toyota Tsusho Corp for gasoline after Washington blacklisted an Iranian company that had been delivering product, industry sources said. ...
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| Leighton Awarded Qatar Gas SPM Maintenance Project |
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Qatar >> 5/30/2013 - Leighton Offshore has been awarded a contract for the replacement of floating hoses on the SPM system operated by Qatar Gas. ...
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| OPEC Member Countries Economy – May 2013 |
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Saudi Arabia >> 5/30/2013 - At first glance, last year was one of robust growth for OPEC Member Countries. Growth averaged about 5.3% in 2012 and is expected to continue at a somewhat slower pace in 2013 at around 4.2%. However,...
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| WorleyParsons Gets Contract Extension from Aramco |
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Saudi Arabia >> 5/29/2013 - WorleyParsons is pleased to announce it has agreed to terms with Saudi Aramco which will see its current Maintain Potential Programme (MPP) contract extended for a further 2 years. ...
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| Kuwait Inks $514 m Refinery Upgrade Deal with Daelim |
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Kuwait >> 5/28/2013 - Kuwait's state-run oil group signed a 147 million dinar ($514 million) contract with South Korea's Daelim Industrial Co. to build and upgrade facilities at an oil refinery in the Gulf Arab state, stat...
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| Technip Awarded a Contract for Coker Project in UAE |
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United Arab Emirates >> 5/28/2013 - Technip was awarded a significant contract comprising technology, engineering services and supply of core equipment for Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company - Takreer's new coke calcination unit. This new u...
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| Otis Energy Signs Agreement with Mitsui E&P |
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Yemen >> 5/28/2013 - Otis Energy Limited is pleased to announce that it has signed an Agreement with Mitsui E & P Middle East B.V. in relation to its 8.5% Working Interest (10% paying interest) in the Block 7 Permit in Ye...
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| Kuwait Appointed Mustapha al-Shamali as Oil Minister |
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Kuwait >> 5/27/2013 - Major oil producer Kuwait appointed Mustapha al-Shamali as acting oil minister, state news agency KUNA said, after Hani Hussein stepped down under pressure from lawmakers. ...
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| Sohar Refinery Expansion Contract to be Awarded Soon |
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Oman >> 5/27/2013 - An engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the $1.5 billion expansion of Sohar refinery will be awarded within few months. "We have received bids and are evaluating the same. It w...
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| Iraq Oil Exports at 2.6 Mln bpd Average in May |
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Iraq >> 5/26/2013 - Iraq oil exports averaged 2.6 million barrels per day (bpd) in May, affected by attacks on a northern Kirkuk pipeline while production was 3.15 million bpd for the month, the oil minister said. ...
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| PDO Signs US$ 30m Contract with Schlumberger |
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Oman >> 5/26/2013 - Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) has signed a US$ 30 million contract with Schlumberger, a leading international oilfield services company, which will increase the amount of Omani-made materials used...
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| HTL to Commission US$100m New Oil Terminal in Fujairah |
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United Arab Emirates >> 5/26/2013 - Horizon Terminals Limited (HTL), the terminals business and wholly-owned subsidiary of Emirates National Oil Company (Enoc), said its new oil terminal, built at a cost of over $100 million in Fujairah...
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| Middle East Oil Demand in May 2013 |
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Saudi Arabia >> 5/25/2013 - In Saudi Arabia, 1Q13 oil demand grew remarkably at 7% y-o-y as a result of increasing requirements for industrial and transportation fuels, while relatively mild weather implied less direct crude bur...
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| Iraq Vows Action Against Kurdistan Crude Sales |
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Iraq >> 5/24/2013 - Iraq vowed to take legal action against companies to halt Kurdistan's crude oil sales to Turkey. "Any oil that is taken out of the country and payments not made to the Iraqi people through the central...
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| Oil Search Continue the Testing Operations |
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Iraq >> 5/23/2013 - Oil Search reports that, the Taza 1 ST2 well was at a depth of 3,351 metres and undertaking a well test on the open hole section, which includes the Euphrates Formation. ...
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| DNO Hits 100,000 bopd Milestone at Tawke Field |
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Iraq >> 5/23/2013 - DNO International ASA ,the Norwegian oil and gas company, announced that oil production from the Tawke field in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq has averaged over 100,000 barrels a day during the previous...
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| Middle East Oil Supply - May 2013 |
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Oman >> 5/23/2013 - Middle East oil supply is believed remain steady in 2013 and drop 10 tb/d to average 1.49 mb/d, representing a downward revision of 10 tb/d from the previous month. This revision comes from Syria as u...
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| Technip Awarded Flare Modification Contract in Abu Dhabi |
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United Arab Emirates >> 5/23/2013 - Technip was awarded by ADMA-OPCO a lump-sum turnkey contract for the engineering, procurement, construction, pre-commissioning, commissioning and start-up assistance for flares modification and revamp...
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| Turkey Aims to Sign Oil & Gas Deals with Kurdistan |
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Iraq >> 5/22/2013 - Turkey is looking to sign commercial contracts this year with Russian and U.S. companies operating in northern Iraq for joint oil and gas exploration, Turkey's Energy Minister Taner Yildiz told Reuter...
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| BP to Invest $2.85 Billion in Iraq’s Rumaila Oil Field |
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Iraq >> 5/22/2013 - Oil major BP has allocated $2.85 billion to develop Iraq's Rumaila oilfield in 2013, up from $2.2 billion last year, the head of the joint management committee for the field told Reuters. ...
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| Kurdish Oil Sales to Rise as Exports Reach Turkey |
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Iraq >> 5/22/2013 - Iraqi Kurdistan's crude oil sales to world markets, deemed illegal by Baghdad, are set to rise by nearly 50 percent next month as trucks start deliveries to a second export terminal in Turkey, industr...
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| Hpcl to Buy up to 40,000 bpd of Basra From Total |
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Iraq >> 5/22/2013 - Hindustan Petroleum Corp will buy up to 40,000 barrels per day (bpd) of Basra light oil from France's Total at a discount to the official selling price, said a source at the Indian firm. ...
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| Noble Energy Announces Karish Discovery in Israel |
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Israel >> 5/22/2013 - Noble Energy, Inc. (NBL) announced a natural gas discovery at the Karish prospect offshore Israel. The discovery well was drilled to a total depth of 15,783 feet and encountered 184 feet of net natur...
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| WesternZagros Starts Garmian Drilling Program |
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Iraq >> 5/21/2013 - WesternZagros Resources Ltd. (WZR) (WesternZagros) has started its latest Garmian Block drilling program in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The Mil Qasim Upper Bakhtiari-1 well was spudded on May 19, 20...
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| Shell Sees Majnoon Field Production Within 2-3 Months |
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Iraq >> 5/21/2013 - Royal Dutch Shell PLC aims to start production from a greenfield project in Iraq's Majnoon oil field within the next two to three months, Chief financial Officer Simon Henry said. ...
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| Kuwaiti Oil Service Workers on Strike over Pay |
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Kuwait >> 5/21/2013 - Around 80 percent of workers at Kuwait's main, state-run oil services company are on strike calling for better pay, a union official said, the latest sign of wage pressures in the Gulf Arab country. ...
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| India’s L&T Awarded EPC Contract for Midyan Project |
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Saudi Arabia >> 5/21/2013 - Saudi Aramco has awarded Larsen & Toubro (L&T) an EPC contract to build facilities for onshore Midyan gas field, state news agency SPA reported. ...
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| Newpark Resources Announces Middle East Contract Award |
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Kuwait >> 5/20/2013 - Newpark Resources, Inc. announced that it has been awarded and has entered into a contract with the Kuwait Oil Company to provide drilling fluids and related services for land operations. The agreemen...
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| KUFPEC Appoints Sheikh/ Nawaf S. N. Al-Sabah as New CEO |
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Kuwait >> 5/20/2013 - KUFPEC warmly and excitedly welcomes the appointment of its 8th Chief Executive Officer, Sheikh/ Nawaf Saud Nasir Al-Sabah. A graduate magna cum laude of Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School f...
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| KUFPEC Changes the Management in the Company |
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Kuwait >> 5/20/2013 - KUFPEC proudly wishes the former Chairman and Managing Director, Mr. Nizar M. Al-Adsani all the best in his new appointment as the Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for Kuwait Petroleum Corp...
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| Aramco Upgrades GOSP with GE’s Technology |
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Saudi Arabia >> 5/20/2013 - GE (GE) has replaced an aging compressor control system at Saudi Aramco’s Haradh gas/oil separation plant in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province with advanced technology that automates the control process...
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| KPC Replaces Oil Officials after $2.2 Billion Dow Payment |
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Kuwait >> 5/19/2013 - State-run Kuwait Petroleum Company (KPC) appointed a new chief executive and suspended other top officials after the country paid $2.2 billion in damages to Dow Chemical Co (DOW.N) over a scrapped pla...
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| Sohar Refinery Shutdown was for Maintenance |
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Oman >> 5/19/2013 - Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (Orpic) Chief Executive Officer has denied that Sohar Refinery had experienced problems during it’s shutdown in February. He has confirmed that the...
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| Saudis Cut March Crude Exports |
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Saudi Arabia >> 5/19/2013 - Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Venezuela reduced crude oil exports in March from the previous month while West African members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries increased shipments, acco...
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| Abu Dhabi Faces Tight Deadline to Renew Oil Concession |
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United Arab Emirates >> 5/19/2013 - Abu Dhabi’s state oil company is under pressure to take a quick decision on which foreign companies will get concessions in one of the Middle East’s oldest oilfields. ...
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| Chiyoda Almana Awarded Engineering Services Contract |
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Qatar >> 5/17/2013 - Chiyoda Corporation (Chiyoda), Japan’s leading engineering and construction firm, announces that its subsidiary in Qatar, Chiyoda Almana Engineering LLC (Chiyoda Almana), has been awarded a Front End ...
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| Oil Search Completes the Logging of Taza 1 St2 Well |
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Iraq >> 5/16/2013 - Oil Search reports that, the Taza 1 ST2 well was at a depth of 3,351 metres and completing wireline logging of the open-hole interval. ...
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| Pertamina Reviews Acquisition of Oil & Gas Asset in Oman |
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Oman >> 5/16/2013 - Indonesia's PT Pertamina is evaluating the acquisition of an oil-and-gas asset in Oman, as the state-owned energy firm seeks to boost production at home and overseas, Chief Executive Karen Agustiawan ...
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| PDO Signs US$40 Million Contract |
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Oman >> 5/15/2013 - Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) signed a US$40 million contract with one of its Super Local Community Contractors (SLCCs) as part of its In-Country Value (ICV) drive to boost Omani business and to cr...
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| Turkey's State Oil Co & Exxon to Develop in Kurdistan |
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Iraq >> 5/14/2013 - Turkey's state-run oil firm has struck an agreement with U.S. oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) to develop joint projects in Kurdish-administered northern Iraq, the country's Prime Minister Recep Tayy...
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| Orpic Plans Study to Build $4b Project |
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Oman >> 5/14/2013 - Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (Orpic) plans to conduct a study for a proposed steam cracker plant to produce polypropylene and polyethylene as part of its business development p...
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| Circle Oil Announces Preliminary Results in 2012 |
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Oman >> 5/13/2013 - Circle Oil Plc, the international oil and gas exploration, development and production company, is pleased to announce its results for the year ended 31 December 2012. Circle operates two concessions i...
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| Chiyoda Awarded $600m Contract for Laffan Refinery 2 |
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Qatar >> 5/13/2013 - The contract for the Engineering, Procurement, Supply, Construction and Commissioning (EPSCC) of the Laffan Refinery 2 (LR 2) Project, the second condensate refinery at Ras Laffan Industrial City, has...
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| Cathelco Supply Pipework Anti-Fouling Systems |
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United Arab Emirates >> 5/13/2013 - Cathelco have won a series of orders to supply seawater pipework anti-fouling systems for jackup rigs which are to be built by Lamprell Energy Ltd, the UAE based provider of diversified engineering se...
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| Yanbu Refinery to Reach Full Capacity This Week |
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Saudi Arabia >> 5/12/2013 - State-giant Saudi Arabian Oil Co., or Saudi Aramco, has restarted its Red Sea Yanbu refinery, which it owns with Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM), after nearly two months of maintenance to bring a new clean-fu...
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| Lebanon Has 30 Trillion Cubic Feet of Offshore Gas |
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Lebanon >> 5/10/2013 - Preliminary surveys of Lebanese offshore fields show reserves of 30 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and 660 million barrels of oil, Lebanon's energy minister said, adding that production could begi...
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| Sipchem Starts Up Ethyl Acetate & Butyl Acetate Plant |
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Saudi Arabia >> 5/10/2013 - Saudi International Petrochemical Company (Sipchem) announces the start-up of ethyl acetate (EA) & butyl acetate (BA) plant owned by Sipchem Chemicals Company (fully owned by Sipchem) at its complex i...
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| TAQA Appoints UK, Iraq Managing Directors |
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Iraq >> 5/9/2013 - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – TAQA, the global energy company based in Abu Dhabi, has appointed Pete Jones to the position of Managing Director for TAQA’s UK oil and gas business. Mr Jones will be...
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| Oil Search Completed the Taza 1 St2 Well Test |
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Iraq >> 5/9/2013 - Oil Search reports that, the Taza 1 ST2 well was at a depth of 3,351 metres and conditioning the hole prior to running wireline logs over the open-hole section.
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| Oman Crude Oil and Condensates Production |
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Oman >> 5/9/2013 - The Monthly Report released by the Ministry of Oil and Gas pointed out that the Sultanate"s crude oil and condensates production in April 2013 amounted to 26,963,149 barrel, an average of 898,772 barr...
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| Militants Bombed Kirkuk-Ceyhan Pipeline |
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Iraq >> 5/8/2013 - Militants blew up a pipeline carrying Iraqi crude from Iraq's northern city of Kirkuk to Turkey's Mediterranean port of Ceyhan on Monday night, stopping the flow of oil, an Iraqi oil ministry spokesma...
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| WorleyParsons Awarded Contract for Al Shaheen Field |
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Qatar >> 5/8/2013 - Maersk Oil Qatar A/S (Maersk Oil) has awarded WorleyParsons Qatar WLL a four year "General Design Contract" to conduct engineering design modifications and material definition for works associated wit...
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| Blocks 3&4 Production update in April 2013 |
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Oman >> 5/7/2013 - Tethys’ share of the production, before government take, from Blocks 3 and 4 onshore the Sultanate of Oman amounted in April 2013 to 129,916 barrels of oil, corresponding to 4,331 barrels of oil per d...
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| Calvalley Discovers New Oil Pool in Block 9 |
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Yemen >> 5/7/2013 - Calvalley Petroleum Inc. is pleased to announce results from the drilling of its Ras Nowmah South exploration prospect. The well was drilled to a total depth of 1,530 meters and intersected the Qishn ...
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| Shell Iraq Awarded a Contract to Wood Group & CCC |
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Iraq >> 5/6/2013 - Shell Iraq Petroleum (Shell) has awarded a commissioning services contract to Wood Group-CCC (WGCCC), a company equally owned by Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) and Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC), prov...
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| Oil Search Continue the Testing Operations |
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Iraq >> 5/2/2013 - Oil Search reports that, the Taza 1 ST2 well was at a depth of 3,351 metres and continuing a well test of the Euphrates Formation and part of the Dhiban Formation. ...
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| Gulf Keystone Set for Significant Production Growth |
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Iraq >> 5/2/2013 - Gulf Keystone, a leading independent E&P operator in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, is pleased to provide an update on its four blocks in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, including the world-class discove...
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| Gulf Keystone Provides Updates on Kurdistan Region |
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Iraq >> 5/2/2013 - Gulf Keystone, a leading independent E&P operator in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, is pleased to provide an update on its four blocks in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, including Sheikh Adi, Akri-Bijeel...
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| Iraq Launches World’s Largest Flare Reduction Project |
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Iraq >> 5/1/2013 - South Gas Company, Shell and Mitsubishi officially announced the commencement of operations of Basrah Gas Company, which will be the largest gas project in Iraq’s history and the world’s largest flare...
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| HLG Awarded AED250m SARB Field Infrastructure Project |
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United Arab Emirates >> 5/1/2013 - Habtoor Leighton Group (HLG) has secured an AED250 million contract for the design and construction of an accommodation camp and associated utilities on two artificial islands, S1 & S2, as part of the...
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| Iraq's Oil Exports Rise 7.6 Pct in April on Month |
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Iraq >> 4/30/2013 - Iraq's oil exports rose in April to 2.6 million barrels per day (bpd), the country's oil minister said on Tuesday, helping to keep global markets well supplied as shipments from regional rival Iran ar...
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| BP Will Build New Port Terminal in Southern Iraq |
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Iraq >> 4/30/2013 - British oil major BP has signed a deal with Iraq to build a new terminal at the southern port of Khor al-Zubair, a move showing the OPEC-member is seeking the help of international oil firms to upgrad...
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