| Iraq >> 5/16/2011 - Iraq's gas field auction set for January must be delayed until a new energy law is passed and companies signing new contracts with Iraq do so "at their peril," parliament's energy committee chief said... |
| Iraq >> 5/14/2011 - Work in Iraqi oilfields being developed by foreign oil companies is going ahead "normally" and faster than contracted, the country's deputy prime minister for energy Hussain al-Shahristani said. ... |
| Egypt >> 5/12/2011 - Wireline and well intervention technology specialist Wireline Engineering has secured £1.25million worth of international contracts in the last three months and completed first work in a number of new... |
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Iraq >> 5/12/2011 - Petronor FZE, an oilfield services company operating in Iraq, announced today that, following Southern Oil Company (SOC) approval, has signed a contract with Shell to provide offices and accommodation... |
| Iraq >> 5/11/2011 - KMG EP has informed the Ministry of Oil and Gas of the Republic of Iraq and the company Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS) of its withdrawal from participation in the Akkas Field Development project negoti... |
| Iraq >> 5/10/2011 - Clyde & Co has been appointed by Lukoil Mid-East Ltd to support them in their development of the West Qurna-2 field in Iraq. With recoverable reserves of 43 billion barrels West Qurna is the second la... |
| Yemen >> 5/9/2011 - Nexen Inc , Canada's No. 6 independent oil producer, said production has been temporarily shut and operations suspended in Yemen as a result of a strike by a labour union. ... |
| Egypt >> 5/6/2011 - In late 2010, the Company acquired new 2D and 3D seismic data over the South East Mansoura concession to improve the definition of the Cretaceous oil play potential. The data quality is excellent and ... |
| Algeria >> 5/5/2011 - Algerian state energy firm Sonatrach and partners BP and Statoil signed a $213 million contract with Japan's JGC to maintain production levels at Algeria's In Amenas gas fields. ... |
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Yemen >> 5/4/2011 - Nexen Inc said on Wednesday its oil production in Yemen is unaffected by the shutdown of one of the Middle East country's oil export terminals following a mid-March blast on its main oil pipeline. ... |
| Saudi Arabia >> 5/2/2011 - Saudi Arabia’s oil production may reach 9 million barrels per day on average in 2011 as global demand increases, said an official at National Commercial Bank, Saudi Arabia’s largest bank by assets. ... |
| Angola >> 5/2/2011 - The Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) presented ExxonMobil Development Company with a special citation for the development and implementation of the “Design One, Build Multiple” strategy that succe... |
| Sudan >> 4/21/2011 - South Sudan's government has decided to re-admit northern oil workers expelled from the oil-producing Unity state after deadly clashes in the region, the nascent country's petroleum minister said. ... |
| Kazakhstan >> 4/21/2011 - Kazakhstan hopes to settle its protracted dispute with the foreign developers of the lucrative Karachaganak gas field in the first half of this year, Oil and Gas Minister Sauat Mynbayev told reporters... |
| Libya >> 4/20/2011 - The Gazprom headquarters hosted a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company's Management Committee and Paolo Scaroni, Chief Executive Officer of Eni. ... |
| Libya >> 4/18/2011 - Halliburton Co's (HAL.N) quarterly profit topped Wall Street forecasts as a surge in the oilfield services company's North American operations overshadowed the impact of a shutdown in Libya. ... |
| Tanzania >> 4/17/2011 - Tanzania has ordered its army to escort ships searching for oil and gas off its coast to protect them from Somali pirates. The East African country has licensed at least 17 international companies to ... |
| Libya >> 4/16/2011 - Libyan rebels made a renewed effort to push towards the oil port of Brega on Saturday while Muammar Gaddafi's forces pounded besieged Misrata to the west with rockets and mortars, a rebel spokesman sa... |
| Iraq >> 4/14/2011 - Iraq will issue invitations to international energy companies to show interest in new gas exploration contracts in a fourth bidding round, with responses due on May 19, an Iraqi oil official said. ... |
| Iran >> 4/9/2011 - The managing director of the Petroleum Engineering And Development Company (PEDEC) says the company is likely to sign a $1.5 billion contract with and Iranian led consortium to develop Azar oil field ... |
