Total will shift focus from Iraq to Kurdistan

• Tuesday, 14th February 2012
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

Total S.A. has become the latest big oil company to shift the focus of its Iraq ambitions toward semi-autonomous Kurdistan.

Foster Wheeler Awarded EPCm Contract for Propylene Oxide Unit in Saudi Arabia

• Tuesday, 14th February 2012
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

Foster Wheeler AG announced that subsidiaries of its Global Engineering and Construction Group have been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management contract by Aramco Overseas Company B.V. , a subsidiary of Saudi Aramco, and by Dow Europe Holding B.V. for a propylene oxide unit at Jubail Industrial City in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

PETRONAS announces two gas discoveries offshore Sarawak

• Tuesday, 14th February 2012
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

PETRONAS has made two gas discoveries in the Kasawari and NC8SW fields in Block SK316 offshore Sarawak with exploration wells Kasawari-1 and NC8SW-1.

Technip awarded contract for a Gas and Condensate Export System project in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait

• Tuesday, 14th February 2012
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

Technip was awarded a contract by Kuwait Gulf Oil Company (KGOC), for the engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning assistance of their Gas and Condensate Export System project.

BP wins exclusion of emails from oil spill trial

• Thursday, 9th February 2012
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

BP Plc won a court order keeping several potentially damaging emails out of a scheduled trial to determine responsibility for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

S-Oil says signs 20-yr crude supply deal with Saudi Aramco

• Thursday, 9th February 2012
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

South Korean refiner S-Oil said on Thursday that it had signed a long-term contract with Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil company, to receive crude oil for 20 years.

Afren and Eni spud Nunya-1X well in Keta Block, offshore Ghana

• Monday, 6th February 2012
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

Afren has announced that operator Eni Ghana has commenced drilling of the Nunya-1X exploration well on the Keta Block, located offshore Ghana.

Iraq-Turkey oil exports resume after blast

• Monday, 6th February 2012
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

Iraq has resumed oil exports via an undamaged pipeline to Turkey after they were cut by an explosion in the country's northern neighbour, officials said on Monday.

Harvest Natural Resources Updates Drilling Operations – Qarn Alam Block 64, Oman

• Monday, 6th February 2012
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

Harvest Natural Resources, Inc. announced that the Al Ghubar North-1 (AGN-1) exploration well onshore Oman has reached a total depth (TD) of 10,482 feet.

Technip awarded two contracts for the Jubilee project in Ghana

• Monday, 6th February 2012
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

Technip was awarded by Tullow Ghana Limited two contracts, worth approximately €100 million, for the Phase 1A of the Jubilee project. The Jubilee field is located offshore Ghana at a water depth of 1,300 meters.