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Shell cuts Nigeria oil output after pipeline sabotage
Royal Dutch Shell had to shut down three oil flow stations in Nigeria's Niger Delta region due to a pipeline attack, the company spokeswoman said OPEC official: Iraq OPEC quota not needed for few years
OPEC Secretary General, Abdullah AL Badry announced that it will be four to five years before there is a need to include Iraqi oil output within OPEC’s oil production policy. Tethys Oil: Farha South Oil Well Tests 1,010 bopd on Pump
A production test using a down hole Electrical Submersible Pump (ESP) has been completed in the Barik formation in the Farha South-3 well on Block 3 onshore Oman. RasGas Increasing Gas Production
Qatar's RasGas expects its train 7 liquefied natural gas production facility to come alive in early February, a company executive said on Tuesday. Kuwait To Boost Northern Production
Hosnia Hashim, an executive in charge of North Kuwait for state owned Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), told Al Seyassah newspaper that the northern fields currently produce around 650,000 barrel of oil and 500 million cubic feet of gas per day. World’s Top Offshore Discoveries In 2009
2009 will be remembered for its significant offshore oil and gas discoveries worldwide. Of the 10 top discoveries for the year, two were made in the GOM, two were found off Australia, and one each off Brazil, China, Israel, the UK, Venezuela, and West Africa. Tethys Oil: testing operations on East Saiwan-2 concluded
The testing operations of the heavy oil zones encountered in East Saiwan-2 on Block 4 onshore Oman have been concluded. Iran praises OPEC
A senior Iranian oil official was quoted describing the commitment of OPEC (The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) to the crude output targets as "successful". Last year, the members reached a compliance of 66 percent. 
