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SK to build $624m Kuwait plant
State-owned Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) signed a $624.6 million deal with South Korea's SK Engineering & Construction today to build an oil and gas gathering centre in the Gulf state's northern Sabriya field. Gazprom Signs PSA for Libyan Offshore Hydrocarbon Block
Russian natural gas giant OAO Gazprom (GSPBEX.RS) has signed an agreement to explore and develop Libya's offshore hydrocarbon block No. 19, Gazprom said in a statement Monday. OMV achieves its third gas discovery in Pakistan
OMV announced a discovery and successful testing of gas in its Latif 1 exploration well in the Latif Exploration Block in Northern Sindh province/Pakistan. This is an additional discovery in an area where OMV has discovered two major gas fields before, Miano and Sawan, which were brought on stream in 2001 and 2003. Venezuela signs oil deal with China
Venezuela has signed deals to supply oil to China as part of a drive by Hugo Chavez, the south American nation's president, to break his dependence on energy exports to the United States. Yemeni workers attack LNG facility
Hundreds of rioting workers damaged a liquefied natural gas export terminal being built in south-eastern Yemen and set fire to cars and a helicopter belonging to the facility, security sources said. Total chief remains in custody
Total boss Christophe de Margerie will remain in police custody for another 24 hours, as French police continue their investigation into alleged kickbacks in an Iranian gas deal, a judicial source said today. Statoil Prepping to Shoot Seismic in Libya
Statoil is preparing to shoot seismic in Libya. During the year, around 2,000 kilometers of 2D seismic will be gathered from the Kufra license in the southeast area of the country. Saudi allocates land for Total oil refinery
Saudi Arabia has allocated land for the construction of a $6.4 billion oil refinery by France's Total and state conglomerate Saudi Aramco, the official SPA news agency reported Tuesday. 
