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Nakilat to own Q-Max vessel next summer
Qatar Gas Transport Company (Nakilat) will take delivery of its first 100 per cent wholly-owned Q-Max vessel next year, said the company. TAQA to acquire Pioneer Canada
The Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (ADSM: TAQA) announced today the purchase of Pioneer Canada, a subsidiary of the US firm Pioneer Natural Resources Company (NYSE:PXD) for USD 540 million. Low prices hit gains of PetroChina and Cnooc
Lower oil prices dented first-half earnings at oil giant PetroChina and offshore specialist Cnooc, but helped Asia's top refiner Sinopec, though rebounding crude prices may reverse their fortunes in the second half. DeepOcean wins pipeline inspection contract in Spain
DeepOcean ASA has been awarded a Letter of Intent from Enagas S.A. (Spain) to perform ROV offshore pipeline inspection of two gas pipelines in the Straits of Gibraltar between Morocco and Spain. Indonesian-Japanese companies to build $2 billion refinery
Indonesian energy companies Pertamina and Medco Energi Internasional along with Japan's Mitsubishi Corp are to begin building a liquefied natural gas refinery next year, the companies said. Iran to export 35bn cm/y gas to Europe via Turkey
Iran will export 35 billion cubic meters of gas to Europe annually once a pipeline is laid to Europe through Turkish territory, said caretaker of Oil Ministry Gholam-Hossein Nozari. Equator Exploration announces farm out deal with BG Exploration, offshore Nigeria
Equator Exploration Limited announces a farm out of part of its Participating Interest in the Production Sharing Contract ('PSC') in Oil Prospecting License ('OPL') 323, offshore Nigeria. Iraq’s deputy oil minister kidnapped
Gunmen dressed as local security forces on Tuesday stormed into a heavily guarded state compound in Baghdad to kidnap the deputy oil minister in the highest profile abduction in Iraq for months. 
