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Transocean and GlobalSantaFe agree to combine
Transocean Inc. and GlobalSantaFe Corporation announce that their boards of directors have unanimously approved a definitive agreement for a merger of equals. Iran, Turkey ink MoU for energy cooperation
Iran and Turkey signed a Memorandum of Understanding Friday evening for all-out mutual cooperation in the field of energy. Essar to shut refinery to raise capacity
Essar Oil Ltd will shut its refinery in western India for three weeks from July 18 to help ramp up its capacity to 210,000 barrels per day (bpd), said a company spokesman. Saudi Aramco, Dow Apppoint KBR To Manage Ras Tanura Complex
Saudi Arabian Oil Co. and Dow Chemical Co. have appointed KBR Inc. to manage the construction of an estimated $22 billion refinery and petrochemicals complex at Ras Tanura in eastern Saudi Arabia, the companies said. Qatar-Shell LNG project cost increases to $8billion
The cost of a joint venture between Qatar and Royal Dutch Shell to build the Qatargas 4 liquefied natural gas plant will be $8 billion, said the Gulf Arab state's Energy Minister. Oil shipments begin to N Korea
The first shipment of fuel oil to North Korea - part of an aid-for-disarmament pact agreed in February - has left port on a tanker from South Korea. Syria in talks with CNPC to build $1 billion refinery
Syria is in talks with China National Petroleum Corp. to jointly build a $1 billion refinery in the Middle Eastern country, the official Xinhua News Agency said, citing visiting Syrian deputy prime minister Abdallah al-Dardari. Occidental celebrates production and delivery of natural gas from the
Occidental Petroleum Corporation announced that the giant Dolphin Project, one of the largest energy projects ever to be undertaken in the Middle East, is fully operational and delivering natural gas from its own production wells to customers in the United Arab Emirates. 
