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BG ‘to supply Gaza gas to Israel’
UK natural gas player BG Group is close to signing a landmark deal to supply Palestinian gas to Israel from a field off Gaza's coastline, it was reported. Iran to produce first crude from Azadegan in six months
Iran plans to produce 20,000 barrels of crude a day from Azadegan, its biggest oil discovery in three decades, by the end of the year as the Islamic Republic speeds up development to compensate for the depletion of older fields. Petrel confirms finalization of a PSA on the East Safawi Block in Jordan
Petrel Resources confirms finalisation of a Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) on the East Safawi Block in Jordan. King Abdullah of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan attended the ceremony, where a total of $2.5 billion of investment was announced by the Jordanian authorities. UAE firms expect to build $4b export refinery in Morocco
Morocco may host a $3 billion to $4 billion plant to refine and export crude oil, developed by companies from the UAE, the head of Moroccan refining firm Samir said on Tuesday. BP achieves the fourteenth oil discovery in Angola
Sociedade Nacional de Combustíveis de Angola (Sonangol) and BP Exploration (Angola) Limited today announced the 'Cordelia' oil discovery in ultra-deepwater Block 31, offshore Angola. Halliburton Shifts Focus Toward Mideast
Halliburton Co., the Houston, Texas-based oil services company, is shifting the company's focus and capital investments away from North America and toward the oil and gas-rich Middle East, its chief executive Dave Lesar said here. which lies in the eastern hemisphere, mainly the Middle East. Iran, China Agree on North Pars Gas Field Development
Iran and China have finalized their negotiations and reached an agreement on the development of the North Pars gas field in the Persian Gulf, local daily Tehran Times reported on May 19. Shell files lawsuit against Centrica, Repsol on Nigeria Blocks
Anglo-Dutch oil major Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB) Tuesday filed a lawsuit in Abuja Nigeria against three companies over the award of two oil and gas blocks in last week's licensing rounds. 
