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Iraq Eying First Field Tenders in June or Early July
The Iraqi oil ministry is planning to announce the first round of tenders to develop its vast oil fields, which are among the world's largest, at the end of June or the beginning of July, an Iraqi oil official said Monday. Caracas lukewarm over Jeddah talks
Venezuela's Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez said the upcoming meeting of oil producers and consumers in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, will not yield an agreement to change oil production levels. Abu Dhabi will raise daily gas output to 10b cubic feet
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) will announce the final $10 billion contract for the treatment of sour gas at the Shah field within a month or two, officials said on Tuesday. Gulf refining capacity to touch 10m bpd by 2015
The Gulf region's refining capacity will grow by about 3 million barrels per day (bpd) to about 10 million bpd by 2015 to help meet the region's burgeoning demand for oil products, said a senior executive of Saudi Aramco. GE wins $1bn gas turbine deal in Algeria
General Electric has won a contract worth nearly $1bn to supply Algeria with gas turbines for power stations in the latest sign of the growing popularity of gas-fired power generation. G8 and Asian powers seek increase in oil production
Eleven nations that guzzle nearly two-thirds of the world's energy called on Sunday for an urgent hike in global oil production as host Japan warned the world could plunge into recession. Sudan seeks arbitration over oil rift
Sudan's president and southern Sudan's leader said they would turn to international arbitrators to solve a bitter dispute over an oil-rich region that many fear could escalate into civil war. Gazprom reveals Alaska pipe dream
Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom wants to join a gas pipeline project in Alaska and has already made a proposal to BP and ConocoPhillips, its chief executive. 
