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Algeria will not seek partners for gas project
Algeria will carry out its major Gassi Touil gas project without seeking partners, after terminating an agreement with Spanish companies Repsol and Gas Natural, Energy and Mines Minster Chakib Khelil said in remarks published yesterday. Hunt oil deal with Kurdish government creating tension in Iraq
A US official today criticized an oil deal between Texas-based Hunt Oil Company and Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), saying it had "needlessly elevated tensions" in Iraq. Iran warns France over Total oil project
Iran warned France it was prepared to go ahead with a major gas project with Total using Iranian firms alone if the French oil giant gives in to political pressure and does not swiftly implement the deal. Bahrain, Qatar to jointly tap oil & gas sectors
The Minister Oil and Gas and Chairman of the National Oil and Gas Authority Abdul Hussein Mirza yesterday said that Qatar and Bahrain would continue to explore possibilities of joint ventures in oil and gas sectors as part of their joint initiative to tap the huge opportunities in these areas. Taqa to buy PrimeWest
Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (Taqa) will buy Canada's PrimeWest Energy Trust for C$5 billion (US$4.9 billion) in cash. Kuwait favours BP ahead of Shell as partner in China refinery plan
Kuwait wants to drop Royal Dutch Shell as a partner and is instead considering BP in a project to build a $5 billion oil refinery in Guangdong in China, Kuwait's state news agency Kuna reported yesterday. Indonesia’s talks with ExxonMobil hit a hurdle
Indonesia and ExxonMobil have halted negotiations on the disputed Natuna D-Alpha gas block, now controlled by the US company, an official at energy watchdog BPMIGAS said yesterday. Three die on North Sea vessel
Three men have died on the Viking Islay standby vessel after an accident on the BP Amethyst gas field off the UK. 
