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King Abdullah II plans to speed up nuclear power program
Jordan's King ordered to speed up in implementing the country's nascent nuclear power program in a bid to cut energy imports. Riyadh spends $5 billion on ‘oil army’
Saudi Arabia has started setting up a 35,000-strong security force to protect its oil infrastructure from potential terrorist attacks, according to reports. Jordan to get discounted Iraqi oil within days
Oil-parched Jordan said it was due to take delivery, within days, of much-delayed supplies of Iraqi crude oil at preferential rates under a year-old agreement with Baghdad. Iran: Opec likely to maintain cutbacks
Iranian caretaker Oil Minister Gholamhossein Nozari said he believed Opec's current crude oil production was enough and did not expect the group to change output when it meets next month. 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. 
