Kuwait began operating its first solar power plant at the Umm Gudair oil field. The Sidrah 500 project is worth $99m and is expected to produce 10MW of electricity.
ExxonMobil Corporation announced a significant discovery with a potential recoverable resource of between 500m and 1b barrels of oil on the Owowo field offshore Nigeria.
Libya has experienced a remarkable increase in oil production hitting 670,000b/d. The rise in output came accordingly to NOC's work in some previously-shut oilfields.
Iran Oil Terminals Company's (IOTC) is in negotiation with a Dutch firm to renovate and develop Iran's oil terminals infrastructure in the Persian Gulf.
A consortium headed by ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) and Iran aim to strike a deal by March to develop the Iranian Farzad B gas field in the Farsi offshore block.
The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) did not approve the Republic of Mozambique Pipeline Company’s (Rompco) $3.59/gigajoule tariff for gas that will be transported to South Africa during 2017.