Iran plans to boost gas production from the South Pars field, the world’s largest gas field, to 630 million cubic meters per day (mcm/d) up from 580 mcm/d by mid-March, SHANA reported. “Iran currently extracts 5...
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has awarded contracts worth $1.6 billion to China National Petroleum Company (CNPC) affiliate, BGC Inc., for the world’s largest onshore and offshore 3D seismic survey, Reuters r...
Iraq aims to increase production at the Rumaila oilfield by 50,000 barrels per day (b/d) in 2018, an official at the field told Reuters. The oilfield currently produces 1.45 million b/d, the official said, which will ...
China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) is interesting in developing the Majnoon oilfield in Iraq, Reuters reports. A number of other firms, such as Eni, BP, Chevron, and Total have also expressed interest in the ...
Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC), the UAE’s main state oil firm, announced late February that it has awarded a combined 12% stake in a mega onshore venture to two Chinese companies, CEFC China Energy Co. and China N...
Italian oil firm Eni has approached banks for billions of dollars to finance Mozambique’s huge offshore gas development, Reuters reported. Eni met with bankers in London, late September, to discuss financing for...
During a meeting with British Petroleum (BP), the Iraqi Oil Minister, Jabar Ali Al-Luaibi, stated that Baghdad wants to review contracts with oil companies to cut the fees that the firms receive when crude prices are ...
The Sudanese Minister of Oil and Gas, Dr. Mohamed Zayid Awad, has disclosed that Chinese companies desire to invest in the country’s oil and gas, pointing out that China already holds 75% of foreign oil investments in...
The neighbors China and Russia –one of the world’s biggest oil producers, next door to the biggest oil user after the US–, are deepening its relation. China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) will start laying a second d...
An engineering unit of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) won a $620m contract to build Cambodia’s first oil refinery, China’s official Xinhua News Agency reported, according to Reuters. Northeast...