Nigeria’s oil ministry is set to release its long-awaited oil and gas reform bill to the president in an effort to boost output and attract foreign investment.

Egypt imported $481 million of oil and gas products from Russia in the first six months of 2018, an 84% increase from the same period in 2017.

Egypt expects foreign investors to pump $10 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) into the country's petroleum sector in FY 2018/19.

Italian Eni's Zohr fiels is expected to start gas production in December 2016.

Iraqi Oil Minister, Jabbar Al Luaibi, is revisiting a program announced four years ago to build four new refineries and has invited international oil companies to fund the construction of new facilities as the country looks to expand its downstream capacity.

Up to 35 solar energy firms are considering withdrawing from the first phase of Egypt’s Feed-in Tariff (FiT) program due to delays, currency risks, and government's insistence on domestic arbitration, as developers announced after meeting with the Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Mohamed Shaker,

Iran introduces a new template for oil contracts in an attempt to attract $100b in foreign investments.

The Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (TCCIMA) is to back the newly-developed oil contracts model.

Resistance Economy Headquarters, a top government economic advisory body, approved Iran's new oil and gas contracts after some amendments had been done.

Egypt's petroleum ministry is eyeing larger foreign investments in drilling and exploration projects to amount to $8.5b by the end of fiscal year 2015-16, up by $1b.