Energean company announced that Abu Qir Petroleum company, its joint venture (JV) with the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC), has signed an integrated engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract with TecnhipFMC company for developing four subsea wells as well as subsea tie-back to the AbuQir Petroleum plant.

Russian Novatek company announced that its joint venture with Gazprombank, Cryogas-Vysotsk has produced the first one million tons of liquified natural gas (LNG) since the launch of the project in 2019.

Lukoil and Gazprom signed a Master Agreement to develop Vaneyvisskoye and Layavozhskoye fields in the Nenets region, Russia.

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has signed with ExxonMobil to jointly explore technology research and development (R&D) opportunities through the upstream oil and gas value chain.

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) announced the official launch of its second trading arm ADNOC Global Trading (AGT), a joint venture (JV) between ADNOC, Eni and OMV, with shares of 65%, 20% and 15% respectively, which focuses on trading refined products globally.

TransGlobe reached an agreement with the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) to merge the company’s three existing Eastern Desert concessions into a new modernized concession agreement.

Impact Oil & Gas Limited (Impact), an African-focused exploration company, has agreed to farm-out a 50% working interest and operatorship in the Transkei & Algoa exploration block to BG International Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Shell.

EcoDem, an Italian provider of environmental services, has signed a joint venture (JV) agreement with Saudi Drill Company to provide solutions and services in Saudi Arabia.

ENOC Group signed a JV agreement with Proserv Egypt in order to establish ENOC Misr, ENOC Group's first on-ground operations in Egypt's lubricants sector.

Misr Petroleum Company and Petronas are preparing to launch a new joint venture (JV) for producing high quality lubricants and exporting them during Q1 2019.