National Iranian Gas Company's (NIGC) spokespersons, Majid Bojarzadeh, said that Ankara had informed Tehran of a problem in the pipeline that carries Iranian gas to Turkey. This has resulted in a halt in gas supply.
Kuwait’s Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC) signed a deal with Bahrain’s National Oil and Gas Authority (NOGA) to build a joint aromatics factory in the Kingdom.
Saudi Aramco is to receive an investment offer from Petronas by December 2016. The Malaysian company showed interest in its $21b refining and petrochemicals project located in Pengerang, Johor.
The Jereh Group, which is a Chinese oil field services company and manufacturer of oilfield equipment, has announced that five sets of its 1253kW gas engine-driven compressor units have been shipped to Algeria.
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.
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.