Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco) is in talks with Export Credit Agencies (ECA) to finance the expansion of its Sitra oil refinery. The project is estimated to cost around $5b.
Tunisia's government has reached a deal with protesters who have disrupted Petrofac gas production for months in a step to stop the British energy firm closing its business.
UK gas company Petrofac is threatening to leave Tunisia and end its investment if protests over jobs that have disrupted gas production for nine months are not stopped immediately.