The Director of Production at the Iranian Central Oil Fields Company, Ahmad Rajabi, announced that Iran had started the operation of its project to collect associated petroleum gases (APG) at the Cheshmeh Khosh oil field which is located in the Ilam province, Western Iran.

The Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (PNG), James Marape, announced that the government signed a fiscal agreement with Total company, to develop a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project at a cost of $13 million.

Qatar Petroleum (QP) company announced that its has signed an agreement for developing the North Field East (NFE) project, which is the world’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG).

McDermott International Ltd, announced the completion of the KG-D6 R Cluster subsea field development project in addition to achievement of the pre-commissioning and ready for startup for Reliance Industries Ltd., in the Krishna Godavari Basin, located at the East Coast of India.

Iran will start to produce natural gas from Phase 11 of the South Pars gas field during H2 of the next Iranian calendar year beginning on March 21, 2021 at a cost of $50 million

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced its provision of a sovereign loan to fund a project by Alexandria Petroleum Company (APC) worth $250 million for upgrading water and energy efficiency at the company’s diesel refinery.

The project will have 660,000 tons annual production capacity, divided into 650,000 tons of gasoline, in addition to quantities of butane and hydrogen.

Sound Energy has kicked off a new program at Sidi Moktar project in Morocco.

Saudi Arabia will explore the possibility of participating in Russia's Arctic LNG project.

Russia's Gazprom Neft and Austria's OMV signed a memorandum of understanding (moU) for working together on Iran’s oil and gas projects.