Qatar delayed the start-up of its $10B Barzan Gas project, which is a RasGas-operated joint venture between Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil, due to a leak in a gas pipeline.
Dolphin Energy Limited has signed a long-term gas sale and purchase agreement with Qatar Petroleum to export gas to the United Arab Emirates through the existing 48-inch sub-sea pipeline.
The final stages in the development of platforms 19A, 21 and 18B for Iran’s South Pars giant gas field are underway, with them coming on stream by late 2016 or early 2017 at the most.
Qatar's second largest LNG producer, RasGas Company, has shipped its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo to the Floating Storage Regasification Unit (FSRU) Toscana, in Italy.
The MENA region is forecast to become the world’s second-largest gas-importing area by 2040, as the countries invest around $10.3b in LNG-importing facilities.
France's Total has won a 30%stake in a new contract to operate Al-Shaheen, Qatar's largest offshore oilfield, controlled by the state-owned Qatar Petroleum.
Novatek, Russia’s second largest gas producer, is interested in a tie-up with Qatargas, the world’s biggest LNG exporter, as it seeks to expand its gas trading business, Russian Energy Minister, Alexander Novak said.
OPEC oil output was rising in March as higher supply from Iran after the lifting of sanctions and near-record exports from southern Iraq offset maintenance and outages in smaller producers.