Middle East
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March 07, 2025
ADNOC is seeking to buy its first natural gas producing fields in the U.S. to deepen its presence in the country, according to people familiar with the matter. CEO Sultan Al Jaber is set to outline the investment strategy, including a U.S. focus, during a speech at the CERA Week energy conference in Houston on Tuesday.
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March 05, 2025
The cost of Oman crude on the Gulf Mercantile Exchange slipped below Brent on Tuesday for the first time since late 2024, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That marks the end of the Middle Eastern grade’s longest run of premiums over the global benchmark since 2023.
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February 28, 2025
The Association of the Petroleum Industry of Kurdistan (APIKUR) applauds U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s efforts to restart oil exports from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, including in a call with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani on February 25, 2025.
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February 27, 2025
TWMA* has officially broken ground on its latest facility in Habshan, Abu Dhabi. The milestone marks the beginning of construction for the world’s most advanced, self-sustainable drilling waste management site.
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February 25, 2025
bp today reached agreement on all contractual terms with Iraq to invest in several giant oil fields in Kirkuk providing for the rehabilitation and redevelopment of the fields, spanning oil, gas, power and water with potential for investment in exploration.
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February 21, 2025
The CPA awarded to Accell enables Aramco to efficiently procure InflowControl’s patented AICV® technology to support the reduction of unwanted water and increase of net-oil from their onshore and offshore wells.
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February 20, 2025
Seatrium Offshore Technology has won an international tender from International Maritime Industries (IMI), the largest shipyard in the MENA region, for the supply of equipment and license for a LeTourneau Super 116E Class Self-Elevating Drilling Unit (SE-MODU), Kingdom 3.
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February 19, 2025
EnerMech has secured a five-year contract extension to provide North Oil Company (NOC) with leak testing and flange management services. The award, in the Al Shaheen Oil Field, Qatar, reinforces EnerMech’s expertise and strong relationship with NOC.
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February 18, 2025
Drilling waste management specialist, TWMA*, has announced a landmark partnership with a multinational energy operator for its inaugural exploration project in Egypt, located offshore in the Mediterranean Sea.
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February 17, 2025
bp has announced the start of production from the second development phase of the Raven field, offshore Egypt, which involves the subsea tieback of additional Raven infill wells to its existing onshore infrastructure as part of the West Nile Delta (WND) project.
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February 14, 2025
Saudi Aramco’s venture arm has invested in UK-based Ori, an AI cloud startup backed by Spanish telecom giant Telefonica SA as it seeks to drive the kingdom’s push to become an artificial intelligence hub. No financial terms were disclosed.
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February 13, 2025
EDF and TAQA Geothermal have signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on geothermal energy technologies including power generation and HVAC applications as well as Compressed Air Energy Storage in Saudi Arabia.
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February 13, 2025
ADNOC Drilling announced record financial results for both Q4 and full-year 2024, with Q4 revenue growing 41% year-over-year, and full-year revenue increasing 32% y-o-y. ADNOC attributes the success to its expansion of onshore and offshore fleets, and its oilfield services (OFS) segment.
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February 12, 2025
ADNOC Gas has signed a 14-year sales and purchase agreement (SPA) with Indian Oil Corporation for the export of up to 1.2 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to India’s largest integrated and diversified energy company.
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February 10, 2025
Bluewater, a specialist energy private equity firm, has agreed to sell Apex International Energy, an independent E&P company focused on the prolific Egyptian upstream market. Apex has become a top ten producer in Egypt in less than two years from oil discovery.
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February 06, 2025
DNO ASA reported 2024 revenues of USD 667 million on the back of robust production in the Kurdistan region of Iraq and continued North Sea expansion. Net production climbed 50% year-on-year to 77,300 boed combined from Kurdistan, North Sea and West Africa operations.
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February 06, 2025
ADNOC Gas has announced record earnings for the full year (FY) 2024 of $5 billion, and its highest quarterly income of $1.38 billion since its IPO. The robust improvement was driven by several factors including a richer mix of gas, producing more liquids, and improved commercial terms in the domestic market.
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February 04, 2025
(Bloomberg) – ADNOC will transfer stakes in some U.S. assets to its new international investment firm, XRG PJSC. ADNOC's holdings in a hydrogen venture with Exxon Mobil Corp. and NextDecade Corp.’s LNG export project will move to XRG, according to CEO Sultan Al Jaber.
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January 30, 2025
Baker Hughes has been awarded an order by Tecnicas Reunidas for six gas compression trains and six propane compressors for the third expansion phase of Aramco’s Jafurah gas field, located in Saudi Arabia.
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January 28, 2025
Viridien has won a contract with Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) to provide advanced land seismic imaging services at its dedicated processing center (DPC) in Muscat, Oman, continuing a longstanding partnership between the companies.
