Middle East
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May 14, 2024
The company is looking at other drilling companies for potential acquisitions as it seeks to expand regionally in countries such as Kuwait and Oman, ADNOC's CFO said in an interview.
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May 13, 2024
Patterson-UTI expects to hold a minority equity interest in Turnwell Industries LLC OPC, a company recently formed by ADNOC Drilling. Patterson-UTI expects that Schlumberger Middle East SA, a subsidiary of SLB, will also hold a minority equity interest in Turnwell.
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May 13, 2024
QatarEnergy will acquire a 40% working interest in each of the “Cairo” and “Masry” Offshore Concession Agreements, which were awarded to ExxonMobil in January 2023 and cover an area of approximately 11,400 km2 in water depths of 2,000 to 3,000 m.
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May 13, 2024
Spearheading unconventional energy drilling development within the Middle East region and securing the UAE’s unconventional energy needs and resources, ADNOC Drilling will leverage innovations in AI smart drilling design, completions engineering, and production solutions.
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May 12, 2024
Asked if Iraq would agree to extend the production cuts, Oil Minister Hayyan Abdul Ghani told reporters, “No, I think Iraq has cut enough and will not agree to any other cut.” It wasn’t clear if he was referring to an extension or a deeper cut.
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May 10, 2024
An initial contract was awarded in May 2023 to a consortium including SLB, Subsea Integration Alliance and Saipem for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation of the second development phase (2a) of the Sakarya natural gas field.
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May 08, 2024
The Ruwais LNG plant is set to be the first LNG export facility in the Middle East and Africa region to run on clean power and will leverage the latest technologies and artificial intelligence (AI) tools to minimize emissions and drive efficiency.
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May 07, 2024
ADNOC Gas is well-positioned to benefit from ADNOC’s planned expansion of oil production capacity to 5 MMbpd by 2027, which will contribute to an increase in associated gas production.
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April 25, 2024
TAG Oil Ltd. has successfully pumped all twelve planned stages of its multistage hydraulic frac on its BED4-T100 ("T100") well location in Egypt.
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April 23, 2024
Baker Hughes will supply 17 pipeline centrifugal compressors driven by state-of-the-art aeroderivative gas turbines for Aramco’s project. The new 4,000-km pipeline is vital to the Kingdom’s energy transition, with expectations to increase domestic gas distribution and contribute to a reduction of carbon emissions and oil consumption.
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April 23, 2024
The fund projects Saudi oil production will reach 10 MMbpd in early 2025, from what’s now a near three-year low of 9 MMbbl. Saudi Arabia says its production capacity is around 12 MMbpd and it’s rarely pumped as low as today’s levels in the past decade.
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April 23, 2024
The Ruwais project, which is currently fully owned by Adnoc, will have the capacity to export 9.6 million tons of LNG per year, more than doubling the UAE’s total output
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April 22, 2024
The Marsa LNG project combines upstream gas production of 150 MMcfd with a 1 MMtpa capacity LNG liquefaction plant and a dedicated 300 MWp PV solar plant, positioning the site as one of the lowest GHG emissions intensity LNG plants ever built worldwide, with a GHG intensity below 3 kg CO2e/boe.
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April 17, 2024
The idea of placing sanctions on importers of Iranian oil has been swiftly gaining momentum in Congress following the nation’s direct attack on Israel, and House and Senate leaders have been in discussions about how to move forward with legislation to do so.
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April 14, 2024
Trading resumed at 6pm New York time on Sunday. The risk of a direct Iranian attack on Israel was already at least partly priced in — benchmark Brent crude, up 17% so far this year, passed $90 a bbl after the strike on Iran’s embassy.
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April 11, 2024
KCA Deutag has announced the award of $204 million of onshore drilling contracts in Oman, Saudi Arabia, Peru and Bolivia.
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April 08, 2024
Under the scope of the contract, Craig International will source and supply products and services for maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO). The three-year contract, which has a two-year extension option, will be delivered by Craig International’s Qatar office, where the firm now employs 45 people, and is supported by the company’s headquarters in Aberdeen.
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April 07, 2024
Valaris Limited announced that ARO Drilling, its joint venture in Saudi Arabia, received a notice of suspension from Aramco for one of its 19 contracted rigs, jackup VALARIS 143. The rig’s contract was previously scheduled to end in December 2024.
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April 07, 2024
Brent crude rallied more than 2% to climb above $90 a barrel on Thursday after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to retaliate to any attack from Iran, despite the United States urging Israel to protect civilians.
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April 04, 2024
In March, Saudi Aramco announced plans to reduce capital investment by roughly $40 billion between 2024 and 2028. This was mostly due to the Kingdom’s decision to maintain productive capacity at 12 MMbpd. As part of the decision, Aramco has suspended 17 rigs to date, with a potential for additional releases in the near term.
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April 03, 2024
The Yumna-5 well will be drilled at the crest of the structure to drain attic oil left un-swept by the current producers.
