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Phase-1 output at BP’s key development offshore Egypt has seen ‘steeper than anticipated decline’ with 2018 output just 380mn cfd versus the planned 600mn cfd.

Anglo-Dutch major Shell’s Egyptian net gas output hit a four-year high 407.5mn cfd in 2018, up 21% from 2017’s...

Algeria has advanced one of the few major projects in the pipeline with $1bn EPC award but Bouteflika’s retirement is unlikely to quell protests.

Italian firm Eni announced on 14 March it has discovered gas at the Nour exploration prospect on the North...

Iraqi Kurdistan’s myriad of small firms are the back-bone of its oil sector and they are planning ambitious developments...

Qatar Petroleum’s transformative international expansion gathered further momentum this week with two Eni deals. This follows recent exploration successes in Cyprus and South Africa. The next big question is when will these efforts generate output?

Mixed-feed crackers produce high value chemicals not available from ethane cracking. Oman, UAE and Kuwait are following Aramco’s lead.

Saudi officially plans to phase out power plant liquids-burn. But, with much of the country not connected to gas pipelines, oil-burn is here to stay. The kingdom has more oil-fired capacity under construction than the rest of the world put together.

Saudi state-led Saudi petchems giant Sabic announced on 13 March that it will merge operations of its 4mn t/y...

While the long-delayed Nawara project will give a much-needed boost to Tunisia's gas output from late-2019, Tunisia will still be reliant on Algeria for over half its demand.