Gulf

Qatar is inviting bids for EPC awards for its 33mn t/y LNG expansion. Majors are lining up for roles even as a glut of LNG start-ups sees prices slump to 3-year lows

Qatar Petroleum’s international expansion continues to gather pace, with the firm this week snapping up five blocks offshore Argentina....

Italian major Eni has swooped for extensive acreage offshore the UAE’s Ras al-Khaimah emirate as it continues to rack...

Full output from Kuwait’s 60,000 b/d-capacity Ratqa heavy oil field may now not be hit until 2020 with first oil pushed back to August.

Oman is becoming a hotspot for international majors, with BP, Shell, Eni and Total all expanding their footprint in the sultanate.

Mubadala is offloading 30-40% of Cepsa to investment firm Carlyle leaving the latter with a sizeable Mena oil and gas portfolio.

US major Chevron has signed up to evaluate Bahrain’s potentially game-changing Khalij al-Bahrain unconventional basin.

Adnoc Drilling is pressing ahead with ambitious plans to enhance its role following last year’s deal with Baker Hughes...

Oman’s Tawfiq Coke Products, a JV of local firm Salmeem Industrial Projects and the UK’s BSW Group, has awarded...