Middle East

Several key Basra oil fields are poised to increase output. But with southern export infrastructure already near full capacity and water injection crucial to maximizing production gains, the oil ministry is banking on oft-delayed projects to meet its ambitious goals.

Kuwait is making considerable strides towards reaching its 2020 production target. But latest figures show that capacity at its key Burgan field has fallen.

Oil output jumped last month, signalling a post-Opec+ deal ramp up. Exports also spiked which with oil at $73/B mean the highest revenues since 2014.

Qatar Petroleum (QP) is to issue a tender this month for six drilling rigs for its major LNG expansion....

DNO's Peshkabir field has reached its 2018, 50,000 b/d target, boosting the firm's gross Kurdish output to a three-year high of 130,000 b/d.

Agreement to proceed with FEED for Gulf refining/petchems integration reflects the two firms’ global pursuit of increased value from petroleum assets

Oman’s OPWP currently gets all its power from gas-fired plants, but plans for a second big solar power plant imply a major shift from gas burning is under way.

Talks on forming Iraq’s next government are underway, and once complete the new entity will face a host of...

The Iranian parliament on 7 October voted narrowly in favor of joining the convention on Combating the Financing of...