Middle East
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) , Midstream
Sempra, Aramco Agree To Interim Deal For Port Arthur LNG
Agreement supports Aramco’s long-term natural gas strategy.
Crude Oil , Trade , International , Midstream
Insight: Oil Supply Threatened By Military Escalation Risk In Mideast
What was originally a proxy war between Washington and Tehran has dangerously become a direct confrontation that is raising concerns about Middle East oil flows.
People , Exploration & Production
US Oil Major Chevron Pulls Staff From Northern Iraq
Chevron said a small contingent of expatriate employees and contractors temporarily left its Kurdistan region operations as a precautionary measure.
Exploration & Production
Genel Energy Flows Oil At Well During Test At Kurdistan Field
The well, which is nearing completion, produced from all zones tested at a maximum combined flow rate of more than 3,900 barrels of oil per day (bbl/d) with 28/64-in. choke, Genel said in a news release.
Seismic
Halliburton Presents Multimillion-dollar Software Grant To King Abdulaziz University
Halliburton Landmark said Jan. 2 that it presented a multimillion dollar educational software grant to King Abdulaziz University in Saudi Arabia to train and prepare the next generation of Saudi oil and gas engineers and geoscientists.
Crude Oil , Trade , International , Midstream
Oil Tops $70 As Middle East Tensions Rattle Markets
Crude oil prices climb 5% after the U.S. assassination last week of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani.
Crude Oil , Trade , International
Oil Prices Jump Almost $3 After US Kills Iran’s Soleimani
Oil prices jumped nearly $3 on Jan. 3 after a U.S. air strike in Baghdad killed the head of Iran's elite Quds Force.
Field Development , Natural Gas , Trade , International , Pipelines
Greece, Israel, Cyprus Sign EastMed Gas Pipeline Deal
European governments and Israel last year agreed to proceed with the so-called EastMed project, a $6 billion to $7 billion pipeline project to carry gas from Israeli and Cypriot waters into Europe.
Technology
Petrofac Lands Contract Work Worth $130 Million In Oman
Petrofac said Dec. 31 it won a new contract and the award of an additional scope of work with Petroleum Development Oman, with a combined value of roughly $130 million.
Public Capital , Field Development , Lease Sales
Exxon Mobil Makes Over 1.7 Million-Acre Acquisition Offshore Egypt
Exxon Mobil, which has had a long-standing downstream presence in Egypt dating back to the beginning of the 20th century, marked its foray into gas exploration in the country in February 2019.