Japanese engineering firm Chiyoda will restart work on QatarEnergy’s 32mn t/y North Field East (NFE) LNG expansion project. Work was halted as a result of the insecurity around the Iran War which included an 18 March a...

The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza signed in October 2025 is near breaking point, with repeated attacks since then resulting in the deaths of at least 738 Palestinians (according to the Hamas-run health minis...

Iraq’s new government plans to restart commercial talks with ExxonMobil and Chevron next month regarding high profile upstream investments. Talks are slated to resume after the Eid holidays that end on 30 May. Continue...

Oman’s upstream sector has been unaffected by the conflict that has forced other producers in the Gulf region to shut in as much as 13mn b/d of crude oil production. Because Oman is situated outside of the Strait of Ho...

Egypt’s oil output started the year showing early indications of a revival. Oil production averaged 523,600 b/d in Q1, the highest quarterly average since 4Q 2024, representing a 3% increase over the previous quarter. ...

Is BP’s storied presence in Egypt coming to a close? The market is on alert after a Reuters report on 15 May, confirmed by MEES, revealed that the UK major has sounded out a number of companies about a potential fire s...

UK independent Capricorn announced on 19 May that Egyptian Minister of Petroleum Karim Badawi had signed the consolidated and amended concession agreement covering eight Western Desert concessions in which Capricorn hold...

Apache posted stronger than expected gas production figures from Egypt last quarter, underlining the extent to which gas is now central to its Western Desert strategy. Gross Egypt gas production rose 13% year-on-year to ...