The Kurdistan Region of Iraq has selected seven international oil companies to bid to develop its Nassiriya oilfield and build a refinery as part of plans to expand the countrys downstream operations
Exploration & Production
New offshore gas find for Qatar
Qatar has discovered a small offshore field containing about 70.7bn cubic metres of natural gas, marking the countrys first gas find since 1971
Tethys completes testing of exploration well in Oman
Tethys has announced its production testing of the exploration well B4EW4 on Block 4, onshore Oman, has been completed
Apache announces successful test at Khalda Ridge, Egypt
Apache Corporation has announced that the Amoun NE-1X discovery has tested at a combined rate of 3,186 barrels of oil and condensate and 11mn cu/ft of natural gas per day
Oman discovers more oil in Mabrouk Deep
Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) has revealed that Mabrouk Deep, 40 km west of Saih Rawl, has estimated in-place volumes amounting to 82.1bn cubic metres of gas and 115mn barrels of condensate