Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Company delivered its first LNG cargo to Taiwan's state-owned CPC Corp under a new long-term sale and purchase agreement.

The year 2011 saw Ras Laffan Port achieve a new milestone on 28th December 2011 when the 1,000th LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) tanker, RasGas' Simaisma docked at the port.

Gasco awarded a US$189mn lump-sum turnkey contract to Larsen & Toubro Ltd (L&T) for the new Habshan-Ruwais-Shuweihat gas pipeline.

The exit of Gulf Keystone Petroleum from the Hassi Ba Hamou gas project has been approved by Algeria's council of ministers which will allow BG Group and state-owned Sonatrach to increase their stake in the project.

Oman is planning to explore shale gas in concession areas of Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), according to Khalifa Mubarak Al Hinai, advisor at the Ministry of Oil and Gas.