ABB has shipped its first batch of nine electrical houses (E-Houses) to enable reliable power supply to offshore oil fields in United Arab Emirates
Exploration & Production
SNC-Lavalin Fayez Engineering awarded five-year contract with Saudi Aramco
SNC-Lavalin announced on 14 January that its consultancy partnership between SNC-Lavelin and Dr Zuhair Fayez, SNC-Lavalin Fayez Engineering, has been awarded a five-year extension to its existing General Engineering Services Plus contract
Gulf Intelligence: Oil to average in the US$50 per barrel in 2017
Gulf Intelligence, a UAE-based strategic communications consultancy, surveyed 250 energy national and international industry professionals and report that half of those surveyed believe the average oil price in 2017 will be in the US$50s a barrel
DNO discovers oil in Kurdistan Region of Iraq field
Norwegian oil and gas operator DNO has announced that it has discovered oil in Peshkabir-2 well’s Cretaceous horizon in the Peshkabir field, currently being drilling in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Iran names 29 firms as bidders for exploration projects under new IPC
Iran has named 29 companies from more than a dozen countries as being allowed to bid for oil and gas projects using the new, less restrictive Iran Petroleum Contract (IPC) model, its Oil Ministry news website SHANA reported recently