Oil Search Limited has announced that its Taza-2 oilwell in Kurdistan Region of Iraq has reached a total planned depth of 4,200 metres
Exploration & Production
Shell pulls out of Qatar gas well
Royal Dutch Shell has pulled out of gas exploration plans in Qatar’s Block D, after initial drilling at its majority-owned QSD-1 well failed to produce commercial volumes, it announced last week
UAE oilfields receives new bids from Asian and western buyers
Asian and western firms have placed new bids for the UAE’s biggest oilfields after a deal with oil majors expired this year but the Gulf country is yet to decide whether to let Asian oil buyers in for the long haul, government sources said
Sonatrach’s US$100 billion plan to develop Algeria’s oil and gas fields
Sonatrach has announced the investment of US$100bn to increase oil and gas output from 2014-18 in Algeria, besides starting production of shale gas in 2020
Hyundai Heavy Industries secures US$1.94 billion contract for offshore platform in UAE
South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries has won a US$1.94bn contract from Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA OPCO) to build an offshore oil and gas platform in the UAE capital