Algerias energy company Sonatrach has signed a deal with Indian company Dodsal Engineering and Construction worth US$618mn to maintain oil output at the Hassi Messaoud oilfield
Exploration & Production
Saudi Aramco finds oil and gas in Red Sea
Petroleum and natural gas company Saudi Aramco has confirmed its discovery of three oil and two gas fields in the Red Sea
MedcoEnergi to develop oil and gas fields in Tunisia
Indonesian oil and gas firm MedcoEnergi has agreed to purchase a subsidiary of Toronto-based Chinook Energy Inc for more than US$114mn, which would lead the company to develop oil and gas blocks in Tunisia
Saudi Aramco awards ARGAS three-year seismic contract
Arabian Geophysical and Surveying Company (ARGAS) has been awarded a major three-year contract by Saudi Aramco for a high-density land seismic program, the French geoscience company CGG announced today
Circle Oil spuds its first well offshore Tunisia
Circle Oil has announced that it has started drilling its first exploration well El Mediouni-1 (EMD-1) on the Mahdia Permit offshore Tunisia