Gazprom Neft has announced that it has began production at the Badra oilfield in Iraq
Exploration & Production
Italian agency to finance modernisation of Sohar Refinery in Oman
Italian export credit agency SACE has guaranteed US$100mn allocated by HSBC Bank for financing the modernisation of Sohar Refinery, which is owned and operated by Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries (ORPIC)
Mubadala Petroleum to sell complete stake in offshore Thai oil block
Mubadala Petroleum will sell its entire stake in a Thai oil block to an upstream oil and gas firm KrisEnergy for US$102.5mn
Frontier Resources identifies exploration areas in Oman’s Block 38
Frontier Resources has completed seismic data interpretation for onshore Block 38 in Oman and has identified a number of potential exploration targets
Saudi Arabia to build three new oil refineries
Saudi Aramco has announced that it is building three new refineries with a capacity of 400,000 bpd each in Saudi Arabia