French oil services group Technip, in a consortium with National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC), has been awarded a contract on the Upper Zakum Project in Abu Dhabi by Zakum Development Company (ZADCO)
Total SA has joined Marathon Oil Corporation in two blocks in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq after it acquired a 35 per cent working (43.75 per cent paying) interest in the Harir and Safen blocks
China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) has withdrawn from developing Phase 11 of the South Pars gas field, offshore Iran, following a host of delays on the project
Qatar Petroleum (QP) has signed an agreement authorising PetroChina Investment to acquire 40 per cent of the exploration and production rights to Qatar’s Block 4 Exploration and Production Sharing Agreement (EPSA) from GDF Suez Exploration Qatar
Russian drilling company Eurasia Drilling Co (EDC) has acquired two onshore drilling rigs in Iraq and is considering the option to acquire a third rig
