ShaMaran Petroleum Corp has announced that the total cumulative crude oil production in Atrush field, located 85km northwest of Erbil and is one of the largest new oil developments in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, has exceeded 40 mmbbl

Oman's Tethys Oil has commenced the drilling operations of exploration well Thameen-1 on Block 49, planned to be drilled to a depth of about 4,000 m below ground

An international consortium led by Total, as operator, and the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) have signed an exploration and production agreement for the North Ras Kanayis Offshore block located in the Herodotus Basin, off the coast of Egypt

Eni has announced a new oil discovery, in Meleiha Concession, in the Western Desert of Egypt

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has awarded the exploration rights for Abu Dhabi’s Offshore Block 3 to a consortium led by Eni Abu Dhabi, a subsidiary of Italy’s Eni, and PTTEP MENA, a subsidiary of Thailand’s PTT Exploration and Production