The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has announced an investment of up to US$318mn to connect newly drilled smart wells to the main production facilities at Bu Hasa, which will sustain production capacity of 650,000 bpd at ADNOC’s largest onshore asset, located 200km south of Abu Dhabi city

Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) has announced the appointment of Steve Phimister, currently Shell’s vice president of Upstream in the UK, as PDO managing director to succeed Raoul Restucci in July 2021

Aquaterra Energy, a leader in global offshore engineering solutions, has secured a five-year deal with a major Middle Eastern operator to provide green and brownfield riser analysis in the region

Zenith Energy Ltd’s wholly-owned subsidiary Zenith Energy Netherlands BV has signed an extension agreement in respect of the conditional sale and purchase agreement (SPA) it signed with KUFPEC (Tunisia) Limited for a participation in the North Kairouan permit and the Sidi El Kilani Concession

Qatar Petroleum has entered into an agreement with Shell to become a partner in two exploration blocks offshore Namibia