ExxonMobil in an official document has confirmed it held negotiations last year with Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government over exploration and production contracts.

The National Oil Corporation (NOC) has stated that Libya's oil exploration activities have resumed at all fields.

Khaled Abu-Nasrah, President, KBR, Middle East Region spoke to Oil Review Middle East about the main opportunities for KBR's refining technologies.

Kuwait Energy announced a significant increase in production from the Shahd SE field in Egypt following the successful drilling of the appraisal well Shahd SE-5.

Iraq and an international consortium led by Russia's Gazprom Neft have awarded Petrofac a US$329.7mn deal to develop the untapped Badra oil field, according to government spokesman Ali Al Dabbagh .