Production has officially started at the Sarvestan and Saadat Abad oilfields in central Iran, with both fields expected to add a total projected 15,000 bpd to the countrys daily output

WesternZagros Resources Ltd has spudded the Kurdamir-3 well on the Kurdamir Block in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Iran Offshore Oil Company has announced that the volume of Irans oil reserves in the Gulf, excluding those of South Pars oil layers, has been estimated at 96bn barrels

Kuwait Energy has been selected to negotiate exploration and sharing contracts for two blocks in Afghanistan