During a high profile visit by a Turkish delegation the possibility of Turkey carrying out gas exploration in the Mediterranean with Egypt as well as the potential of importing Egyptian gas was discussed.

Alfa Laval has received an order from JGC Corporation in Japan to supply heat exchangers for a new major natural gas project in Qatar.

A top Iraqi government energy committee has approved a deal with Royal Dutch Shell to capture and exploit gas from its giant southern oil fields.

Japan’s Chiyoda Corporation has signed an agreement between its subsidiary in Qatar, Chiyoda Almana Engineering (CAEL) and Qatargas for an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) frame agreement with Qatargas.

Many of the world's biggest energy companies may have to surrender most of the gas from Iraq's vast southern oilfields to a processing and export project led by Shell, a final draft contract between Baghdad and Europe's biggest company, obtained by Reuters, shows.