Saudi Aramco started producing gas recently from Karan, its first non-associated gas field,  industry sources said.

ABB has won an order worth more than US$30mn from Saipem S.p.A. and Samsung Engineering Co., Ltd to provide a range of power and automation equipment for a natural gas processing plant in Abu Dhabi.

Shell's long-standing plan to capture and refine gas in southern Iraq has moved a step closer following approval by the country’s state-owned gas company.

National Gas Storage Company (NGSC), a subsidiary of National Iranian Gas Company, has commissioned the country's first underground storage facility at the Sarajeh reservoir near the city of Qom.

A Saudi-Kuwaiti oil joint venture received bids for offshore and onshore gas facilities at Hout, one of the oil fields shared by the two OPEC members.