Oil production in Saudi Arabia rose to 9.15mn bpd in February this year from 9mn bpd a month earlier, with exports also recording an increase by 5.1 per cent during the same period, according to figures posted by the Joint Organization Data Initiative (JODI)

Attarat Power Company (APCO) has received six bids from international engineering and construction companies to construct Jordan’s first oil shale-fired power plant

Qatar Petroleum (QP) has signed a US$1.5bn joint venture agreement for the launch of the Laffan Refinery 2 (LR2) project in Ras Laffan to further optimise its condensate processing and enhance Qatar’s refining and export capacities

Strong oil prices, along with higher output, boosted the UAE’s export revenues to its highest income generation to date of US$125bn in 2012

The Kurdistan Region of Iraq has signed an agreement with Turkey to export its crude oil directly to international markets via Turkey once the construction of a connecting pipeline has been completed