Emerson Process Management has opened the largest support facility in Basra, Iraq which will help support its customer base in the country with a team of Iraqi technical field service engineers.

Siemens Energy has appointed a new CEO of the Oil & Gas Division at the beginning of February the company announced.

China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) is looking at establishing a logistics hub in Dubais Free Zone to supply the companys needs in the Middle East and North Africa, reported the China Daily.

Iran’s oil ministry announced that it has stopped oil sales to both Britain and France in a move seen as a direct retaliation for the upcoming EU embargo on imports of Iranian oil.

Horizon Terminals Limited (HTL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC), has inaugurated a new facility in Tangier, Morocco, with a total investment value of US$180mn.