Iraq will need to build some 7,000 km of new pipeline if it is to meet its target of exporting more than 10 Mbpd by 2017, according to David Stanley, Chief Executive of the Penspen Group.
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Renaissance Services releases strong 3Q results
Renaissance Services (SAOG), Omani multinational oil and gas services provider, released strong 3Q results with revenue rising by 6 per cent to US$486.5mn in the nine-month period ending September 2010, up from $457.4mn last year.
Bahrain’s energy exports soar
Bahrains new oil and gas statistics revealed soaring exports over the first half of this year, according to a report released by the National Oil and Gas Authority. By-product sales also rose by 10 per cent. Production of crude from the Bahrain and Abu Saafa fields dropped slightly to 32.659mn barrels from 32.922mn barrels last year.
Global upstream spending estimated to reach US$380 billion in 2010
Wood Mackenzie released a new report that revealed that global upstream capital spending in 2010 will return to higher growth and is set to exceed US$380 billion.
Additional oil supplies found in Ghawar
Saudi Arabia is hoping to extract more crude from the worlds largest oilfield using new technology, the countrys biggest oil producing company has said.