Vallourec agreed a deal to acquire Saudi Seamless Pipes Factory Company Limited (Zamil Pipes), the first processing company of seamless OCTG(1) in Saudi Arabia.

Tyco International Ltd agreed to acquire a 75 per cent equity stake in privately-held KEF Holdings Ltd. for approximately US$300mn in cash.

RAK Petroleum Public Company Limited, announced net operating profits of US$5.1mn for the quarter ended 31 March 2011 on turnover of US$17.1mn.

Lamprell announced that it will acquire Maritime Industrial Services (MIS) for US$336.1mn.

ExxonMobil presented the latest edition of the company's Outlook for Energy: A View to 2030 at a roundtable in Dubai outlining the increasing global and regional energy demand.