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.

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.

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.

Saudi Arabia is hoping to extract more crude from the worlds largest oilfield using new technology, the countrys biggest oil producing company has said.