Saudi Steel Pipe Company (SSP) has won two contracts worth more than US$66mn to supply OCTG steel pipes to Saudi Aramco
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Oxy Qatar and GDI sign US$75 million drilling service contract
Occidental Petroleum Corporation (Oxy Qatar) has signed a US$75mn contract with Gulf Drilling International (GDI) to provide drilling services for an oil rig offshore Qatar
Technip awarded Iraq refinery contract
Technip has been awarded engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by Iraq’s State Company for Oil Projects (SCOP) for Karbala Refinery
General Electric upgrades Saudi Aramco’s Haradh plant
General Electric Company (GE) has upgraded the compressor control system at Saudi Aramco’s Haradh gas/oil separation plant (GOSP-1) to automate the control process for three compressors
UAE researchers discover biodiesel to run motor engines
UAE researchers have discovered a new type of oil extracted from microalgae that could work as an alternative to diesel, which they have said could run motor engines effectively without any modifications