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ADNOC Offshore Says Nasr Field Facilities Completed

Oct 22, 2018

Abu Dhabi's state-owned ADNOC Offshore has completed the installation of all Nasr field facilities, said a company tweet on Sunday.''This megastructure is one of the largest supercomplexes in the world, with Nasr field contributing to ADNOC’s end of 2018 oil production capacity target of 3…

UTEC Secures Floatover Project in the Middle East

Oct 22, 2018

UTEC, a surveying company in subsea services group Acteon, said it has, in partnership with offshore services provider Zamil Offshore, secured a contract in Saudi Arabia for the floatover, from Oman to Saudi Arabia, and installation of multiple platform topsides…

James Fisher Continues Growth in Middle East

Oct 17, 2018

James Fisher and Sons plc reported further expansion of its operations in the Middle East, including the recent completion of cable and pipeline trenching projects and new construction and decommissioning activities going live across the region…

Lukoil to Start Oil Production at New Caspian Field in 2023

Oct 16, 2018

Russia's biggest independent oil producer Lukoil plans to start commercial oil production at its new Caspian field in 2023, the company said on Tuesday.Lukoil said it expected to reach peak production at the Rakushechnoye field of 1.2 million…

Hurricane FPSO Leaves Dubai After Upgrade, Shetlands First Oil Seen in H1

Oct 15, 2018

The Aoka Mizu floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel ordered by Hurricane Energy has left Dubai following a series of upgrades, the company said, another milestone for the group as it seeks to extract so-called fractured basement oil in Britain…

Aqualis Offshore Completes Bahrain Floatover

Oct 10, 2018

Aqualis Offshore has completed the floatover installation of the REGAS topside offshore Bahrain as part of the Bahrain LNG Import Terminal, said a press release.Aqualis Offshore, part of Oslo-listed energy consultancy group Aqualis ASA was contracted…

Baker Hughes Acquires 5% of ADNOC Drilling for $550 Mln

Oct 08, 2018

Baker Hughes, the world's second-largest oil services company, will take a 5 percent stake in Abu Dhabi National Oil Company's (ADNOC) drilling unit for $550 million under a tie-up announced on Monday.Baker Hughes (BHGE) becomes the first foreign…

ADNOC LNG Awards USD 860 mln EPC Contract to Consortium of Tecnicas Reunidas

Oct 02, 2018

ADNOC LNG said it signed an AED 3.16 billion (US$860 million) contract with a consortium of Spain's Tecnicas Reunidas and Abu Dhabi’s Target Engineering Construction Company for building the second phase of the Integrated Gas Development Expansion (IGD-E)…

OMV Starts Offshore Oil Production in United Arab Emirates

Sep 27, 2018

Austria's OMV started production at Abu Dhabi's SARB and Umm Lulu's offshore oil fields, expecting to produce 25,800 barrels per day by year-end, it said on Thursday.The gas and oil group took a 20 percent interest in the two oilfields off the United Arab Emirates under a $1…

Oil Eases, but Iran Sanctions Keep Prices Well Above $80 a Barrel

Sep 26, 2018

Oil prices eased on Wednesday but were still heading for a fifth consecutive quarter of gains, driven by an impending drop in Iranian exports in the last three months of the year when global demand heats up.Brent crude futures were last down 49 cents on the day at $81…

Oman and Iran to Drive Growth for Oil Storage Industry

Sep 24, 2018

Oman and Iran will drive the majority of the growth in the oil storage industry in the Middle East between 2018 and 2022, contributing more oil storage capacity than any other country in the region, according to leading data and analytics company GlobalData…

Dan-Bunkering DMCC Welcomes Three New Bunker Traders

Sep 18, 2018

Dan-Bunkering said it has hired three new Bunker Traders in its Dubai office.Benedek Nagy was born and raised in Hungary, however, at the age of 18 he moved to Denmark to study International Shipping and Trade as well as gain experience within the shipping industry…

UTEC Names Rahmatullah Middle East Director

Sep 18, 2018

UTEC, a global survey company in subsea services group Acteon, has appointed Nadir Rahmatullah as the commercial and strategy director of its Middle East and Caspian operations.Rahmatullah was most recently managing director of UTEC StarNet…

Saudi Arabia Halts Red Sea Oil Exports after Tanker Attacks

Jul 26, 2018

Saudi Arabia said on Thursday it was suspending oil shipments through a strategic Red Sea lane after Yemen's Iran-aligned rebels attacked two tankers in the waterway, underscoring the risk of an escalation in tensions in the region.Brent crude futures rose 59 cents to $74…

Oil Slips Further as Focus on OPEC Mounts

May 24, 2018

U.S. crude, gasoline inventories rise unexpectedly as Brent-WTI spread nears widest margin in three years. Oil prices recorded their largest one-day drop in two weeks on Thursday, with expectations building that OPEC will end an output deal…

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