:: Oil cash for green energy
Posted: 28 January 2008
Oil-rich emirate Abu Dhabi has invested $15 billion to boost financial support to its ambitious sustainability programme – Masdar Initiative, tapping an array of alternative energy and clean technologies.

:: Dana Gas shares $6.1 million in Guinea offshore stake
Posted: 28 January 2008
UAE-based Dana Gas have acquired a share in one of the blocks of an oil and gas rich offshore province in West Africa’s Gulf of Guinea, one of the richest hydrocarbon sources in the world, the company has announced.

:: Aabar bags 2 more Thai blocks
Posted: 28 January 2008
Abu Dhabi-based Aabar Petroleum Investments Company has boosted its Thai exploration acreage with two new concessions.

:: Dolphin Energy announces routine maintenance
Posted: 28 January 2008
Dolphin Energy Limited will undertake a routine maintenance and inspection programme for the Stream 1 facilities of the Dolphin gas processing plant and one production platform in Qatar during the first quarter of 2009, the company has announced.

:: Iraq re-sets contract deadline to Feb 18
Posted: 28 January 2008
Iraq has stretched the deadline for foreign oil companies to apply for services contracts for the extraction and development of Iraqi oil fields.

:: Syria calls for rapid construction of joint refinery
Posted: 28 January 2008
In a state order to the country’s oil ministry, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad called for rapid construction of a $2.6 billion joint venture refinery to be built by Syria, Iran, Venezuela and Malaysia, IRNA news agency reported.

:: Keppel FELS completes second major Singaporean project for Qatar
Posted: 28 January 2008
Singapore-based subsidiary of Keppel Offshore and Marine Limited, Keppel FELS, has completed the construction of its second jack-up drilling rig for Gulf Drilling International Ltd. (GDI), a joint venture between Qatar Petroleum (QP) and Japan Drilling Co, Ltd (JDC), the company has announced.

:: Reliance loads out unit from J.Ray facility
Posted: 28 January 2008
J. Ray McDermott Middle East, Inc has marked the load out of the Krishna Godavari Dhirubhai 6-Control Riser Platform (KG D6-CRP) topsides commissioned by Indian-based Reliance Petroleum Business.

:: Edutech launches pilot plant training system for the oil and gas sector
Posted: 28 January 2008
Edutech has launched its complete pilot plant training system for process plant operators in the oil, gas and petrochemical industries during the Gulf Educational Supplies Show 2008.

:: Lindenberg wins $157 million contract Abu Dhabi
Posted: 28 January 2008
Lindenberg Water and Drainage Division won its largest contract entitled “Water Transmission Scheme from Sas Al Nakheel (UAN) Junction to Sadiyat/Abu Dhabi Island”.