:: MIS names second Sharjah-made rig
Posted: 28 April 2008
SeaWolf Onome has been named as the second offshore jack-up drilling rig being built by UAE-based oil and gas fabrication specialists Maritime Industrial Services (MIS) for SeaWolf Oilfield Services during a naming ceremony on April.

:: Dubai delivers giant rig hull for Norwegian semi-sub
Posted: 28 April 2008
Drydocks World – Dubai has delivered the giant Aker H-6e, semi-submersible drilling rig hull bound for Norway last week, the second vessel delivered within 8 months after delivering the first in August 2007.

:: Hess Libya awards seismic contract to Norwegian firm
Posted: 28 April 2008
Oslo-based Scan Geophysical ASA (Scan) has been awarded a 2D seismic contract by Hess Libya Exploration Limited 4,000 km off Libya, the company has announced.

:: Halliburton names new Middle East VP
Posted: 28 April 2008
Halliburton has appointed Gasser El-Badrashini as the company’s vice president for the Middle East Region.

:: Aabar sells Pearl to Mubadala
Posted: 28 April 2008
Abu Dhabi listed Aabar Energy has finalised divestment arrangements of its wholly-owned exploration and production subsidiary Pearl Energy Limited to government-owned Mubadala Development Company.

:: Eni returns to Qatar following new accord
Posted: 28 April 2008
Italian energy major Eni has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Qatar Petroleum International (QPI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Qatar Petroleum (QP), to seek joint investment opportunities in international projects in the exploration and production sector.

:: Turkmenistan resumes gas export to Iran
Posted: 28 April 2008
Iranian Ambassador to Turkmenistan said on Friday that that Central Asian Republic restarted its natural gas exports to Iran as of Friday morning, IRNA news agency reported.

:: Western Iran planned to become hydrocarbon hub
Posted: 28 April 2008
In line with its 5-year economic plan, Iran will spend about $2 billion to implement plans in developing oil and gas fields in the western part of the country in a bid to become Iran’s oil and gas hub, IRNA news agency reported.

:: Honeywell to develop Kuwait plant
Posted: 28 April 2008
Honeywell has been selected to design, configure and install its UniSim Operations suite for Kuwait Paraxylene Production Company’s aromatics plant in Shuaiba , Kuwait , the company has announced.

:: Petrotec opens new service centre in Qatar
Posted: 28 April 2008
Petrotec has inaugurated the first certified Masoneilan Authorised Service Centre (MARC) in Qatar to offer a technical support partner to oil and gas companies.