:: Q-Flex makes milestone Suez transit
Posted: 07 April 2008
Qatargas has celebrated another milestone for Qatar with the first Q-Flex transiting the Suez Canal. With a capacity of 210,000 cubic metres, the Q-Flex Duhail is the largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) ship to pass through the canal.

:: Abu Dhabi buys 20% Algerian Shell venture
Posted: 07 April 2008
Mubadala Development Company (Mubadala) has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Liwa Energy Ltd. has purchased a 20% stake in Shell’s current exploration and production ventures in Algeria.

:: TransAtlantic Petroleum farms out Turkey exploration licenses
Posted: 07 April 2008
Independent E&P company, TransAtlantic Petroleum Corp. has farmed out Blocks 4173 and 4174, two of its exploration licenses in southeastern Turkey, to an oil and gas exploration company with operations in Turkey.

:: Madalena start drilling operations in Tunisia
Posted: 07 April 2008
Canadian-based Madalena Ventures Inc. on behalf of its wholly owned subsidiary, Madalena Ventures International Inc., has started the drilling of the TT-2 exploratory well on the Sud Remada Permit operated by Storm Ventures International.

:: Gas discovery in first well of Edirne drilling
Posted: 07 April 2008
Incremental Petroleum has discovered almost three times the projected gas play in Ikihoyuk-1, the first well in the Edirne 2008 onshore drilling campaign in Western Turkey.

:: Dana Gas reports strong growth base
Posted: 07 April 2008
Dana Gas, the Middle East ’s first regional private sector natural gas company, has reported business growth after reviewing key milestones achieved by the company in 2007.

:: Petrofac to build $477m gas pant in Syria
Posted: 07 April 2008
UK-based oil and gas services company Petrofac has won a $477 million lump-sum contract from Petro-Canada to build a gas treatment plant for the Ebla project in Syria.

:: QVC upgrades to new Honeywell technology
Posted: 07 April 2008
Honeywell has announced it was selected to upgrade the process automation technology for Qatar Vinyl Company’s (QVC) plant located in Mesaieed Industrial City near Doha, Qatar.

:: ADIPEC 2008 set in November
Posted: 07 April 2008
The Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference 2008 (Adipec), one of the largest oil and gas events in the world, will take place November 3–6 under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nayhan, President of the UAE.

:: ENOC voted Number One Regional Jet Fuel Marketer
Posted: 07 April 2008
ENOC has been voted the number one regional jet fuel marketer in an independent industry survey conducted among the world’s leading airlines.