Middle East
Chinese firms may replace XOM in Iraq megaproject
Iraq is turning to Chinese companies to replace ExxonMobil (XOM) in a $53 billion oil infrastructure megaproject, two sources told Energy Intelligence. The escalation in regional tensions ...
Iraq’s policies on upstream development ‘stalled’: GlobalData
Despite Iraq’s ambitions to expand its crude oil and natural gas production, the country’s policies to support upstream development appear stalled, Kallanish Energy learns from data/analytics firm GlobalData. Iraqi oil ...
Qatar Petroleum ‘in talks’ for 3 new LNG train FIDs
BARCELONA, Spain — Qatar Petroleum CEO Saad Al-Kaabi said his company is planning to make the final investment decision (FID) on three new liquefied natural gas (LNG) trains by the end of ...
U.S. renews pressure against Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline: official
The Trump administration is preventing the Iran-Pakistan natural gas pipeline to be completed, Iran’s parliament speaker, Ari Larijani, said this week following a meeting with Pakistani officials ...
U.S. exporting shale gas to the Middle East
Since March of this year, the U.S. has been exporting liquefied natural gas, LNG, to a very unlikely region of the world: the Middle East. Two cargoes of LNG from ...
Spain’s Gamesa to build two wind farms in Egypt
Spanish wind power giant, Gamesa, said Tuesday it has secured contracts to build two wind farms in Egypt’s Gabbal El Zayt region, along the Red Sea coastline, featuring a combined ...