British-based Petrofac has bagged another multi-million pound deal in the Middle East.

UK contractor Petrofac has collected a new contract with Kuwait Oil Company for work on new oil and gas pipelines.

London-listed Circle Oil has successfully carried out further appraised the Al Amir discovery onshore Egypt.

London-listed exploration  minnow Petrel Resources expects to start producing 200,000 b/d of oil in Iraq within the next 14 months after re-starting a joint venture arrangement.

London-listed Lamprell, based in the Middle East, has been contracted to deliver the Seajacks 3, based on a GustoMSC jackup barge design, by 2012, equipped as a wind farm installation vessel with a payload of nearly 3,000 tonnes.

Subsea controls are to be supplied by Aker Solutions to support a subsea development by Noble Energy in the Mediterranean Sea offshore Israel.

DNO International said today it still cannot yet see any end to the arbitration proceedings in which it is involved in Kurdistan in Iran relating to up to 10% of its interests in Production Sharing Contracts there.

Deeper exploration objectives have been identified in the Miran West 2 well drilled in the Kurdistan region of Iraq which are due to be drilled later this year after more seismic data has been acquired, London-listed field partner Heritage Oil says.

US-basd Fluor Corporation has won a Front End Engineering and Design deal with Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company to develop a new offshore oil field in the Middle East.

Two wells with encouraging results could end in a development plan, according to DNO International.

Gulfsands Petroleum said it latest well onshore in northeast Syria has failed to find commercial levels of hydrocarbons after drilling and logging on the Hanoon 1 well near the producing Khurbet East field.

London-listed Heritage Oil said it s Miran West 2 appraisal well drilled onshore in Kurdistan was to be drilled into a deeper zone after encountering a hydrocarbon-bearing interval.

Energy services provider Petrofac has netted an EPIC deal worth more than $600 million provide a gas sweetening facility in Qatar.

Bangkok-based marine services group Mermaid Maritime has signalled its intention to expand in the Middle East market by acquiring Subtech for US $7.5 million.

London-listed Gulf Keystone reported a new oil find in Kurdistan after drilling the Bijeel 1 exploration well.

London-listed Sterling Energy reports drilling has kicked off on its North Explorastion well in its Sangaw North Production Sharing Contract Area onshore Kurdistan which is targeting resources put at over 800 m bbl of oil.

Statoil and Russian partner Lukoil are now in charge on Iraq's West Qurna 2 field after signing a development and production services contract for the project in Baghdad at the weekend.

Norway's s DNO has published a communique from the Kurdistan Regional Government which spells out how politicians there propose to handle oil contracts in future and the compensation payable to operators.

London-listed listed Middle Eastern explorer Gulf Keystone Petroleum has published new figures for the size of the reserves in the Shaikan No. 1 field in Kurdistan which suggest that that field contains at least 2 Bn bbl more than originally estimated.

Saudi Aramco has appointed a joint venture between Middle-East based Taqa and CGGVeritas to undertake two offshore survey programmes using ocean bottom cab le technology with a combined value of US $375 million.

Middle Eastern explorer Sterling Energy has reported a delay to its planned drilling programme in Kurdistan due to unexpected heavy rain.

Statoil has amended the terms of its share in the West Qurna 2 oil field in Iraq with Russia's Lukoil to gain a bigger slice of the project.

What was once considered a pipe-dream could become reality: After decades of dictatorship, war and international sanctions, Iraq’s massive oil reserves are set to be tapped proper and the country once known for two overflowing rivers could be crowned oil king.

Gulf Keystone Petroleum has reported the start of drilling on a new onshore Kurdistan well operated by a subsidiary of Austria's MOL.

In a few days some of Iraq's largest fields participate in an auction. Even if Statoil does not want to confirm it, the company most likely are one of the bidders.

Russia had a higher oil output than Saudi Arabia in November, with more than ten million barrels per day.

London-listed Heritage Oil has reported the start of drilling on its Miran West 2 appraisal well in Kurdistan where it says there is the potential for billions of barrels of oil in the same block.

Operator and contractor Petrofac has set up a new joint venture to tap into the energy maintenance market in the Middle East .