Entering into a new year, the oil and gas industry is hoping to continue pressing forward after 2017 indicated some positive signs of slow progression in activity and employment. Around this time last year, KPMG’s Regina Mayor forecasted there would be job opportunities in data…
For as long as Gulf economies rely on oil, crude will be a factor in determining how investors trade regional markets. But right now, politics is king. In the past 12 months, tension between Saudi Arabia and Iran have escalated, ties between Qatar and…
State-owned Oil India Ltd has reported two discoveries in India’s Upper Assam basin, one of them the first commercial oil find in the Eocene Narpuh formation. OIL 2 Hukanguri produced 55 cu m/day of oil from 18 m of Narpuh sand and is under…
Gazprom could participate in the construction of the offshore/onshore gas export pipeline between Iran-Oman, according to Iranian news service Shana. In an article in Gazprom’s house magazine, Iranian Deputy Petroleum Minister and Managing Director of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) Ali Kardor said…
Algeria needs to exploit its shale gas resources to offset a surge in local energy consumption which is eating into vital exports, but developing the industry will take time and require far-reaching reforms at the state energy firm. The North African country is a…
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has received orders for two new onshore wind projects in southern Italy: the company is set to deliver 13 SWT-3.0-113 direct-drive units to European Energy’s 39 MW project in Tolve and 10 G97-2.0 MW turbines to a further 20 MW…
