The latest Gas Statement of Opportunities (GSOO) confirms Australia’s east coast gas market remains well supplied in the near term but makes clear that ongoing investment in new gas supply is critical to avoid short...

Iraq has started exporting crude oil from its Kirkuk oil field to Turkey’s port of Ceyhan after US intervention ended a two-week stalemate between federal authorities and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). Export...

Israel’s 197,000 b/d Bazan refinery at Haifa in the country’s north was hit by falling debris from an intercepted Iranian missile on 19 March. While it is unclear whether the refinery was itself targeted, the attack ...

Nearly three weeks into the Middle East conflict Iran’s ability to land heavy blows on key assets in neighboring states is undiminished, as demonstrated by the devastating strikes on Qatar’s Ras Laffan (MEES, 20 Marc...

Omani state upstream firm OQ Exploration and Production (OQEP) has announced its 2030 strategy, where it targets 300,000 boe/d of working interest output while maintaining a reserve replacement ration of at least 100%. T...

US Apache, in collaboration with the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC), has made a new natural gas discovery in the Western Desert, following the drilling of the SKAL-1X exploratory well in the South Kalabsha...

Iran’s missile attacks on Qatar’s Ras Laffan Industrial City, the centerpiece of its critically important energy sector, on 18-19 March have reverberated across the region. The sight of fires tearing through sections...

Libya’s NOC on 19 March said it had ‘completely contained’ a fire on the 725km pipeline linking its 300,000 b/d Sharara fields in the southwest to the Zawiya export terminal. “Production is expected to return to ...