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December 24, 2015
Drydocks World has successfully completed the yard’s first Rig Integrity Assurance Program (RIAP) on rig Diyina for the National Drilling Company (NDC), and the first EPCC concept rig project the yard has undertaken.
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December 17, 2015
Churchill Drilling Tools has announced the opening of its new Dubai office following international success and growing demand for its technologies.
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December 16, 2015
CNPC and Mubadala Petroleum have signed a strategic cooperation agreement.
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November 02, 2015
Dana Gas said a court has ordered the Kurdistan Regional Government to pay it and two other energy companies $1.98 billion in a dispute over development rights for two oil and natural gas fields in Iraq’s self-governing Kurdish region.
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November 24, 2015
Grandweld, one of United Arab Emirates leading shipyards, has delivered one dive maintenance and support vessel to Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC).
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November 18, 2015
Following significant interest from technology developers, the Industry Technology Facilitator (ITF) will present proposals to its Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members for a potential collaborative joint industry project (JIP) on hybrid enhanced oil recovery (EOR).
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November 11, 2015
The Middle East faces a substantial challenge to ensure that hundreds of ageing offshore oil and gas structures operate safely beyond their original design life.
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November 10, 2015
The winners of this year’s Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC) Awards were announced on Monday evening.
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November 09, 2015
Peak Well Systems has launched the SIMULTRA Retrievable Bridge Plug suitable for gas wells and other extremely challenging applications.
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October 05, 2015
The United Arab Emirates, the fourth-biggest OPEC producer, is sticking with investment projects to boost energy output even after the plunge in oil prices in the past year.
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October 05, 2015
Saudi Arabia cut pricing for November oil sales to Asia and the U.S. as the world’s largest crude exporter seeks to keep its barrels competitive with rival suppliers amid sluggish demand.
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September 15, 2015
Sparrows Group has won a five-year deal with Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA-OPCO) in the Middle East.
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September 02, 2015
CGG, with the support of its Seabed Geosolutions joint venture with Fugro, has completed the acquisition of a 3D seismic survey over the Hail and Shuweihat oil and gas fields in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, one of the world’s most environmentally sensitive areas.
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September 02, 2015
Sandvik Materials Technology, a division within the Sandvik Group, has been awarded two important contracts for control lines for the oil and gas industry in the Middle East.
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August 18, 2015
Amec Foster Wheeler has been awarded an extension to its existing project management consultancy (PMC) contract for the UZ750 project in Upper Zakum (UZ) field, 84 km northwest of Abu Dhabi.
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August 04, 2015
LONDON -- qedi, a leading completions, commissioning and technology provider, has opened an inaugural office in Abu Dhabi and appointed Naveen Adusumilli as qedi’s general manager for the Middle East.
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July 22, 2015
The United Arab Emirates, the third-biggest OPEC producer, will link gasoline and diesel prices to global oil markets starting next month, becoming the first country in the oil-rich Persian Gulf to remove transport fuel subsidies.
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July 15, 2015
ABB has received orders from Hyundai Heavy Industries for electrical and telecommunication systems.
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July 15, 2015
Iraq’s self-ruled Kurds are bypassing the government in Baghdad and independently selling all the crude oil exported from their region for the first time as they take greater control of their own affairs.
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June 23, 2015
Coretrax has strengthened its position in the Middle East by opening an office in Abu Dhabi, its fourth base in the region.
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June 04, 2015
Never mind cutting output to staunch a global glut, the talk so far at this week’s OPEC summit is mostly about pumping more oil.
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