Driven by Saudi Aramco’s announced US$18bn worth of project commitments associated with the Marjan and Berri expansion projects, the overall offshore project sanctioning in 2019 stands at US$56bn and counting, according to energy research and business intelligence company Rystad Energy

In 2018, oil reserves increased slightly (+ 0.4 per cent), mainly due to growth in the US, according to Eni’s 18th edition of the World Oil, Gas and Renewables Review, the annual statistics report on oil, natural gas and renewable sources

Dana Gas, a natural gas company in the Middle East, has announced that its share of hydrocarbon reserves at Pearl Petroleum Company’s Khor Mor and Chemchemal Fields in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) have increased by 10 per cent following the recent certification of reserves by Gaffney Cline Associates (GCA)

Eni announces that production has started from South West Meleiha Development Lease, located in the Egyptian Western Desert, some 130km North of the oasis of Siwa

Saipem has been awarded new contracts in offshore drilling in Romania and Abu Dhabi worth more than US$160mn