INPEX has discovered multiple conventional oil, condensate and gas columns as a result of drilling an exploration well from May until August 2021 at Onshore Block 4 in Abu Dhabi in the UAE through its subsidiary JODCO Exploration Limited (JEL)

QatarEnergy has entered into agreements with Shell to acquire working interests in two offshore exploration blocks in the Egyptian side of the Red Sea

Aramco has announced the start of development of the vast Jafurah unconventional gas field, the largest non-associated gas field in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Shell Egypt NV and Shell Austria GmbH have completed the sale of their upstream assets in Egypt’s Western Desert to a consortium made up of subsidiaries of Cheiron Petroleum Corporation and Cairn Energy PLC

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has  awarded the exploration rights for Abu Dhabi’s Offshore Block 5 to a consortium of four Pakistani companies – Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL), Mari Petroleum Company Limited (MPCL), Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL), and Government Holdings (Private) Limited (GHPL) – in Abu Dhabi’s second competitive block bid round