Gas

Details: Created: 21 January 2011

Iraq_Shell

A US$12.5 billion agreement between Iraq, Royal Dutch Shell and Mitsubishi Corp. for the capture of flared-off natural gas in Iraq's oil fields in the south will hopefully be signed in January 2011.

Details: Created: 13 January 2011

Gasco_gas_contracts

Abu Dhabi Gas Industries (Gasco), which is a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (Adnoc), awarded two contracts valued at US$1.2 billion to the Italian unit of French oilfield firm Technip and Dodsal India.

Details: Created: 10 January 2011

Algeria_LNG

Algeria's liquefied natural gas (LNG) output has fallen to about half of the country's installed capacity after sweeping leadership changes at the state petroleum company Sonatrach brought on by a government corruption investigation.

Details: Created: 05 January 2011

Egypt_discovery

Egypt has recorded 61 per cent of the oil finds of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) member states in the period from 2005 to 2009, Egyptian Minister of Petroleum Sameh Fahmi said recently.

Details: Created: 22 December 2010

Saudi_Gas_Hunt

Saudi Arabia has granted additional time to one of the consortia hunting for gas in the vast desert in the country's southeast, an industry source said recently.