Iran expects first oil from its $300-million Hengam field development in the Persian Gulf in mid-March.

Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil have started Train 7 of the Ras Laffan 3 LNG project at Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar.

Qatar and Iran expect to draft a master plan to develop gas co-operation initiatives, according to Iran’s petroleum minister Masoud Mirkazemi.

Production is under way from Qatar’s Al Khaleej Gas-Phase 2 (AKG-2) project, according to joint venture partners Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil. Operations began in December, providing 1.25 tcf/d of sales gas capacity.

Dragon Oil has achieved a new peak of 50,000 b/d from its oilfields in the Turkmen sector of the Caspian Sea.

The Mubarek H2 well offshore Sharjah, UAE, is back onstream, according to Sky Petroleum Inc.

Omani and Iranian oil ministers have re-started talks concerning exports of gas from Iran, according to the country’s Petroenergy Information Network (PIN).

Gas has started flowing from the first phase of the Salman field development in the Persian Gulf, according to Petro Iran Company.

Iran expects to lift its natural gas output by 1 bcf/d early next month when a new platform comes on stream in the Persian Gulf.