Iran has inaugurated the first phase of production from the Hengam oil field in the Persian Gulf.

RAK Petroleum has restored production at the Bukha oil and gas field offshore Oman.

Abu Dhabi Marine Operating co. has contracted McDermott International to upgrade and enhance a water injection system in Zakum field for about $350 million.

Around 40% of Iran’s gas consumption this winter will be provided by the Assaluyeh processing terminals handling of production from the South Pars gas/condensate field in the Persian Gulf.

Production from the Cheleken Contract Area fields in the Caspian Sea averaged 46,420 b/d of oil during the first half of 2010.

Petrobel has started gas production from the Tuna field in the Temsah concession off Egypt’s Mediterranean coast.

Maersk Oil and Qatar Petroleum have achieved landmark production of 1 Bbbl of oil from the Al Shaheen field offshore Qatar.

Azerbaijan International Operating Co. (AIOC) has awarded $814 million in contracts for development of the Chirag Oil Project (COP) in the Caspian Sea.

Output from the newly launched Phase 19 development of the South Pars field in the Persian Gulf will be 50 MMcf/d, according to Gholamreza Manouchehri, Petropars managing director.

Gas yield from the Ferdowsi and Golshan offshore fields in the North Pars region of the Persian Gulf could reach 60 tcf, according to a report by Iranian news service Shana.

Dragon Oil has completed and tested Dzheitune (Lam) B/145, the second development well to be drilled from the new Dzheitune (Lam) B platform offshore Turkmenistan.

Pars Oil and Gas Company expects to produce 90 bcm from the South Pars gas field in the Persian Gulf in the current Iranian year ending March 20, 2011.

Dragon Oil continues to raise production from its Cheleken Contract Area fields in the Turkmen sector of the Caspian Sea.

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.