Sakheneftegaz Engineering LLC (SNE) has won orders covering further engineering and early procurement for the Sakhalin-1 Arkutun-Dagi topsides project.

The ACG partnership has taken a final investment decision to proceed with the $6-billion development of the Chirag oil field in the Azerbaijan section of the Caspian Sea, according to partner Statoil.

Iran has proposed a joint development with Kuwait of the Arash offshore oil field.

Expansion work continues at the giant Al Shaheen oilfield offshore Qatar.

RINA has completed a feasibility study for a regasification terminal off the Atlantic coast of Morocco.

China’s CNPC plans to develop phase 11 of the South Pars gas field in the Persian Gulf, according to Iran’s Petroenergy Information Network, Shana.

Ferguson Modular has won a $7.26-million contract to build an accommodation block for a project in the Kazakh sector of the Caspian Sea.

Burullus Gas Co. has awarded Technip a $96-million lumpsum engineering, procurement, installation, and construction contract for the West Delta Deep Marine (WDDM) Phase VII development project.

Saudi Aramco has issued an overview of measures taken to safeguard the marine habitats close to its shallow-water Manifa field development in the Arabian Gulf.

Iran needs $40 billion to develop all remaining phases of the giant South Pars gas field in the Persian Gulf, according to Pars Oil and Gas Co.