Eni is seeking an entrée into Azerbaijan’s upstream sector via the proposed CNG (compressed natural gas) project.

Saipem has awarded Cybernetix a second contract for the Kashagan development in the North Caspian Sea.

Iran could export gas to India via a new long-distance seabed pipeline, according to the Iranian Petroleum Ministry.

Gazprom has completed engineering and reconnaissance surveys in the Black Sea for the South Stream pipeline project to take gas from Russia to central and southeastern Europe.

Statoil says the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding earlier this week between Azerbaijan and Turkey will help advance the next development phase of the Shah Deniz project in the Caspian Sea.

Al Shaheen Energy Services and GE Oil & Gas have signed two oil and gas service partnership agreements.

Statoil and the Swiss EGL Group have famed out a 15% interest in the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) project to Germany’s E.ON Ruhrgas.

European energy utility WINGAS, a joint venture between Wintershall and Gazprom, has contracted Siemens Energy for a compression system for its OPAL natural gas Baltic Sea pipeline link.

CAPE Group has developed a semi-automatic, remotely controlled orbital welding system to repair oil and gas pipelines on the seabed.

Saudi Arabia’s Environmental Protection Department (EPD) and the Offshore Projects Division of the Saudi Aramco’s Northern Area Projects Department (OPD/NAPD) have sponsored a coral relocation project in the Arabian Gulf.

Qatargas Operating Co. has awarded GE Oil & Gas’ PII Pipeline Solutions business a six-year contract for advanced pipeline integrity management services.