Delek Drilling and Avner Oil Explorations have commented on technical problems at Israel’s sole current offshore gas production complex.

Delek Drilling and its partners in the Tamar lease offshore Israel have signed a gas supply agreement with Dalia Power Energies.

Moving into the new year, economic indicators point to higher offshore spending by oil and gas operators as the price of oil trends steadily upward, a good sign for the oil services sector in general and offshore drillers in particular.

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, the Emir of Qatar, has inaugurated the Pearl Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) Project, claimed to be the world’s largest GTL plant.

Mellitah Oil & Gas, the joint venture operating company between NOC and Eni, has restarted gas production from the Sabratha platform offshore Libya.

Water and gas injection techniques are being applied to boost oil production from the Salman oil field in the Persian Gulf.

Eni has started gas production from the Guendalina field platform in the Adriatic Sea.

Burullus Gas Co. has started gas production from Phase 8a of the West Delta Deep Marine (WDDM) deepwater project offshore Egypt.

Production from the Reshadat oil field in the Persian Gulf should increase by 10,000 b/d over the next few days.