Middle East Offshore Oil Field Development News

DNO International plans to pick up re-development of the Saleh field 45 km (28 mi) offshore Ras Al Khaimah, after completing a current drilling campaign on the West Bukha/Bukha fields off Oman.

BP and its partners have approved the start of front-end engineering and design (FEED) on the $25-billion Shah Deniz Stage 2 project in the Caspian Sea.

Delek Group says the partners in the Tamar gas project offshore Israel have signed a Memorandum of Principles.

Delek Group says a development plan has been approved for the Pinnacles #1 gas well offshore Israel.

Delek Group says the deepwater Tamar gas field in the Levantine basin remains on track for production during the first half of 2013.

Offshore accommodation specialist HB Rentals has won three new contracts in the Middle East with a combined value of more than $1 million.

Kuwait Gulf Oil Co. has contracted the Penspen Group for project management services.

Al-Khafji Joint Operations (KJO) has contracted McDermott International for new installations and refurbishment work on the Hout field offshore Saudi Arabia.

Drydocks World will build the turret for Shell’s (RDS.A:NYSE) Prelude floating LNG project offshore Western Australia.

National Iranian Drilling Co. (NIDC) is drilling more than 70 wells for five new development phases of the South Pars field in the Persian Gulf.

Delek Group has provided a reserves update on Noble Energy’s Aphrodite gas discovery in block 12 offshore Cyprus.

Dhabi Marine Operating Co. (ADMA OPCO) has awarded AMEC a project management consultancy services contract.

Mapna Group has signed a development contract for the Forouz B gas field in the Persian Gulf with National Iranian Offshore Oil Co.

National Iranian Offshore Oil Co. (NIOOC) is pushing for a joint development of a gas field in the Persian Gulf with Kuwait.

Five phases of the South Pars gas field development in the Persian Gulf are nearing completion, according to Iranian news service Shana.

Estimated gas resources from the Tamar field offshore Israel have risen from 8.4 tcf to 9 tcf following appraisal work, according to operator Noble Energy.

DSME reports signing a Heads of Agreement to develop the Tamar gas field offshore Israel in the Mediterranean.

National Iranian Offshore Oil Co. (NIOOC) should sign a development contract shortly with Iran’s Mapna Group for the Forouz B gas field in the Persian Gulf.

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.

Iranian Offshore Engineering and Construction Co. (IOEC) is working on projects with a combined value exceeding $9 billion, according to CEO Ali Taheri Motlaq.

Oil output from the Cheleken Contract Area in the Turkmen sector of the Caspian Sea should reach a peak of 100,000 b/d in 2015, according to operator Dragon Oil.

Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Co. (ADMA-OPCO) has contracted Fluor Offshore Solutions for the front-end engineering design (FEED) for new offshore facilities on the Nasr field, 30 km (18.6 mi) northeast of the Umm Shaif super complex.

Iran is looking to speed up the Phase 11 development of the South Pars field in the Persian Gulf.

ZADCO has awarded the NPCC/Technip consortium a $500-million EPC contract for the Satah full field offshore development project.