Iran announces discovery of massive oil field
- 10-Nov-2019
The 80-metre deep reservoir stretches nearly 200 kilometres from Khuzestan s border with Iraq to the city of Omidiyeh
Houthis claim attack on Saudi Arabia’s Shaybah oil field
- 17-Aug-2019
There was no immediate Saudi confirmation or comment
Oil from Kazakhstan’s Kashagan field exported for first time
- 15-Oct-2016
MOSCOW: Kazakhstan’s vast offshore Kashagan oil field has produced its first crude for export, authorities in the ex-Soviet nation said Friday, in spite of many setbacks. More than 26,000 tonnes of crude oil and 22.8 million cubic meters of natural gas have been produced and were shipped Friday through various pipelines, the Kazakh energy ministry […]
Islamic State torches oil field near Tikrit as militia advance
- 06-Mar-2015
BAGHDAD: Islamic State militants have set fire to oil wells northeast of the city of Tikrit to obstruct an assault by Shi'ite militiamen and Iraqi soldiers trying to drive them from the Sunni Muslim city and surrounding towns, a witness said.
Total resumes $2.5 bln Nigerian deepwater oil field sale
- 17-Sep-2014
LONDON/LAGOS: France's Total SA, Europe's second largest oil company, has put one of its offshore Nigerian oil fields up for sale again, the company said, after a 2012 deal with Sinopec Corp failed.

