An Aberdeenshire offshore worker has been killed in Qatar during a violent incident that also left his colleague injured, Qatari police have confirmed.
OPEC+’s decision to cut oil production will hurt the global economy and add to inflationary pressures, a senior US official said during a visit to the Middle East.
QatarEnergy (QE) has officially picked Shell to take a 25% stake in a joint venture on the North Field East (NFE) project. This will have total capacity of 32 million tonnes per year.
Shell (LON: SHEL) is set to follow other Western energy majors by taking a stake in a $29 billion project to boost exports of liquefied natural gas from Qatar.
Samsung Heavy Industries said Wednesday it has won orders for 14 liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers worth 3.9 trillion won ($3 billion) as European countries cut natural gas imports from Russia and seek alternative sources of the fuel in the wake of the Ukraine invasion, reported Nikkei Asia.
STATS Group has added more staff to its Middle East operations as the result of a post-Covid uptick in project activities, while one of its most experienced pipeline intervention experts has relocated to the region.
ExxonMobil and TotalEnergies are among a group of Western energy companies poised to win stakes in a multibillion dollar project to boost Qatar’s gas exports, people with knowledge of the matter said.