1. IOCs Bullish On Libyan Outlook As Security Situation Improves

    ...ergy Services Reunited (NESR), which has provided oilfield services in the Middle East and Asia Pacific regions since 2017, and SLB which is partnering with Arkenu. “North Africa remains a key growth pillar, led by a surge of activity in Libya,” NESR CEO Sherif Foda said in his firm’s Q4 earnings ca...

    Volume: 69
    Issue: 09
    Published at Fri, 27 Feb 2026
  2. TotalEnergies MENA Portfolio: Building On Growth

    ...rgest IOC in the region in 2017 (MEES, 23 March 2018) and has consolidated its position in the years since. If anything, TotalEnergies is more committed than ever to this plan going forward; “I have one dream, which is to put TotalEnergies in each country of the Middle East,” CEO Patrick Pouyanné told th...

    Volume: 69
    Issue: 07
    Published at Fri, 13 Feb 2026
  3. Kuwait’s Upstream Foreign Investment Drive Begins

    ...indication as to where the focus of any exploration would be. Total has previously looked at investing in Kuwait, with then-oil minister Isam al-Marzuq saying in 2017 that the French IOC and Russia’s Lukoil were to be awarded ETSAs for heavy oil development (MEES, 2 June 2017). Those plans ul...

    Volume: 69
    Issue: 06
    Published at Fri, 06 Feb 2026
  4. QatarEnergy Crowns LNG Conference With Two Major Supply Deals

    ...ES, 7 July 2017). When FID was finally taken on the $29bn NFE in 2021, first gas was targeted for 4Q 2025 (MEES, 12 February 2021). But LNG projects are notoriously complex and prone to delays, and NFE has been no exception, with the startup of the first train pushed back. The latest guidance of...

    Volume: 69
    Issue: 06
    Published at Fri, 06 Feb 2026