1. 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
  2. Libya Gas Exports Fall To 22-Year Low

    ...ich provides the bulk of the country’s output and 100% of exports. Eni’s net sales gas output in Libya slumped from its 2017 record of 1.58bn cfd to just 568mn cfd for 2024. However, there are signs of a rebound, with production having bottomed out at 510mn cfd in 2021. It has since risen in...

    Volume: 69
    Issue: 03
    Published at Fri, 16 Jan 2026