Qatar

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April 03, 2017
Qatar Petroleum plans to start a new development in the offshore North field, ending a 12-year ban on new projects that allowed the company to assess how its current rate of extraction affects the giant reservoir it shares with Iran.
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March 16, 2017
Iran is on track to out-produce Qatar, the world’s biggest LNG exporter, at the vast natural gas deposit they share in the Persian Gulf. But as much as they might want, the Iranians won’t have much gas to export because they are likely to use most of the new production themselves.
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February 09, 2017
Qatar Petroleum (QP) is the hidden giant of the global energy industry, overshadowed by its neighbor Saudi Aramco.
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February 08, 2017
Qatar Petroleum (QP), Total, Mitsubishi, Exxon Mobil, and Hoegh have announced their commitment to advance a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import project in Pakistan in collaboration with Global Energy Infrastructure Limited (GEIL).
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February 08, 2017
OPEC and other major crude-producing nations may need to extend output cuts into the second half of the year to re-balance the market, oil ministers for Iran and fellow group member Qatar said.
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February 06, 2017
Qatar Petroleum is exploring for oil and gas in Cyprus and Morocco as part of a strategy to expand the tiny Gulf emirate’s global energy investments.
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January 2017
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December 13, 2016
Qatar Petroleum announced Tuesday that the nation’s oil production levels will be reduced effective Jan. 1, 2017.
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October 19, 2016
Qatargas has signed a new five-year liquefied natural gas sale and purchase agreement (SPA) with Petronas LNG UK Limited (PLUK).
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August 24, 2016
OPEC’s secretary-general will visit members Iran and Qatar next month, just weeks before the group holds informal talks in Algeria, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter.
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July 26, 2016
McDermott International and Nakilat-Keppel Offshore Marine (N-KOM) have announced a memorandum of understanding for an exclusive cooperation agreement to pursue offshore engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) projects within Qatari waters.
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July 06, 2016
Exxon Mobil Corp. and Qatar Petroleum have teamed up to look at energy assets in Mozambique, home to some of the biggest natural gas discoveries in a generation.
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June 28, 2016
A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S is intensifying its search for acquisitions to build up its oil unit as the Danish shipping and petroleum conglomerate loses Qatar, the biggest field in its portfolio.
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June 27, 2016
Total has signed an agreement with Qatar Petroleum, granting the Group a 30% interest in the concession covering offshore Al-Shaheen oil field for a period of 25 years beginning July 14, 2017.
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May 25, 2016
Chevron, Royal Dutch Shell, Total, ConocoPhillips and Maersk Oil Qatar submitted bids to operate Qatar’s biggest offshore oil field, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.
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April 19, 2016
Cyberhawk Innovations, a leader in aerial inspection and survey using unmanned aerial vehicles, has completed the first ever commercial oil and gas inspection in Qatar.
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April 10, 2016
Veolia, through its subsidiary Veolia Water Technologies, has been awarded a contract by Qatar Engineering & Construction Company to engineer, procure and deliver a wastewater treatment plant for Dolphin Energy's natural gas production and processing facilities in Ras Laffan, Qatar.
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March 29, 2016
Qatar Petroleum has announced the delivery of the 500th LNG cargo from QP affiliate Qatar Liquefied Gas Company to the South Hook LNG Terminal at Milford Haven, UK.
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February 08, 2016
Qatar Petroleum has reached an agreement with Chevron Morocco Exploration Ltd., a subsidiary of Chevron Corp., to acquire a 30% participating interest from Chevron’s 75% share in three deepwater leases offshore Morocco.
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January 25, 2016
Keppel FELS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M), has delivered Halul, a KFELS B Class jackup rig, to Qatar’s Gulf Drilling International.
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January 20, 2016
Craig International, is fast-tracking its expansion into the Middle East following the award of a contract to manage a $55 million client spend with a major operator in Qatar.
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