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Investing in the future

Investment in new technology to boost oil production in the Middle East could suffer as a result of falling oil prices.
17 Feb 2009
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Reversal of fortune

As oil prices plunge to new lows we report on the impact this will have on Mena's oil producers.
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Editor’s Choice

  • Oilfields of the future – today

    Three industry experts debate the tangible benefits of digital oilfield technologies. The panel includes Rohde & Schwarz’s Eshwarahally S. Vikas, Matthew Owen of BT Global...
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  • Future vision

    Khalid G. Al-Buainain, SVP of Refining, Marketing and International at the worlds largest company – Saudi Aramco – offers O&G an insight into the challenges ahead in these...
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  • The heart of the matter

    The second part of our exclusive interview with Abdulkarim Al-Sayed, CEO of the oil giant Bahrain Petroleum Company.
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  • In the firing line

    MIDDLE East oil and gas companies are investing heavily in security as terrorist groups continue to threaten to attack their installations.
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  • Safety in numbers

    O&G asks Justin Smith, Business Manager of the British Safety Council what his organisation is doing to boost the recruitment of health, safety and environment (HSE) officers in...
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  • Mission critical

    He controls a multibillion-dollar IT budget and coordinates the activities of 96,000 employees worldwide. But for Patrick Héreng of Total the biggest challenge is yet to come as...
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Readers’ Choice

  • Energy evolution

    Andy Inglis, CEO of BP Exploration & Production, outlines how the oil major plans to plug the capability gap and why beating the talent crisis will be key for our future energy...
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  • Oilfields of the future – today

    Three industry experts debate the tangible benefits of digital oilfield technologies. The panel includes Rohde & Schwarz’s Eshwarahally S. Vikas, Matthew Owen of BT Global...
    Read more
  • World-class procurement and the National...

    Recently, many National Oil Companies (NOCs) have embarked on a journey to become more global in scale externally, coupled with a drive to become more efficient in their...
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  • Black gold rush

    Libya is a country with mammoth reserves for the international energy giants, while the country itself strives to get its hands on the technology and expertise it desperately...
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  • New technologies to achieve refinery mod...

    Ambitech Engineering Corporation (Ambitech) has completed highly complex and logistically challenging refinery revamp, upgrade, and modernization projects at a large number of...
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  • Emerging trends in intelligent safety-va...

    The reliability of safety valves is crucial to process control. Their design has changed little in recent years and partial stroke testing (PST) has been the accepted method of...
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Executive Interviews

Make a connection

Weidmüller’s Adam Segalés speaks to O&G about how major oil companies in the MENA region are reaping the rewards of better connectivity.
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Keeping security tight

Oil and gas companies’ operations often stretch the globe, making them particularly difficult to defend against theft and sabotage. But without the right action plan the consequences could be disastrous and extremely costly. Industry expert Alec O...
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Great recovery

Per Lund of Norse Cutting & Abandonment (NCA) offers his thoughts on solutions to tackle the problem of declining production.
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Next Generation MENA Oil and Gas Summit 2009

Next Generation MENA Oil and Gas Summit 2009
9th - 11th November

MENA accounts for two thirds of proven global oil reserves and is regarded as the world’s most influential oil province, eclipsing all other regions by some margin. Over the next five years, the region will see strong growth in hydrocarbon production as the world becomes increasingly reliant on oil supplies within the region.