Middle East

Oman is embarking on a renewed effort to deploy the latest hydraulic fracturing technologies and techniques, tailored to its unique reservoirs and challenges.

Addressing the challenge of developing a mature basin with a data-driven approach to spacing and inventory decisions.

The award comes as a contract release purchase order under a long-term agreement that simplifies ongoing efforts to maintain mature field production in Saudi Arabia.

DNV awarded the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company a storage certificate at the endorsement stage for its West Aquifer site.

A DNV report on decarbonization says the Middle East and North Africa region is expected to become the world’s largest hydrogen exporter by 2060 while maintaining a dominant position in global oil and gas markets.

Big projects are expected to add oil and gas to the energy mix in some regions while maturing basins contribute to drops in other areas.

The expansion project by QatarEnergy is expected to increase LNG production capacity to 142 mtpa when it goes online.

The Nasr-115 expansion project, within ADNOC’s larger Ghasha concession, is part of a development aimed at increasing capacity to 115,000 BOPD by 2027.

The report says the capacity of renewables in the region is set to grow tenfold by 2040 as electricity demand and new sectors drive rapid solar and wind expansion.

Engineering, procurement, construction, and installation awards made at the end of 2025 are expanding Saipem’s role in Turkey’s two largest offshore gas fields, plus Saudi Arabia’s Berri, Abu Safah, and Marjan oil fields and Qatar’s North Field gas giant in the Persian Gulf.