Saudi Arabia

The UAE will prioritize national interests and production flexibility, setting up implications for OPEC’s market power, oil, prices, and global supply dynamics.

Hydraulic fracturing holds great potential in the region, but there are several key questions worth asking as efforts move forward.

Missile attacks damage LNG trains and GTL assets, with QatarEnergy warning repairs could take years.

Drone strikes, refinery shutdowns, tanker disruptions, and halted LNG production have heightened concerns about broader supply risks.

The Middle East’s largest unconventional gas development officially begins production as Saudi Aramco targets 6 million BOE/D of gas and liquids capacity by 2030.

While physical damage to energy infrastructure has so far been limited, analysts caution that a prolonged conflict could drive prices higher even as OPEC+ proceeds with planned incremental supply increases.

The integrated field management services contract signals an evolution of KBR’s role at Majnoon from one of stabilizing production to a more complex and sophisticated role that takes responsibility for integrating full upstream operations.

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.

The $100-billion project is widely considered the largest unconventional development outside of the US and is noted by Aramco as the largest nonassociated gas development in the kingdom.

Operators from across the region met in Muscat to share how lessons from pilot programs are shaping cost, scale, and technology priorities across the region.