Qatar

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September 14, 2023
This announcement comes as part of the increasing international recognition of Qatar’s role in meeting the world's growing need for energy, particularly natural gas.
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September 26, 2022
TotalEnergies SE is investing about $1.5 billion in Qatar’s latest, mammoth natural gas development, just three months after buying into another of the nation’s expansion projects.
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June 29, 2022
Shell Plc is set to follow other Western energy majors by taking a stake in a $29 billion project to boost Qatar’s exports of liquefied natural gas, just as Europe races to shore up new supplies of the fuel.
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June 21, 2022
Exxon Mobil Corp. is investing in a $29 billion project to boost Qatar’s gas exports, joining others including ConocoPhillips, TotalEnergies and Eni SpA.
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June 20, 2022
Eni SpA became the second foreign firm to win a stake in a $29 billion project that will expand Qatar’s production of liquefied natural gas as the energy crisis in Europe escalates and prices climb.
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June 12, 2022
TotalEnergies SE became the first foreign company to win a stake in a multibillion-dollar project to boost Qatar’s gas exports.
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June 07, 2022
Exxon Mobil Corp. and TotalEnergies SE are among a group of Western energy companies poised to win stakes in a multibillion-dollar project to boost Qatar’s gas exports, people with knowledge of the matter said.
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February 2022
The abundant supply of natural gas in the U.S is starting to pay dividends, in spades. The U.S. became the world’s number-one exporter of liquefied natural gas for the first time ever in December.
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October 2021
No longer just a byproduct of oil production, natural gas is rapidly becoming an important tool in the worldwide pursuit of carbon emissions reduction.
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January 14, 2021
Choi traveled to Doha from Tehran after fruitless talks over the South Korean-flagged Hankuk Chemi, an oil-products tanker detained by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Jan. 4. He also discussed billions of dollars of Iranian money trapped in South Korea due to U.S. sanctions.
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November 25, 2019
Qatar, the world’s biggest supplier of liquefied natural gas, plans to boost output capacity by almost two thirds after it adds production facilities to exploit recently discovered reserves.
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November 14, 2019
Qatar Petroleum is set to join most of its Persian Gulf counterparts and price its crude before loading instead of afterward from next year, according to people familiar with the plans. That
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October 09, 2019
Shrugging off a global supply glut that’s left liquefied natural gas prices struggling to recover from a three-year low, the world’s biggest producer of the fuel said it’s on track to expand production.
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October 08, 2019
Qatar has invited Exxon Mobil Corp., Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Total SA, ConocoPhillips and other “big players” to submit bids to help expand its part of the world’s largest natural gas field, Energy Minister Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi said.
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August 16, 2019
Seadrill and Gulf Drilling International have entered into a 50:50 joint venture, GulfDrill, which will initially manage and operate five premium jackups in Qatar with Qatar Petroleum commencing throughout 2020.
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October 2018
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) remain the quintessential oil exporting region, replete with considerable assets and tensions.
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July 2018
EnerMech has appointed Salvatore Cutino as regional director for Africa, based in Cape Town, South Africa.
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February 2018
Downhole turbines are a solution in hard and abrasive formations, otherwise inaccessible with conventional motors.
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October 2017
Middle East/North Africa grapples with production cut commitment, despite urge to boost output
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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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