KBR, the US engineering and LNG contractor, was awarded a major project management consultancy services contract for the Ghasha portfolio of gas projects by Abu Dhabi National Oil Company in the United Arab Emirates, the oldest LNG producer in the Middle East.
Italian energy company Eni signed an agreement for the sale of a 20 percent interest to Mubadala Petroleum from Eni’s share in the Nour North Sinai Offshore block after Mubadala had previously invested in the Zohr field that enabled the Egyptians to re-start LNG exports.